Comments on: Talented, but Troubled http://www.rotorob.com/2006/07/04/talented-but-troubled/ Fantasy Sports Analysis With an Edge Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:13 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: RotoRob » Archive » Spikes Up: Third Annual Top 30 Prospects http://www.rotorob.com/2006/07/04/talented-but-troubled/comment-page-1/#comment-3676 RotoRob » Archive » Spikes Up: Third Annual Top 30 Prospects Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:49:02 +0000 http://baseball.rotorob.com/misc/talented-but-troubled/#comment-3676 [...] 1. Delmon Young, OF, Tampa Bay (3) – The top pick from the 2003 draft has finally ascended to the top of the prospect heap. Once the Rays finally decided to bring the talented but troubled Young to the Show last season, he had no problem making the adjustment. And judging by his .320 mark this spring, Young continues to flourish. Expect a high BA and plenty of steals, with major power to follow in subsequent seasons as the 21-year-old matures. Young is the odds-on favourite to win the AL Rookie of the Year Award this season. [...] [...] 1. Delmon Young, OF, Tampa Bay (3) – The top pick from the 2003 draft has finally ascended to the top of the prospect heap. Once the Rays finally decided to bring the talented but troubled Young to the Show last season, he had no problem making the adjustment. And judging by his .320 mark this spring, Young continues to flourish. Expect a high BA and plenty of steals, with major power to follow in subsequent seasons as the 21-year-old matures. Young is the odds-on favourite to win the AL Rookie of the Year Award this season. [...]

]]> By: RotoRob http://www.rotorob.com/2006/07/04/talented-but-troubled/comment-page-1/#comment-193 RotoRob Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:36:00 +0000 http://baseball.rotorob.com/misc/talented-but-troubled/#comment-193 You're right, Fernando. People DO love to project careers in baseball more than any other major team sport. It seems to vital to understand each player's place in history and how that relates to those that have come before. Having said that, this dynamic is one of the things that makes baseball so great. As for Young, I was just citing him an example of a player most fantasy owners salivate over, but who has already shown that he could screw up his potentially great career very easily. You’re right, Fernando. People DO love to project careers in baseball more than any other major team sport. It seems to vital to understand each player’s place in history and how that relates to those that have come before. Having said that, this dynamic is one of the things that makes baseball so great.

As for Young, I was just citing him an example of a player most fantasy owners salivate over, but who has already shown that he could screw up his potentially great career very easily.

]]> By: Fernando http://www.rotorob.com/2006/07/04/talented-but-troubled/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Fernando Wed, 05 Jul 2006 06:41:00 +0000 http://baseball.rotorob.com/misc/talented-but-troubled/#comment-192 One thing that I love about baseball is that the HOF is SOOO exclusive. In hockey, the Strawberry type talent might even be in the hall, despite personal problems for his great 5 - 7 year run. That is simply not good enough in baseball. I always chuckle at the radio shows that proclaim Pujols, Bay or Halladay as a future HOFer. Yeah, they are off to a great start, but they are a long way away from getting serious votes. If you'd havetold them twenty years ago that Gooden and Strawberry would be afterthoughts in HOF consideration, you'd have been mocked. Going to Young, yeah the kid seems to have talent, and I'd love to steal him away from the guy who has him on my roto team, however, I'm not ready to proclaim him "the Next One" just quite yet. Show me something first Delmon! One thing that I love about baseball is that the HOF is SOOO exclusive. In hockey, the Strawberry type talent might even be in the hall, despite personal problems for his great 5 – 7 year run. That is simply not good enough in baseball. I always chuckle at the radio shows that proclaim Pujols, Bay or Halladay as a future HOFer. Yeah, they are off to a great start, but they are a long way away from getting serious votes. If you’d havetold them twenty years ago that Gooden and Strawberry would be afterthoughts in HOF consideration, you’d have been mocked. Going to Young, yeah the kid seems to have talent, and I’d love to steal him away from the guy who has him on my roto team, however, I’m not ready to proclaim him “the Next One” just quite yet. Show me something first Delmon!

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