Friday, July 10, 2015

Giants hope Fox lives up to Jose Reyes comparisons | CSN Bay Area



So we now have Lucius Fox coming in with Jose Reyes comps and Jalen Miller with Jimmy Rollins comps. Same theory as we see with pitchers, except it's not so much that you need to take two because one will break but you need to take two at this stage of development because the numbers show that one just one make it to future projection. 

If one of them hits comps, you don't need the second and if they both hit, you move one to another position or another organization as trade bait. Good that the Giants are stockpiling exciting, young, athletic and potentially high-impact position players. We haven't had too many of those in a while.


“We see a lot of 16- and 17-year-old kids in the Dominican, but I haven’t seen a kid like that in the Dominican,” the former Giants manager said. “He’s a switch-hitter with speed and confidence. He reminds me of Jose Reyes, but he’s going to be taller than Jose. He has outstanding tools.”
The Giants clocked Fox at 6.4 seconds in the 60-yard dash even though he was running into the wind. Alou was also struck by Fox’s balance at the plate and his maturity. 
“This is the first time I’ve been witness to the signing of an international free agent and he didn’t need an interpreter,” Alou said. “I was surprised by his maturity.”
Fox got $6.5 million according to MLB.com, and his makeup was a big reason why the Giants were willing to give so much to a teenager. Words like mature, intelligent and poised are thrown around when rival evaluators talk about Fox, and the Giants have long believed those traits have helped players like Joe Panik and Matt Duffy exceed expectations in the Majors. 
Fox is a shortstop right now but may be moved to center field before all is said and done. He will start his career in the instructional league and said he’ll play any position he’s asked. Asked why he chose the Giants, Fox said he felt like he was joining a family.
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