Ethier v Lind v Hermida

by melt12 on Feb 28, 2007 10:46 AM EST

I'd like to see how people size up this group. Ethier and Hermida have a year under their belt while Lind made a splash with a small sample size. I've been a big Hermida fan and still am. I like his swing-plane and the fact he'll take a walk. His defense looked a little suspect from the times I saw him. I really haven't seen Ethier much or Lind. I read that Ethier had a poor last month of the season. Where does Lind fit in with these guys....better or below them? Is Ethier for real or a guy that's going to disappoint?

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Personally

If Hermida can do what we expected him to do last year, there's no contest.

That being said I really like Lind as well, not too big of an Ethier fan

But If I had to choose, it would be

Hermida
Lind
Ethier

by sagecoll on Feb 28, 2007 12:31 PM EST reply actions

Lind

IMO, once they all get regulat playing time, it will be Hermida > Lind > Ethier. I agree that Hermida could bust out this year. So many rookies did well last year that people have almost forgotten that the normal career trajectory is for players to improve a year or two after they've been in the league. On the flip side, you do end up with rookies who play better than expected to start because they haven't been well learned yet, but decline once the scouting reports come out. I think Ethier falls into that category. If Lind can get regular at-bats, he should be a better pure hitter than Ethier, but his shaky defense will make it tough for him to get full time at-bats unless the Big Hurt gets hurt big or Reed Johnson falls back off to pre-2006 levels.

Will Eli be showering in Evian at last?

by Brickhaus on Feb 28, 2007 12:32 PM EST reply actions

Power Potential?

Does anyone see Hermida ever developing power? He hit with authority in 2005, but didn't really before or after. I think at this point I'd probably take Lind long term, and then probably Hermida despite Ethier's great season. I just don't know if he can sustain those high triple rates to supplement his slugging %

Why did you choose these three to compare? they seem to have pretty different skill sets. One is lauded for his plate discipline, one showed off his contact skills last year in the majors, and one is expected to have pretty good power potential.

by Trenchtown on Feb 28, 2007 1:32 PM EST reply actions

I chose....

these 3 as they are all available in league drafts that I'm in. Quentin was available also but I drafted him and figured that these other players may come around....maybe. I chose Quentin's combination of power potential and OB% and his defense. I think that Hermida will eventually have a better OB % than these other guys, but I really didn't like what I saw on defense. He won't be a DH caliber OFer....but I don't think he will ever be mentioned as a gold-glove candidate.

by melt12 on Feb 28, 2007 1:51 PM EST reply actions

How does defense figure in your league?

Just curious.

As far as the players go, it seems to me like Lind has more present power but Hermida has more upside if he does grow into his power - if the doubles become home runs. Lind seems safer as a fantasy player, but less valuable in real baseball because as I've heard it, his defense is bad enough that he might have to DH. I don't know a whole lot about Hermida's defense, but I think it's better than Lind's. Ethier is clearly the third of the three for me.

Definitely think you did the right think taking Quentin ahead of those 3, though.

by FI2 on Feb 28, 2007 4:49 PM EST up reply actions

Ethier

Andre Ethier said a shoulder injury was the main cause of his slump over the final quarter of last season.
"What I had was inflammation of the acromioclavicular joint [where the collarbone meets the shoulder], a half-inch edema pocket [swelling], and the rotator cuff was smashed down," he said. Ethier didn't realize the severity of the problem until after the season. "When the season was over, I drove home to Arizona and with my hands on the steering wheel, I realized I couldn't flex my bicep. Something was wrong and I had it checked the next week," he said. "It didn't need surgery, but I had to spend the winter rehabbing it. It's about 95 percent now and by April it will be 100 percent. My swing feels a lot more normal now." Ethier is the heavy favorite to act as the Dodgers' right fielder this season. He'll likely play against lefties as well as righties.Source mlb.com

by nwbb on Feb 28, 2007 8:56 PM EST reply actions

Also re Ethier

He doesn't get any respect. Year before last he was MVP in his league (AA), MVP in his all-star game, won the all-star game home run hitting contest and won the "character/hard work" award in the AFL. His teams won their championships also. In the off-season he gets traded to LA and he continues to do well. For a guy with no speed and no power he seems to do OK. So saying, I would still take Lind. I've seen him hit and he is the real deal-icious. Hermida I can't comment on as I've only seen him play maybe 1 game.

by Yoda @ Minor League Ball on Mar 3, 2007 10:30 PM EST up reply actions