Isn't this an intruiging sleeper and a sure-fire bet to make Revo's annual Sleeper and Increased Playing Time report.
Dayan Viciedo is an immediate beneficiary of the trade that sent Carlos Quention to the Padres and as some reports out of the South Side suggest, Kenny Williams reputation is now hinged on Viciedo's production.
He's young. He has power but not exactly much of a plate approach. He can hammer the ball as evidenced by his 35% hard-hit ball data from 2010. Last year, he battled some thumb injuries so that seemed to affect his strength.
In 2012, Viciedo is penciled in to the #7 hole, so it's not exactly a counting stats lineup slot. But U.S. Cellular Field is a +38% for HRs for right-handed hitters and the White Sox are reportedly going to give him a full run at the job so the playing time is there for you to grab -- probably on the cheap.
The question is going to be can he adjust to Major League pitchers and keep his BB/K ratio decent enough to keep him from being a BA-nightmare? Viciedo is known as a see-it, hit-it kind of guy and there are concerns that he will have too many holes in his swing.
My feeling is that he is going to struggle enough to find his way back to AAA at some point. We've only seen a total of 200 ABs from over two seasons and with it, a thumb injury, so it's hard to project him. I think he has a nice profile but I'm guessing it won't be usable in most formats until 2013. I might be way off though, but that's just my opinion.
2012 Projections
300 ABs
.245 BA
11 HRs
38 RBI
35 Runs
2 SBs
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