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Dan talks about Rickard: http://www.masnsports.com/steve-melewski/2015/12/dan-duquette-talks-about-rule-5-addition-outfielder-joey-rickard.html
"This kid has had a great year," Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette said. "Started out in A-ball. They move him to Double-A and he did even better. They sent him to Triple-A and he did even better there. At the end of the season, he went to the Dominican and did well there. He's been one of the top players in the league in the Dominican.

"He has good on-base capability, good speed. Excellent contact hitter, can steal a base. And he's a good defensive player, and he played center field and left. We think he gives us some depth. He just looks like he learned how to play. Looks like a good solid, overall ballplayer. Good discipline in the strike zone and we look forward to taking a look at him in the spring."

There's more in the article.

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Rickard doesn't have a ton of power but he does have 28 and 29 double seasons. I wonder if this is developing power or doubles as a result of speed?

Anyone got a clue?

Rickard does have six HRs in Winter Ball, so perhaps he is developing a little bit more power (as opposed to none)

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Current Dominican WL stats:

Joey Rickard - Leones del Escogido - 197 PA (leads team), .272/.354/.503, 9 HR (leads team), 37 RBI (leads team), .857 OPS (leads team)

Parades is on the same team:

Jimmy Parades - Leones del Escogido: 64 PA, .250/.297/.367, 1 HR, 6 RBI

http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=dcd9cbfc

So what happened that he has 9 homers in 200 PAs after he's had 13 homers in 1500 MiLB plate appearances previously?

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McLovin Veteran All-Star

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So what happened that he has 9 homers in 200 PAs after he's had 13 homers in 1500 MiLB plate appearances previously?

Well, hopefully it just continues to show that his horrible power showing in 2014 was an anomaly. If he can maintain his OBP capabilities, and put up around a .400 SLG - that's a pretty good find.

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Current Dominican WL stats:

Joey Rickard - Leones del Escogido - 197 PA (leads team), .272/.354/.503, 9 HR (leads team), 37 RBI (leads team), .857 OPS (leads team)

Parades is on the same team:

Jimmy Parades - Leones del Escogido: 64 PA, .250/.297/.367, 1 HR, 6 RBI

http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=dcd9cbfc

Jimmy is down there focusing on the D though. All 13 games he's played has been in RF. Rickard might be on that Dominican league workout routine. Good for him.

How funny is it that the O's find a Lefty, but the guy bats RH? That's good stuff. Dusty baker would not like our present team. Only lefties projected to make the team are Matusz, MW switch hitter, and switch hitter Paredes.

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