Comments on: Complete surprise http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/07/27/complete-surprise/ A fan's Philadelphia Phillies blog Sat, 25 May 2013 05:43:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/07/27/complete-surprise/#comment-55603 egrissom Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:36:11 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=4204#comment-55603 I think the reason to keep Brown is that he has a chance to be an elite player who comes very cheap. He sure hasn’t been so far, but I think it’s too early to give up on that possibility yet.

]]> By: DaMannse http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/07/27/complete-surprise/#comment-55600 DaMannse Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:58:26 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=4204#comment-55600 Question again… is “get better defensively” the standard here that makes him untouchable in trades? Or do we think that he maybe should not BE untouchable if he is only going to get better and not be terrific.

]]> By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/07/27/complete-surprise/#comment-55599 egrissom Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:56:16 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=4204#comment-55599 All evidence to the contrary so far.

]]> By: Greg http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/07/27/complete-surprise/#comment-55597 Greg Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:39:49 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=4204#comment-55597 …and Brown was a receiver, so he should be able to catch something.

]]> By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/07/27/complete-surprise/#comment-55595 egrissom Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:58:21 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=4204#comment-55595 Mostly right, but also some center.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=brown-001dom

I think Brown will get better defensively. He’s going to have to. I think his bat is good enough that he’s going to play a lot. We knew he was raw — the Phils drafted him in the 20th round and had to convince him not to go be a wide receiver for University of Miami. Again, I think it’s a good sign he’s getting close to the ball and just missing it. I think it would be worse if his routes were so bad he didn’t get close enough to misplay it.

]]> By: Jim http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/07/27/complete-surprise/#comment-55594 Jim Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:38:01 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=4204#comment-55594 What position did Brown play in the minors?

]]> By: DaMannse http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/07/27/complete-surprise/#comment-55593 DaMannse Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:14:03 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=4204#comment-55593 On Brown. What does everyone think? Is this fielding disaster something that is correctible and he is going through growing pains(ie, “all/most of the great ones do this when they are young, and they get over it”) or is this a guy who really is not as good as advertised and this fielding nonsense reveals something that can be improved with work but he just will never be one of the greats?

]]> By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/07/27/complete-surprise/#comment-55592 egrissom Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:58:49 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=4204#comment-55592 Yeah. That wasn’t good. He’s really bad out there. It’s weird that he gets to all the balls, he just doesn’t catch them. Most of the awful outfielders I think of are guys that don’t get to the ball. He’s always there, just not catching it.

]]> By: DaMannse http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/07/27/complete-surprise/#comment-55591 DaMannse Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:50:04 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=4204#comment-55591 Brown. Another ball gets beyond him to the wall. Inexcusable. I wonder how often this will happen this year. I wonder how short the post season will be if he keeps doing this. I mean he is doing this nearly every game.

]]> By: DaMannse http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/07/27/complete-surprise/#comment-55590 DaMannse Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:34:45 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=4204#comment-55590 JUST ANNOUNCED: BELTRAN TO GIANTS

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