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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
I get that he had a hot 2nd half of the season, but so? Lots of guys do that. Doesn't mean we can straight extrapolate it to a whole year. If he really goes 300-25-100 then he becomes a truly elite 1B in baseball given how good his glove is (defensive stats be damned, he's very good defensively). I just can't buy Hosmer as elite. Not yet.
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NOT elite yet. But he did what he did for 4 months straight at the age of 23. It wasn't just an improvement, it was a DRAMATIC turnaround and what the scouts were saying he was going to do when he got here and developed. So there is a lot of basis for optimism.
Also, I'm not as sold on Hos defensively as others are. He makes way too many routine blunders to be considered great with the glove. He will make a flashy play here and there, showing his athleticism, etc... that's fine and dandy... but the truly great defenders are much more consistent than he's shown to be. I think he's a good defender, just not gold-glove already like some proclaim him to be.