Early read on watching Swanson at SS . . . doesn't have elite range, but has good fundamentals and footwork to go along with a solid arm. Even if he's a bottom-of-the-order hitter in the short run, brings enough defense and base running value to be an everyday regular right out of the gate.
Freddie feels great!
Due to the position he plays, he can't help but be compared to Simmons who IMO was the best defensive SS I recall seeing in an Atlanta uniform. It may be an unrealistically high defensive bar for him to be held. He certainly looked solid (at least) on his play in the last inning.Originally Posted by dak
From watching Swanson a lot in the minors he actually has very good range.
buck75 (08-26-2016)
he will never be Simmons defensively.. not sure another will ever come around. And that is not an insult to Swanson!!!
saw him make a play while Miss. was in Bham. ranged a long way to the middle and threw his guy out.. it was a fantastic play.
Yeah, I think he's likely to have similar value to Simmons, but with a little less of that value coming from defense.
wonder what the fans at tonights game think about the Miller trade with Swanson and Ender putting on a show.
concur
His value in time will be way higher than Simmons.
As a #1 overall pick, you'd certainly hope so.
OK, Swanson's just showing off now. 8^)
Braves are flashing the leather tonight. Dansby is having a hell of a night in the field.
The kid's a vacuum cleaner at short tonight.
Aybar could have made all those plays..
That was a fantastic pick. He is some kind of polished for a kid one year out of college.
I have only seen bits and pieces of his games thus far so tonight is really fun to watch.
I'm sure you're right--just not Erick Aybar.
Damn. I thought Recker got all of that.
me too.. I thought it was gone..
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