Q. Could Wilson be Cecil Fielder? Maybe he's a super-strong hitter who Eureka! Figured out he can stay back on slow ones, and still torque them?
A. Even Cecil showed more, early on, than Mikey did ... he had a taste in the majors at 21, had a good little stretch at 23, though washed back out at 24-25. But I guess you could say Mike Wilson had a real good flash in Wakamatsu's spring training 2009.
Wouldn't ask Wilson to be Cecil Fielder, and he wouldn't need to be. He could help the Mariners hitting something a bit less than 51 homers.
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Q. Could he play LF?
A. Well, he's got 8 stolen bases in 11 attempts, that coming in 35% of a full MLB season. I think we've all figured out where it gets us to demand that all 8 starting players be pretty to watch in the field.
Or did you want to try this again next year, glove wizards at 1B, SS, and everywhere else because it shows we're state-of-the-art?
I dunno, maybe Wilson's tightly wound up and you want to keep his legs rested. Solution there is to keep his AB's to 400-450, if that's so.
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Q. Should you bring him up?
A. It's kind of like this: you bring Daniel Cabrera into your organizaton why? 'Cause he throws 97 mph, and if he ever did start to throw strikes, then you just hit the lotto.
What would you think of a franchise that brought Daniel Cabrera in, and then D-Cab one day starting hitting corners like Jamie Moyer? And had 140 strikeouts against 9 walks in AAA?
And then the franchise cut him, after he hit his 100:1 shot to figure it out? It would be a huge glaring neon light, flashing two seconds on, one second off, two seconds on, one second off WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
I mean, why was Cabrera there? Because you enjoy processing failed prospects. You enjoy giving F's, I guess.
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Mike Wilson was a 100:1 shot (well, y'know) to ever start running 17:20 EYE ratios. He was a 100:1 shot to ever start managing pitchers like he's doing now. I mean, Jack Cust was questionable about learning to wait on the curve. Mike Wilson was a prayer to do so.
Now that he has done so, of course you need to give him a long look at the ML level.
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Cheers,
Dr D
Jack Cust also broke out in AAA at age 27. Same player type.
Cust had better numbers, but also more minor league ABs. High K, High BB, High IsoP. Both late bloomers, both broke out in AAA at age 27 (well hopefully for Wilson).
The only question is whether Wilson really is a high BB type now. I'd leave him down for another 3-4 weeks to see if his adjustment is for real.
Anyone know how good he is defensively in a corner?
But from an early age was an extreme pitch-stalker, o' course.
Have never had the chance to watch him in the minors, since haven't gotten to Cheney the last month. Obviously he has plenty of footspeed compared to the average LF'er.
Naturally, if 2010 hasn't taught cyber-Seattle anything and the bare-minimum LF defensive standard is still "converted center fielder," he's going to fall short of that. :- )
But for those of us who grew up watching baseball in the 1970's, Wilson figures as a no-brainer to give you enough range in LF.