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Post by The Duke on May 25, 2008 20:20:06 GMT -5
During his current 7 game hit streak he has hit:
10 for 27 (.371)
3 BB vs 6 K (.433 OBP)
2 HR
5 rbi
5 runs
2 2B
1 3B
He has really started to turn it on, and they are hitting him 5th in the order now.
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Post by oldschoolstyle on May 25, 2008 20:34:17 GMT -5
Did he have surgeory once upon a time?
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Post by starpower25 on May 25, 2008 20:44:05 GMT -5
Yes he did...He hurt his arm pitching as a jr
The kid is a 5 tool catcher and our future at the position. I think we see him in a reds uni in 3 years.
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Post by oldschoolstyle on May 25, 2008 20:45:24 GMT -5
Oh I just wondered if it was an injury that affected his swing. He could be finally comfortable with his swing again because a long layoff like that can mess you up a little.
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Post by The Duke on May 25, 2008 21:36:13 GMT -5
He played a full SR year in HS and hit something like .450 with 4 HR, and is supposed to be a 15-20 HR a year type of hitter that can hit a good .270-.280 with a great arm. I've yet to see him live, but i've heard the announcers talk about how he's got a cannon.
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Post by Lark11 on May 26, 2008 0:19:07 GMT -5
Did he have surgeory once upon a time? Just to fill in the gaps, he had Tommy John surgery in high school. |
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Post by redsinidaho on May 27, 2008 7:32:02 GMT -5
didnt he have thumb problems last year (both hands)?
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Post by The Duke on May 27, 2008 7:37:40 GMT -5
I think it was just his catching hand last year, but i'm not positive about that.
Mesoraco's hit streak is now at 8 games.
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Post by bkleo504 on May 27, 2008 22:22:51 GMT -5
I think this is obviously great news, this kid's a big part of our plan for having another dominant hitter in a position that we've been lacking in for awhile. Let's hope the Reds are a bit better handling him than the O's are handling Wieters. He's been stuck in Frederick hitting for ridiculous averages. I don't want to rush Mesoraco obviously, but I'd like to see him progress through the minors at a pretty fast rate.
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Post by The Duke on May 28, 2008 5:03:24 GMT -5
Mesoraco will spend the rest of this year in Low A Dayton, but hopefully he'll get to start 2009 in high A Sarasota. He'll turn 20 on June 19th.
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Post by quantumfootball on May 28, 2008 12:07:41 GMT -5
I think that sticking the good players in Dayton for that long isn't always a good thing. It seemed like Adam Dunn, Austin Kearns, and Wily Mo Pena were the outfield for the Dragons for 2.5 years, and then spent about a half a year at other places before joining the Reds.
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Post by awnawboi21 on May 28, 2008 12:16:14 GMT -5
I think that sticking the good players in Dayton for that long isn't always a good thing. It seemed like Adam Dunn, Austin Kearns, and Wily Mo Pena were the outfield for the Dragons for 2.5 years, and then spent about a half a year at other places before joining the Reds. Dunn and Kearns did spend some time in Dayton, but they were pretty young.... They caught fire and therefore progressed quickly through the organization. |
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Post by corpjet on May 28, 2008 15:39:16 GMT -5
this is good news
we all know we need a stud behind the plate
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Post by bkleo504 on May 28, 2008 21:54:23 GMT -5
Mesoraco will spend the rest of this year in Low A Dayton, but hopefully he'll get to start 2009 in high A Sarasota. He'll turn 20 on June 19th. Oh yeah I know he's young, but if you dominate then you gotta move the kid up. If he keeps up Wieters like numbers then I wouldn't mind a promotion to Sarasota at the end of the year. I was just making a comparison to how the O's were handling Wieters right now and I don't agree with it. |
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