Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Can You Hear the Drums Fernando?

Fernando Martinez catches a lot of flack from Mets fans... I've heard comments about how he is "finished" or he was never that good to begin with. Frankly all these fans are dead wrong, this looks to be a BIG breakout year for Fernando. Martinez, who just turned 22, is on the same level as your average college senior, and if a recently drafted college senior slugged a respectable .455 at AAA the baseball world would be in a tizzy over him. In 116 games in AAA, Fernando has hit 20 home runs, slugged .490 and has an OPS over .810. Fernando has shown there has been no hiccups in his development, just nagging injuries that have slowed his rapid ascent but have not robbed him of his talent in the least bit. Fernando is still a 5 tool prospect who has immense power potential and while his speed has not necessarily translated to stolen bases he is a smart base runner with a good quick burst. To all the naysayers...Fernando's 2010 was very similar to Colby Rasmus' 2008 when he was just 21 with similar minor league experience. Mets' fans, I implore you not to give up on Fernando, before he ends up like Carlos Gonzalez.

Posted by Tim Monaco  
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3 comments:

NJMetFan said...
Wen F-mart is in his prime, he'll be amazing. Check out my Mets blog "njmetfan"
2/3/11, 6:03 PM  

Unknown said...
Sorry, didn’t know how else I could post this but have you seen this new commercial about the 86’ Mets? I think it airs on MSG from march 1st-4th. It’s like a four part series or something. What do you think?
2/28/11, 4:07 PM  

Unknown said...
Here is the link to the commercial

http://video.msg.com/Home/Catch-the-Summer-of-86-on-MSG
2/28/11, 4:08 PM  

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