Uncle Ethan wrote:
That same guy that made the errors also hit a couple of missiles over the weekend. College baseball is an offensive game and the big bangers are usually on the corners of the IF and the corners of the OF. Defensively, the club looks pretty solid up the middle, so I am willing to give up a little defense on the corners for the offensive production.
This is true to an extent...I believe LSU, Texas, Arkansas, and all those teams that were in the CWS last year were pretty balanced on both sides of the field. College baseball is an offensive game but in order in win ballgames, you have to be fundamentally sound. I see this kid becoming a DH like we have seen some other the power guys over the past few years. I remember a guy off the top of my head by the name of Kent Taylor, who was a third baseman for the Bears and then just became a DH because of his fielding problems. He could smash the baseball, but just had trouble on the corner.