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Originally Posted by Archie F. Swin
While I'm no expert in player development (I'm much more like a casual baseball fan), we need to remind ourselves that Moose and Hos are very young major league players. I'm confident that at least one of the two will live up to their prospect hype within the next 1-3 seasons.
I just hope to gawd they "figure it out" quicker than Gordon did.
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I think Gordon was figuring it out in his second season before injuries stunted his growth. He had a so-so rookie year, and made significant improvement in year 2 -- his 2008 is not far off his 2012.
But even then, people were calling him a bust because he wasn't matching the hype coming out of the gate. But he was an above-average player in Year 2, an ascending player, at least with the bat. He was not as bad as Hosmer and Moose have been the last year and three weeks.
Then he had hip and thumb injuries. Being healthy and moving to LF helped him get back on track (I think Seitzer tinkered with his swing, too).