Discussion Question: Name Players that Surprised You

Last night I posted a Prospect Retro for Chipper Jones, pointing out that he played quite poorly in rookie ball, yet he developed into a Hall of Famer. Later today or tomorrow I'll have a piece on Melky Cabrera, who developed from a guy that I thought might be a fourth outfielder into an excellent regular.

Here's the question for discussion: name two players who surprised you with their success, one each from the following categories:

A player who scouted well, didn't put up great minor league numbers, but became a strong player in the majors anyway. In other words,a guy the scouts were right about.

A player who put up great minor league numbers, but had mediocre or poor scouting reports, who became a strong player anyway. In other words, a guy the statheads were right about.

Let's concentrate on hitters today. We will look at pitchers in a separate piece.