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| sportslover | Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:08 pm Post #31 |
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Nothing has, and nor did I argue that.
Batting practice is a terrible place to scout players.:mellow:
Melky is a potential 100 RBI 100 Run guy if you stick him in the middle of the lineup in a good lineup. A lot of major leaguers are. No, he's definitely not, but I wasn't arguing that. Or that he's better than Rios, but it's not "out of this world" or "unbelievable" that Melky could have a better 5 years than Rios. I sure as hell wouldn't bet money on it, though..
Batting average makes my skin crawl when used alone. Melky doesn't have the arm Rios has, but he does have more range in CF, where he's become a regular. I referred to K/BB because that's a better predictive tool. Really pointless of me to do so, though. |
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| fcukernaut | Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:46 pm Post #32 |
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No, but it was central to my argument that some of this list is completely wrong. For Melky to outproduce Rios he's going to have to be an all-star consistently for the next five years. Given that no one has definitively stepped up and said that it is possible than I've essentially been proven right.
Definitely is, but when a guy hits one HR in well over 140 games it is easy to say he's a bitch with no power and at best is a lead off hitter. But then you see him drill these 500+ feet bombs with high arc into the top deck it makes your mouth drop.
So we're arguing over the difference between highly unlikely and impossible?
Had the Giants been dumb enough to trade us Lincecum in the off-season for Rios we could see how well Rios matches up in CF defensively over 162 games instead of just 20 different one off during the season. |
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