I thought this was pretty interesting in the Astrosdaily.com site.... POSTED BY DRAMA9 "After reading some great posts on here earlier on whether to move Burke now or not, I was interested in seeing what some other 'good' hitters had done in their first solid season of AB's. Here's what I found - Mike Schimdt .196 - 367AB - 18HR Craig Biggio .257 - 443AB - 13HR Sammy Sosa .233 - 532AB - 15HR Larry Walker .241 - 419AB - 19HR Barry Bonds .223 - 413AB - 16HR Pudge Rodri .260 - 420AB - 8HR Jim Edmonds .273 - 289AB - 5HR Mickey Mantle.267 - 341AB - 13HR Jeff Bagwell .294 - 554AB - 15HR Pete Rose .273 - 623AB - 6HR Ryne Sandberg.271 - 635AB - 7HR Carl Yastrzemski .266-583AB-11HR Robin Yount .250 - 344AB - 3HR lou Gehrig .295 - 437AB - 20HR Kirby Puckett.296 - 557AB - 0HR Dave Winfield.265 - 498AB - 20HR Bernie Williams .238 - 320AB - 3HR I guess (optimistically of course ) that if these guys can do this in their first season, maybe our rookies can come through as well. Personally, I think Burke has a ton of potential to become a Biggio clone and be a BIG doubles type guy....only time will tell, I guess!" I like the rookies and would've been PISSED if they would've traded Burke for Moyer.
agreed. also i don't think we need to make a move for starting pitching. we're amazing through 3 and solid through 5 which is good enough. also first post in a doc rocket thread. yeah!
Although I don't see Burke in that same class, it does make a valid point on showing a young player some patience. Burke will be a fine young player for years to come. Nice find!
I'm not sure what that shows, fellas. With 206 AB's, Burke is batting .243 with 1 homer and 14 RBI. If you're expecting power from Burke in his career, I think you're expecting too much. Yeah, yeah...I know...he hit a few homers in AAA. But that doesn't always translate to power in the bigs. And I don't see it translating for Chris. Frankly, looking at all his minor league stats the year at AAA looks like an anomaly, more than a trend. He had 3 homers per season in 2001, 2002, and 2003...then 2004 he hits 16. Again...throwing words like "5-tool" around for this guy is missing the boat, I think. Bottom line...if there was better talent available and the price weren't so high...I would have NO PROBLEM with us moving Burke. None at all. He's a man without a position for about 2 more years, because his bat doesn't justify using him in a corner OF position on an everyday basis. Posting Bagwell's Rookie of the Year numbers doesn't make the case very well, by the way! I'd love to have those numbers...ANY YEAR!!
