Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 17, 2007
This Maybin the Start of Something Big

Kurt Mensching writes that the Tigers called up their top prospect today, Cameron Maybin:

Maybin was the talk of baseball this spring training. He began the season at Class A Lakeland, but recently moved to Erie and homered in each of his first three games. Maybin has still only played six games at Double-A, going 8-for-20 (.400) with four home runs and eight RBIs. He hit .304 in 83 games at Lakeland.

I like the fact the Tigers are being aggressive here. Maybin has a .394 career OBA in the minor leagues. They're releasing Craig Monroe, someone who never got on base. Once Monroe's power disappeared, his value to the team went way down. Maybin should give Detroit more scoring opportunities down the stretch. And as a 20-year-old regular, he's on the fast track to star status.


Posted by David Pinto at 12:27 PM | Rookies | TrackBack (0)
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