pioneer98 wrote:David Medina has been playing 1B in his absence, and has been doing pretty well. Anybody know anything about Medina? He's 6'-4", 230 lbs and seems to have some power. Judging by the # of games he's played, looks like he might have been battling injuries the last few seasons.
BBRef lists him at 162lbs. Can't be right.
Pretty good spread between his BA and OBP. ISOs aren't remarkable but he seems to have made great progress as a hitter since starting professionally at 18 years young. Might be coming into his own.
At some point, there will be a "Funky Cold Medina" reference here.
I wonder if he weight 162 back in the Dominican Summer League when he was 17. I was surprised that they listed him at 230lbs, honestly, but he's definitely bigger than 162!
By his numbers he looks like he strikes out a bit much, but he does at least walk some, too.
and it is interesting. The Cards give the guys 3 total days in a hotel to figure out where they will live and after that they have to pay for a hotel. He also did a blog about playing in Mexico over the winter which was kind of interesting too.
Meant to post this earlier...Hald's line from Friday: 6IP, 3H, 0R, 1BB, 6K
It was his best outing so far. I was at the game. He gave up one hard hit on a first pitch fastball. Other than that, they didn't really touch him. The other hits were a grounder and a blooper.