Comments on: Desme Does It Again

By: John Manuel

John Manuel — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:38:41 +0000

Thanks for the correction, Wesley. Like I said in the blog, it requires more careful study, and that’s one thing that I need to be more careful of. Ethier and Ellsbury are definitely two of the best OFs in the majors who played OF in college. I wonder if it’s a coincidence that both played in the Pac-10. I happen to think it is not but again, I haven’t studied it yet. But I look forward to doing so. Thanks for the comments.

By: Wesley Love

Wesley Love — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:42:40 +0000

You are wrong about Adam Lind. I played ball at the University of South Alabama and while Lind did start out at first base, he was moved to the outfield a few games into his first season to make room in the batting lineup for Jansen Rayborn. Jansen was not as fast as Lind (a sad fact considering Lind is not by any means the next Rickey Henderson) so they put him at first and asked Lind to play Right Field. Lind remained there for his two years of college ball.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:20:50 +0000

Jacoby Ellsbury and Andre Ethier are two college outfielders who come to mind that have had major league success.

By: MJ

MJ — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:31:15 +0000

What’s up with the pitching in the AFL?!? It seems very watered-down, with very few legit top prospects, sans Strasburg, of course. Do teams not like sending their best pitching prospects b/c of wear-and-tear, higher altitudes, losing confidence if they get rocked, or what? The ERA’s are just ballooning, while BA and HR’s and XBH are ridiculous so far!

By: Luke Gude

Luke Gude — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:29:36 +0000

Interesting stuff, John. If Desme can cure his strikeout problems, he will really be something. He seemed like a good sleeper coming into the season.