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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Wednesday, May 11, 2022Why Daulton Varsho is the next baseball unicorn you need to know
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Posted: May 11, 2022 at 11:47 PM | 31 comment(s)
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1. Walt Davis Posted: May 12, 2022 at 12:41 AM (#6076407)See also IKF, the C/SS.
And of course Dale Murphy transitioned.
After that, he mostly settled in as a 3B (Gold Glove-caliber, though he never won one), but in 2008 he started 56 games behind the plate and 12 in CF.
swing and a whiff to the author for not knowing that.
Jamie Quirk played a little SS too. And OF.
Rany Jazyeryli was just complaining about how the Royals were going to play top catching prospect MJ Melendez in RF, arguing it would hurt his development, but with Salvy in place, I think it is worth seeing if he has positional flexibility.
Lotta these unicorns around :)
People might not remember Dutch for his speed. He didn’t have much by the time his bat developed, though he was a good percentage base stealer. In 1983 he was 21 playing in AA. That year he had a .911 ops, hit 19 homers and stole 28 bases. Took him almost a decade to get through injuries and advance beyond a backup role.
In 2019 Varsho was 22 in AA, another lefty hitting catcher, he had an .899 ops, hit 18 homers and stole 21 bases. It was the most Dutch like prospect season I’ve ever seen and what are the odds the guy doing is named after, but not related to him?
Ivan Rodriguez used to do infield practice with the Rangers sometimes, taking grounders at 2B. Maybe a lot of catchers do, but he was the only one I ever really noticed. Eventually Pudge did play two innings at second base, for the 2006 Tigers. And it wasn't a joke appearance; he went from C to 2B in the eighth inning of a close August game against the Red Sox, the result of a pinch-hitting move. Rodriguez caught a popup from Kevin Youkilis for his only ML chance at second base.
Now mainly RF. But, former catcher.
P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF
1 937 30 17 37 7 15 221 40
On one pitch, that was so far outside it was literally OFF THE CHART on game day, he slid out smothly and snared the ball, saving a wild pitch. Next pitch the batter, Soler, hit into inning ending double play.
Then there was a wild pitch on strike 3 that did get by him and all the way to back stop. He got back there incredibly quick, got off a quick strong throw, to nab the runner just in time.
then he had a caught stealing with super quick pop time. Savant is not publishing those this year but I'm told he has a 1.85 pop time the quickest recorded so far this year.
And in centerfield he just runs all over the place and makes great catches on balls you think he can't possibly get to. And he is taking good routes to go with his speed. He;'s 3rd in outfielder jump and 5th in directional OAA.
All of that is confirming what my lying eyes have been seeing from the press box all year. It's really impressive.
Vukovich, a former coach to young Gary Varsho, is infamous for an astonishing MLB "season" aka career of 607 PA spread over 10 different seasons.
career line of .161/.203/.222 for an OPS+ of 20 !
the 95-loss 1971 Phillies gave Vukovich 233 PA to ruin the offense with a 15 OPS+.
the 88-loss Brewers were impressed enough in 1973 to give him 141 PA and an OPS+ of 8.
he then got cups of coffee - including one extra grande of 66 PA - five times from the Phillies from 1976-81.
you'd think he was a C or SS or maybe CF - but he was a 3B.
his most similar player is ex-Indian sacrificial lamb to end the 2016 World Series in the Cubs' favor Michael Martinez, who had a much more "impressive" 38 OPS+.
When I replayed the 1971 season on Strat he might have gotten 40 at bats. The Phillies did somewhat better if I remember.
that's kind of - I don't know.
I mean, he's one of the 1000 baseball players on Earth (probably), which is awesome, and he plays on a major league field. that has to be a win for proud parents.
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