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Fangraphs: Travis Snider is a top 60 Outfielder

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Here's a short list of players that added the most distance to their homers and fly balls last year.

2015 Rank Name Hits 14 Distance 13 Distance Difference

44 Ozuna Marcell 90 291.5 255.5 36.0

2 Stubbs Drew 63 309.3 277.3 32.0

9 Snider Travis 43 301.7 273.1 28.6

26 Flowers Tyler 50 297.4 274.3 23.1

25 Mesoraco Devin 84 297.5 275.7 21.8

170 Rollins Jimmy 82 275.8 256.6 19.2

10 Kemp Matt 100 300.7 284.8 15.9

150 Pedroia Dustin 107 278.3 262.9 15.4

60 Santana Carlos 67 290.1 274.8 15.2

123 Joyce Matt 75 280.7 266.1 14.6

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This bit is about Travis Snider, who feels like he's been here forever, but is only 27 now. His isolated slugging last year was a career-high (.174), and if he didn't add to that number at all, but only played more for his new team (who need at least a two-thirds starter in the corner outfield), then Snider could easily hit .260 with 16 homers.

You might expect him to regress back to career means, and hit fewer, and that's fair. But 15 feet of extra batted ball distance is a bit of a magic number. Chad Young and Mike Podhorzer found that players that added that much distance retained much of their power gain the next year. Snider's finally in a hitter's park, he's in his peak, and he put on the extra distance last year. He's ready to be better than Marlon Byrd.

http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/eno-sarris-bold-predictions-for-2015/

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Regarding the extra 15 feet of distance: Snider, last season, reportedly started letting his top hand travel through the zone a little longer before turning it over, creating more loft. Sorry I couldn't find where he said that.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-spring-training-0313-20150312-story.html#page=1

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Regarding the extra 15 feet of distance: Snider, last season, reportedly started letting his top hand travel through the zone a little longer before turning it over, creating more loft. Sorry I couldn't find where he said that.

For Travis, it was 28.6. He was one of the biggest gainers.

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No, not that. I found that one this morning. I was talking about something Snider said that was more specific about his swing plane.

Sorry, I should have explain, while it didn't specifically mention what you were looking for.

I thought it was a very good article and into the details on how much attention he gives his own swing.

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Sorry, I should have explain, while it didn't specifically mention what you were looking for.

I thought it was a very good article and into the details on how much attention he gives his own swing.

And we appreciate you posting the link.

I just wish I could find the article I was referring to.

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I for one am very intrigued with Travis Snyder. He could be the 2015 version of the 2014 Steve Pearce.

This is exactly the type of player Duquette and Showalter excel at finding. Right player, right price and lots of upside.

Only time will tell, but this is acquisition is a smart gamble.

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