Ben Revere, Denard Span,
and Jose Constanza???
A huge Thank You to mini_tb for offering up a
special guest blog. Hopefully you all will leave some great comments and
encourage him to blog more frequently! J
Hey SethSpeaks readers,
It’s mini_tb with what I think is an interesting discussion
question regarding 2 popular topics lately: Denard
Span and Ben Revere. You will have to keep
reading to get to it.
The Atlanta
Braves have Jose Constanza batting
leadoff tonight as the season winds down toward the homestretch. Check
out his batting line on milb.com.
How does that
compare to the Twins’ Ben Revere‘s 2010 season numbers? I picked his 2010
season because it is a larger sample than 2011 – and, frankly, better than
2011, so we’ll act like this is how he will hit in majors given a bit more
seasoning.
Both are
5’9″ left handed hitters. Constanza
weighs in at 150 pounds. Revere is in at a “staggering” 170 pounds.
I guess the higher weight class for Revere explains how he could possibly have
more power than anyone else in organized baseball.
Oh yeah…
One thing I left out is age. Constanza is 28 in
a month. Revere just turned 23. That age difference is obviously a
huge factor when labeling a player a prospect or a non-prospect.
Revere is still
young. Of course there is still room for improvement. Look at
Revere’s stats for 2010 again. That’s Denard
Span’s 2011 line of .294/.361/.385 (.746 OPS) with less power, more steals, and
better D when he gets more comfortable. And a noodle for an arm that
brings back nightmares of Shannon Stewart… Revere is 1 year removed from
putting up pretty Denard Span-like season in
AAA. And about 4 1/2 years younger.
Here’s the
discussion question(s):
Maybe we are
being too hard on Ben Revere. There’s got to be a Beevis
and Butthead reference I could throw in here somewhere…
Any thoughts? E-mail me, or leave
some Comments.