Hunter Morris

[mrpackersfan1]

Has anyone seen Hunter's stats this year? When I take a quick glance, they look pretty good. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=519051

 

.297 AVG, 15 HR, 44 RBI.

 

Sounds a bit like Prince Fielder, although minus the RBI part. Any opinions?

[And That]

- Good to very good power.

- A free/aggressive swinger. Decent eye at the plate, so the ability to take more walks is there. But will he ever be more patient?

- Will hit for decent average, but is probably not a .297-type hitter with regularity at the big league level.

- Defense is a work in progress. Won't be better than average at best.

 

I'm not sold on him personally, but if you believe in his power, he has the chance to be a decent big league 1B.

[DHonks]

His big issue has been his lack of walks/OBP. Hopefully the obp skills develop over time

[CheezWizHed]

Without "scouting" either one in person, Morris kind of reminds me of Laporta without as much power.

[brewmann04]

he seems to have alot of errors at 1st .

[Scooter1027]

I'm not sold on him personally, but if you believe in his power, he has the chance to be a decent big league 1B.

I'm with you, I don't quite buy into him yet. For all the hitting he's done, he's only carrying a .317 OBP. That's just no where near good enough at a position where you'd like to have a guy who can anchor the middle of your lineup. For example, to follow up with the OP's comparison to Fielder....Prince is on pace for 687 PAs, and at his current rates, would end up with:

 

104 BB / 102 K

 

If we push Morris out to that many PAs and have him maintain current rates:

 

28 BB / 110 K

 

Huge difference. That has to improve for him to be a legit big league first baseman, in my opinion.

 

 

[greeg35]

From a distance he seems like a lighter hitting Kevin Barker.

[StearnsFTW]

Really needs to walk more.

 

And his splits are really weird. At least this year. Probably a sample size issue.

 

I'll be eager to see how he hits at AA next year. That's the big test.

[pogokat]

He's brendan katin jr.

[The Truth]

Prince Fielder had a .409 OBP in A ball as a 19 year old

 

Hunter Morris does not sound in the slightest like a Prince Fielder

[paul253]

Didn't want to start a new thread here, but can someone tell me who has the highest upside between Hunter Morris, Cody Hawn and Nick Ramirez?