2K14: Billy Hamilton

[joncarlos]

Liriano WALKS him to start the game. Hamilton steals 2nd. Wild pitches him to 3rd, negating his chance to steal 3rd.

[Sam]

Liriano WALKS him to start the game. Hamilton steals 2nd. Wild pitches him to 3rd, negating his chance to steal 3rd.

And then scored on another wild pitch! Got a base hit later in the game with another SB as well.

[chancellor]

Liriano WALKS him to start the game. Hamilton steals 2nd. Wild pitches him to 3rd, negating his chance to steal 3rd.

Any pitcher that walks this guy should be slapped by his pitching coach. Or made to do push-ups. Or be forced to listen to One Direction.

[Pogues]

Any pitcher that walks this guy should be slapped by his pitching coach. Or made to do push-ups. Or be forced to listen to One Direction.

Or all 3 at once.

[bryanbutler]

to be fair though, he did knock in a run on a bloop hit to left-center. which he turned into a double. i think you have to assume that anything he hits into the outfield is going to turn into a double. because, well, everything he hits is so soft that it gives him time to use that blazing speed...

[Hornsby]

Lol, this guy.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-...hit-this-pitch

You mean the guy who's currently on pace to steal 51 bags, while hitting .171? I'll take the chance that he'll raise his average by at least 50 points, which will probably add 20-30 more bags to the total.

[cavebird]

You mean the guy who's currently on pace to steal 51 bags, while hitting .171? I'll take the chance that he'll raise his average by at least 50 points, which will probably add 20-30 more bags to the total.

If he hits well enough not to be back in AAA by June, he'll steal more than 51 bases. The bat still has a ton of question marks, the speed has zero.

[Judge Jude]

You mean the guy who's currently on pace to steal 51 bags, while hitting .171? I'll take the chance that he'll raise his average by at least 50 points, which will probably add 20-30 more bags to the total.

it depends if the Reds GM has Hamilton on his high-stakes fantasy league team, or if he is more focused on winning MLB games, in the end.

[Hornsby]

it depends if the Reds GM has Hamilton on his high-stakes fantasy league team, or if he is more focused on winning MLB games, in the end.

So if Hamilton stays, it's because there's another reason other than being a contributor to a MLB team? Got it...good to know.

[cavebird]

So if Hamilton stays, it's because there's another reason other than being a contributor to a MLB team? Got it...good to know.

Hell, he doesn't have to be that much of a competitor. His replacements are Bernadina and Heisey. He just has to not be completely horrific.

[Hornsby]

Hell, he doesn't have to be that much of a competitor. His replacements are Bernadina and Heisey. He just has to not be completely horrific.

Yup, and what people seem to be blinded by is the fact that he's doing everything that the Reds wanted him to...but ht. And he's certainly not alone in that respect 3 weeks into the season. Everyone LOVES Jose Abreu...hitting .200. All of the following player hitting UNDER .200: Trumbo, Peralta, Aybar, Fielder, Swisher, Sandoval, Craig, Headley, Pedro Alverez, Butler, Seager, Bruce, Granderson, Lawrie, and the list goes on and on.

Point is that it's early, and for some reason, people seem to like to pick on Hamilton as not being worthy of a big league spot. Eleven pages so far devoted to the kid...let's see where he is at the end of May.

[Judge Jude]

Y Eleven pages so far devoted to the kid...let's see where he is at the end of May.

oh, I think we already know the answer to that

[RSF]

He is hitting exactly as anyone who paid attention to his minor league career expected him to. He is solid defensively in CF and a threat any time he gets on.

Abreu's OBP is vastly higher, so it's an odd comparison to make.

The real question is how long a leash he has.

[Hornsby]

He is hitting exactly as anyone who paid attention to his minor league career expected him to. He is solid defensively in CF and a threat any time he gets on.

Abreu's OBP is vastly higher, so it's an odd comparison to make.

The real question is how long a leash he has.

It's not a comparison, Abreu is simply on a list of other MLB players who are hitting .200 or under, some well under. And NONE of them are getting the attention and criticism that Hamilton has.

As far as Hamilton's minor league stats, he's a career .350 OPB guy, and that includes his "down" year at AAA ball. Nothing in his stats suggest that he won't be an impact offensive player once he adjusts.

[Judge Jude]

maybe people are looking at more relevant stats like OPS, where Hamilton ranks behind 12 of the 14 guys on your list. you cherry-picked Hamilton's least-awful category, obviously. and given that Hamilton's OBP last year in AAA was .308, almost by your own definition it sounds like he'll need at least a year there to "adjust." nothing in his stats suggests he can just skip that higher grade. A to High A doesn't count.