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Friday, May 28, 2004 |
Sure, He Can Hit, But There's A Kotch
... he just can't do it with any regularity or for much power. It's been almost a month now, and we've only seen a pair of doubles and three walks in 54 at bats.
Is it too early to declare the Kotchman experiment over?
Comments:
I don't think Galarraga makes sense for the Angels. (IIRC he's spent a mess of time on the DL, which is why the Giants aren't playing him.)
I also don't think Kotchman makes sense for the Angels, not now. The kid is starting to lose it at the plate. Granted, he had a full dose of last year's Cy Young winner yesterday, but he hadn't been putting together good at bats against their lesser lights, either.
Kotchman needs to finish his training in the minors. The team needs a legit 1B who can hit for power, not a J. T. Snow impersonator. Scott Spiezio -- much as it pains me to say this -- would have been a good guy to have around right about now, but I still would have followed the same path Stoneman did in the offseason. Spiezio shouldn't have been a starting 1B, and now it's Seattle's pain to discover how inconsistent his bat can be. And please, don't think this means I'm suggesting we should pick up Speez from the M's. He's too expensive and for too many years.
I also don't think Kotchman makes sense for the Angels, not now. The kid is starting to lose it at the plate. Granted, he had a full dose of last year's Cy Young winner yesterday, but he hadn't been putting together good at bats against their lesser lights, either.
Kotchman needs to finish his training in the minors. The team needs a legit 1B who can hit for power, not a J. T. Snow impersonator. Scott Spiezio -- much as it pains me to say this -- would have been a good guy to have around right about now, but I still would have followed the same path Stoneman did in the offseason. Spiezio shouldn't have been a starting 1B, and now it's Seattle's pain to discover how inconsistent his bat can be. And please, don't think this means I'm suggesting we should pick up Speez from the M's. He's too expensive and for too many years.
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