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Awwwww i'm not being a jerk. But really, the kid's a bit overhyped. He's a good athlete but he has some flaws that need fixing in his game. Agree about Jacko smelling like cottage cheese.

Haven't i said this like twelve times, dude?

Oh pero claro que si caballero. Vamos a hablar por PM's.

Are you nuts? The guy's a power hitter!

Only posters from the Dominican here are me and diony, but i would've gotten caught right away because i have a fixed ip.

What did the post say?

I think that's where you're mistaken. Reddick is not a pure power hitter, he's a contact hitter with above-average power. If you're a guy with little plate discipline who needs to put the bat on the ball, you simply can't strike out 24% of the time. I have no idea where you get this "Reddick is a power hitter" idea from though.. Also, you're talking like the guy has absolutely smoked AA, but in 420 PA's, he has a cumulative 257/.332/.492 (.824 OPS) that's good, but not spectacular. He also regressed against LHP last year, which is a concern, since his splits in 2007 and 2008 were fairly even: 2007: 530 SLG vs righties, 524 vs lefties 2008: .524 SLG vs righties, 600 vs lefties (Even though he had limited exposure to lefties.) 2009: .461 SLG vs righties, .409 vs lefties. That is cause for concern. If you look up his stats and game log, you'll notice that they were actually limiting his exposure against LHP. I like the kid, as i said before, but he has a lot of things he needs to work on. One needs to look at prospects realistically.

He can put the bat on the ball, but unless he starts putting the bat on the ball solidly in the upper minors, i'm not sold. He looked good in AA, but what happens when he starts facing veterans that feed him breaking stuff by batches? He also needs to hit lefties if he wants to become a ML regular.

Raw power is nothing if you don't have the plate discipline and contact skills. Where is Joel Guzman now?

Ok.

I highly doubt the Sox are going to enter 2012 without a power bat in the OF besides an unproven Westmoreland. One of Kalish, Reddick and Ellsbury will be a regular, but not two of them. The premise is to project 3 regulars/starting rotation members for 2012.

I say Exposito becomes the regular catcher by 2012.

Aren't we talking about cracking the roster and staying there in 2012? Youk rode the shuttle quite a bit before becoming a regular. If you keep it in context, you'll notice i'm not saying they don't have the potential (specially Kalish) but that they're unlikely to be roster fixtures by 2012, which is what the conversation revolves around. Except BP arms, which are usually the early flameouts.

Reddick has the better bat and the better arm, i think he has a much better chance of cracking the roster. Exposito's got the defense, more raw power, and a better approach. Ditto for him. Yeah, but honestly, they could crack the roster sometime next year, what are the odds of either of them still being with the club in '12? Specially with a bullpen that's becoming more and more geared towards power arms. That's exactly the point, it's likely that those that crack the roster now but have fringe stuff/limited potential won't be with the club come 2012.

Please no on the "Let go Beckett, start Kelly idea"

Holy f***, just drop the f***ing thing. Bay's a Met, and we're all happy with goofy-looking Lackey. Jesus Christ.