I don’t like judging a prospect over a small amount of PAs in their first call up. Ross also didn’t do him any favors by making it so sporadic.kobeunderbite wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:58 pmTitan18 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:07 pmHe’s way too small and gay looking to be a legit mlb hitter. His glove does look as good as advertise though. A league average hitter and perennial gold glover in center is his ceiling, essentially a Kevin Kiermaier. Has value for sure but not a game changer.
But I’m honestly not seeing a league average hitter in him and cubs are full of slapstick “effort guys” as is.
Ideally as his stock is still high being the 12th ranked prospect I’d like to see the cubs package him in a deal to nab a legit power hitter. But I think the front office loves him too much to do that.
Essentially I see him fizzling out like Albert Almora did.
Thanks for the great write up. That makes perfect sense and makes me feel better about the trade. In general I find that teams are too afraid of another team unlocking the potential in their young guys and so they'll hold onto them until there's no value left. I'm hoping Stearns comes as advertised in terms of his ability to be that guy tapping into the potential of other teams failed prospects and arms.
But what I do want to see at least is some confidence and the ability to take some good rips, even if they don’t translate into hits.
I didn’t see that from him. He looked weak, scared, and out of his element.
And he just looks super fucking gay
