Comments on: Scouting video/report on Anthony Gose

By: NEPP

NEPP — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:48:48 +0000

Maybe he’s thinking of Quintin Berry?

Maybe they show Sally League highlights?

By: Pat Burrell

Pat Burrell — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:39:45 +0000

What do you mean? He played for Lakewood.

By: MG

MG — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:04:20 +0000

Watched a bunch of R-Phils game this past year and while I was impressed with Gose’s natural ability, don’t understand the hype about his defensive prowess. He has ridiculous range due to his natural speed and a strong arm. He doesn’t have a natural talent though for judging balls off the bat especially balls that are hit deep.

He also tries to do too much defensively at times. Several times this year while watching him he tried to make a “highlight” play with his range/arm instead of doing the fundamentally correct thing to do. He has a strong arm but too often he tries to rifle it over the cut-off man’s head even if it is the correct play to do because he has a very low chance of throwing a runner at home & it doesn’t allow a runner to advance to 2B/3B. Got chewed out for this 1-2 by the R-Phils’ coaching staff as a result because it came back to cost them later in the inning.

Same thing with diving for the ball. You don’t get charged with an error but he often tries to dive for balls that are hit shallowly. Some times he makes the spectular catch but more often than not he is sprawling on the ground where a savvy base runner can potentially advance.

Gose making the big leagues is going to depend on how much he advances offensively but he has to learn to play within himself defensively a bit more too.

By: john from philly.ne

john from philly.ne — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:10:29 +0000

thanks for the comments guys, occasionlly i do indulge in run-on sentences. maybe soren a newcomer? will know bb someday instead of oprah winfrey comments. btw mike newman your a lucky man and thats not discounting your hard work. also ,just a feeling, but i think nepps best call will be travis d’arnaud in the long run. does anyone still want alex gordon? i vote yea. i see taylor, brown, drabek, mathieson, d’arnaud , as the only upper level prospects making any mlb contributions. with brown being traded. guys like gose, collier savery flande, etc. having careers elsewhere. the lower levels however look very promising. colvin, way, valle and barnes. cant forget ND.

By: jpd

jpd — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:50:25 +0000

Gose+learning to take a walk every once in a while+lopes=really scary top of the order guy

without the walks, he’s not gonna make it at the top of the order.