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Post by philsbosoxfan on Sept 15, 2014 0:55:40 GMT -5
Kevin Boles had some comments which indicated that he thought Castillo would be fast at making the necessary adjustments to major league pitching.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Sept 15, 2014 9:19:16 GMT -5
Rusney doesn't walk much. To the extent his bat will have value, it will be as a low OBP, high SA guy, not as a top of the order hitter (the conservative prediction at FG was .260 / .308 / .440, which is average CF offense). And that's fine, because steals are actually more valuable in front of single hitters than they are at the top of the order, in front of guys who can just as easily drive you in from first. Every lineup I come up with for the Sox next year has him hitting 9th as the guy who turns the lineup over, although 8 would work, too. If that's the conservative prediction, if he bats just a tad better than that (which is likely), he's a top of the order hitter. I've written this before. Don't know how you define "tad", but if you mean a player with, say, a .320 OBP, that's not someone who should be leading off in any lineup. Coming to you from the great northwest
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