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Sunday, August 10, 2003
excellent! party on!
from rotoworld.com:
The Tigers believe they have center field taken care of for 2004 with Alex Sanchez. Sanchez is hitting .284 with 25 stolen bases since coming over from Milwaukee. Sounds good, but the stats are pretty empty. Sanchez has been caught 13 times as a Tiger, giving him just a 66 percent success rate. And when your on-base percentage is just .314, you can't afford to be wiped out a third of the time. As a result, Sanchez has only 37 Runs Produced in 243 at-bats with Detroit. ''This is a wild stallion, and we're trying to get a little more structure in his game,'' manager Alan Trammell said.
whoa . . . wyld stallyn!
year team lea age ab wal con pow pra pav/pob/psl avg/obp/slg
2003 Mil/Det MLB 26 411 .040 .864 .301 3.28 .260/.289/.346 .287/.318/.372
2002 Milwaukee NL 25 394 .073 .843 .296 3.14 .250/.304/.318 .289/.343/.358
2001 Indnpls AAA 24 335 .062 .869 .299 3.42 .260/.306/.341 .313/.359/.394
2000 Durham AAA 23 446 .063 .852 .296 3.10 .252/.299/.319 .291/.342/.359
1999 Orlando AA 22 500 .049 .824 .291 2.59 .240/.277/.292 .254/.290/.306
1998 St Petrbg A 21 545 .054 .872 .296 3.20 .258/.298/.328 .330/.360/.400
1997 Charlstn-SC A 20 537 .064 .866 .290 2.92 .251/.299/.301 .289/.336/.339
1996 GCL D-Rays R 19 227 .042 .846 .306 3.38 .259/.290/.356 .282/.328/.379
he's got young players skills. . . . if his muscles get bigger, he'll make it. this is exactly the kind of player baseball prospectus fails to identify. let's look him up . . .
Alex Sanchez is a good baseball player. He can hit for average, play good defense, and run. That being said, if your MLB club is running him to the outfield every day, you're in deep trouble. Sanchez just doesn't have the power to be a productive major league regular. His lack of plate discipline means he needs to hit .320 to have a reasonable on-base percentage, and he's not going to hit .320 very often. Looking at the 25th man on your roster and seeing Alex Sanchez is a good thing. Looking at your second outfielder and seeing Alex Sanchez should immediately cause hives.
bp always has new ways to trash people. they're right about the power. but he's young still. if he develops even a little power, .320 will be a realistic batting average, with all that contact and speed he has. and if that happens, he'll be a star.
they just don't get it.
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