Small Piece on Freddie Freeman From FanGraphs

Not much to it, but in the off season I'll read about anything Braves related.

over 1 year ago vooodooo 3 comments 0 recs |

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Reads kinda harsh

1. Re: stiff and uncoordinated. Not a word about his defensive skills, which are considerable. Heck, I’m kinda expecting him to be able to go a couple of steps toward 2nd base to make Uggla look a little better. Heck, he should beat Glaus’ 0.5 WAR based on defense alone.

2. Re: hitting. The beauty of a lineup that includes Heyward, Jones, Uggla, McCann, Prado is that we won’t really care if FF takes a bit to get going in the majors. To the extent I’ve been keeping track, I see a kid that adapts and adjusts at every level, then starts mashing. Overall, I expect that he would out-perform Glaus (.240/16HR/.744OPS) by a bit and should have lots of RBI opportunities.

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by carpengui on Nov 19, 2010 10:25 AM EST reply actions

I completely agree with you

I don’t think Freddie looks that stiff at all. Have they seen him play first? And furthermore hinting that the Braves might bench him for Uggla at first is just foolish.

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by Zeus12888 on Nov 19, 2010 12:19 PM EST up reply actions