reach Oleruds power numbers? I keep seeing people claim that Ackley's power is dubious, but then everytime I go to compare Ackley to someone (especially other college players like Olerud) I find I am surprised that Ackley hit more home runs is college then they did. Olerud hit 33 total Colege HR's with a high of 23 as a sophomore, while Ackley hit 39 total college HRs with a high of 22 as a senior. And remember that Ackley was nursing TJ surgery for part of his college time.
Even the guys we claim as having awesome power often don't blow away Ackley's college power. Poythress is a guy who we hope can overcome SafeCo with his Awesome power, yet what was his college HR high? 22 his sophomore year, just like Ackley. Rich hit more overall, but I think that is due to Ackley being injured his sophomore year (he later had TJ surgery). Does everyone just assume those 22 HR's didn't happen or they were a fluke or what?
Anyways what do we do with the fact that Ackely may actually have the same amount of power as Rich Poythress??? Maybe Ackley really IS Joe Morgan part deux! :) :) :)
I love off season hype ;)
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