Sleeper Alert! Which SS had these numbers in the 2nd half?

[Yoda]

To be fair to Khalil, he was hurt multiple times this past season, including a hand injury on his right hand. Swinging a bat with that kind of injury has to be difficult, to say the least.

In the last two months, Khalil did hit 8 homers, drove in 31 rbi, and slugged .506.

Granted, I still wouldn't draft him next season: he's not worth the risk, especially while still playing 1/2 his games in Petco.

I agree. It's an awful comparison to use Khalil since he battled injuries the entire year.

But having watched him, he seems pretty special and I wouldn't be surprised if he became the Pads best hitter as soon as 06.

[brandnew]

I read something somewhere that compared JJ Hardy to a young Miguel Tejada. My uninformed guess would be that his prime would look something like .290 90 25 100 10 which isn't bad but probably not a superstar.

That's damn good...

[hybrid]

I read something somewhere that compared JJ Hardy to a young Miguel Tejada. My uninformed guess would be that his prime would look something like .290 90 25 100 10 which isn't bad but probably not a superstar.

I also think that is a pretty bad comparison, I really wonder how anyone would come up with that. They don't have the same body type, they aren't the same type of hitters, and only one hits for power. Hardy will basically never be in a position to hit 100 rbi's, he is suited for the 2nd spot in the order almost to a "T". He is very contact orientated hitter with a little pop to go with it, more in the 15-20 hr / 65-75 rbi catagory.

BTW those 2nd half stats were for only 180+ AB's, not a very good sample size though he obviously made improvements.

[GotowarMissAgnes]

To be fair to Khalil, he was hurt multiple times this past season, including a hand injury on his right hand. Swinging a bat with that kind of injury has to be difficult, to say the least.

In the last two months, Khalil did hit 8 homers, drove in 31 rbi, and slugged .506.

Granted, I still wouldn't draft him next season: he's not worth the risk, especially while still playing 1/2 his games in Petco.

I agree. It's an awful comparison to use Khalil since he battled injuries the entire year.

But having watched him, he seems pretty special and I wouldn't be surprised if he became the Pads best hitter as soon as 06.

Actually, it's a good comparison. Both are very talented young players with a recent injury history. I think both of them had half seasons that reflect what they can do when they are injury free and playing their bests. The danger is assuming that this is likely to be a good guide for what they will do all the time. They won't. As young players, they are both likely to improve, but both also have shown a tendency towards injury. That should moderate your assumptions about whether they will develop along a normal curve or not.

[rotterdam_82]

Would Marcus Giles be a better comparison perhaps? Both perfect 2 hole hitters, with a little bit of everything without realy excelling at anything.

[Yoda]

To be fair to Khalil, he was hurt multiple times this past season, including a hand injury on his right hand. Swinging a bat with that kind of injury has to be difficult, to say the least.

In the last two months, Khalil did hit 8 homers, drove in 31 rbi, and slugged .506.

Granted, I still wouldn't draft him next season: he's not worth the risk, especially while still playing 1/2 his games in Petco.

I agree. It's an awful comparison to use Khalil since he battled injuries the entire year.

But having watched him, he seems pretty special and I wouldn't be surprised if he became the Pads best hitter as soon as 06.

Actually, it's a good comparison. Both are very talented young players with a recent injury history. I think both of them had half seasons that reflect what they can do when they are injury free and playing their bests. The danger is assuming that this is likely to be a good guide for what they will do all the time. They won't. As young players, they are both likely to improve, but both also have shown a tendency towards injury. That should moderate your assumptions about whether they will develop along a normal curve or not.

Khalil had one year with injuries. I don't see this as a trend.

[davidmarver]

To be fair to Khalil, he was hurt multiple times this past season, including a hand injury on his right hand. Swinging a bat with that kind of injury has to be difficult, to say the least.

In the last two months, Khalil did hit 8 homers, drove in 31 rbi, and slugged .506.

Granted, I still wouldn't draft him next season: he's not worth the risk, especially while still playing 1/2 his games in Petco.

I agree. It's an awful comparison to use Khalil since he battled injuries the entire year.

But having watched him, he seems pretty special and I wouldn't be surprised if he became the Pads best hitter as soon as 06.

Actually, it's a good comparison. Both are very talented young players with a recent injury history. I think both of them had half seasons that reflect what they can do when they are injury free and playing their bests. The danger is assuming that this is likely to be a good guide for what they will do all the time. They won't. As young players, they are both likely to improve, but both also have shown a tendency towards injury. That should moderate your assumptions about whether they will develop along a normal curve or not.

Do you even know how Khalil got injured? It was a throw down to second that took an awkward hop and hit his finger. That's not injury prone, that's unlucky.

[GotowarMissAgnes]

You don't seem to be familiar with Greene's injury history:

Broken finger in September of 2004
Broken finger in April 2005
Broken toe August 2005

Three broken bones in 11 months? When does "unlucky" become "injury prone"?

[davidmarver]

You don't seem to be familiar with Greene's injury history:

Broken finger in September of 2004
Broken finger in April 2005
Broken toe August 2005

Three broken bones in 11 months? When does "unlucky" become "injury prone"?

Broken bones are normally freak accidents as they are. This isn't something like a hamstring pull or ligament tear.

[Yoda]

You don't seem to be familiar with Greene's injury history:

Broken finger in September of 2004
Broken finger in April 2005
Broken toe August 2005

Three broken bones in 11 months? When does "unlucky" become "injury prone"?

THose were freak accidents dude. He broke his fingers from a fluky bounce. He bouned a ball off his foot. Griffey is injury prone. Kearns is injury prone. I would not consider Greene injury prone. Yet.