2+ weeks ago I posted this:
Submitted by moethedog on8/07/11 9:10am
I'm becoming more positive that his minor league K's are due to his terrific patience and his willingness to wait until the last moment to commit.
That is no huge fault. He's something pretty cool.
Well, double ditto, today. Doc, do you have a chart that shows the pitch location of each of those hits? In this limited go-round, he's swinging at only 32% of o-zone stuff and 70% of zone stuff. He's no Peguerro-like hacker. He's stalking pitches. His zone contact is 82%. He waits and keeps the weight back, get a pitch he likes and then flicks a frozen rope into the gap.
[Man]. The guy has 8 doubles in 15 games. We had a discussion whether his Albuquerque tater numbers were elevation-aided. I pointed out that his huge homer to double gap indicated it was. We're seeing that be established. But hey, there is more to power than over-the-fence type. If you wear out the gaps and can fly around 1st base you can get to 40 doubles pretty consistently. I can see Trayvon as a 35 or 40 and 15 guy, next year. Does he make a Granderson-type evolution after that? Don't know. But he doesn't have to to be a player.
Wells and Robinson make for an interesting discussion about what to do with Guti. A 2013 OF of Trayvon-Guti-Casper would be tremendous defensively. Ichiro makes that a moot argument for '12.
So, do you hang onto Guti and then have 5 guys who split the PA's for 4 positions in '12, (Trayvon, Guti, Casper, Carp and Smoak) or do you peddle Guti. A Guti/League package would be pretty marketable.
I'm a seller, in the Guti department, but not as much as I once was. Guti's recent single barrage hasn't had much to do with it. He was always going to improve on his historically bad 1st half. But (assuming no injuries to the other guys), the idea of Guti as the 4th OF getting 80 starts (or so) is pretty interesting.
Guti as our own Merv Rettenmund (well, with a bit less bat)....What do you think, Doc?
Or you move Guti, and make Saunders or Peguerro as that guy.
Would depend on the Guti return, wouldn't it.
But I'm all in on Casper and Trayvon in CF and LF next year.
moe