08 Draft Spring Performances - Hitters

by Franchise55 on Mar 22, 2009 3:56 AM EDT

Thought it would be fun to take a look at how the top 08 draft picks were doing in spring training thus far. Those who were invited of course.

In order of draft selection with at least 10 AB-

Play - G/ AB/ AVG/ SLG/ OBP

Tim Beckham - 11/ 11/ .182/ .273/ .250

Pedro Alvarez - 14/ 18/ .444/ .778/ .500 - 1 HR

Buster Posey - 15/ 19/ .421/ .789/ .435 - 2 HR

Gordon Beckham - 15/ 35/ .257/ .571/ .316 - 2 HR

Justin Smoak - 19/ 23/ .273/ .455/ .304 - 1 HR

Small sample sizes of course but some interesting numbers to say the least. Looks like this is shaping up to be on the better draft classes.

Some interesting notes:

Alvarez - it appears the concerns about his conditioning arent affecting his game.

Posey - Seems to have a bit more power than scouts predicted.

I know these are spring stats and really dont mean much but I think there fun to look at.

Your thoughts?

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avg./slug/obp??

that seems unnecessarily confusing.

by OkayJay81 on Mar 22, 2009 12:11 PM EDT reply actions

yeah

I was in amazement of Pedro’s .778 OBP for a second there… (not that .500 is chopped liver)

by cowboy4eva on Mar 22, 2009 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions

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by cwhitman412 on Mar 22, 2009 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions

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Yeah, I get that everyone values certain stats differently and you can’t expect everyone to adopt one format, but it seems like everyone has their own individual statline…

In what St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa called a "big day" for his club, starter Chris Carpenter took the mound for his first session of live batting practice and promptly buzzed the fuzz on catcher Jason LaRue’s chin with an errant fastball.

"Sorry," Carpenter called from the mound.

"Don’t say you’re sorry," LaRue barked back.

"He said it," pitching coach Dave Duncan said from the side of the cage, "but he didn’t mean it."
~ DG

by mateodh on Mar 22, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions