November 1, 201015 yr QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 31, 2010 -> 11:15 PM) Ozzie Guillen had enough hitting ability to play at SS and he never had an OPS+ higher than 85. What was acceptable for a SS was much different until Cal Ripken started to change that.
November 1, 201015 yr Nice to see Escobar lighting up the AFL, very Morel-esque. Anyone else see him putting up Orlando Cabrera type numbers potentially?
November 1, 201015 yr QUOTE (Bruce_Blixton @ Nov 1, 2010 -> 11:25 AM) Nice to see Escobar lighting up the AFL, very Morel-esque. Anyone else see him putting up Orlando Cabrera type numbers potentially? Not really, Escobar strikes out wayyyyy more.
November 1, 201015 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 1, 2010 -> 10:16 AM) What was acceptable for a SS was much different until Cal Ripken started to change that. At least in the AL, the era of the big run producing SS has seemingly come to a grinding halt the last few years. The AL put up on average a .666 OPS out of the SS position last year. In 2000, AL shortstops averaged a .768 OPS.
November 1, 201015 yr QUOTE (chisoxfan09 @ Nov 1, 2010 -> 01:09 PM) Anyone think Escobar can develop into our version of Starlin Castro? In the major leagues by age 20? I think he's going to have to do some growing younger first.
November 1, 201015 yr QUOTE (chisoxfan09 @ Nov 1, 2010 -> 12:09 PM) Anyone think Escobar can develop into our version of Starlin Castro? This is what cracks me up as a Sox fan, we have a decent prospect come up and is still years away and they hit a few HR's in the AFL (which is a HITTER'S LEAGUE PEOPLE) and suddenly this prospect is comparable to top 25 prospects.
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