David Laurila blogs.fangraphs.com Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Nico Hoerner is a mix of old school and new school when it comes to hitting. He’s also a mix of contact and emerging gap-to-gap power. Drafted 24th overall by the Chicago Cubs out of Stanford University in 2018, the 25-year-old second baseman […]
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Sunday Notes: David Ross Considers Managing a Blessing
David Laurila blogs.fangraphs.com David Ross was 38 years old and still strapping on the tools of ignorance when he was featured here at FanGraphs in February 2016. The title of the piece was David Ross: Future Big League Manager, and as many in the industry had suggested it would, that […]
Trea Turner Embraces the Art of Hitting
David Laurila blogs.fangraphs.com Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Trea Turner has transformed himself into one of the best hitters in baseball. Lacking projectable power when he was drafted 13th overall in 2014 — Kiley McDaniel cited his upside as 10-12 home runs with a .420 SLG the following winter — […]
Sunday Notes: Jordan Walker is a Star in the Making Who Embraces Fun
David Laurila blogs.fangraphs.com Gerrit Cole faced Jordan Walker for the first time on Wednesday, and he came away impressed. The New York Yankees ace induced a ground-ball out from the top prospect in the St. Louis Cardinals system in the first inning, but then surrendered a line-drive single to him […]