02-11-2010, 05:14 PM
<!--quoteo(post=79292:date=Feb 11 2010, 01:12 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Feb 11 2010, 01:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=79291:date=Feb 11 2010, 01:04 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Feb 11 2010, 01:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Palmeiro didn't start to demonstrate much power until 1991, though his doubles totals shot up between 1988-90. You'd have thought that someone in the organization could have foreseen a jump in slugging eventually for him.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Why? Mark Grace showed doubles power, but that wasn't indicative of a future home run surge. I think if you are making up a list of "guys whose power surges were foreseeable", Palmeiro, McGwire and Sosa should rank pretty far down on that list.
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I'm not saying it was a given, but at the time I remember he started to turn on the ball more and more. Grace, on the other hand, was always the same type of hitter, unless I'm just remembering wrong. Look, I wanted to keep Grace at the time too. He was one of my favorite players. I just thought that we gave up on Palmeiro too quickly, that's all. But as I also said in that post, Palmeiro didn't start to show serious power until 1991, so it was probably a matter of time before we traded him regardless.
Why? Mark Grace showed doubles power, but that wasn't indicative of a future home run surge. I think if you are making up a list of "guys whose power surges were foreseeable", Palmeiro, McGwire and Sosa should rank pretty far down on that list.
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I'm not saying it was a given, but at the time I remember he started to turn on the ball more and more. Grace, on the other hand, was always the same type of hitter, unless I'm just remembering wrong. Look, I wanted to keep Grace at the time too. He was one of my favorite players. I just thought that we gave up on Palmeiro too quickly, that's all. But as I also said in that post, Palmeiro didn't start to show serious power until 1991, so it was probably a matter of time before we traded him regardless.