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Originally Posted by moon
That doesn't surprise me at all. Not a lot of hitters are good enough at 22 and the ones that are are usually great players and none of these guys seem to be likely to turn out great.
i am not arguing that Snider is not a good prospect or that he should be producing at the MLB level I am just pointing out that he has done nothing to show that he deserves to me in the majors right now.
It may make sense for the organization to keep him up here but that is not based on anything that he has shown at the MLB level.
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What else does he have to prove in AAA? You send him down and he crushes 35 homers and hits .300 without ever breaking a sweat, what good does that do for his development?
To say he has done nothing at the major league level is also a little bit off. In 314 career ABs going into this season he had 20 doubles, 1 triple, 11 HR, 42 RBIs with averages of .255/.331/.430 and an OPS of .761. His numbers actually qualify him as a totally average MLB batter with plus power. Considering those numbers were accumulated by a 20/21 year old just getting his feet wet I would say that's pretty darn good.
Undoubtedly, Snider has not performed up to par this season. He swung through a meatball by Papelbon last night that he usually would have crushed which was telling of his problems this year. What is promising though is he is still on pace to walk just shy of 100 times which is extremely impressive to see from a young guy who is struggling mightily with the bat right now.
He'll turn it around.