Showing posts with label MLB Player to Watch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MLB Player to Watch. Show all posts
Friday, July 8, 2011
MLB Player to Watch: Mike Trout
You can go ahead and put that jersey on now, Mike.
In a move that came way earlier than most expected, the Angels that play in Anaheim have called up top prospect Mike Trout.
He's not their top prospect, but arguably the top prospect in all of Major League Baseball, and tonight, at the age of 19, he will make his debut as the starting centerfielder against the Mariners. Among prospect "experts," Trout is unanimously in the top two in the game, either ahead of or right behind Bryce Harper. The two are different types of players -- Harper has prodigious power, Trout is a well-rounded hitter that should steal a ton of bases and play an excellent defensive centerfield -- but few can strongly favor either in the debate of the game's best.
Friday, May 6, 2011
MLB Player to Watch: Eric Hosmer
Earlier this year, I wrote about how Kila Ka'aihue was an MLB Player to Watch. So, you might wonder, why did you write about a guy who batted .195 in 23 games this season before getting sent down to Triple-A, Charlie? Part of the answer, of course, was that he had a pretty impressive minor league track record of getting on base and hitting for power, and those types of guys are always worth watching when they get a shot in the big leagues. Not only would it be interesting to see if he could be a successful major leaguer, but his fate would, no doubt, be connected to another young first baseman in the Royals system. Never mind that that GM Dayton Moore and the Royals front office probably mishandled the whole situation by not giving him an earnest opportunity to play and it's questionable if they will ever understand how to value and assemble a major league roster, because that may not even matter soon.
Why, you ask again? BECAUSE ERIC HOSMER IS MAKING HIS DEBUT TONIGHT!!!! That's the second reason I wrote about Kila -- because Hosmer is a stud we knew he'd be making it difficult to keep him in the minors very long, especially if Ka'aiahue struggled. Well, he struggled, and Hosmer was even better than we expected, and now he's in Kansas City for all of us to watch.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
MLB Players to Watch: Alexi Ogando
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| Breakout Player? The Collective thinks so |
The defending American League Champion Texas Rangers, run by an all-time pitching great and coached by the brother of an even greater all-timer, open this year with the unenviable task of living up to standards they set a year ago, but doing so without Cliff Lee. Because of his loss, they have been left to patch together a starting rotation that will rely on C.J. Wilson and Colby Lewis to lead a staff that really lacks upside. They were 10th in the majors last season, with a collective 3.93 ERA, but many doubt that Wilson (3.35 ERA) or Lewis (3.72) can be much better than they were a year ago.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
MLB Player to Watch: Kila Ka'aihue
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