Aramis was considered a major liability at 3rd when the Cubs got him. He grew into a respectable fielder.
It's not unusual at all that a player gets better with experience. I don't believe for one moment that a player peaks at his defensive ability before or during his first year.

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City, the vast majority of MLB outfielders don't seem to have a problem, Braun has many of them.

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It's not his first year. It's his seventeenth or so. So you expect a guy to improve in a year or two what he's been doing for 15-17 years? It really just doesn't happen. And trotting out poor defensive players like Aramiz Ramirez isn't convincing.

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Are you saying ramirez did not improve after he was brought to the cubs?

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Not in any significant way and all the numbers bear that out. He was shaky at third his entire career. He played in an era where that wasn't a critical flaw.

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JORR, how could you miss one of the most obvious guys to improve their defense? He is on your own team!

Alexei Ramirez

one of the most talented young shortstops in baseball. With youth, however, comes inexperience. He showed great range in 2010, and UZR favored him highly. Growing pains seemed to be a bit of a problem for Ramirez in 2010, but that is to be expected of any young player still adjusting to life in at the major league level. Now entering his fourth major league season, Ramirez has shown steady improvement over the first three, and while his offense has been steady, his defense has improved greatly. MLB.com 2011

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Because it's horseshit. I'll be so glad when that dipshit is gone.

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Which metrics are you using for defense?

The horseshit metric.

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So you think they are a finished product defensively, when they hit the major league level? This makes no sense. Players are not rushed to the majors because of a need? Is there some kind of magic number of minor league games played that they need to reach?

Please explain your thinking or is it all just horseshit!

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Even you can't defend JORR.

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I have difficulty believing that Schwarber will be a worse defensive outfielder than Carlos Lee. As bad as El Caballo? Sure. Worse? Nah.

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but will his offense be as good as Lee's was?

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Likwly similar. He has the benefit of being a lefty, so the production should be a little higher.

A couple of pages back I posted Downing as my high end for him. Caballo is a reasonable median. All sorts of shitty White Six can comprise the floor, but if he can catch passably once a week he will play for 10 years even then.

He is not Joe Borchard or Jeremy Reed.

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Schwarber is gonna be great.

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No doubt about it.

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I think Klesko is a good comp.

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Based on what? a handful of games? How can you give a comp and then get mad when people give their own comp?

You troll so hard, you can't even remember the basic facts you are trolling with.

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Based on his fat ass and big hack.

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What is Kyle Kingman's BA/OBP the last 10 games?

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Kyle Pujols Thomas has a long history of success with the bat. If you are concerned about his bat then you may need glasses.

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Since no one answered my question about him still being a catcher?

Anyone know if he is a drunk?

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They will still continue to develop him as a catcher. He isn't.

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he ain't any worse than piazza behind the plate and he's going to the hall of fucking fame.

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The game has changed. No way Piazza stays at catcher today.

This is probably true.

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