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CMH · 07-06-2007, 05:05 PM

I'm going to defend Luis here because just taking from the top of the class in Matsui, Ichiro, and Matzusaka it seems that scouts have been right about them.

They said that Matsui wouldn't be a 50-homer guy in the U.S. The New York Media wanted you to believe he was still "Godzilla" in New York but the truer predictions proved right. Matsui was a patient hitter that could hit for average and hit at most 30 homeruns.

The knock on Ichiro was his style. "He hits too many balls on the ground." "He tries to beat out too many dribblers. It'll catch up to him and his average." But no one doubted the man could hit. It was just a concern of how he got his hits. As Spring Training went on Ichiro proved he could be a faster Tony Gwynn by spraying hits all over the field and he's just as good, if not better, in the U.S. than he was in Japan.

Dick-K was predicted to be a strikeout pitcher with a wide assortment of pitches. He hasn't disappointed.

When you look at the other guys people tend to forget about I would say that scouting reports on them were basically head on as well.

Yes, you'll have your slight mistakes. No one is perfect in evaluating talent. Some guys happen to pick it up later (Iguchi). Overall the evaluations are right.

07-06-2007, 05:05 PM	#1193
CMH Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5,057	I'm going to defend Luis here because just taking from the top of the class in Matsui, Ichiro, and Matzusaka it seems that scouts have been right about them. They said that Matsui wouldn't be a 50-homer guy in the U.S. The New York Media wanted you to believe he was still "Godzilla" in New York but the truer predictions proved right. Matsui was a patient hitter that could hit for average and hit at most 30 homeruns. The knock on Ichiro was his style. "He hits too many balls on the ground." "He tries to beat out too many dribblers. It'll catch up to him and his average." But no one doubted the man could hit. It was just a concern of how he got his hits. As Spring Training went on Ichiro proved he could be a faster Tony Gwynn by spraying hits all over the field and he's just as good, if not better, in the U.S. than he was in Japan. Dick-K was predicted to be a strikeout pitcher with a wide assortment of pitches. He hasn't disappointed. When you look at the other guys people tend to forget about I would say that scouting reports on them were basically head on as well. Yes, you'll have your slight mistakes. No one is perfect in evaluating talent. Some guys happen to pick it up later (Iguchi). Overall the evaluations are right.