Logan Morrison Is Good Too
Before his unfortunate knee injury, Carlos Santana was on top of the rookie world. Through 192 plate appearances, his wOBA sat at .382 — an impressive number for a 24-year-old backstop. Logan Morrison is not a catcher. Nor is Morrison 24 (he will not be in his 24-year-old season until 2012), but through his first 176 plate appearances, he holds a .404 WOBA.
Morrison is posting that number through a strong walk rate (15.3%), a fair walk-to-strikeout ratio (0.87), some power (.176 ISO despite a 2.8% HR/FB), and an inflated BABIP (.397). He’s not as young or hyped as Jason Heyward or Starlin Castro, but prorating his WAR to date through 500 plate appearances – admittedly not a perfect science and one used purely for narrative purposes – results in a four-win season; not too shabby for someone lost in the Marlins’ season.
Oddly, Morrison is not without his own injury misadventure, making him a nice fit next to Heyward, Santana, and that injured rookie pitching phenom. Over the weekend, Morrison took a foul ball to the face – an injury that sounds painful and looked worse – but he missed almost no time because of it. Clearly there are only three explanations for this: 1) he has a face of steel; 2) he is the Terminator; 3) there is only one explanation: that being that both are true.
The only blemish on Morrison’s season to date is his defensive play, although that’s a bit harsh given the circumstances. Entering this year, he’d seen all of two games in the outfield, and he played in only 19 games in the minors before replacing the injured Chris Coghlan as the everyday left fielder. Gaby Sanchez has played well enough to keep his job, but Morrison is doing his part to ensure that both are in the lineup on a daily basis.
” Clearly there are only three explanations for this: 1) he has a face of steel; 2) he is the Terminator; 3) there is only one explanation: that being that both are true.”
Considering what that kid has been doing for my fantasy team I could seriously believe both. I was extremely shocked when I went to double check my rosters and saw he was starting after being hit in the face. I can’t wait for his little bit of pop to develop a little more. Between him and Butler I’ll be good at 1B for a while.
Can anyone tell me how Sanchez’s glove looked at third? I guess the same question goes out about Coghlan/uggla’s ability to play third.
Matt Dominguez plays third. They’re probably just going to wait until he’s ready.
Who is hyping Starlin Castro? It seems he’s being completely overlooked.
I’M HYPING STARLIN CASTRO. And if you are wondering wether typing in all caps means i’m screaming, it does.
Starlin is giving me alot more than the more expensive Elvis Andrus. How many young shortstops have the potential, and the batting average? Not many
I feel like I’ve seen at least three posts with titles of the “So-and-so is good” variety in the last week.
I mean, the posts have been fine and interesting to read (including this one). Just noting a pattern.
How do you take a foul ball off your face? I’m trying to imagine how that happened, and am failing. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before. Was he the batter or in the on-deck circle? Bunting, maybe?
He was in the on deck circle.
Follow him on twitter @LoMoMarlins
“Starlin Castro” and “hype” should not be in the same sentence. Not one mention of Buster Posey, either?
JM that is a great point. This asshat writer mentions Santana’s wOBA of .382 but forgets Posey’s .375?
Just remember, Posey plays on the West Coast. If he played for the Yankees, morons like this writer would be drooling over him.
Don’t forget that the a hole forgot Tyler Colvin as well.
Agreed. We humbly listed LoMo at #2, behind Heyward, in the 2010 class of hitting debuts.
http://i-tell-ya-steve.blogspot.com/2010/09/position-players-of-future-2010.html
Your hack website also said that Posey wouldn’t be able to top Matt Wieter’s 2009 season. Great farging call there, Mr. Wannabe scout.
You didn’t even rank Buster Posey, after admitting that he missed last year’s list due to being a september call up.
You just lost ALL credibility. You are a joke, Bobby A.
(laughing at you hysterically)
What, nobody’s ever struck out on ONE prospect before? You guys are idiots.
Hey Nick, thanks for trying to make me look bad. If you had read the first paragraph, second sentence, of the post you would have seen that Buster Posey wasn’t included because we were only ranking players who made their debut in 2010. Posey debuted in 2009, so I think someone else just lost ALL credibility. (laughing at no-one hysterically)
Thanks for the support, RM. It’s really stupid to have to make this point since we didn’t actually strike out on Posey.
Bobby…I’m very high on Logan as well, how long does he figure to keep getting playing time in the OF before he most likely is moved to 1B? one year? 2 years?