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Geo
Posted: Wed May 7, 2008 4:14 pm
by GYBE
Geovany Soto
What is his ceiling as a player and his most likely career path?
He's a 25-year old rookie who's simply having a monster start to the year. His current line is .349/.442/.651.
That's good for 5th in the majors in OPS (.002 points behind Pujols). And he mashed the ball when he was called up in September last season, so his career numbers are a sparkling .341/.415/.605. All this while throwing out runners at a very impressive 41% clip.
Posted: Wed May 7, 2008 5:26 pm
by lpsevier
He's going to bat .260 this year.
Posted: Wed May 7, 2008 5:58 pm
by A.J.
Coming into the season I had Towles over Soto. Man this guy is amazing. I expect him to hit over .270 this season.
Posted: Wed May 7, 2008 9:38 pm
by Da big3
look for him to be like a posada type player
20 homers and 90 RBI's and a batting average about .280.
Posted: Wed May 7, 2008 9:48 pm
by GS Warriors 1
.275/.360/.500 type hitter, I'm guessing. That along with his defensive skills probably make him a top 5 MLB catcher.
Posted: Thu May 8, 2008 2:52 am
by Howling Mad
Top 5 MLB catcher for 10 years. Defense and offense.
Posted: Thu May 8, 2008 3:35 am
by Bleeding Green
For Soto to hit .260 this year, he'd have to hit .237 from here on out given a typical 145 game season for a catcher. Even if he hits .280 the rest of the year, which sounds reasonable, he'd end the year with a .293 average.
I don't see why he can't be as good, if not better, than Russell Martin. So best catcher in the game at his peak.
Just 189 AB on his career, but it's pretty hard to fluke into a 1.010 OPS over 189 atbats so I think it's safe to say he's really, really, really good. His average will come down, though to somewhere in the .270-.280 range. But he walks a lot and has shown excellent power.
.277/.374/.503 hitter over his peak with maybe a .305/.400/.540 year thrown in somewhere. Final answer.
Posted: Thu May 8, 2008 3:39 pm
by lpsevier
I was funnin about the .260 thing, I <3 McCann.
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 3:14 pm
by Howling Mad
Rookie of the Month.
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 4:18 pm
by A.J.
BULL even PAX wrote:Rookie of the Month.
Congrats to him. He deserved it.
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 12:26 am
by SportsWorld
Inside the park home run
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 12:39 am
by A.J.
SportsWorld wrote:Inside the park home run
That was luck. But seriously I thought that was a 3 run homer.
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 12:57 am
by NH_soxfan14
He has speed too?!?!?!?!?
OMG greatest catcher of all time.
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:05 am
by High 5
That will probably be changed to just a regular HR. He's definitely faster than McCann though. McCann would lead the world in triples if he had Soto's "speed."
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:12 am
by SportsWorld
High 5 wrote:That will probably be changed to just a regular HR. He's definitely faster than McCann though. McCann would lead the world in triples if he had Soto's "speed."
Soto is one of the slowest players I have ever seen.
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 2:23 am
by A.J.
Im glad I started Soto for fantasy baseball.
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 2:23 am
by High 5
SportsWorld wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Soto is one of the slowest players I have ever seen.
That's why I put speed in quotations, but have you seen McCann? There are players that could walk faster than his sprint.
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 2:25 am
by A.J.
High 5 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
That's why I put speed in quotations, but have you seen McCann? There are players that could walk faster than his sprint.
Gerald Laird is the slowest person I have seen run this season.
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 2:51 am
by SportsWorld
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 4:08 am
by Buck You
Johnny Estrada wins the slowest catcher award by a mile. I could run faster than him with two broken ankles.