OT: Fred Lewis signs with Cinci

Peteros · Post #1 » by **Peteros** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:25 am

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/2011/0 ... enteria-0/

Post #2 » by **Geddy** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:45 am

Good luck to him there.

SharoneWright · Post #3 » by **SharoneWright** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:57 am

Baby, if you've ever wondered, wondered what ever became of me...

wlujaysfan55 · Post #4 » by **wlujaysfan55** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:20 pm

too bad he wasn't younger. Liked his feel for the game. Didn't like his attitude sometimes but on the other hand, the guy wanted to play more & wasn't shy about letting anyone know.

number15 · Post #5 » by **number15** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:56 pm

he was useful while in Toronto........ good lead off man, decent offencive numbers, good speed, some power and capable of all OF positions

Rajai Davis seems like an upgrade though..... just considering his speed and fact that he can also lead off and play all OF positions

SharoneWright · Post #6 » by **SharoneWright** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:44 am

wlujaysfan55 wrote:too bad he wasn't younger. Liked his feel for the game. Didn't like his attitude sometimes but on the other hand, the guy wanted to play more & wasn't shy about letting anyone know.

I'll disagree with the first part - he had some natural skills, but I really think his "feel for the game" was a major element holding him back. Seemed to get poor reads in the outfield, not hit situationally, and made tonnes of boneheaded baserunning mistakes. I always felt if he would have been coached more intensely/specifically earlier on, he would have been a significantly better player. Still, a useful asset off the bench...jmo.

Post #7 » by **Nolan** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:54 am

Would of been nice to keep him around as our 4th OF. But he wanted more PT and he made that pretty clear, hopefully things will go better for him in Cincy.

wlujaysfan55 · Post #8 » by **wlujaysfan55** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:05 pm

SharoneWright wrote:
wlujaysfan55 wrote:too bad he wasn't younger. Liked his feel for the game. Didn't like his attitude sometimes but on the other hand, the guy wanted to play more & wasn't shy about letting anyone know.

I'll disagree with the first part - he had some natural skills, but I really think his "feel for the game" was a major element holding him back. Seemed to get poor reads in the outfield, not hit situationally, and made tonnes of boneheaded baserunning mistakes. I always felt if he would have been coached more intensely/specifically earlier on, he would have been a significantly better player. Still, a useful asset off the bench...jmo.

I won't disagree with the comments, in particular the base running, but imo, I think part of it was trying to do too much to convince Cito to play him more. He wasn't shy about letting the world know that he believed himself to be a full time player.