By Buster Olney
Didi Gregorius' early history of offensive production will never be confused
with that of, say, Jurickson Profar, because he hasn't hit more than seven
homers for any team, and his on-base percentage has been modest. This is part
of the reason why the Diamondbacks' swap with the Reds in December for
Gregorius drew some industry-wide shrugs. He has been seen as a very good
defender, and also as someone who might be challenged offensively in his
career.
But part of the reason why sports are fascinating is that you never really
know what will happen next, and there are signs that Gregorius is going to be
better than expected at the plate. Sure, he had a nice debut for the
Diamondbacks on Thursday, clubbing a home run on the first pitch he saw, and
added two more hits in Colorado Friday night. But even before that, Gregorius
had seemed to become more of a threat at the plate, with his good showing in
the Arizona Fall League, spring training and Triple-A this year.
"I think he's going to hit," a rival evaluator, who saw Gregorius in person
earlier in the spring, said Friday. "His swing looks to me like he's in and
out of the zone real quick, but he's got lots of strength and lots of bat
speed."
In other words: The left-handed hitting Gregorius has some tools to work and
improve with, and his defensive skills demonstrate he learns and adapts. "I
was really impressed with how he set himself defensively," the evaluator
said. "He made his throws according to the speed of the runner, even though
he's got a great arm, he does this thing where he seems to stutter-step when
he [attacks] a ground ball. He almost goes through the baseball. He's an
impact defender."
Arizona general manager Kevin Towers recalled Friday that when he saw
Gregorius play last fall, the young infielder swung the bat effectively.
"There were some holes in the swing, but there definitely was bat speed and
there was pitch recognition," he said. "We never really had a question about
whether he was going to hit."
Towers felt good, too, about what he had heard when he checked Gregorius'
background. Mike Bell, the Arizona farm director, had talked with David Bell,
his brother, who had managed in the Reds' farm system and knew Gregorius

先幫你補血

我覺得你要哭哭了，先幫推。

有戰意

同意Bauer問題很大

Didi是否能長出來挺有趣的

嗚喔，這個弟弟 值 得 一 戰 !

雖然小樣本，打臉就是爽

一早就吃雞排會不會太油阿

太急了啦 現在是能看出甚麼啦XDD

我覺得一直討論Didi的數據沒有太多意義 也許他會是一個好球員 也許他真的長出來了 但是回到交易當時 他絕對不該

是你用Bauer這種代價才換得到的球員

有點急 不過期待他變成偉大的球員

去年季初好像也有人說太空人會拿冠軍

戰意滿檔

我覺得這篇會被備份XDD

Too Early

才3場比賽想戰也太早了吧.不然你自己不也說Prado對比Johnson

會是提昇難道也要被拿出來講?至少也等個半季再說

如果這季就長出來當然就不虧了 Bauer也投不出來阿

早上八點多就要開戰了嗎 太早了啦XDD

至少有內容的預測比事後諸葛有意義吧

看你戰釣魚王,勇氣十足,給推啦!

問題是這篇看起來也是很水晶球啊XD

請問真大大超看好的Randall Delgado丟得如何?成為不錯輪值的機會有多高?

現在PO這些東西 都有被打臉的可能性

Upton不就打爆KT臉了 你可以寫信叫KT多打球嗎

自己都說球季還長了 怎麼會用三場比賽論斷呢?不覺得前言後語很矛盾嗎XDD

今年目前就只有三場可以論斷阿 不然你有水晶球嗎

Didi沒做錯事 一直都是總管的問題

現在就在戰這個總覺得比當年的HOF牛奶之戰還早..-_-

另推一下Phatmen.當然要是未來Didi長得價值比Bauer高

原po也是可以說KT是神之眼，交易時連體檢都不需要。

一年後再發這篇還差不多一點

純推釣魚假大大 有梗

國中生喔？才三場就急著出來要證明什麼？

結果真的三兩句就被abc打爆，好在我沒有想過拉板凳或是吃雞排。 下一位(挑戰釣魚王)!

還不是要問兄弟(誤)

每次都有人說ABC只會釣魚 但是沒點真材實料哪找的到這些餌

Cano 一開始也覺得他沒 Power

他至少打臉了那個提Jeter的

Didi真的是個不錯的新秀啊 只是他拿的是一個ace stuff的投手出去換

只有三場可以論斷怎麼辦? 那就不要論斷啊 有人叫你這時候出來講嗎?

Didi今天對洛磯又打了一支跟白癡啊爛一模一樣的

不過說實話 有潛力的打者跟有潛力的投手 爆炸的機會似乎是後者比前者高很多......手臂有太多不確定性了

等六月再來看

才三場而已是要戰什麼啦... 至少等打個半季再來好嗎

真沒檔頭，一下就射了

蛇迷酸的是KT拿太大的代價去換了...

你想自由自在騎車出去 野狼125當然很好啊 但你會拿藍寶堅尼去換野狼125嗎？ 應該不會吧？

蛇迷也不怕你洗臉啦.講難聽點有KT在，大家都被洗到脫皮

為何我的文章會出現在這裡... 我從來沒在主板po文...

Didi minor OPS=0.694 我很難說服自己他在ML會打很好