Brennan Boesch

[mgoblue678]

He is hitting .337 with 10 HR and 36 RBI's in his first 47 big league games. Not to mention he is hitting .320 with RISP and has come up with a number of clutch hits late in games. Add to that a slugging percentage of .617

I am not too sure anybody nationally realizes how amazing this guy has been for the Tigers in his first 47 big league games. I hear nonstop talk/hype about a guy like Heyward of Atlanta, but I haven't heard a word nationally about this guy despite him having better numbers than Heyward in some categories. What makes his numbers even more amazing is that he wasn't even thought of as one of the Tigers top prospects going into the season.

Anyways, I think this guy deserves more credit and recognition outside of Detroit for what he has done so far. I guarantee if he was playing somewhere like Boston or New York he would be getting it.

[raynman]

Re: Brennan Boesch

I think he is getting recognition, among the diehard baseball community at least. MLB Network loves him (not sure about ESPN), and I am sure a lot of serious baseball fans know about him. As always, casual fans won't, because they rarely follow anyone else but their own team (and sometimes their rival teams), but I wouldn't worry about it - if he plays well, he will get recognition where he needs it - in Detroit and on his paycheck.

[jth1331]

Re: Brennan Boesch

Fair to say he is playing above his ability and it will probably come down(his numbers), but still he is producing very well for Detroit.

[JBH3]

Re: Brennan Boesch

Isn't he hitting behind Miggy? That has something to do w/ his success.

He's the AL version of Ryan Ludwick...

[mgoblue678]

Re: Brennan Boesch

Hitting behind Miggy is certainly an advantage, but until Guillen came back from injury a couple of weeks ago Boesch also had very little protection behind him and was still raking.

He had another HR and three RBI's last night to raise his numbers to .343 11 HR'S and 39 RBI's.

[twl221]

Re: Brennan Boesch

ROY?

[55]

Re: Brennan Boesch

Isn't he hitting behind Miggy? That has something to do w/ his success.

He's the AL version of Ryan Ludwick...

Yup.

His numbers are going to tail off eventually.

[KOP]

Re: Brennan Boesch

I think he's capable of being a good player for Detroit once Mags finally leaves/whatever he does but whether or not he becomes the player people project him to be is a different story. I saw him play three times this summer and was impressed to say the least. Now here's to hoping he gets a bit more attention but yes very soon those numbers will start to curtail.

[mgoblue678]

Re: Brennan Boesch

I don't know, people keep on saying he will slow down and I would expect it myself, but instead he just keeps on raking even against lefties. Average has now gone up since I made this thread to about .350

Also I think he was rated inaccurately by the scouts that only had him 25 or 26 among Tiger prospects considering in AA two years ago he had 28 HRS, 96 RBI's and led the league in extra base hits.

He was also a 3rd round pick as well, so it's not like he was a high round draft pick or anything. Before a bad season his last year in college, they said he was a first round draft prospect.

And his upside is alot better than somebody like Ryan Ludwick.

[l3ulvl]

Re: Brennan Boesch

Yea its crazy how well he's done, especially against lefties. I'll admit I had never heard of him prior to his call up, but wow he has impressed even more than Jackson. I'd even say he's been more impressive than Heyward.

I'm not so sure the numbers will tail that much. I'd actually be surprised if he fell below .315

[TeixeiraFanatic]

Re: Brennan Boesch

Yea its crazy how well he's done, especially against lefties. I'll admit I had never heard of him prior to his call up, but wow he has impressed even more than Jackson. I'd even say he's been more impressive than Heyward.

I'm not so sure the numbers will tail that much. I'd actually be surprised if he fell below .315

I don't think you can have that as your sig.

[mgoblue678]

Re: Brennan Boesch

Yea its crazy how well he's done, especially against lefties. I'll admit I had never heard of him prior to his call up, but wow he has impressed even more than Jackson. I'd even say he's been more impressive than Heyward.

I'm not so sure the numbers will tail that much. I'd actually be surprised if he fell below .315

I really don't think that is debatable. He has better numbers than Heyward in almost every category.

[Sportsforever]

Re: Brennan Boesch

I really don't think that is debatable. He has better numbers than Heyward in almost every category.

I'm not going to debate that he's got better numbers, but that's because Heyward just played the last month essentially with a cast on his hand. Until he hurt his thumb he was raking. Boesch will hit a cold streak at some point, but he has been impressive.

[mgoblue678]

Re: Brennan Boesch

I'm not going to debate that he's got better numbers, but that's because Heyward just played the last month essentially with a cast on his hand. Until he hurt his thumb he was raking. Boesch will hit a cold streak at some point, but he has been impressive.

Heyward's numbers prior to his injury were good, but they were still weren't as good as Boesch's are right now. And if Boesch had played in as many games as Heyward, the gap between the numbers right now would be even larger.

[Sportsforever]

Re: Brennan Boesch

Heyward's numbers prior to his injury were good, but they were still weren't as good as Boesch's are right now. And if Boesch had played in as many games as Heyward, the gap between the numbers right now would be even larger.

True...Boesch has been very impressive. I know you're going to hate me for this, but Boesch's BABIP is .387, or third in the majors. It will be interesting to see if he sustains it. The good news is that his line drive % is about average.

The two red flags for me with him are that he's struck out more than twice as much as he's walked and his BABIP is high....those are usually not a great combo.