And He Shall be Trayyyyy-Von
... and he shall be a good man...
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Those who wanted to see a high-profile, super-saber, scout-swoon'ing bat won't have anything to complain about with Tray-vonnn.
Coming into 2011, before the big bust-out, Baseball HQ had Trayvon at #2 in the Dodgers org, #7 among all outfielders in baseball, top 50 among all minor leaguers, position and pitching ... well ahead of Josh Reddick, for example. It was only after the top-50 ranking, that Tray-vonn showed the expected power bust-out and is on pace for 40 jacks this year, pro-rated to 155 games, age 23 in AAA.
Homers, walks, OBP, stolen bases, defense in CF, has ripped up AAA and can join the M's any time, yada yada yada... this is the kinda guy most of yer were thinking would come back in the Doogie trade.
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The first thing to consider on Treyvon is the Sandy-Raleigh/G-Money golden principle: Treyvon's demonstrated ability to learn and improve. Check, for example, his EYE from 2006-10, culminating in the big PWR spike now.
When an advancing EYE is then swapped out to a PWR spike, you've got an ideal arc. See Carp, Mike.
Next up, the BB's rebound while the PWR remains. Check Carlos Beltran's BB column between the ages of 23 and 27. That's the deal-io with intelligent AND talented young players.
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Leaving us with, sooner rather than later:
- LF - Casper
- CF - Tray-vonn
- RF - Ichiro
- 2B - Ackley
- 1B - Smoak
- DH - Carp
- Left Out - Guti
A POTD or six forthcoming, but here's a comments thread for a few hours, and maybe you guys will point us in the right direction on the vids and quotes :- )
Cheerio,
Dr D