I was looking around on our MiLB players tonight... interesting stat on Hosmer that bears watching...

I was looking around on our MiLB players tonight... interesting stat on Hosmer that bears watching albeit small sample...

10 K's in 17 ABs vs. LHP.

I know it's development time, but that seems like a lot!

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What a bust!

by raefzilla on Apr 27, 2009 12:14 AM EDT reply actions

gordon and butler developed so perfectly, why worry?

by Freneau on Apr 27, 2009 12:59 AM EDT reply actions

It's still very early

he had two hits and a BB yesterday one of the hits was off a lefty. Moose had a very similar slow start last year.

I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.

by kcscoliny on Apr 27, 2009 10:32 AM EDT reply actions

Well, they are grooming him to be the next

Mike Jacobs.

We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue.
-Bob Dylan

by Royal Kingdom on Apr 27, 2009 10:55 AM EDT reply actions

Move him to catcher!

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on Apr 27, 2009 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for the serious analysis guys...

The 2009 Official You Got Rocked by the Royals and Sent to the Minors List
1. Josh Rupe TEX April 17

by 306008 on Apr 27, 2009 2:36 PM EDT reply actions

you know as well as anyone the uneven competition he’s used to facing. He’s probably just seeing some things he hasn’t seen before from pitchers. There are probably a fair number of league repeaters, college guys, etc.who have speed and control that he’s not used to or something.

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on Apr 27, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions

yes I am

But Hosmer was playing elite summer ball even traveling to another state to play on a specific team. He was facing the best of the best which is just as good as he facing now. I remember when I went and played college ball that some of the pitchers I faced as a hitter where not good compared to the guys I faced in summer baseball. It was amazing to me.

That being said, I’m sure he’s pressing. He had 8 BB/8 K vs. RHP, and 0 BB/10 K vs LHP. I was somewhat worried about it. I know it’s early, and it’s cold for the warmblooded kid, but I want production! :)

The 2009 Official You Got Rocked by the Royals and Sent to the Minors List
1. Josh Rupe TEX April 17

by 306008 on Apr 27, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions

#2 pick Pedro Alvarez's start

.217/.342/.383 through 60 at-bats. He’s struck out 18 times but has balanced it with 13 walks.

If Alvarez is struggling after 3 years of college ball then it is reasonable to think that Hosmer could struggle at the start of his season.

Florida kid playing in colder weather than he probably has at anytime in his high school days. I’ve heard that even with his struggles the pitchers are still working him away and around him. If that is true it sounds like he is probably pressing trying to make something happen like Moose did last year in April.

I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.

by kcscoliny on Apr 27, 2009 4:04 PM EDT reply actions