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He's entitled to his opinion. Even if though he says he wasn't rationalizing the trade, it's his prerogative to do so. If you want to provide a counter argument as you have done before, that's fine. But don't tell posters here what they should and shouldn't do.
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![]() or perhaps trading minor leaguer Chris Carter for this guy: ![]() or perhaps trading the oft-injured Brandon McCarthy for this guy: ![]() or perhaps signing this free agent starter in the past off season: ![]() There are certainly a lot more examples of successful moves from KW but I am not going to belabor the point. |
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Dayan Viciedo is Sickels' prospect of the day. A pretty accurate assessment I'd say.
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And age really doesn't have much to do with it. The consensus is he is not likely to be a good defender no matter where he is placed. He has a good arm, but the defensive positives end about there. An apt comparison for Dayan is Carlos Lee on both sides of the ball. Probably with more power potential though. |
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Soriano probably more likely just cause I haven't seen Braun defend much, but I haven't heard anything really positive about him in LF.
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What about them?
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Both of those guys have/had speed?
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The reviews of his defense are not good though. The range isn't there, just as it was absent at 3B and 1B. I can't comment on the reads he gets as I haven't seen him play much other than a miniscule spring training sample size. But when people who are paid to scout, analyze, and write about prospects are noting his defense at best could be "mediocre" or "tolerable" its fair to temper expectations about his play in the field. |
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Would they be accurate comparisons to Dayan seeing as they are not particularly good fielders but are above average hitters.
I think Soriano mostly since he's **** in the OF and he's also a high strikeout guy at the plate. |
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Soriano used to play SS and 2B. He actually possesses the tools and skills to go get balls. He's considerably more athletic than someone like Dayan. Alfonso actually isn't all that bad of an OF according to most metrics. He can get to the ball better than most, but he does plenty of stupid **** when he actually gets to it.
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Contrary, however, to most on this board, I thought Carlos improved in LF as time went by and became a tolerable fielder out there. (Remember I'm old enough to have seen Ron Kittle and Greg Luzinski out there, who were Chili Davis bad in the OF.) The biggest problem I had w/Carlos (and Magglio as well) was that they constantly threw the ball over the cut-off man and to the plate when they had no chance of throwing the runner out at the plate. This was absolutely maddening because it would allow the batter to take second on the throw, more often than not. If Dayan plays at Lee's level, but actually throws to the cut-off man, I could live with him in left -- if he doesn't take to RF. His bat speed, btw, is the best I've seen from a Sox player since Dick Allen, and that's no joke. The sound his bat makes with the ball at contact is something I've never heard before. If he fails, he fails, but at this point I'd love to see him play everyday and see what happens.
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Carlos was more athletic than Dayan is, he just looks awkward playing defense.
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Daver, what you basing your opinion on? Scouting reports, personal observations...etc?
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