Baldelli

[bell]

A poor man's Pierre who hits 10 HR's and 85 RBI's? Must be one of them offensively productive poor man's Pierre's.

that's suppose to be 85 runs and 60 rbis..sorry

Ah, my bad. That makes more sense.

[mikcou]

I can see Baldelli going .280-80-15-75 with around 20 stolen bases

[LCBOY]

Color me dubious.
I see a guy with absolutely no eye and is getting by on pure talent.

I'd take talent over an "eye". He will only get better the more pitchers he faces.

I'll take skill over talent. Rocco doesn't know how to control the stike zone. All good hitters are able to control the strike zone. He had a 128-30 strikeout-to-walk ratio last season with a .326 OBP. That is just atrocious. The ability to draw walks is a skill learned at a very young age, usually in the minors. I am skeptical that he will ever learn to have an "eye". I say he hits in the .250-.265 range with an awful OBP.

[trevisc]

I say he hits in the .250-.265 range with an awful OBP.

why don't you post that in the projections forum and we'll revisit this discussion in October

[kdawg]

Color me dubious.
I see a guy with absolutely no eye and is getting by on pure talent.

I'd take talent over an "eye". He will only get better the more pitchers he faces.

I'll take skill over talent. Rocco doesn't know how to control the stike zone. All good hitters are able to control the strike zone. He had a 128-30 strikeout-to-walk ratio last season with a .326 OBP. That is just atrocious. The ability to draw walks is a skill learned at a very young age, usually in the minors. I am skeptical that he will ever learn to have an "eye". I say he hits in the .250-.265 range with an awful OBP.

I think I will take talent over skill. Name this two players who produces these stats their first full year in the league. Both were know as free swingers.

Player #1
.306 30 hr 122 r 98 rbi 22 sb

Player #2
.268 18 hr 77 r 73 rbi 43 sb

Player #2 is a little closer in comparison to Rocco. By the way, Rocco's stats were as follows:

.289 11 rh 89 r 78 rbi 27 sb

[Erboes]

Color me dubious.
I see a guy with absolutely no eye and is getting by on pure talent.

I'd take talent over an "eye". He will only get better the more pitchers he faces.

I'll take skill over talent. Rocco doesn't know how to control the stike zone. All good hitters are able to control the strike zone. He had a 128-30 strikeout-to-walk ratio last season with a .326 OBP. That is just atrocious. The ability to draw walks is a skill learned at a very young age, usually in the minors. I am skeptical that he will ever learn to have an "eye". I say he hits in the .250-.265 range with an awful OBP.

I think I will take talent over skill. Name this two players who produces these stats their first full year in the league. Both were know as free swingers.

Player #1
.306 30 hr 122 r 98 rbi 22 sb

Player #2
.268 18 hr 77 r 73 rbi 43 sb

Player #2 is a little closer in comparison to Rocco. By the way, Rocco's stats were as follows:

.289 11 rh 89 r 78 rbi 27 sb

I'm sure one of them is Soriano.

What you are doing is taking the exception and making it the rule. Just because Soriano overcame his deficiencies does not mean that Baldelli will. It is rare that a player with poor plate discipline doesn't struggle at some point in the majors. Usually they spend a lot of time in the minors because of it if they ever make it at all. Maybe Baldelli is another exception, but I think the odds are heavily against him.

[kdawg]

I'm sure one of them is Soriano.

What you are doing is taking the exception and making it the rule. Just because Soriano overcame his deficiencies does not mean that Baldelli will. It is rare that a player with poor plate discipline doesn't struggle at some point in the majors. Usually they spend a lot of time in the minors because of it if they ever make it at all. Maybe Baldelli is another exception, but I think the odds are heavily against him.[/quote]

Well, what about Sosa or Garciaparra to name to others. Baldelli has the benefit of playing for an excellent coach. Experience will make him better.

[mikcou]

experience makes everyone better...

[LCBOY]

Color me dubious.
I see a guy with absolutely no eye and is getting by on pure talent.

I'd take talent over an "eye". He will only get better the more pitchers he faces.

I'll take skill over talent. Rocco doesn't know how to control the stike zone. All good hitters are able to control the strike zone. He had a 128-30 strikeout-to-walk ratio last season with a .326 OBP. That is just atrocious. The ability to draw walks is a skill learned at a very young age, usually in the minors. I am skeptical that he will ever learn to have an "eye". I say he hits in the .250-.265 range with an awful OBP.

I think I will take talent over skill. Name this two players who produces these stats their first full year in the league. Both were know as free swingers.

Player #1
.306 30 hr 122 r 98 rbi 22 sb

Player #2
.268 18 hr 77 r 73 rbi 43 sb

Player #2 is a little closer in comparison to Rocco. By the way, Rocco's stats were as follows:

.289 11 rh 89 r 78 rbi 27 sb

So you rather take a player that rans fast over a player that can take walks, make contact and work the count on a pitcher?

[trevisc]

So you rather take a player that rans fast over a player that can take walks, make contact and work the count on a pitcher?

If he can get me 40/40 every year then heck yeah!