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Sometimes you want your teenage dirtbag hitters built like they're farm kids who want to wrestle steers.  The fact that he likes spending hours a day in the batting cage should make him a good fit with Edgar's teaching too.  IMO that's one of the most important gifts we can give those kids: a hall-of-fame-level hitter to guide them through the rapids.  But at least we have two talented hitters to buoy the system.

I like Lewis better than any first-round hitter since Ackley (since I thought Ackley was going to be Mark Grace - my bad).  I like Rizzo as well, but then I don't mind "unathletic" third basemen who can really hit.  If he turns into Nick Swisher as an OF/1B there are worse things.  If he stays at third, even better.  Just turn them into hitters first and THEN worry about whether Lewis can stay in center or Rizzo at third.  We haven't had too many successful hitters come up through the system in the last two decades at any position.

If they can hit, we'll find a way to play em.  That's all I ask.

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