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Posted on 5/31/26 at 2:34 pm to Lester Earl
quote:you replied to my post with a post about being a better defender - which he may or not be but you said it as an absolute only because you look at stats and know nothing about the game ie using your eyes. I can absolutely tell you that errors were called if you basically touched the ball with your glove. Scorekeeping has watered down a TON since those 2 played in college. Then there is the bat issue.
Now whadda we do
Your argument was he was a better defender. I’m not so sure because you’re not comparing apples to apples.
This post was edited on 5/31/26 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 5/31/26 at 2:36 pm to Pizza Dan
quote:… that’s alot of bus rides and ham sandwiches…
Only takes one team to believe in him and give him a chance. He will take advantage of it.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 2:37 pm to lsubatman1
Why did you put bigs in quotation?
Posted on 5/31/26 at 2:49 pm to Tiger1988
quote:
but you said it as an absolute
because it is true.
are you telling me you cant see the Milam is better at defense without looking at stats?
You are blind as a bat if not
Posted on 5/31/26 at 3:31 pm to Lester Earl
quote:in a stat sheet where scorekeeping is not the same as then.
because it is true.
quote:
are you telling me you cant see the Milam is better at defense without looking at stats?
You’re ignoring drop 5 bats and everything else that makes being a defender so much harder.
Fontenot was absolutely a better second baseman than Milam.
Like I said it isn’t apples to apples.
People that try compare eras are just stupid in trying to do so.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 6:44 pm to Tiger1988
That’s a lot of irrelevant word vomit
Posted on 5/31/26 at 6:56 pm to KCSunshine
Altuve clone
Posted on 5/31/26 at 9:25 pm to BlackAdam
I was always told that baseball was the one sport where it didn’t matter how tall or short you are.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 9:48 pm to Tigercowboy
quote:
Metrics
This is a laughably terrible answer. Reasons would be slightly worse
Posted on 5/31/26 at 10:02 pm to 0
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Because he is short and his bat never really developed into a plus tool. Good college player and i hope he comes back but he does not have a future in professional baseball,
Is he not supposed to be like top 300?
This post was edited on 5/31/26 at 10:08 pm
Posted on 6/1/26 at 1:24 am to KCSunshine
I don’t know…They’re idiots? He’s the best short stop in college baseball. If I needed a short stop I would draft him in a New York second! Did nobody in MLB watch Monster play? He is a freak of nature!
Posted on 6/1/26 at 3:18 am to Mitreman
quote:Whoever said you can’t diagnose CTE in a living patient was horribly wrong
He’s the best short stop in college baseball
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:43 am to Lester Earl
I'm with Lester here. I think Milam has a solid shot to put on a big league uniform one day.
Y'all think middle infielders who are excellent defenders and can give you credible ABs from both sides of the plate grow on trees, and they really don't. Lots of teams would love to have a utility guy like that
Y'all think middle infielders who are excellent defenders and can give you credible ABs from both sides of the plate grow on trees, and they really don't. Lots of teams would love to have a utility guy like that
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:48 am to DallasTiger45
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Y'all think middle infielders who are excellent defenders and can give you credible ABs from both sides of the plate grow on trees, and they really don't. Lots of teams would love to have a utility guy like that
If he hits at ghd next level like he did at LSU, he will definitely make the majors. The question is whether or not he can do that. He won’t make it just because of his defense.
This post was edited on 6/1/26 at 11:17 am
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:54 am to DallasTiger45
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Y'all think middle infielders who are excellent defenders and can give you credible ABs from both sides of the plate grow on trees, and they really don't. Lots of teams would love to have a utility guy like that
He's got an uphill climb, because he will both have to hit enough at every level and prove he can continue to field at shortstop at every level.
I also think he can reach the majors at some point, for the exact reasons you stated. But he will get less of a leash than most guys.
And like Hot Carl said, maybe in this thread maybe somewhere else, one of his separating factors will be the "how to win awareness" that doesn't show up in the box scores or on the spreadsheets. He's going to be a scouting department guy, and one they'll have to sit on for a while to get a feel for. That's going to slow his climb, but not prevent it.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:55 am to FriscoTiger
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He has an above average glove. Everything else is average or below average.
He has an excellent glove, good range, doesn't have other worldly arm strength but can make every throw and is very accurate on his throws. He has an excellent baseball IQ, sees the ball very well at the plate. He walks a lot and doesn't strike out much at all. He has decent power and can hit to all fields. He also switch hits and there isn't really a drop off at all, either power or contact, from either side of the plate.
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To everyone that thinks he is the next Ozzie Smith
no one has said that
This post was edited on 6/1/26 at 10:57 am
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:04 am to TopTiger8
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In the new era of MLB SS’s below 6ft seems few and far between.
the average MLB shortstop is 5'11." Javier Sanoja for the Marlins is 5'7," and one of the Brewers' top prospects Jet Williams (in AAA currently) is 5'6"
Despite what conventional wisdom may lead you to believe, most MLB SSs are not super tall. There's a handful that are 6'3"+ but most of them are not that tall
Nick Gonzales 5'8"
Taylor Walls 5'9"
Ha-Seong Kim 5'10"
Anthony Volpe 5'10"
Javier Báez 5'11"
Joey Ortiz 5'10"
Andrés Giménez 5'11"
Otto López 5'10"
Masyn Winn 5'9"
Zach Neto 5'11"
Francisco Lindor 5'10"
This post was edited on 6/1/26 at 11:34 am
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:17 am to chadr07
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I was always told that baseball was the one sport where it didn’t matter how tall or short you are.
The average height of a big leaguer in 2026 is 6'3". The average height of a D1 baseball player is 6'2".
Posted on 6/1/26 at 11:20 am to Lester Earl
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are you telling me you cant see the Milam is better at defense without looking at stats?
You are blind as a bat if not
yeah, neither Theriot nor Fontenot were particularly great in the field in college.
Scorekeeping discrepancies or not, Theriot had 32 errors his last year here. Milam has had like 8 the past two seasons combined.
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