Jeff Clement - 美國職棒

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USS Mariner 的Dave Cameron談Jeff Clement
Here’s a rundown on the Mariners first round selection Jeff Clement.

6′1, 210 lbs, bats left, throws right, catcher, University of Southern
California

Tools Ratings (20-80 scale)

Hitting for Average: 50 (present), 60 (future)
Hitting for Power: 70 (present), 80 (future)
Throwing: 50 (present), 65 (future)
Fielding: 40 (present), 60 (future)
Running: 35 (present), 35 (future)

Strengths:

Extremely strong, powerful hitter with serious longball potential. Has a
great eye and an approach at the plate. Can hit in the major leagues very
soon. Improved defensively this year. Works hard. Smart kid.

Weaknesses:

Can be too selective at the plate. Isn’t extremely agile. Just average
release. Not a great athlete. Doesn’t cover the entire plate as well as he
could.

Overall:

If all goes well, he’s a middle of the order masher, Jason Varitek with more
power offensively. The comparisons to Piazza are over the top, as baseball’s
never had a catcher hit like Piazza in the history of the game. He’s not
considered a great defensive catcher, but most people expect him to be able
to stick behind the plate. Catchers are high risk selections, but the payoff
could be huge. It’s a high risk, high reward selection, but the M’s have to
be hoping that Clement is fighting for the team’s starting catching job by
spring of 2007.

簡單講一下
完成度很高的大學捕手(至少進攻上是)
左打，砲手等級的捕手
防守和Call Game上還有加強空間，但今年在大學進步很多
而且被預期能成長到讓人滿意的程度
不是很好的運動員，如果要找比較的話就是Power升級的Jason Varitek
這個選秀是個高風險的選秀
但是如果他能長出來的會是水手的大收穫
水手可以期待他在2007年成為水手的先發捕手人選之一

我個人是覺得不錯啦
至少比選Tulowitski那個什麼能力都有但是沒有特別突出能力的SS來說
選Clement是比較有想像空間的

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