Josh Vitters

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

i think the cubs drafted vitters b/c ramirez got hurt and they knew he was going to be out this weekend. expect a quick sign and call-up.

 

ya lol, im sure hes ready those high school pitchers are all u need to be ready for the pros, vitters is gonna be really damn good tho, from what i have read today he is projected to be a .290-.310 hitter with 35-40 homer power

 

i read he is projected to be jesus.

 

How's Jesus' plate discipline these days?

 

Pretty good, but he still can't hit a curveball.

[Lockes Eye Scar]

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[cuubs4life]

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lmao, now thats good.

[rocket]

i think the cubs drafted vitters b/c ramirez got hurt and they knew he was going to be out this weekend. expect a quick sign and call-up.

 

from what i have read today he is projected to be a .290-.310 hitter with 35-40 homer power

 

Yeah, maybe if you total up two seasons.

 

i've seen him play every day and he has 40 homerun power. i don't care what stats you use.

[cuubs4life]

i think the cubs drafted vitters b/c ramirez got hurt and they knew he was going to be out this weekend. expect a quick sign and call-up.

 

from what i have read today he is projected to be a .290-.310 hitter with 35-40 homer power

 

Yeah, maybe if you total up two seasons.

 

i've seen him play every day and he has 40 homerun power. i don't care what stats you use.

 

And he has a great eye at the plate. I think it was a great pick and I just cant wait to see what he can do this year.

[Amazing_Grace]

Not directly related to him, but who have been previously 3rd overall picks in the last 10 years?

 

06 - Evan Longoria (SS, Tampa)

05 - Jeff Clement (C, Mariners)

04 - Philip Humber (P, Mets)

03 - Kyle Sleeth (P, Tigers)

02 - Chris Gruler (P, Reds)

01 - Dewon Brazelton (P, Tampa)

00 - Luis Montanez (SS, COBS)

99 - Eric Munson (C-1B, Tigers)

98 - Corey Patterson (OF, COBS)

97 - Troy Glaus (3B, Anaheim)

 

Wow, the Cubs did great with their last two #3 choices. One guy that never made the majors and one guy that could barely hit .250 in the majors.

[SABR Gamer]

Not directly related to him, but who have been previously 3rd overall picks in the last 10 years?

 

06 - Evan Longoria (SS, Tampa)

05 - Jeff Clement (C, Mariners)

04 - Philip Humber (P, Mets)

03 - Kyle Sleeth (P, Tigers)

02 - Chris Gruler (P, Reds)

01 - Dewon Brazelton (P, Tampa)

00 - Luis Montanez (SS, COBS)

99 - Eric Munson (C-1B, Tigers)

98 - Corey Patterson (OF, COBS)

97 - Troy Glaus (3B, Anaheim)

 

Wow, the Cubs did great with their last two #3 choices. One guy that never made the majors and one guy that could barely hit .250 in the majors.

 

cross your fingers, hope the trend doesnt continue?

[YearofDaCubs]

i think the cubs drafted vitters b/c ramirez got hurt and they knew he was going to be out this weekend. expect a quick sign and call-up.

 

from what i have read today he is projected to be a .290-.310 hitter with 35-40 homer power

 

Yeah, maybe if you total up two seasons.

 

i've seen him play every day and he has 40 homerun power. i don't care what stats you use.

That's good to hear. This is the guy who I wanted the Cubs to draft, so I'm happy.

[RammyFanny]

i think the cubs drafted vitters b/c ramirez got hurt and they knew he was going to be out this weekend. expect a quick sign and call-up.

 

from what i have read today he is projected to be a .290-.310 hitter with 35-40 homer power

 

Yeah, maybe if you total up two seasons.

 

i've seen him play every day and he has 40 homerun power. i don't care what stats you use.

 

And he has a great eye at the plate. I think it was a great pick and I just cant wait to see what he can do this year.

 

If you read the thread on our picks in the JAD forum, there is an article stating how Vitters went to an eye doctor recently and found out he has 20/10 vision, something only a few players in the MLB have including Barry Bonds.

[10man]

And he has a great eye at the plate. I think it was a great pick and I just cant wait to see what he can do this year.

Speaking of eyes, he's supposed to have 20/10 vision.

 

Scout.com interview with Vitters

Q: Your high school coach, John Weber, told us that you have 20-10 eyesight. When did you first discover that?

 

A: I went down to Dr. Greg Harrison a few weeks ago. He’s a renowned guy that a lot of major league teams use. He said that I had the best eyes that he’s seen since Barry Bonds because he actually worked with Barry. It was a pretty good compliment.

I know for sure Barry has good eyesight cos he uses "The Clear".

[SABR Gamer]

And he has a great eye at the plate. I think it was a great pick and I just cant wait to see what he can do this year.

Speaking of eyes, he's supposed to have 20/10 vision.

 

Scout.com interview with Vitters

Q: Your high school coach, John Weber, told us that you have 20-10 eyesight. When did you first discover that?

 

A: I went down to Dr. Greg Harrison a few weeks ago. He’s a renowned guy that a lot of major league teams use. He said that I had the best eyes that he’s seen since Barry Bonds because he actually worked with Barry. It was a pretty good compliment.

 

dude thats ridiculous, hes gonna be amazing. ha now thats something that would be awesome to experience, i wish i could get a day to see what it was like to have 20/10, it would be like walking around in high def. I have 20/15, but 20/10 thats like unbelievable.

[SABR Gamer]

And he has a great eye at the plate. I think it was a great pick and I just cant wait to see what he can do this year.

Speaking of eyes, he's supposed to have 20/10 vision.

 

Scout.com interview with Vitters

Q: Your high school coach, John Weber, told us that you have 20-10 eyesight. When did you first discover that?

 

A: I went down to Dr. Greg Harrison a few weeks ago. He’s a renowned guy that a lot of major league teams use. He said that I had the best eyes that he’s seen since Barry Bonds because he actually worked with Barry. It was a pretty good compliment.

I know for sure Barry has good eyesight cos he uses "The Clear".

 

 

hey also i was thinking about getting a subscription to scout.com, how is it? it worth it?

[Outshined_One]

i think the cubs drafted vitters b/c ramirez got hurt and they knew he was going to be out this weekend. expect a quick sign and call-up.

 

from what i have read today he is projected to be a .290-.310 hitter with 35-40 homer power

 

Yeah, maybe if you total up two seasons.

 

i've seen him play every day and he has 40 homerun power. i don't care what stats you use.

That's good to hear. This is the guy who I wanted the Cubs to draft, so I'm happy.

 

My BS Detector crashed through the roof when I read Rocket's post. Something tells me he's not being serious.

[Guest]

i think the cubs drafted vitters b/c ramirez got hurt and they knew he was going to be out this weekend. expect a quick sign and call-up.

 

from what i have read today he is projected to be a .290-.310 hitter with 35-40 homer power

 

Yeah, maybe if you total up two seasons.

 

i've seen him play every day and he has 40 homerun power. i don't care what stats you use.

That's good to hear. This is the guy who I wanted the Cubs to draft, so I'm happy.

 

My BS Detector crashed through the roof when I read Rocket's post. Something tells me he's not being serious.

considering Rocket doesn't live in southern CA...

[UK1679666180]

There's a hitter in Boston with a great eye at the plate also with 20-10 vision.

 

Williams I believe had it and so does that Chubby greek guy.

[Magnetic Curses]

And he has a great eye at the plate. I think it was a great pick and I just cant wait to see what he can do this year.

Speaking of eyes, he's supposed to have 20/10 vision.

 

Scout.com interview with Vitters

Q: Your high school coach, John Weber, told us that you have 20-10 eyesight. When did you first discover that?

 

A: I went down to Dr. Greg Harrison a few weeks ago. He’s a renowned guy that a lot of major league teams use. He said that I had the best eyes that he’s seen since Barry Bonds because he actually worked with Barry. It was a pretty good compliment.

 

dude thats ridiculous, hes gonna be amazing. ha now thats something that would be awesome to experience, i wish i could get a day to see what it was like to have 20/10, it would be like walking around in high def. I have 20/15, but 20/10 thats like unbelievable.

 

i have 20/15 vision and i could never hit a baseball.

[RammyFanny]

Nice little interview with Vitters' coach.

http://media.scout.com/Media/Image/34/343308.jpg

Cypress (Calif.) High School head baseball coach John Weber talked about Josh Vitters, the Cubs’ first-round pick in the 2007 draft, on Thursday.

 

“The one thing that I think separates him from everyone else is his canny ability to legitimately hit for power to all fields, and he can do it with a high average,” said Weber, Vitters’ head coach at Cypress High School.

In his final prep season for Cypress, Vitters batted .390 in 24 games, recording a hit in 30 of 77 total at-bats.

 

He hit nine home runs and six doubles to make up a .870 slugging percentage, and drew 14 walks to only six strikeouts.

 

During the season, Vitters missed over two weeks with a bout of pneumonia. If not for that, Weber feels his numbers would have spiked even more.

 

“When he came back, he still never got himself 100 percent,” Weber said. “He played the second half at about 80 percent. He would have been way better had he not gotten pneumonia.”

 

Weber also feels that Vitters, who is the younger brother of Oakland Athletics prospect Christian Vitters, can hit well for both power and average – a shortcoming among other prototypical power hitters that have been drafted in high rounds by the Cubs in recent years.

 

“What makes him so special is there just aren’t a lot of guys like him,” said Weber. “If you watch any video on him, he’s very simple with his swing. He’s not a prototypical power hitter that creates a lot of movement with his swing. What’s amazing is how much power he can generate from such a simplistic swing.”

 

Weber was also quick to compliment Vitters’ vision and his knack for seeing the ball.

 

During this past season at Cypress, Vitters was asked by one scout to undergo an eye test. He agreed and visited with Dr. Bill Harrison, a world-renowned optometrist in the field of sports vision in California.

 

Vitters passed the test with flying colors, Weber said.

 

“Dr. Harrison discovered that he has 20-10 vision,” Weber recalled. “This doctor, who has tested every baseball player known to man, said he had never seen anyone’s eyes like this since Barry Bonds when Barry was in his prime.”

 

“The other thing when you talk about his eyesight and the simplicity of his swing, one of the rare things is when he does swing the bat, he doesn’t miss the ball very often. He has the rare ability to hit for a solid average and to hit for power,” Weber added. “You’re getting one guy that’s going to do two men’s jobs. You don’t find this.”

 

On the bases, Weber described Vitters as “very smart.” The 17-year-old stole eight bases in nine attempts for the Centurions in 2007.

 

“His foot speed is really good, though he’s not an overly fast runner by any standards,” Weber said. “He can run, and that’s definitely why he could play a corner spot in the outfield if he were to ever have to.”

 

Speaking of defense, Vitters’ natural position is third base. But Weber said he could envision Vitters manning a corner outfield spot should such a move ever come to fruition.

 

“He has enough arm strength to play there in the big leagues,” Weber said. “He pitched for us and could throw 92 (mph) on the bump. So he has the arm strength.”

 

Weber also touched on what areas Vitters needs to develop.

 

“Defensively, he needs to get a little bit more sound,” Weber said. “He comes and gets to the baseball as good as anybody I’ve ever seen and he’s got that above average arm strength. I think the one thing, if he has a little trouble with something, is his lateral movement to his left. That’s where he gets himself into a little trouble.

 

“But when you’re in the big leagues, the ball comes at you so fast that it’s one step one way or the other. He does have some quickness. He’ll be totally fine,” Weber said.

 

Is there any way anyone could post some more of the scout.com interview with Vitters?

[imb]

I'm in on Vitters. I want to get him signed asap.