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Nate Schierholtz in '08

Anybody else with me that he could be a very productive player in 2008? This kid just keeps on hitting...two months ago there was a post on here about him and I compared him to a Johnny Damon type hitter...and I am going to continue that comparison. With a giants offense that is sorely looking for a boost, he could be a fine contributor I think.

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Brian Sabean
The main obstacle between Nate and being productive regular for the Giants is Brian Sabean who can be almost counted on to bring in a FA OF this offseason  While I'm not saying Nate is going to be a better player than Andruw Jones or Torii Hunter, the Giants have bigger needs in the IF where they have no prospects to block.

by DrBGiantsfan on Nov 2, 2007 8:49 PM EDT reply actions  

Johnny Damon?
He of the .318/.406/.480 minor league stats?
Schierholtz is .305/.353/.504. Very dissimilar.
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by FrazierFan on Nov 3, 2007 8:31 AM EDT reply actions  

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To add to that, as fine a player as Johnny Damon has been he wouldn't have been too good as a corner OF, which is what Schierholtz is limited to right? I DO believe Nate can develop some power and have some years as around a league average RF, which ain't bad but, Damon was a GOOD Cf. Quite a difference in value.

by casejud on Nov 3, 2007 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

Power
If you take a look at the isolated Power numbers there, Nate has considerably more power, with only a slight decrease on BA.  If Nate replicates those numbers at his peak, he would be better than an average corner OF.

by DrBGiantsfan on Nov 3, 2007 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Big Point
To me anyways :)

Not a dis respect to nate's abilities but, to be fair, a comparison of him and damon statistically is almost totally INVALID. Johnny Damon never had a chance to have a ggod year at AA when he was 22 or a good year at AAA when he was 23 like Nate because well...he was already a big leaguer! Nate had a nice year at AAA last year at the age of 23 and I like him. I think he has a chance to be as good as some guys i look at as decent/ good regular RF's like Victorino, Teahen, Swisher maybe but, he is NOT going to be as good a player as Johnny Damon.

In fact his power is the ONLY thing he may be able to do better than Damon. Damon's game, of course, was/is multi-faceted... Great D in Center,  Hitting skills, modest pop and speed. Even IF Nate was as good of a hitter ( and i dont think he is) he's not a CF.

by casejud on Nov 4, 2007 3:56 AM EDT reply actions  

Agreed
Not sure where the Damon comparison came from in the first place.  Damon and Nate Schierholtz are not really similar prospects or players.  I'm  happy to just let Nate be Nate and see what happens.

by DrBGiantsfan on Nov 4, 2007 10:04 AM EST up reply actions  

Comps
Well, I'm not sure about any of those comps, actually...maybe Teahen but he's obviously has demonstrated much more plate discipline than Schierholtz has to date.  Maybe someone like Xavier Nady or Casey Blake?

I think Nate's in danger of becoming the classic "tweener," not enough pop to play consistently at a corner OF position, not enough speed/defense/OBP to play CF.

by Yakker on Nov 5, 2007 12:38 PM EST up reply actions  

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