June 8, 20169 yr Or Brian Anderson, although Anderson was lacking in work ethic and just had a terrible swing mechanics-wise. Fields as well...could never even hit an above average fastball after 2007 and ONE memorable spring training. It feels like they were very patient with Trayce Thompson and less so with Marcus Semien, Micah Johnson and Carlos Sanchez (because of a positional need at the big league level). Saladino, because of his own performance and health issues...he had a ton of time in the minors as well. Hawkins being pushed like they did remains dubious, though. Otoh, guys like Borchard and Viciedo, that they clearly saw flaws in...didn't get moved nearly as quickly as many wanted. Viciedo was being projected by many scouts to be ready to make an immediate impact in 2009, and he didn't really have his full rookie season until 2012. Went through all those positional changes (same thing happened with Beckham at the big league level and Marcus Semien as well.) Edited June 8, 20169 yr by caulfield12
June 8, 20169 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 8, 2016 -> 03:38 PM) Or Brian Anderson, although Anderson was lacking in work ethic and just had a terrible swing mechanics-wise. The thing about Anderson and Beckham, though, is that both were very good defensively. So I'm not sure that they had confidence issues so much as they just weren't able to hit major league pitching. A *lot* of players fall into that category.
June 8, 20169 yr QUOTE (Dunt @ Jun 8, 2016 -> 03:47 PM) Probably nothing, but sure deleted quickly... My best guess is he was amped to face Severino (former Yankees top prospect) tonight and when people reacted he just deleted it.
June 9, 20169 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 8, 2016 -> 02:38 PM) Or Brian Anderson, although Anderson was lacking in work ethic and just had a terrible swing mechanics-wise. Fields as well...could never even hit an above average fastball after 2007 and ONE memorable spring training. It feels like they were very patient with Trayce Thompson and less so with Marcus Semien, Micah Johnson and Carlos Sanchez (because of a positional need at the big league level). Saladino, because of his own performance and health issues...he had a ton of time in the minors as well. Hawkins being pushed like they did remains dubious, though. It's not that they were patient with Trayce and not so with Semien. Semien hit really really well. So he got promoted. Trayce sucked at hitting. So he stayed in AA for 2 seasons.
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