No giving up for Duncan
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There’s one hitter in the cages now, former first-round pick Eric Duncan.
It hasn’t worked out for Duncan, but it’s not for lack of effort. He always seems to be the first guy here. He’ll likely be in AAA and — who knows? — maybe he’ll get a shot.
I know a lot of coaches in the organization would like to see it.
Meanwhile this whole working in the morning deal is still taking some getting used to.
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Pete, how early do you have to get up?
I pitched against Eric Duncan when I was in high school. I played for Belleville and we played Seton Hall Prep in 2003. He hit an absolute bullet to centerfield on a curveball that was thankfully hit right at him.
I really want him to make the bigs so I can say I retired a Major League hitter!
Guess nobody here wants to acknowledge their hero lied on national television AGAIN, but here’s the link anyway:
http://www.nydailynews.com/spo.....t.html’t
Big surprise that the police never heard of that ‘report’ that Rodriguez didn’t quite show to Gammons, never had any complaint about Roberts, never cited her for anything, and were never involved in anything but a query from a guard shack about whether Star Island is public (it is).
To think at some point Eric Duncan was once a top organizational prospect that they would not part with.
Roberts will forever be ruined by what she did in the Duke case. Made herself look like a fool
Pete, nothing beats that cool morning air – especially in Florida!
Duncan hit 233 last year in over 400 at bats in scranton. I dont know how comfortable the yanks would be giving him a chance to go to the majors after a season like that. The main problem with duncan is that not only is he not improving but he is progressively regressing if that makes any sense. Frankly, he seems to get worse at the dish every season he is in the minors. Not every prospect is going to work out that the yankee organization had high hopes for – you win some and you lose some. Wang was definitely a huge win for us as duncan and tabata are huge losses but for every brilliant success like wang, there are hundreds of guys around baseball who fail to reach their expectations. I am not complaining because out of the next group of Hughes, kennedy, melancon, ajax and montero there is definitely some special talent.
Any truth to Eric learning the outfield?
We have enough outfielders already. Doubt the Yanks are focused on converting Shelley at his age. I wouldn’t be surprised if Shelley gets released early in the season. Good kid tho..
I had high hopes for E. Duncan-mostly because he’s a Jersey boy who grew up a Yankee fan.
Eric- reread what I wrote. I wrote Eric. Not Shelley. I believe Shelley is gone from the org (btw he was an of’er fb). Eric is still young, I think under 25.
shelley is not gone. he got outrighted to AAA
Pete, that pen looks like its running out of ink. Hope you have extras!
The media just LOVES to compare arods homeruns per season on seattle and ny to his homeruns per season in texas. But that comparison has a lot of problems. Primarily, because arlington greatly favors the righty homerun hitter more than most parks. I know you cant say no one has done roids in baseball but i think it is safe to use teixera for this comparison right now because he is a righty power hitter he played in texas and moved on as he hit his prime- lets check out his homeruns in arlington and elsewhere – Teixera is not the kind of homerun hitter arod is but he does have some power and he mashed 38 and 43 homers when he was only 24 and 25 years old (not yet in his baseball prime).
One would think he would have developed even more power and he probably did but his homerun totals spending half his next season in atlanta was only 30 and then, splitting his season between the braves and the angels it was only 33. So in his best years in arlington he hit on average 40.5 homers per season and his two years outside of texas, he averaged 31.5 homeruns (about 9 homers difference) even though he was in his breakout years for baseball (27 and 28) when he left.
it doesnt mean much except to say that in your best years in texas as a righty with power, you will probably hit more homers than in your best years in other parks especially yankee stadium which is not all that favorable to righties. Also, one could say alex hit would have hit his prime anyway in texas as he was 26, 27 and 28 years old when he get there which is right around the time when most normal solid young players break out.
Lastly, I just wanted to compare his avg and obp across seasons. HIs three years in texas were 318 399, 300 392, 298 396. In ny, he has had worse seasons but he also put up two seasons with the lines of 321 421 and 314 422. In 1996, in seattle, he put up 358 414 in his first season in the MLB. This is not to say he played better outside of texas. it is just to say that if in fact, he did only take steroids from 2001 to 2003, he was still able to play three seasons outside of those in which he put up far, far better numbers than he ever did while on steroids which shows the natural ability he has for the game. And roids does give you some extra juice to hit the ball further but it is not going to skyrocket your walks or average or stolen bases or glove work. That is why mcgwire seemed to thrive off of it while it doesnt really seem like alex’s statistic benefited all that much from PEDs. i HOPE that the BBWAA considers all this before making a rash decision to say he took roids so I am not voting him in because his numbers are skewed. It is clear even without looking at the next ten years, that alex had the ability to get in before he touched steroids and maintains that ability long after any of the effects are still with him. I think that means he certainly deserves to be in the hall.
Eic Duncan’s isues have never been lack of talent or effort. It’s been back issues. Not sure of exactly what, but, it sounds like the same problems that finished Mattingly’s career.
U gettin paid by red bull…..
Pete, at least you don’t have to switch time zones, like the poor schlubs from the West Coast
Let’s not forget E. Duncan was drafted as a 3rd baseman and then along comes A-Rod and the kid has go and learn 1st base. It’s been hard for him to get the call-up if you look at the depth in front of him and his so-so numbers at the plate. I’m an SHP grad meself, so of course I’d love to see him get his shot.
Back issues? Um, no. Eric Duncan cannot hit a curveball. Sorry to burst your bubble. Total non prospect there. Nice kid, but get a job like the rest of us.
As for Selena Roberts, as has been mentioned, she made a total ass of herself in the Duke case, and has STILL never apologized to the players involved for crucifying them before they were proven guilty. Which, of course, they aren’t…. somehow she’s been given a free pass over that mess. Now, she’s writing a book on A-Rod, and following him everywhere, despite the little miss innocent she tries to make herself out to be. She is always at his homes, the gym, and everywhere else he goes, and has been for MONTHS. Doesn’t excuse A-Rod at all, but she is a lunatic. And the idiot who leaked A-Rod’s name to Roberts is gonna get hauled into court for it, because thats a felony folks. And Roberts participated in it.
Drink coffee like a man, you large pulsating v-agin-a
Duncan has had over 1,000 PAs at AAA with a .680 OPS. He’s shown nothing. This might be his last year in the Yankees system.
http://minors.baseball-referen.....i?pid=4183
Hey Peter, try a 5 hr energy, much better than Red Bull!
Go Get ‘em Eric!
Your Seton Hall brethren are rooting for you!
Is Red Bull a PED?