Ryan Adams keeps a hot hand...

[bird watcher]

I just don't see where he would have value in the OF - unless he develops some power all of a sudden.

I know nothing of Adams. Does he have the speed to convert to CF? That could hide some of the lack of power. If he can play a good defensive CF and hit for high AVG and OBP the lack of power wouldn't be a big issue.

[Lucky Jim]

I know nothing of Adams. Does he have the speed to convert to CF? That could hide some of the lack of power. If he can play a good defensive CF and hit for high AVG and OBP the lack of power wouldn't be a big issue.

If his bat is truly developing to where we thought it would be when we drafted him (and we drafted him for his bat, not his glove) then I'm not too worried about power.

If he's the kind of guy who can put up a .300/.375/.450 line, spray line drives all over the field pretty regularly and play a competent LF, then that can work.

Understand, we're likely to get above-average power from both CF and C in the near term. Having a true #2 hitter in LF won't kill us.

We should worry less about "fit" and more about whether this is the real Ryan Adams we're seeing at the plate and not just another, uh.....heartbreaker.*

*Sorry, had to.

[WebLink21]

Look at the bright side. With Henson, Adams and maybe Blake Davis in the minors...it looks like we are beginning to have a few MI prospects in the system. I really like what I have seen so far from Adams and Henson.

[wayne25]

considering the strikeout % , It may not matter where he plays.

[Lucky Jim]

considering the strikeout % , It may not matter where he plays.

If he can keep his Ks at his May rate (1:4) and his walk BB:K ratio similar (8:19) then he'll be okay.

Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised to see improvement.

[Jenius]

If he can keep his Ks at his May rate (1:4) and his walk BB:K ratio similar (8:19) then he'll be okay.

Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised to see improvement.

I agree with this. But his K rate was so bad in April that it's hard to tell whether he's just on a hot streak or has actually made notable adjustments in his approach (ala Brandon Snyder last year) that allow him to make better contact. His current BABIP is like .415, which is not sustainable long-term. So yes, if he can at least be around 25% or lower on the K rate and around 8-10% on the walk rate then he may be able to sustain his performance.

[Tony-OH]

Tony, does Adams have enough power to succeed as an OF?

Not sure really. He seems to have some pop, and obviously he'd be more valuable at second base, but even before the Steve Sax thing, I really never thought he was a very good second baseman anyways.

I agree with everyone that he'll need to hit for more power to play in the outfield, but he is showing some pop with the doubles so that's good to see. I could see him possibly developing into an Eric Brynes type of left fielder as a best case scenario.

Something has to be done with him at second though. 29 errors at this point in the season is not fair for the pitching staff.

[Frobby]

Not sure really. He seems to have some pop, and obviously he'd be more valuable at second base, but even before the Steve Sax thing, I really never thought he was a very good second baseman anyways.

I agree with everyone that he'll need to hit for more power to play in the outfield, but he is showing some pop with the doubles so that's good to see. I could see him possibly developing into an Eric Brynes type of left fielder as a best case scenario.

Something has to be done with him at second though. 29 errors at this point in the season is not fair for the pitching staff.

Until this last game, things had calmed down a little - "only" two errors in 13 games, I think.

I'd like to hear from Doc Shorebird on this. Are these almost all throwing errors?

[Moose Milligan]

That's apparently is his problem. He's got that Steve Sax syndrome where he can't make the throws. I'm impressed myself that he hasn't let it effect his hitting.

Wow, that's odd.

I remember from my playing days when I was a pitcher, I messed that "easy" throw up to first a time or two. You field the ball, you have all the time in the world to get it there. It's not a far throw, so you don't want to gun it, then you start to think about it instead of react and do what's natural...and thats where the problems start.

Fortunately it never became like Knoblauch/Sax for me...as rare as it is, I can see how it happens if one were to let it consume them.

It is impressive that it hasn't effected his offensive game, though, I agree.

[notfast]

He has 29 errors?! WOW. How many games?

[AVencill]

Adams did not have an error tonight! Excellent, and he scored the game-winning run in the top of the 10th inning.

[glenn__davis]

Looks like Adams was possibly pulled from yesterday's game. Had just 2 plate appearances. He's sort've become my "favorite guy to follow" because I'm impresssed that he's kept his bat going with all the fielding troubles.

Was he injured at all yesterday?

[Frobby]

Adams finished off the suspended game from 6/9 today with a 4 for 4 effort, then went 2 for 3 in the second game. His line now reads .308/.372/.441.

This guy is proving he can hit, though he's still striking out a lot (once every 4 PAs). Now if we could just hide him in the field somewhere. Last I looked, he had 32 errors.

[Lucky Jim]

Adams finished off the suspended game from 6/9 today with a 4 for 4 effort, then went 2 for 3 in the second game. His line now reads .308/.372/.441.

This guy is proving he can hit, though he's still striking out a lot (once every 4 PAs). Now if we could just hide him in the field somewhere. Last I looked, he had 32 errors.

I love seeing this...when a guy with skills just suddenly "figures it out" at the minor-league level.

Now, if that could only happen for me at my firm...

[hoosiers]

Hoosiers was high on Adams when we drafted him. I was coming pretty close to teasing him recently because he was looking like a total bust. I'm glad I didn't. The defense struggles seem like they were mostly mental and he seems to have settled down some in that area. If he can stay at 2B, he's got a good chance to succeed. The bat is really coming around. The plate discipline needs to improve and I do remember someone who's seen him saying that he couldn't hit a curveball to save his life. Well, he's either learned to hit a curveball or he doesn't miss any of the fastballs that he gets. He's using the whole field and getting his share of doubles with the occasional jack. I think we might have another positional prospect here.

I don't want to jinx him as he's been on fire for over a month - very nice stats. At this pace, he will be among the better hitting prospects to go through DelMarva.

I would do everything possible to keep him at second.