That's what I've seen. He's definitely not just a breaking ball hitter. His bat speed is more than enough to catch up to quality fastballs. And the fact that he uses RF so much means he shouldn't have problems against good heat.
Sands has the foot speed and arm strength for RF, though he's not going to win any gold gloves. I've also seen that he quits on breaking pitches and often swings thru them. It'll be interesting to see how Double A pitchers adjust and whether or not Sands can react.
Thanks for the link, Jay. However, I have a question about the salary listed for Manny Ramirez. It says he made just under $24 million, even though most of his salary was deferred over the next 4 years. According to Cots, Manny made $10 million in 2009, will make $10 million in 2010 and will receive payments of $8.3 million each year from 2011 to 2013. Why is his listed salary so high?
Can't believe you, of all people, wouldn't mention Dee Gordon, who is riding a 10 game hitting streak, had 7 multi-hit games in a row and hit .533 last week.
Shoutout for Brian Cavazos-Galvez, who has 7 HR in his last 8 games for Ogden in the Pioneer league. And one for Nathan Eovaldi, whose ERA since June is under 1.
Proponents of salary caps (and floors) are more concerned with competitive balance than maximizing profits for owners or players. And using 1 year to show that the \"competitive edge\" of spending more is \"neutralized\" is an extreme case of sample bias. And in that year, the Cards had the 11th highest payroll in the majors (http://content.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/salaries/totalpayroll.aspx?year=2006). While the playoffs are incredibly unpredictable, there\'s still overwhelming evidence of high payroll correlating with reaching the postseason.
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