Comments on: Billy Hamilton to start the year in Triple-A, play center field http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/24/billy-hamilton-to-start-the-year-in-triple-a-play-center-field/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:45:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/24/billy-hamilton-to-start-the-year-in-triple-a-play-center-field/comment-page-1/#comment-431528 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:27:16 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293915#comment-431528 He has 200 PAs above A ball and is learning a new position, not sure such a move would help Hamilton’s development (he hasn’t spent much time facing quality pitching, yet) or the Reds winning %.

]]> By: sheriffpeyton18 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/24/billy-hamilton-to-start-the-year-in-triple-a-play-center-field/comment-page-1/#comment-431453 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:42:00 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293915#comment-431453 He was fun to watch in the Arizona Fall League and a real class act!! Move Choo to left and bring him up now!

]]> By: cintiphil http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/24/billy-hamilton-to-start-the-year-in-triple-a-play-center-field/comment-page-1/#comment-431422 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:08:40 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293915#comment-431422 It is good to see this guy move into a position to make a difference. I will bet that he is in the Reds dug out before the middle of the season, to give a little rest to Bruce and Ludwick. He should be used to PH too. A great opportunity to get on base with bunts and IF hits.

]]> By: brianabbe http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/24/billy-hamilton-to-start-the-year-in-triple-a-play-center-field/comment-page-1/#comment-431263 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:54:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293915#comment-431263 They may not have a choice but to use him sooner if A. Someone gets hurt B. Choo is a disaster in CF C. Both

I see him as a .280/.340/.375 player with 50+ steals at minimum, but if he’s providing well above-average defense in CF and netting you a win alone with his legs on the bases, that’s a 3 win player at minimum.

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/24/billy-hamilton-to-start-the-year-in-triple-a-play-center-field/comment-page-1/#comment-431192 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:26:33 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293915#comment-431192 His skill set is scary. It’ll be interesting to see if the walk rate maintains at higher levels. It isn’t like he’s going to go yard if you groove a FB, and he has just as much chance to turn a blooper or chopper into a double or triple as he has to do any damage by driving a ball. In other words, there is no reason for pitcher to not throw him strikes, and there isn’t much reason to keep the ball down to him….on the contrary, they should be throwing him high strikes.

Anyway, it’ll be interesting to see how his skill set evolves into production as the level of competition he faces improves…..because all he has to do is put the ball in play on the ground and there is a great chance he ends up at 3B….scary.

]]> By: stlouis1baseball http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/24/billy-hamilton-to-start-the-year-in-triple-a-play-center-field/comment-page-1/#comment-431184 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:15:16 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293915#comment-431184 Good for the Redlegs. Excited to see this kid play. While also hoping he fares poorly against my Cardinals.

]]> By: mckludge http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/24/billy-hamilton-to-start-the-year-in-triple-a-play-center-field/comment-page-1/#comment-431183 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:13:28 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293915#comment-431183 With the sunken cheekbones in that pic, he looks like the second coming of Otis Nixon.

]]> By: ptfu http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/24/billy-hamilton-to-start-the-year-in-triple-a-play-center-field/comment-page-1/#comment-431177 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:07:22 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293915#comment-431177 .300 average + plenty of walks + lots of stolen bases at a decent success rate = value. Especially if he can play a little defense.

]]> By: misterchainbluelightning http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/24/billy-hamilton-to-start-the-year-in-triple-a-play-center-field/comment-page-1/#comment-431174 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:03:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293915#comment-431174 The only question is, will Dusty actually let him play everyday before 3 years have passed, and will he allow him to remind us of the days of Henderson, Raines and Coleman?

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