Thursday, July 10

Meet the potential '08 All-Stars

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By John Sickels
Special to ESPN.com

Third base
Kevin Youkilis (Boston) and Chad Tracy (Arizona)

Youkilis is a sabermetric darling, due to his incredible plate discipline.
He has 70 walks with just 35 strikeouts to go with a .313 average in
Double-A this year. He won't have bunches of power, and he could end up
being a useful player like Bill Mueller, but not a star. But the crystal
ball says he has one All-Star season in him, and it might as well be '08.
Tracy doesn't have Youkilis' eye, but he is a sweet swinger himself, with
"potential batting champion" written all over him according to scouts.