Showing posts with label MLB Prospects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MLB Prospects. Show all posts
Friday, May 6, 2011
MLB Player to Watch: Eric Hosmer
Earlier this year, I wrote about how Kila Ka'aihue was an MLB Player to Watch. So, you might wonder, why did you write about a guy who batted .195 in 23 games this season before getting sent down to Triple-A, Charlie? Part of the answer, of course, was that he had a pretty impressive minor league track record of getting on base and hitting for power, and those types of guys are always worth watching when they get a shot in the big leagues. Not only would it be interesting to see if he could be a successful major leaguer, but his fate would, no doubt, be connected to another young first baseman in the Royals system. Never mind that that GM Dayton Moore and the Royals front office probably mishandled the whole situation by not giving him an earnest opportunity to play and it's questionable if they will ever understand how to value and assemble a major league roster, because that may not even matter soon.
Why, you ask again? BECAUSE ERIC HOSMER IS MAKING HIS DEBUT TONIGHT!!!! That's the second reason I wrote about Kila -- because Hosmer is a stud we knew he'd be making it difficult to keep him in the minors very long, especially if Ka'aiahue struggled. Well, he struggled, and Hosmer was even better than we expected, and now he's in Kansas City for all of us to watch.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
MLB Player to Watch: Kila Ka'aihue
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