Who's the next Daniel Nava (pleasant surprise out of nowhere)?

[sk7326]

The question to me is about simply a guy with a significant developed major league talent. Brian Daubach had at least that much going for him (hitting righties) - while Morgan Burkhardt did not. Daniel Nava has an advanced approach and can hit right handed pitching. The question was could he upgrade the rest of his game to "acceptable" to let the good stuff shine through. The catchers are an interesting place to go - and if one of them had some elite glove in them, that would go a long way to being one of those guys.

[a700hitter]

The question to me is about simply a guy with a significant developed major league talent. Brian Daubach had at least that much going for him (hitting righties) - while Morgan Burkhardt did not. Daniel Nava has an advanced approach and can hit right handed pitching. The question was could he upgrade the rest of his game to "acceptable" to let the good stuff shine through. The catchers are an interesting place to go - and if one of them had some elite glove in them, that would go a long way to being one of those guys.

Good analysis. The surpirsing thing about Nava is not that he can he can hit, but that he made himself into an adequate option in Rf and 1B as well as LF.