Sean Doolittle

by Syphon on May 19, 2008 2:22 AM EDT Comment 2 comments

Oakland's 1st round pick(41st overall). Having a fantastic year so far for A+ Stockton. Hitting .366/.453/.694 with a 1.146OPS.While having 12 home run and 42 RBIs. He leads the CAL league in HRs/RBIs/Total Bases/Runs. Hes a very interesting prospect. In College he was a part time pitcher and also played 1st base. He was drafted by Beane most likely for his BB:K ratio with hopes he would develop power and boy has he. This year in Stockton you can throw out his BB:K ratio and but marvel at his power. Just wondering what some other people think about his future. Is he someone who you can see being a good power hitting 1st baseman, or are his numbers this year just a product of the CAL league?

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I don't think the power is a fluke

I read something the other day on Athletics Nation where he said the lack of a need to focus on pitching now has helped, along with bulking up a little more. Now there’s some more strength to his swing.

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by Flashfire on May 19, 2008 2:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

he wasn't a "part time pitcher"

he was a straight up All-America type ace.

I’m REALLY surprised by the power he has shown so far. He did not look, physically, like a power-hitting 1b at all. Fairly lean frame, and he looked more 6-1, 6-2 than his listed 6-3.
And he didn’t hit like a power guy either. He was more of a contact/OBP/defense kind of first baseman as a collegian and didn’t look like he had a lot of future power on the way either.

Granted UVA’s park favors pitchers alot, power can develop late and being a good “pure” hitter often will lead to some power (Ryan Zimmerman is a perfect example of all 3 of these factors) but I’m still really surprised by how SOON Dootlittle has become a big bopper.

I thought he might have been drafted as a P out of college. He was more of a finesse guy but his results were much more impressive there (though the park plays into this) and he was a very highly regarded prospect as LHP out of HS.

by nms on May 19, 2008 4:59 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs