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Based on what? See above.
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Historically Dunn puts up a good OBP, I will give you that. But when has Flowers ever put up a good OBP? AAA? Even then he was striking out in a third of his at bats, and that was against inferior pitching.
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His entire minor league career. Let's dismiss minor league stats for a young, part time player. Makes a ton of sense.
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I don't think it's too wise to put a lot of faith in a guy's OBP in the minors when he strikes out about twice as often as he walks and strikes out in almost a third of his plate appearances.
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Dunn's OBP: .333 Pierzynski's OBP: .326 Flowers OBP: .296 2011: Dunn's OBP: .292 Pierzynski's OBP: .323 Flowers OBP: .310 I don't know how feasible it is to move Dunn, but I don't think trading him would be any big loss to the team's OBP. He hasn't been a high OBP guy since moving to the American League. Obviously, neither Pierzynski nor Flowers would be considered a high OBP guy.
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I will say that at this point in their respective careers Flowers is probably a BIT better behind the plate but it's not by much. |
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The defense isn't even close. AJ is just awful behind the plate. Awful. |
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As far as defense goes, from my untrained eye it seems to me that AJ's biggest problem is with balls in the dirt on the corners. I think he struggles with those so much more now than a few years ago because his knees are giving out on him, but I see Flowers struggle with those pitches as well. Much more than AJ did back when he first came over. Flowers has a better arm than AJ, but AJ had a pretty good year throwing out base runners as well. |
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I guess we will have to agree to disagree. I haven't seen anything in Flowers minor league numbers or his approach in the majors that suggest he will be a high OBP guy. I think he will be a low average, low OBP, high strike out guy with some power who won't kill you defensively. The White Sox have too many low average, low OBP guys in their lineup as it is.
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