July 24, 200422 yr Although I root for him, he has had his chance lately playing almost regularly and has not done anything. His recent OBP is the true reflection of his "current" abilities...I dont hear too much about him being a savior. He may be more of a streak performer like Lee last year when ...good, they were good and when bad....they stunk!
July 24, 200422 yr he is in his full first year, and no one said he was the savior he has played admirably this year and is only 25(i think)
July 24, 200422 yr He has done well fitting in for Lee at 1b, and isn't bad at all compared money-wise.
July 24, 200422 yr He's 25, making about $300,000 a year, and is leading the team in obp. What more do you want? He will only get better.
July 24, 200422 yr yeah keep in mind this is his first full season. no one's saying he's an instant all-star calibur 1B or anything. He costs almost nothing, & is putting up at least average numbers. I'd like him him to be a little more agressive up there too, but he's still young & that much patience at the plate for a guy as young as Choi can only be a good thing as he matures as a hitter. keep in mind that before the deal was made, we all assumed Conine would be our 1B this year. How happy would we all be about that right now the way Niner's hitting?
July 24, 200422 yr Author A good eye. Look at his strikeout to walk ratio. Not too good for a contact hitter. You are right though, the Marlins want him to be more aggressive. A Dunn (who has more power) is similar at the plate as well.
July 24, 200422 yr His bat is fine to me, the defense was the main concern and he is giving a better year than Lee from what I have seen of both this season.
July 24, 200422 yr A good eye. Look at his strikeout to walk ratio. Not too good for a contact hitter. You are right though, the Marlins want him to be more aggressive. A Dunn (who has more power) is similar at the plate as well. 472695[/snapback] Who ever said he was a contact hitter?
July 24, 200422 yr he's actually pretty similar to Derek Lee a few years ago when he was still up-&-coming....
July 24, 200422 yr Author You'd better hope at this stage he is a contact hitter (ala M Grace). I wouldnt classify him as a power hitter.
July 24, 200422 yr And he runs hard on the bases...still remember that inside the park homer. I like him, he hustles.
July 24, 200422 yr Choi is getting on base, thats what we need and thats what we didnt do tonight. Who do you want in first base? Jim Thome? Give Hee Seop a break. He was putting up good numbers and after that he didnt start for like 3 games only pinch hitting sometimes.
July 24, 200422 yr choi needs to get better with hitting with RISP... wait...so does the rest of the team.
July 24, 200422 yr choi is one of best players hes a power hitter to basically all parts of the field and hasnt realy made many fielding flaws that have cost us big time Hee seop is the future
July 24, 200422 yr Thing is we're counting on Choi to be a run producer in the 5th/6th spot. He's not solid enough for that yet.
July 24, 200422 yr Choi does get on base by getting walked, but he is our 5th or 6th hitter and he is there to produce runs and he has not done that this year 35 RBI's not good dont care if its his 1st full season, b/c Castillo has 30 and he is our 1 or 2 hitter and JP has like 28 and about half of choi rbi's come from his HR which he hit most of his in april and may. I hope we get walker or beltran and then platoon conine and choi at first and if one of them cant do any better or both of them then i hope they put cordero when he comes back.
July 24, 200422 yr Or we could hold McKeon's children and grandchildren hostage until he uses that lineup that once produced 6 runs. You know that one with Choi batting 2nd and the speed guys split up.
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