dkb964 wrote:JaysRule15 wrote:dkb964 wrote:
It seems like Vladdy gets lots of walks. Is that teams pitching around him or does he have a keen eye at the plate? It must be hard to get RBI's when you get on base with walks. If he is a singles hitter that should be very disappointing. They are paying him a ton but there is no salary cap in baseball to my knowledge. Are contracts guaranteed? If he does not live up to the contract could they get out of it if they wanted to is what I am asking?
Vladdy is basically becoming Joey Votto with less power. Reds fans used to absolutely hate on Votto for being super passive at the plate and always trying to get walks and singles instead of swinging for power. But at season's end, Votto would put up elite OBP and advanced stats.
I do not know much about Votto other then I believe he is Canadian. First basement usually hit for power I though. I take it that most fans of the team that watch most of the games are not to happy with Vladdy.
To be fair Vlad has averaged over 30 and 100 for the past 4 seasons. Votto never did that over his very successful career.
