kev921 wrote:Being ROY doesn't guarantee success, look at the last two AL ROY's. Angel Berroa's rookie season, he batted .287, 17 HR, 73 RBI, 92 R's & 21 SB. With your reasoning, why did the 2003 ROY then proceed to follow with a .262 avg, 8 HR, 43 RBI, 72 R's & only 14 SB's? Why did the 2002 ROY Eric Hinske go from batting .279, 24 HR, 84 RBI, 99 R's down to .243, 12 HR's, 63 RBI's & 74 R's.
I think that there should be some caution exercised with 2nd year players.
Who said anything about ROY? The A's have been high on this guy for years. His expectations and raw ability are much higher than either of those guys. The A's chose to get rid of Tejada (yes, they had to because of money, but it didn't have to be Tejada that they chose to let go) because they were so high on this guy. I brought up that he was only a rookie because I feel that he didn't even show what he is capable of yet. I don't care what awards he got or anyone else got. We are talking about upside here. Beltre had hype for years because he was so talented. Sure, he took awhile to meet those expectations, but his talent finally did show. Crosby has tons of talent. Will it show this year for sure? Of course not, but I'll take a risk on his upside over most of the other guys on the list (except Matsui who I feel is a sure fire 15 homers, 15 steals guy this year at least with a .280+ batting average). By the way, all I projected was that he'd hit over .250. I don't feel like I'm overstating capabilities for this year or anything. He's very capable of .250+, 25 homers, 80 rbi's, 10-15 steals.
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