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Not too many IBC Tigers with elite skillz

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Best Hitter
3. Miguel Cabrera, Tigers

Best Changeup
2. James Shields, Rays

Best Pickoff Move
3. Dallas Braden, Athletics

Best Reliever
2. Joe Nathan, Twins

Best Power
2. Prince Fielder, Brewers

Best Curveball
3. Yovani Gallardo, Brewers

Best Defensive 2B
2. Chase Utley, Phillies

Best Infield Arm
1. Rafael Furcal, Dodgers

Pablo Sandoval is the third most exciting player in the NL?
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Kind of embarrassingly thin on the MiLB side:

Best Infield Arm - Hector Gomez, Modesto
Most Exciting Player - Tyson Gillies, High Desert
Best Control - Esmil Rogers, Tulsa
Best Pitching Prospect - Bud Norris, Round Rock
Best Breaking Pitch - Bud Norris, Round Rock
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Tigers wrote: Pablo Sandoval is the third most exciting player in the NL?
You're clearly not watching enough Giants baseball. Imagine young Vlad Guerrero with a little less power only with more plate coverage and less discipline, plus he's shaped like a panda.
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Tigers wrote: Pablo Sandoval is the third most exciting player in the NL?
You're clearly not watching enough Giants baseball. Imagine young Vlad Guerrero with a little less power only with more plate coverage and less discipline, plus he's shaped like a panda.


Really? I'm shocked there is a player in the major leagues with less discipline at the plate than Big Bad Vlad. Not only have I seen Vlad swing at pitches that were literally above his head......did't he just the other week get an RBI single on a flair to left center field on a curveball that bounced a foot in front of the plate?

Vlad has to be the most undisciplined hitter in the history of the game and the best "bad ball" hitter ever, all in one.

Pablo "Kung Fu Panda" rocks though.
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I didn't think it was possible either, but I've seen Sandoval smack line drives into the gap on pitches at his ankles, I've seen him hit groundballs in the hole off of balls over his head. He's a nut.
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Athletics wrote:I didn't think it was possible either, but I've seen Sandoval smack line drives into the gap on pitches at his ankles, I've seen him hit groundballs in the hole off of balls over his head. He's a nut.

I'm going to have to catch a Giants game then. That will be a sight to see.
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Athletics wrote:
Tigers wrote: Pablo Sandoval is the third most exciting player in the NL?
You're clearly not watching enough Giants baseball. Imagine young Vlad Guerrero with a little less power only with more plate coverage and less discipline, plus he's shaped like a panda.
I know that he's a good hitter and I've seen plenty of him, so I don't have to imagine. I'm pretty sure he was voted that because it's so rare and exciting that someone on that team comes to the plate who can actually hit. Imagine if you had to watch eight guys who hit like Kyle Schwartz from South Park, then Jermaine Dye came up. I'm pretty sure he'd be 2nd or 3rd on this list.
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Adam Dunn is still getting screwed. Not top 3 in power or plate discipline. What does he have to do?
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where is the list coming from?
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Phillies wrote:where is the list coming from?
Baseball America's manager poll
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Royals wrote:Adam Dunn is still getting screwed. Not top 3 in power or plate discipline. What does he have to do?
Big Donkey Show?
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Frnacoeur for Worst discipline. he probably has fewer walks in his career than Dunn averages in a season...
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Royals wrote:Adam Dunn is still getting screwed. Not top 3 in power or plate discipline. What does he have to do?
He shouldn't hate baseball so much.
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