Comments on: Player Profile: Michael Bourn

By: The official 2007 trade deadline thread « Future Redbirds

The official 2007 trade deadline thread « Future Redbirds — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:27:19 +0000

[...] Phuture Phillies has a profile of Bourn, and after reading it I’m baffled as to how Bourn fits it. lboros has noted at VEB repeatedly that the Cardinals need to get younger and faster, Bourn certainly fits that bill. He has a decent batting eye but no real bat to speak of and many wonder if Bourn will hit consistently at the major league level. I say throw in Adrian Cardenas and maybe that would be something to consider. All things considered, the Cardinals need starting pitching, they’d be better off being just being patient with Reyes. [...]

By: What should the Phillies do with Michael Bourn? « Phuture Phillies

What should the Phillies do with Michael Bourn? « Phuture Phillies — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:12:13 +0000

[...] to making the big league team out of camp. Bourn has generated a bit of buzz this spring, I wrote a profile on him a while back, and in my prospect grades, I gave him a B-, noting his great speed, but his [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:54:21 +0000

When I think of comps for Bourn, I don’t think of no walk Juan Pierre. I think of another no-slug Texas born OF, Jason Tyner. Minor league career 370 OBP, 361 SLG.

By: phuturephillies

phuturephillies — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:05:54 +0000

According to PECOTA, the forecasting system at Baseball Prospectus, Bourn comparable players list is pretty ugly. The only guy on the list that would give us any hope is Randy Winn circa 1998, who is his 16th best comparable. Winn has had a decent career, not spectacular, and has actually become a double digit home run hitter, but his stolen base threat is nowhere near Bourn’s, at this point.

By: ae

ae — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:55:06 +0000

I’ve hoped Bourn would develop into a Brett Butler, who never had much power at all but put up consistent OBP and stole around 40 bases for more than a decade. I don’t know how realistic that is, Butler was a pretty unique player type. Bourn hasn’t shown Butler’s level of patience and strikes out much more, but he’s a level or two ahead of where Butler was at his age (and maybe some of that is due to the different eras the two play in).