Some already have given the Reds center field job to Drew Stubbs . Caesar Cliffius is not a part of that crowd.
No sir, as I write this article, Stubbs has done very little to fortify his claim to that piece of land.
In games through Sunday (March 14), Stubbs has struck out seven times in 20 AB. That, friends is a 35 percent rate, and if he would do that through a full season, he would break Mark Reynolds MLB strikeout record.
Not the one he set in 2008, the one he broke it with last year.
He has 2H, 2R, 1HR, 2RBI and 3W to go with the 7K. His OBP is a dreary .217. That is not his bat saying,”look at me, I am the new leadoff batting, good hitting center-fielder.” That is more a defining ticket to sitting on the bench or riding back down to Louisville.
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It’s Too Early to Pencil Drew Stubbs in as Cincinnati Reds CF
Posted: 15th March 2010 by Cliff Eastham in MLBComments Off on It’s Too Early to Pencil Drew Stubbs in as Cincinnati Reds CF