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john/z28jd We will see Jeff. You cant base it just on what he did this year,hes still 16 months younger than Cabrera and he hurt his hamstring almost as soon as he got called up and then had his hand broken a month later,its hard to judge a guy based on a season drastically cut short by injuries.
I saw him play 6 games in 2005 while in A ball and in a league where the average age is just over 22 he was doing good at age 19,you can tell then he had potential. As a Pirates fan who saw Andrew McCutchen at the same age in the same level the next season,I was more impressed with Gomez, and McCutchen is the 12th ranked minor leaguer overall this year. I dont think he will be as good as Cabrera by this years end,and probably by the end of 2009 they will be equal value but after that I think Gomez will be the better player and thats based on seeing them play and where they are in their development.
*edited to clarify i was talking about Cabrera at the very end,not McCutchen