cool article from Rany today, mostly to express his irritation that Gordon and Ka'aihue are still in Omaha. He basically argues that if these two do still have something to learn about their swings, they wont ever learn against the pitchers they are currently dominating.
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And finally, like most Triple-A teams the O-Royals have a couple of veteran sluggers manning the 3-4 slots in their lineups. Unfortunately, neither one is a real prospect, as both of them are 36 years old.
No, wait, that’s a typo. They’re both 26 years old. Hmmm.
Let’s look a little closer then. One of them has a .385 OBP and a .526 SLG, the other one has a .402 OBP and a .513 SLG. Very good numbers for Triple-A, but I worry that their bats might be a little short to man left field and first base in the majors.
Oh, sorry – another typo. The left fielder doesn’t have a .385 OBP – he has a…wait, what?
A .485 OBP? And a .626 SLG?
The first baseman has a .502 OBP? A .613 SLG?
As Cartman would say, “Da F@!k?”
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In Gordon and Ka’aihue, the Royals have two of the three highest slugging averages in Triple-A, and two of the three best OBPs in the entire freaking minor leagues. Yet they wait. And wait. And wait.
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