HERMIDA VS. PENCE

by TexasHeat on Aug 28, 2008 9:21 PM EDT

Which of these do you want and why, going forward? Obviously, these two are not prospects anymore, but I have no idea what to make of them at all. I went back and read John's old posts on these 2, but they are from 06' and that isnt helping me out much right now. They seem very similar to me in value to thier teams as well. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks to all.

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Pence seems to be more athletic

and have a better plate approach

by nms on Aug 29, 2008 2:02 AM EDT reply actions

I haven't gotten to watch them much

But I was just wondering: From what I’d heard in the past, I always thought Hermida was a disciplined hitter and Pence was a hacker. Maybe they changed or I remembered wrong?

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by raisingcain on Aug 29, 2008 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions

being "disciplined"

in the sense of taking walks doesn’t mean a good approach.
Hermida is overly passive at the plate, willing to take too many good pitches.

by nms on Aug 30, 2008 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Hermida

He always gets tagged as a potential superstar player but has not shown that for a full year. He’s like Milton Bradley.

by Take3 on Aug 29, 2008 5:17 PM EDT reply actions

Well, Milton this year...

It could just take Hermida a while to put everything together.

by David Tokarz on Aug 30, 2008 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Hermida

its all there… one year he is going to put it all together… and he’s young enough to where he can do it in the next 3 years and he’ll still be fine age-wise. Holliday and Utley were kind of late bloomers too… I think his swing is comparable to Utley, and I like Holliday as a rh-comp, though I don’t know if Hermida’s peak will be quite as high without the Coors effect

by daveh33 on Aug 29, 2008 7:14 PM EDT reply actions