Crossing my fingers Haven’s injury problems are behind him. If his minor league stats so far pan out at the major league level, we might have our second baseman for years to come.

And if you said to me he had a 829 OPS I would say that’s nice but in how many ABs and how any HRs did he hit. Also I’d like to how many RBI’s he has each season because I may want to consider him as a middle of the order guy..maybe hitting 5th, you never know.

Okay why would I care if you may be considering him for a middle of the order guy.Do you think I give a flying where you would consider hitting him.I neede to give these numbers for what purpose? So you can play GM.Here’s a tip for you.GM’s don’t look at RBI’s, you do.
If you want to know how many HR’s he hit,look it up.I wasn’t giving a scouting report for other GM’s to look at.Oh and the 829 OPS is for his 4 year minor career but I forget that you have reading and math skill problems so I apologize for not writing in retart form

If you understand the game of baseball than that’s what you look for in that type of a hitter. So not only did you NOT give those numbers in your post I responded to I would still need to know the proper info to determine exactly what kind of a hitter he is.OPS is a much much much much better way to evaluate a hitter. GM’s don’t care about batting avg and RBI’s.The difference between a 250 hitter and a 300 hitter is a hit a week over 162 games,a hit a week.RBI’s are impossible unless you have men ON BASE.

Do you honestly think anybody on this site doesn’t know who or what type of player Reese Havens is.Are there any casual fans on this site? Was I supposed to give his scouting report while I giving me opinion. RETART RANDY STRIKES AGAIN!

And if you said to me he had a 829 OPS I would say that’s nice but in how many ABs and how any HRs did he hit. Also I’d like to how many RBI’s he has each season because I may want to consider him as a middle of the order guy..maybe hitting 5th, you never know.

If you understand the game of baseball than that’s what you look for in that type of a hitter. So not only did you NOT give those numbers in your post I responded to I would still need to know the proper info to determine exactly what kind of a hitter he is.

Knowing the amount HRs he hits is extremely important when talking about a Reese Havens so the OPS is not enough.

See now anybody who wasn’t familiar with him would know more about him because I brought this up.

“Dopey Joe” strikes again

If I were a GM and you came up and said that to me about a prospect you were offering in a trade I’d say What are you talking about? What do you mean? Can the guy HIT?

what you mean to say is:
“A middle infielder with power who can hit the hell out of the ball if he stays healthy”

That’s all you would have to say. The rest I can figure out.

Unbelievable. Even people who were around back in the day are forgetting the old lingo in favor of descriptions that tell you LESS about the player. Not only that, to me it’s a disrespectful way of describing a hitter’s talents – especially one that makes his living as a good hitter.

Now the by product of his talent is what people like to talk about. Forget mentioning the guy can hit, let’s just talk about that he gets on base. I shake my head each time I see this stuff.

I think the issue was he would rest and the oblique would heal up, then when he geared up the swing (lots of torque), it would start the rib poking into his side again. Something like that.

so enough causality to assume that the rib was the underlying cause of other issues.

but, we shall see. If he comes into camp in great shape and plays a full ST, he could really open some eyes again. Impressive numbers during the stretches between muscle issues!.

Out of curiosity, do we know if all the injuries were on the same side? I mean, is it possible the rib being longer than it’s naturally supposed to be impacted the back, oblique, and elbow? Seems like all of the injuries are in the same general area around the torso. Of course, if it’s the right elbow, left oblique, upper back, lower rib, etc., then my theory gets blown out of the water.

On the positive side, his swing reminds me of Chase Utley, as much as it pains me to admit this. I wasn’t sure if it was just the few videos clips I saw but your comment “Havens’ sweet lefty swing generates plenty of natural power and lots of home runs and doubles will be the result someday.” gives me hope that I could be right about him and he could be the 2B of the future.