Quote:
Originally Posted by KC_Connection
I'm certainly not going to write a 22 year old off based on his K/BB ratio, no. You'd have to either be crazy or simply uninformed to do so.
Good thing he's still 5 years away for his prime years then, eh?
|
Just like Delmon Young was? How 'bout Jeff Francouer?
Strike zone judgment doesn't just show up. It's a strange deal, it certainly seems like it should. But history has shown us, time and time again, that if you don't have solid strike zone judgment as a youngster, you're not just going to get it.
But that's okay - if you're extremely lucky he may end up like Preson Wilson someday. If you can just figure out a way to let him it at altitude, you might be in okay shape.
(BTW - Ryan Braun, at 23 years old, hit 34 HRs and put up an OPS above 1.000; yeah, I'd lay off asking what Braun could've done at 22. He'd have done far better than Travis Snider)