Re: Scouts skeptical of D-backs' Goldschmidt

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ESPN analyst Keith Law tends to be a voice of reason in the baseball media
when he believes players or teams are being overhyped, which is what he
thinks is going on with first baseman Paul Goldschmidt. The other day on
Twitter, he said Goldschmidt is “rapidly becoming overrated,” and he
expanded on his viewpoint in this morning’s Baseball Today podcast.

“He’s got power,” Law said. “That’s all he’s got. He’s not a defender.
He does not have great bat speed. He’s hit some home runs off of impressive
names. To me, that’s anecdotal. If you want to take one step back he’s got
a .310 on-base percentage.

“If he guesses right on a fastball – he can cheat on a fastball and he’s
got plus-plus power – if he guesses right and gets a mistake, he’s going to
hit it out. A player like that can play in the big leagues for a long time.
It doesn’t make him an above-average regular. It doesn’t make him a star. I
don’t think he’s going to be that.

“I’ve talked to a lot of scouts and front-office guys about Goldschmidt and
the consensus is pretty similar. Bench guy, platoon guy, it’s power but it’
s nothing else. I know he’s supposed to be a great kid with a great work
ethic. The Diamondbacks guys absolutely love him. At the end of the day, it’
s hard to stay in the big leagues as an above-average everyday player – as a
solid average everyday player – if you don’t have good bat speed.

“He’s going to have to really run into a lot of mistakes or just become a
good cheat hitter. Every once in a while you get a guy who can cheat on
enough fastballs. By cheat, I don’t mean he’s injecting himself with
steroids before every at-bat. Cheating on a fastball is starting your bat a
little bit earlier. Essentially guessing fastball. You start your bat early.
If you end up getting a fastball, it’s a great result. Every once in a while
we get a guy who can hang around like that. I’m not going to bet on
Goldschmidt being that guy. I think he stays in the big leagues, I think he’
s got tantalizing power, but the other elements aren’t there to make him an
above-average regular.”

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推 seven8211:He’s got power.That’s all he’s got 結論XD
推 jokemaster:好啦，反正每個專業球評都說他是one-tool guy，往好處
→ jokemaster:想，打爛沒差反正每個專業球評都看衰他。
推 sunyeah:他守備很好耶  可以變成2 tool嗎?
推 seeyou1002:他給人感覺挺內向的 上次他敲太空人closer追平轟後
→ seeyou1002:主場觀眾給了curtain call結果他老兄超害羞半推半就的
→ seeyou1002:出來一下下擺個手又回去 結果被隊友說這樣不行
→ seeyou1002:又被推出來致意一次 挺古意的
推 sunyeah:現在休息室內的氣氛很讚  現在蛇蛇的轉播都很愛帶到休息區