Bowker made significant strides with the bat last year and hasn't

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Posted by shikantaza on 2010-07-31 14:54:27
In Reply to: there are so many minor leaguers that dominated in AAA that were terrible in the bigs posted by The Dude on 2010-07-31 14:36:32

been given a decent opportunity to prove himself in the bigs since then.

Bowker was not horrible in the bigs since he reworked his plate discipline. JR Phillips had a huge year, but other than that your examples don't mean much. Bowker has put up better numbers across the board at a younger age than Damon Minor. Jesus Guzman can't play defense at all.

I'm not saying that Bowker is guaranteed to be a good hitter. I'm saying he has a chance. Anyway, we'll see how he does in Pitt.

Thread:

Who really cares about losing John Bowker? guy was never going to be good here - The Dude 2010-07-31 13:50:54 (96 views)
- Agreed. Move on already - darragh 2010-07-31 15:05:00 (53 views)
- I'm not too upset about this, but I disagree with your take. - shikantaza 2010-07-31 14:29:11 (91 views)
  - there are so many minor leaguers that dominated in AAA that were terrible in the bigs - The Dude 2010-07-31 14:36:32 (66 views)
    - Bowker made significant strides with the bat last year and hasn't - shikantaza 2010-07-31 14:54:27 (75 views)
      - also since the league figured him out after his pretty decent rookie year - The Dude 2010-07-31 15:03:38 (55 views)
        
        it's called 150 ABs over two seasons... I'm not saying it means nothing - shikantaza 2010-07-31 15:24:47 (54 views)
        
        I see what you are saying...thing is, he wouldnt have gotten those AB's here - The Dude 2010-07-31 15:40:08 (51 views)
        
        but in between those times of being horrible in the bigs...he has dominated AAA - The Dude 2010-07-31 15:05:05 (56 views)
      - I'll give you another one...Todd Linden - The Dude 2010-07-31 14:59:07 (63 views)
        
        never showed Bowker's plate discipline... - shikantaza 2010-07-31 15:20:43 (57 views)
    - And Bowker's hole in his swing is absolutely crippling - JoeDaddy 2010-07-31 14:38:18 (74 views)
      - agreed...and he is pretty old to still be considered a "prospect" - The Dude 2010-07-31 14:40:42 (51 views)
- Not me. He's a AAAA player - Bdogg 2010-07-31 14:05:15 (44 views)
- and joey martinez is awful.....good trade - ucsbben 2010-07-31 13:51:58 (58 views)
  - agreed....Martinez stinks - The Dude 2010-07-31 13:53:12 (50 views)
    - Agree- those guys look better on paper than in the Bigs - JoeDaddy 2010-07-31 13:56:48 (69 views)
      - it was really bowker and martinez was a throw in. - juan 2010-07-31 14:20:57 (61 views)

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