holy s*** - I just saw what his adjusted DEF value has been. 20+ over each of the last 4 years. He must frame like a mother f***er because his blocking technique is bloody awful.
This is kind of embarrassing, but I'll go ahead with it. Watching that video - I asked myself, "Is Kirby Puckett the Twins 1st base coach". Then I confirmed via the google machine that he in fact died back in 2006. I'm dumn
Poor Alonso. He took his flat swing path / line drive approach and scrapped it to become a flyball revolution hitter. The revolution is now over (with the onset of the high fastball) and now he's s***.
I mean he isn't that poor....that one big year landed him like $20M - so he's laughin', but it's still a bit ironic.
Tabby - "Grichuk's got to know that they want to pitch to him with Freddy Galvis on deck"
FOR f*** SAKES - Galvis is an awful hitter. Pure s***. Always has been, always will be.
I don't know if Tellez is going to be a ML hitter - or anything of value....but man - he has really improved his swing path and certainly given himself a chance to succeed. Kudos to him.