Breakout players in 2008

[inari]

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=7053

 

Very interesting article on BP. I obviously can't post the whole things, but the names mentioned are...

 

Rickie Weeks

Dioner Navarro

Ryan Zimmerman

Ervin Santana

Jason Kubel

Nate Mcclouth

Ian Kinsler

Dan Johnson

 

And of course, at the bottom...

 

Other players I want to mention include Rich Hill, Edwin Encarnacion, Stephen Drew, Jayson Werth, Yadier Molina and Wily Mo Pena. For various reasons, these players are strong candidates to improve their performance dramatically in 2008.

 

So what do you think of his list? And who else do you think should be on it?

[Derwood]

GEOVANY SOTO

[Schwarber Fan]

GEOVANY SOTO

[otis89]

GEOVANY SOTO

[RammyFanny]

GEOVANY SOTO

[Sarcastic]

CHAD FOX

[anabiono]

CEDENO

[inari]

Is that still funny?

[Sarcastic]

Is that still funny?

 

It wasn't funny when it started, either. That won't stop it.

[TruffleShuffle]

fukudome

[RammyFanny]

lamp.

[Rob]

Is that still funny?

 

It wasn't funny when it started, either. That won't stop it.

 

Rickroll not being funny killed it. I could see this getting killed eventually.

[NCCubFan]

Is that still funny?

No, it isn't. All it is now is annoying because you have to scroll through all those posts to see if there's actually any posts of substance.

 

Enough is enough, people. Time for it to stop.

[Rob]

Is that still funny?

No, it isn't. All it is now is annoying because you have to scroll through all those posts to see if there's actually any posts of substance.

 

Enough is enough, people. Time for it to stop.

 

And now I'm starting to feel awfully prescient.

[10man]

He's about a year late on Rich Hill it looks like.

[biittner77]

He's about a year late on Rich Hill it looks like.

 

Rich Hill goes from solid middle of the rotation guy to ace of the staff?

[Derwood]

don't blame me, I was just adding a name to the list

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Rickroll not being funny

you take that back

[larhur]

I take a hit everytime I say something like this but Ronnie Cedeno is due to break out, he has hit at every minor league stop and hit in all of the carribean leagues, all he has to learn is to relax, he tries too hard and messes himself up

Go Ronnie

Go cubs

[seanimal]

Corey Patterson II

[Abe Frohman]

Corey Patterson had better minor league numbers than Felix Pie. Eric Patterson has better numbers than both of them.

[seanimal]

I don't think that's true.

[Guest]

Corey Patterson had better minor league numbers than Felix Pie. Eric Patterson has better numbers than both of them.

 

Say what?

[Abe Frohman]

Look at the statistics. They don't necessarily equate to Major League success.

 

Pie and Eric Patterson still have to earn it. As does Cedeno, etc.

[AlwaysaCub]

Corey Patterson had better minor league numbers than Felix Pie. Eric Patterson has better numbers than both of them.

 

Cpatt was also older at every level than Felix Pie.