Adam Jones called up to play CF
http://ussmariner.com/2006/07/12/adam-jones-to-the-majors/#comments
Seems a bit rushed, as he's only 20 years old, and has been a CF for all of about 4 months (including the AZ Fall League).
Still, he's been making tremendous strides with the bat - take note of the May and June numbers courtesy of the ussmariner site:
April: .268/.286/.512, 82 AB, 22 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 1 BB, 20 K
May: .208/.263/.368, 106 AB, 22 H, 4 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 8 BB, 23 K
June: .342/.405/.482, 114 AB, 39 H, 7 2B, 3 HR, 11 BB, 23 K
May: .308/.419/.692, 26 AB, 8 H, 1 2B, 3 HR, 5 BB, 1 K
Good pop, extremely athletic, and raw (though note the bump in eye ratios, however modest...there -is- a notable improvement there...)
I share some of the concerns that this may be too soon for him to be pushed up to the Show, but hopefully he's able to translate his progress into some MLB success. Thoughts?
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wow
re: wow
(So much so that the Mariner blogs, particularly Prospect Insider (http://prospectinsider.wordpress.com/), were hearing buzz about a possible move last week.)
And when your alternative is dropping Willie Bloomquist smack dab in the center of your outfield, I can see why they would want to take a peak behind what was behind "door #3."
So hopefully he fares okay. He's a classic "tools" prospect moreso than anything, so there's a good chance that he'll struggle, at least initially...
Exciting
by Hotwheelz on Jul 12, 2006 5:45 PM EDT reply actions
maybe ......
by the pinstripes on Jul 12, 2006 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe
Otherwise, I don't see Upton playing in center for the Rays. I'm guessing they'll trade him before putting him in the outfield full time.
Big time rush job
by PooNani on Jul 12, 2006 5:46 PM EDT reply actions
Snelling
I agree, though - too bad about Choo. He just doesn't seem to be a great fit for the M's - lefty bat (with Ichiro, Ibanez, Snelling, and Reed already in the fold), not really enough pop to fit at a corner OF with some combo of the above four (Ibanez being the "slugger" of the 5, if you can imagine ~that~) and an inability to cleanly track balls off of the bat (which is death in CF). Choo's trade bait, I think.
Snelling should be up soon enough, though. Everett has just about overstayed his welcome, so there will be a nice cozy spot for him at DH soon, hopefully...
Absolutely seems rushed....
by southboundpachyderm on Jul 12, 2006 7:36 PM EDT reply actions
Choo that bad?
by BERSMR on Jul 13, 2006 7:11 PM EDT reply actions

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