Next BIG thing????

[dickay]

I hadn't heard of this guy until last week to be honest. Weighing in at over 270, is he the "next big thing" or an overweight overrated talent?

Kyle Blanks: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8413

[etothep]

blasts bombs

[HoustonGM]

Heading into last season, BA ranked him as the 50th best prospect.

He's got a potent bat. He's not more than a below average defender in left field, and might wind up being terrible there. First base is his best position, where he's around average, but Adrian Gonzalez is blocking him.

[OregonDuck1989]

Pads should just move A-Gonz, I think.

Speaking from a fantasy owner so he can move out of that pitchers park...

[200tang]

Blanks is pretty good, but he's more of an Adam Dunn type player than a 'next big thing'. Jeff Decker will probably end up being a better player & hitter than Blanks, to be honest.

I'm also surprised that this wasn't some 3 year old thread that got bumped. Kyle Blanks is kind of old news.

[Jeffy25]

I loved Blanks running on his inside the parker last year against Chicago...big man running

[Jeffy25]

I think if Blanks can learn how to draw walks, he could be an effective first basemen or left fielder.

But I don't see him amounting to too much long term other than maybe an everyday average power bat.

[Josh123123123]

bigger than c.c? bigger than prince?

[HoustonGM]

Blanks is pretty good, but he's more of an Adam Dunn type player than a 'next big thing'. Jeff Decker will probably end up being a better player & hitter than Blanks, to be honest.

Jaff Decker.

[200tang]

Jaff Decker.

his first name is dumb. I just fixed it for him.

[Jeffy25]

his first name is dumb. I just fixed it for him.

thank you!

[BINGLEBOP]

Same with Jhonny Peralta. STUPID MORANS!

[OregonDuck1989]

Yeah that Peralta thing was probably just a birth certificate mistake that no one wanted to fix.

[BINGLEBOP]

Damn foreigners.

[etothep]

Yeh, Jhonny Peralt is clearly the better name