Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2009 19:48:24 GMT -5
Okay so I know a lot of guys here are Twins fans which is why I bring up Delmon. I like most everyone heard about him from before he was even drafted by the Twins and have been essentially disappointed with his performance thus far in the bigs...
Naturally he's just 24 so there's plenty of time for him to at least live up to all that hype.
But I'm extra interested about him these days (and no not just because I live in AAA Rochester and went to College at Hartford which is minutes from AA New Britian ;D ). And not just because of the fact he's on my team either (which does help though)
But he was struggling a large amount of the year. His walks are even worse, k's cut down only because of less PT and defense has been diplorable.
Aaaand of course he just had to jack a grand slam to bring his homer total up to 10 on the season and average to probably .280.
But my point is really a question more than anything: Why is his defense so awful? Will he ever figure out the strike zone? Are the Twinkies just not the right team for his development?
Optimistically we all know what he's capable of, but realistically what do you see him as? His average was .264 September 1st (since his OBP doesn't vary much from his average I won't even mention it), right now it's hovering at the afore mentioned .280, was this month a fluke or has he figured it out? You guys probably have seen more games than me this month so what would you say?
Either way, here's hoping that the Twins can overtake the Tigers and I can laugh at some other team instead of my Mets and their hamstrung shortstop...
Naturally he's just 24 so there's plenty of time for him to at least live up to all that hype.
But I'm extra interested about him these days (and no not just because I live in AAA Rochester and went to College at Hartford which is minutes from AA New Britian ;D ). And not just because of the fact he's on my team either (which does help though)
But he was struggling a large amount of the year. His walks are even worse, k's cut down only because of less PT and defense has been diplorable.
Aaaand of course he just had to jack a grand slam to bring his homer total up to 10 on the season and average to probably .280.
But my point is really a question more than anything: Why is his defense so awful? Will he ever figure out the strike zone? Are the Twinkies just not the right team for his development?
Optimistically we all know what he's capable of, but realistically what do you see him as? His average was .264 September 1st (since his OBP doesn't vary much from his average I won't even mention it), right now it's hovering at the afore mentioned .280, was this month a fluke or has he figured it out? You guys probably have seen more games than me this month so what would you say?
Either way, here's hoping that the Twins can overtake the Tigers and I can laugh at some other team instead of my Mets and their hamstrung shortstop...