12-22-2008, 10:22 PM
<!--quoteo(post=6482:date=Dec 22 2008, 09:08 PM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Dec 22 2008, 09:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=6480:date=Dec 22 2008, 09:06 PM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Dec 22 2008, 09:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I think if we gave Pie about 250-300 at bats against righties, he'd do all right (and provide GG-calibre defense).<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
He was really bad in CF last year, really. He doesn't take charge like your'e supposed to in CF. Maybe that changes with growing up and getting experience out there, but he's really not the CF defensively people make him out to be. There were plenty of plays he should've had that he didn't, and he's notorious for missing the cutoff man. He can gun guys down for sure, but sometimes it's better off to just play it safe, especially when there's a runner behind the base he's throwing to.
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That's not my memory (though my memory could be flawed). He was a little too deferential out there, but I loved his routes and his arm. He's always been considered a plus, plus defender in the minors.
He was really bad in CF last year, really. He doesn't take charge like your'e supposed to in CF. Maybe that changes with growing up and getting experience out there, but he's really not the CF defensively people make him out to be. There were plenty of plays he should've had that he didn't, and he's notorious for missing the cutoff man. He can gun guys down for sure, but sometimes it's better off to just play it safe, especially when there's a runner behind the base he's throwing to.
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That's not my memory (though my memory could be flawed). He was a little too deferential out there, but I loved his routes and his arm. He's always been considered a plus, plus defender in the minors.
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