It is currently Mon Nov 25, 2024 11:15 am

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 10 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Byron Buxton
PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:48 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:12 pm
Posts: 2865
pizza_Place: maciano's
What an absolute shitshow he has become. I remember a few years back when he was the #1 prospect in all of baseball and his name was being used in the same sentences as Mike Trout.

Through 50 PA's
BA .085
SLG .128
1 R
0 RBIs
46% K's

For reference, that is actually worse than Bartolo Colon with the Mets last year. And Bartolo even got a HR and 2 RBI's


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Byron Buxton
PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 11:11 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:46 pm
Posts: 10108
pizza_Place: Q's Hillside
Years ago, the Twins had a "cant-miss" 1B/LF prospect named David McCarty. 3rd pick in the draft, tore up the minor leagues and got fast-tracked to Minneapolis.

Couldn't do shit. Started the rest of his first year up, went .214/.257/.286. He bounced around and put together a decade in MLB mostly as a backup and AAA insurance policy, ended up with .242/.305/.371 and never had 300 PA in a season after his rookie year.

He was the prototype for Josh Vitters.

_________________
"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Byron Buxton
PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 11:33 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:02 pm
Posts: 11735
pizza_Place: Angelo's Pizza in Downers Grove
Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote:
Years ago, the Twins had a "cant-miss" 1B/LF prospect named David McCarty. 3rd pick in the draft, tore up the minor leagues and got fast-tracked to Minneapolis.

Couldn't do shit. Started the rest of his first year up, went .214/.257/.286. He bounced around and put together a decade in MLB mostly as a backup and AAA insurance policy, ended up with .242/.305/.371 and never had 300 PA in a season after his rookie year.

He was the prototype for Josh Vitters.


Vitters wishes he had a 10 year major league career.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Byron Buxton
PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 11:42 am 
Offline

Joined: Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:15 pm
Posts: 16923
Vitters is playing for the Sioux City Explorers in the American Independant League.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Byron Buxton
PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 11:43 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:02 pm
Posts: 11735
pizza_Place: Angelo's Pizza in Downers Grove
Keyser Soze wrote:
Vitters is playing for the Sioux City Explorers in the American Independant League.


Cross him off, then.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Byron Buxton
PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 11:44 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:03 pm
Posts: 43570
Keyser Soze wrote:
Vitters is playing for the Sioux City Explorers in the American Independant League.

Pick him up, Hahn!

_________________
Juice's Lecture Notes wrote:
I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Byron Buxton
PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 5:40 pm 
Offline

Joined: Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:15 pm
Posts: 16923
He's hotter than a rolling ball of butcher knives. Hit 3 bombs today. Don't ever write off an athlete.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Byron Buxton
PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 6:44 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:18 pm
Posts: 27517
Location: Rizzo fo Shizzo
pizza_Place: Pizza Villa in DeKalb.
Image

_________________
That's my purse! I don't know you!


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Byron Buxton
PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 6:53 pm 
Offline
100000 CLUB
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:06 pm
Posts: 81466
pizza_Place: 773-684-2222
Keyser Soze wrote:
He's hotter than a rolling ball of butcher knives. Hit 3 bombs today. Don't ever write off an athlete.


He's been great for a couple of months. He looked like a #1 prospect that was going to be out of baseball in a few years.

_________________
Be well

GO BEARS!!!


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Byron Buxton
PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 7:45 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:03 pm
Posts: 43570
Image

_________________
Juice's Lecture Notes wrote:
I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 10 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group