something to get excited about

Rob needs to look at his minor league stats his lowest obp in the minors was
..260 and lowest batting average was .264 both in his first season, his minor
league average was .316 with a .390 obp. I really cant judge a player on
less than 300 at bats spread over 3 seasons in the majors..but even with
that his longest stint in the majors was last year and he averaged .276 with
a .316 obp. I think this is a guy that just needs a chance to settle into a
position. As for Rob and Rany, Rob's biggest problem is looking at things
from the stats he picks and chooses not the overall picture. Frankly I
think he would be better off to go root for some other team since its
obvious that no matter what move is made with the Royals he will find more
negative than positive to say about it. The royals could sign Pujols
tomorrow and Rob would claim that Alberts getting old and we are going away
from the youth movement, just wait till Hochevar signs....i will bet the
next day Rob will be ranting about how overpayed he is and that he is going
to be a bust. The guys gotten so jaded he probably just needs to step away
and root for the White Sox or something.

"RBTGT" <deathtoall.TakeThisOut@spammers.com> wrote in message
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> Bill James has ALWAYS said that if you don't have outfield defense in that
> park you won't win, period, although this was even more crucial when the
> park had artificial turf than it is now.
>
> I have heard at least one opposing manager refer to Kauffman as an
> "airport", and not because balls fly out of there readily, either.
>
> Rob Neyer is concerned about Gathright's fly ball to ground ball ratio,
> which is the 2nd highest in all of baseball--ridiculous if you are a
> speedy guy ala Willie Wilson or Kenny Lofton and need to be hitting the
> ball on the ground. If Gathright doesn't take steps to correct this, he
> will never develop into the player he CAN be unless he has power that
> hasn't manifested itself heretofore to-date.
>
> J.P. Howell was the pitcher still in the minors that I had the most hopes
> for and I think he WILL be at least a serviceable big league pitcher. How
> much beyond that, who knows.
>
> Haven't heard much at all about the other guy in this deal.
>
> "blueraja" <gamespast.TakeThisOut@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:yaomg.26617$VE1.25679@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
>> Wow so far im impressed with Gathright, he reminds me of Kenny Lofton
>> early in his career. Gotta say that it was a gutsy first move for Moore,
>> but the improvement in the outfield was easy to see even in the first
>> game. Thoughts??
>>
>
>
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blueraja wrote:
> Wow so far im impressed with Gathright, he reminds me of Kenny Lofton early
> in his career.

I think Tom Goodwin might be closer.
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As long as he plays like Tom Goodwin did when he was with KC I would be
thrilled....its better than what we had out there before regardless.


"Tony Myers (now with flavor crystals!)" <SedatedApe.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in
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>
> blueraja wrote:
>> Wow so far im impressed with Gathright, he reminds me of Kenny Lofton
>> early
>> in his career.
>
> I think Tom Goodwin might be closer.
>
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> As long as he plays like Tom Goodwin did when he was with KC I would be
> thrilled....its better than what we had out there before regardless.


Yeah, i didn't mean it as a put down. Guys like that are helpfull, I'd
just expect him to hit arount .250.
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