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So, for League we get a guy who might become a League and an OF guy who has numbers in his first CAL League go-around that are similar to Trayvon's in his second. What Landry does, however, is run like a rabbit and he doesn't strike out: 155 K's in 1202 MiLB PA's.
Nice.
He walks about once a week, however. Alas.....
Can he pick it in CF? Don't know....
But guys of his skill set have played well in the bigs for a long time....even in LF.
However, we have a bunch of MiLB hitters, Romero/Miller etc, who are going to soon be looking for a MLB position....and some of them are going to end up in LF. Not to mention Catricala....and Thames.
Delabar for Thames is a neat pickup, BTW.
Goodness knows why the Jays would give up a decent bat, with some upside, for a 29-yr. old journeyman AAA relever.
OK, Thames K's some....but he's actually shown that he can hit at this level some. And he doesn't whiff at the astronomical rates like Peguero.....who we may never see again. Have you ever seen anything so futile as Peguerro over the last few games?
1-20 with 12 K's! Eeeeek.
Thames will do for now, although the guy I was hoping we could get was Danial Nava in Boston. I like what he could bring, OBP-wise, as a top of the order guy.
So it appears that we're gong to see a pretty consistent OF of Thames-Saunders-Wells, which is a decent OF, if Thames is the hitter he was last season. That doesn't leave many PA's for Trayvon, who really should get some so we can see what we have.
If he isn't gong to play, I would much prefer we bring up Ford as the 4th OF, who is kind of classic in that mode. Or maybe the idea is to use Figgins as the LF against LHP.
And, Carp has an OPS+ guys of 100 right now (an ugly one...but 100 none-the-less). Despite the injury and the terrible start...and the jacking around (from my perspective) he still is a decent bat. Funny how when you just say "Mike, your in the lineup everyday...now go hit," that is just what he does. 9 'fer his last 18, with 3 extra-base hits. He'll keep hitting at a valuable clip all the way until September. No more poo-pooing, huh?
moe