Originally Posted by Marcellus (Post 6733918)

Freese is carrying the team right now.

Originally Posted by frazod (Post 6733941)

He's awesome.

I know he played a bit last year, but is he eligible for ROY consideration?

Originally Posted by Marcellus (Post 6733946)

Yea he is a true rook, the cut off is 120 plate appearances.

Originally Posted by frazod (Post 6733954)

Cool. He's my candidate. Screw that Heyward guy. :D

Originally Posted by frazod (Post 6733954)

Cool. He's my candidate. Screw that Heyward guy. :D

Originally Posted by Miles (Post 6734191)

Franklin seem to have gotten his shit back together after those rough few appearances. He has somehow managed to K two batters in consecutive appearances and still hasn't walked a batter on the year.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 6640705)

Just got back from a week in Jupter - David Freese is a ballplayer.

I'm absolutely sold on the kid. He's going to be a premium defensive 3b and an above average hitter. We have our 3b for the next 5 years, IMO. I was incredibly impressed by him.

He has a nice line-drive stroke; 35 doubles/25 HRs are a possibility. He has great defensive instincts and soft hands. His arm is not Rolen's, but it's above average (better than Glaus). He's very quick at along the line as well, he made 3 or 4 great diving snags in the 4 games I watched.

He's a natural 6 hitter, average baserunner and potentially premier defensive 3b. Him and Brendan Ryan are going to be revelations to a lot of people this year, IMO. That's the left side of our IF for a loooong time.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 6640807)

Second, look at his swing. He's a big kid and has a nice even swing. He keeps his hands in well and takes a pretty direct route to the ball. He's not a slugger, but will get into some line drives that clear the fence. I don't think he'll peak this season by any means; a rookie learning curve is to be expected. At the same time, he's going to continue getting better as he's done at every stop through out his career.

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If we stick with him, we'll have a very nice player on our hands.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 6734214)

Keep on keepin' on, David. Those screaming liners off the wall sure are comforting from the back downhill side of the order.

Kid's an absolute steal. His swing may get a little loopy from time to time, but he's a ballplayer.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 6734214)

Thanks for memories, Jimmy, but I'm sure glad to have this kid instead of you right about now.

Originally Posted by BigRedChief (Post 6734220)

Nice spring training call :thumb:

Also Waino is pretty nice to have around too instead of JD Drew. :rolleyes: