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29 minutes ago, Lillian said:

I just watched the replay of Collins' 2 homers, on my new MILB.TV subscription. They were monster shots, especially the second one. You can't tell much, from those Twitter clips. They were really hit a long way. Is that ever great to see. He may have a chance to be something, after all. 

 

Here's the HRs from the milb.tv feed

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26 minutes ago, Lillian said:

I just watched the replay of Collins' 2 homers, on my new MILB.TV subscription. They were monster shots, especially the second one. You can't tell much, from those Twitter clips. They were really hit a long way. Is that ever great to see. He may have a chance to be something, after all. 

Elite plate discipline with 70 grade raw power is no joke.  Throw in a juiced ball and the kid has a chance to be a damn good hitter even with his swing & miss issues.  I may be in the minority, but I also think catching has probably slowed his offensive development to some extent.  Catching is the most demanding defensive position and it’s not unusual to catching prospects be late bloomers offensively. 

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1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Elite plate discipline with 70 grade raw power is no joke.  Throw in a juiced ball and the kid has a chance to be a damn good hitter even with his swing & miss issues.  I may be in the minority, but I also think catching has probably slowed his offensive development to some extent.  Catching is the most demanding defensive position and it’s not unusual to catching prospects be late bloomers offensively. 

I have 100% felt that fatigue has been a huge issue offensively with him. But 3rd year in you really hope he got his body right.

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10 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Elite plate discipline with 70 grade raw power is no joke.  Throw in a juiced ball and the kid has a chance to be a damn good hitter even with his swing & miss issues.  I may be in the minority, but I also think catching has probably slowed his offensive development to some extent.  Catching is the most demanding defensive position and it’s not unusual to catching prospects be late bloomers offensively. 

I agree with every word of this. Based on raw power and plate discipline alone, Collins will have value in MLB even if he's just a 1B/DH. 

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