kyle blanks

by krgrecw on Nov 2, 2008 10:45 PM EST Comment 1 comment

whats the drawback to this guy? I never see him mentioned on any prospects list. is it his size? at 6'7'' he can carry 270 lbs better than Prince fielder can. At age 21 in a full year at AA his walk rate went up and his strikeout rate went down which has some value. Does his lack of power hold him back? would people assume a guy with his size should hit more power? Of his 19 homeruns in 2008 13 of them came in the last 2 months which means he does have power and it could have been late developing. He has 11 walks in his last 10 AFL games so he does have some sort of plate discipline. I am not saying this guy will be a stud but couldn't he be a james loney type hitter?

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He’s been on prospect radars for the past two years because of his size, but the biggest knock on him had been his inability to translate his BP power to game power. Before this year he was a fringe top-10 first baseman prospect based mainly on his potential, but his ability to adjust like you mentioned in the second half of this year makes him a top-10 first base prospect IMO.

by Grudyfan on Nov 2, 2008 11:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs