I feel like AA's Achilles' heel is that he doesn't truly understand the game of baseball - and a lot of that has to do with the fact that he never played it. This doesn't go for all GM's but AA in particular.
"Kevin Pillar looks snazzy when I look at his stat lines on my computer screen. The BABIP is high, but it's high wherever he's gone. Would like to see a better walk rate.
He's pretty intriguing though, isn't he?
by Tao of Stieb
12:15 PM"
Watching him run up here. Even though he has a good SB%, I was surprised by how close every bag he stole was (that I saw) - I expected better based off the hype. And I never felt like he could make plays in CF that Rasmus couldn't get to. Also just the fact that he has multiple really bad SB% seasons in the minors.
Ok dude. He's fast, but I don't think he's as fast as people make him out to be. Some guys look a lot faster then they are and some look at a lot slower then they are (i.e. Alex Rios).
I think people rate his speed high because he "looks" really fast (short legs or something?) and the way he slides head-first like superman "looks" cool. Gose SB numbers don't lie anymore, not a small sample size. Look at Bourn's MiLB SB% - Gose is not even in the same ball park.
At least something to anticipate (better than Blue Jays usual 'playing upset' in September)
Btw there is only 2.5 months of baseball left, why do you say 4 mo?
Kevin Pillar
Low ceiling:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsre02.shtml
High ceiling:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/molitpa01.shtml
HA