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Originally Posted by DeepSouth
Duncan, Totally different topic; Since you know more about the minors that most, what's the deal with Matt Fields? He's 27 and from what I can tell, never done much up to this point. But now, for the Naturals, he has 24 homers already this season. Is he a late bloomer, ballpark HR friendly, juicing, etc..... ? thanks,
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The hope, I think, would be that Fields is the next Daniel Nava... guy who bounced through a few systems, never had huge hype, went to Indy ball and raked, and made the most of a second chance. When he signed with KC, Fields was a year older than Nava was when he signed with Boston, but the stories are similar.
It sounds like the power is real. He played some OF in the independent league but I'm doubtful he could hack it at the MLB level, or he'd be even more intriguing.