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Originally Posted by Hawker007
He has to learn to hit the ball to the left side. He pulls/rolls over every pitch.
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Eh - nothing wrong with a guy with solid but unspectacular raw power trying to pull the ball, but he's gotta keep his lower half in if he's gonna do that.
That bottom half comes open too early and that's when you start coming over top of the ball and rolling it to 2b.
I wouldn't want him 'playing the slice' just yet. Because his hit tool is good enough to make him a 25-30 HR player and a real nice run producer in the 5 spot.
I think the kind of target you'd like to see for him would be someone like Adrian Gonzalez? Or if you'd prefer a direct Royals comp, what about Raul Ibanez (offensively)? I think he could be that sort of player.