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Originally Posted by tbob
As far as current players, how can you not mention Joe Maurer??? He has a laser for an arm, great for average and this year started showing he is going to be a power hitter. As far as his speed goes, he is no Lou Brock, but he is very fast for a catcher (damning praise) and pretty swift afoot for a player.
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He's a fantastic player, but if he does indeed have that fifth tool (ie speed), he's not using it very often. He has 5 steals over the past 2 years combined. He had 30 doubles last year, which is only 5 doubles than Benji Molina, who would lose a downhill race against molasses. He hit a full 100 points higher than Molina and his home and away doubles totals were 14 and 16 respectively, so the Hefty Bag Dome wasn't much of a factor. Just seems like he'd have more if he possessed that 5th tool.