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- From: sieferme@stein.u.washington.edu (Eric Sieferman)
- Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
- Subject: Re: Mitchell for Charlton and other trades.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.195111.6629@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 19:51:11 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.162422.12522@Princeton.EDU> <1992Nov20.082008.337@netcom.com> <ataylor.722283512@uclagsm>
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- In article <ataylor.722283512@uclagsm> ataylor@agsm.ucla.edu (Al Taylor) writes:
- >
- >Why not Cotto? I beleive that given a full time spot in the Outfield that
- >he would make an excellent lead off man. Good batting, great speed and
- >(I'm pretty sure on this) his slugging percentage was pretty close if not
- >better then Buhner (over rated)-not because he hits the ball out of the
- >park, but because he hits the ball more often.
-
- When Cotto has had long periods of full-time play, his batting
- deteriorates steadily. He is an excellent fourth-outfielder, and
- might do well as a platoon player, but if he is the everyday
- right-fielder at the beginning of the season we'll be sad
- by June.
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