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22 hours ago, waroriole said:

He’s improving but the power is non-existent so far. The hit tool will have to be elite for him to have a ML impact. Probably why the Orioles were messing with his swing. 

It might be just me, but if you're messing with the swing of your first round draft pick because his hit tool needs more power to provide value, you probably shouldn't have drafted him in the first round.

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Nelson, this isn’t all directed at you. You are a passionate fan, like most here. I just wish you’d state your case, once. And then let it go. But that is not your style. You feel the need to enlighte

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Last year Cowser had 45 hits.  10 of those were extra bases.  This year he has 55 hits. 23 for extra bases.  That is a significant development.  June is the Cowser we've been hoping for. 17

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Jon Meoli said as much in his Newsletter yesterday, re: Cowser, without quoting the whole thing (as it's paid and all): "Cowser said he was focused on one zone and striking out as a result..."

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8 minutes ago, Brooks The Great said:

It might be just me, but if you're messing with the swing of your first round draft pick because his hit tool needs more power to provide value, you probably shouldn't have drafted him in the first round.

Good point although I heard an interview with Elias where he said almost every pick except for a Rutschman type is based on "he could be this if he could change this or improve this" type of thing.    I suppose the thought was he had a decent floor as a guy who would hit, get on base, play good defense, and maybe run a little bit.    #5 might be a little high for that profile but it might be a little low for the same guy with 25-30 homer power.  So, yeah, #5 was probably an overdraft if he never taps into the power but the book is not written yet.   I can think of plenty of guys, even probable non steroid guys, who showed little power in the minors and developed into 25-30 homer guys as ML players.   I mentioned Don Mattingly.   I think Wally Joyner was another guy.    Kirby Puckett. 

Also, remember that Cowser was rated around #10, IIRC, by the consensus based on the player where the power was in question.

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6 minutes ago, Go_Os said:

The problem with Cowser this year is that he can't hit LHP.

 

vs RHP:  .279/.416./.866

vs LHP:  .143/.289/.455

That’s interesting. He’ll have to improve on that and maybe the small sample size is in play.

I have a feeling he will be promoted to Bowie very soon regardless of those struggles. 

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2 hours ago, ChuckS said:

That’s interesting. He’ll have to improve on that and maybe the small sample size is in play.

I have a feeling he will be promoted to Bowie very soon regardless of those struggles. 

Cowser has 42 AB vs lefties this season with 5 singles and 1 double plus 8 walks.  He's had 22.8% of his PAs vs LHP (Collin Burns 20.0%, Jacob Teter 22.2%, Cesar Prieto 24.5%).  The team clearly wants to see him hit lefties better and never makes an attempt to sit him or PH for him.  

There are not nearly as many platoon switches in the minors, but anecdotally (as I watch the MiLB games pitch by pitch with lots of fast forwarding to prospect ABs), it seems to me he faces a fair number of pitching changes for the platoon advantage.

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I don't care if he doesn't hit for power.  Especially if the lineup has other guys who can thump.  

If he hits for a high average and has a good separation between his batting average and on base percentage, that's all I really care about.  The other day we were talking about Mountcastle and what a slow starter he is.  Would you rather have a guy like that or a guy who can hit consistently throughout the summer and have an on base percentage that hovers around .400 for a whole year but might hit 15-18 homers?

For me, it's a no-brainer.  And while Cowser has a lot of work to do to become that consistent, I really don't care if the power never comes.  I'm perfectly fine with a guy who can hit .280-.300 and get on base at a .380-.400 clip.  

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Interesting that Cowser only mentioned not taking as many pitches he considered hittable.   He didn't say anything about hitting for power and not hitting for power or abandoning any changes he may have made technically to his swing.   He's actually hitting quite a few doubles this year and just homered a couple of nights ago for #3.

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38 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

Interesting that Cowser only mentioned not taking as many pitches he considered hittable.   He didn't say anything about hitting for power and not hitting for power or abandoning any changes he may have made technically to his swing.   He's actually hitting quite a few doubles this year and just homered a couple of nights ago for #3.

There were definitely comments about elevating more.  

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Hope power picks up, a scout at time of draft had comp as Nimmo from Mets, nice player, would hope for more from #5 pick. Nimmo is kind of passenger on powerful train, Cowser at #5 pick should be an engine powering the train.

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1 minute ago, oldfan said:

Hope power picks up, a scout at time of draft had comp as Nimmo from Mets, nice player, would hope for more from #5 pick. Nimmo is kind of passenger on powerful train, Cowser at #5 pick should be an engine powering the train.

Nimmo has a career OPS+ of 130.

This is an example of unreasonable expectations.

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