I Like Carlos Gomez

[theavrock]

Maybe we can end the debate since RRR has put GoGo 8th and Hart 2nd in tonights lineup.

And Brewerfan rejoices!!!

[Thurston Fluff]

Gomez is really starting to win me over. He's what I expected Escobar to be at short last season. I hope he does relax and take a few more pitches in the 8 hole.

 

As far as what took so long. I think this was enough time for Gomez to show he is a viable 2 hole guy. It's baseball everything takes time. In baseball terms this was a short experiment. Cutting the experiment too soon can be as bad as too late. As the Posada/Girardi thing shows, players aren't numbers. Same could probably be said of Braun and Macha's relationship.

[Raw Biz]

As far as what took so long. I think this was enough time for Gomez to show he is a viable 2 hole guy. It's baseball everything takes time.

His career numbers weren't good (or bad) enough to show he wasn't a good 2 hole guy? I get that he's only 25 and has the tools and everything but I think his career numbers were enough to show he shouldn't have been in the 2 hole. He should have started in the 7 or 8 spot to begin with. Then if his spring success continued for a few months, then maybe you think about moving him up if someone else was struggling.

[GAME05]

i'm a little late to the conversation, but i like Gomez, too. granted, i like a healthy Morgan more. his OBP isn't anything better than last year, but his K rate is up and his average is down. i think if he just learns to make better contact with the ball he'd at least be a decent 7 or 8 hitter in the order.

 

i also think he should be given a little extra credit on his OBP statistics for his 9 SBs with only 1 CS. maybe he doesn't get to 1st enough, but his ability to steal second gives him a lot more value than basic OBP would otherwise say.

 

and considering his plus-plus defense, he makes average defenders in Hart and Braun look all that much better, which Morgan or Kotsay can't do. i'd like to see a couple more years out of Gomez to see if he develops more. i don't think he's all that much as he is, but there seems to be a lot of promise there. it's hard for me to say that a guy's peaked when he's only been given part-time roles every season.