Holy s***, let's not get carried away here. lol.

I don't think that's getting carried away at all. He'll hit for average and power , no doubt about it.

Holy s***, let's not get carried away here. lol.

Personally, I love the way he defines a "Mauer" type player. I envision John Danks posting a sub 3.40 ERA with 12+ wins, a left handed Tim Lincecum if you will.

I don't think that's getting carried away at all. He'll hit for average and power , no doubt about it.

 

If Beckham ends up as our #3 hitter, that means that either he's going put up a .900 OPS or the rest of our offense is lacking in power.

 

I don't think that's getting carried away at all. He'll hit for average and power , no doubt about it.

Sure, but Mauer? Derek Jeter is a better comparison.

 

 

Personally, I love the way he defines a "Mauer" type player. I envision John Danks posting a sub 3.40 ERA with 12+ wins, a left handed Tim Lincecum if you will.

Yeah, kind of what I was thinking. That's an awfully liberal definition, not to mention Mauer is maybe the best pure left-handed hitter in the game.

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Sure, but Mauer? Derek Jeter is a better comparison.

 

 

 

Yeah, kind of what I was thinking. That's an awfully liberal definition, not to mention Mauer is maybe the best pure left-handed hitter in the game.

I just glossed over the Mauer part since his overall point was he'd make a good 3 hitter.

If Beckham ends up as our #3 hitter, that means that either he's going put up a .900 OPS or the rest of our offense is lacking in power.

I'd just rather not pigeon-hole Beckham. I can see him succeeding anywhere that you might need him in the lineup. He's that good.

I'd just rather not pigeon-hole Beckham. I can see him succeeding anywhere that you might need him in the lineup. He's that good.

I'd prefer he is lower than 4th in the order because he is such a good run producer and his contact rate is very high.

 

RISP .410 .457 1.021

RISP 2 outs .556 .652 1.208

Runners on .362 .410 .903

 

 

I think he needs to have people on in front of him which is why I dont like him in the 2-hole.

I can understand you not liking him there however he gets more AB's to do his thing and that can't be a bad thing. We'll all pitch a fit if Ozzie has him bunting that's for sure.

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I'd just rather not pigeon-hole Beckham. I can see him succeeding anywhere that you might need him in the lineup. He's that good.

 

Let's not "crown his ass" as the next Frank Thomas just yet.

 

Ozzie...you big racist

+1

Let's not "crown his ass" as the next Frank Thomas just yet.

 

He won't be the next Frank Thomas but he is the best hitting prospect we have had come up since Frank so there is reason to be excited.

 

He won't be the next Frank Thomas but he is the best hitting prospect we have had come up since Frank so there is reason to be excited.

If he hits as well as Maggs or C.Lee and plays a good second base. Well...that'd be wonderful.

 

Let's not "crown his ass" as the next Frank Thomas just yet.

I been watching players in MLB for 40 years. The things he does aren't just coincidence . His abilty to go with the pitch, yet turn on a pitch when needed or just hit one up the middle are phenomenal. He does whatever the situation calls for . He's made quick adjustments at every level .He's a team first kind of guy and those types don't come along very often . If that's "crowning his ass" so be it.

I been watching players in MLB for 40 years. The things he does aren't just coincidence . His abilty to go with the pitch, yet turn on a pitch when needed or just hit one up the middle are phenomenal. He does whatever the situation calls for . He's made quick adjustments at every level .He's a team first kind of guy and those types don't come along very often . If that's "crowning his ass" so be it.

You wanna crown him, then crown his ass! Gordon Beckham IS who we thought he was!

 

CROWN HIS ASS

 

 

You wanna crown him, then crown his ass! Gordon Beckham IS who we thought he was!

If we let him off the hook I'll be pissed.

Boy I tell you what, I haven't seen anybody this good since Carl Yastrzemski.

I been watching players in MLB for 40 years. The things he does aren't just coincidence . His abilty to go with the pitch, yet turn on a pitch when needed or just hit one up the middle are phenomenal. He does whatever the situation calls for . He's made quick adjustments at every level .He's a team first kind of guy and those types don't come along very often . If that's "crowning his ass" so be it.

 

I'm sure that Rays fans were saying the same thing about Longoria last year. But that doesn't mean that he's going to be the next Ted Williams.

 

I project that Beckham will be a lot more like Chase Utley, with maybe a little less power. That's really freaking good, but let's not get carried away here.

 

I could see Beckham developing into a more walks than K type of a guy. I could see him striking out about 70-90 times a year while walking 80+ times.

I'm sure that Rays fans were saying the same thing about Longoria last year. But that doesn't mean that he's going to be the next Ted Williams.

 

I project that Beckham will be a lot more like Chase Utley, with maybe a little less power. That's really freaking good, but let's not get carried away here.

You mentioned Frank Thomas twasnt I. I'll accept freaking good. I think he projects in his career years as 30-35 HR's.

You wanna crown him, then crown his ass! Gordon Beckham IS who we thought he was!

And all you other guys making the crown his ass jokes gave me a good chuckle .

Someone bring up playoffs so we can bring Jim Mora into this as well.

We are in third place right now after being in first less than a week ago...

do you think we'll make it to the playoffs?

Playoffs? We just got swept by the Twins! Playoffs? Don't talk about playoffs! We need to win a game first! Playoffs?!

 

DISCLAIMER: No clue why playoff's is spelled that way.