Cerbaho-WG Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 The Sox drafted him in the 14th round of the 2003 draft out of Florida International, and has hit ever since he joined the organization. Why am I mentioning him? Because even though he's left handed, he could provide as a stop gap in center field if the brass decides Sweeney should stay in AAA. Why Nanita? He's a hitting machine: Career .304 average coming into this year Hitting well this year: Around .290 currently Excellent batting eye: Has more walks than strikeouts CF is his natural position: He played it overwhelmingly at FIU Why not? He's 25 and in AA Not a lot of power (although he hit about 30 doubles last year) So with Jerry Owens tearing it up at a .224 clip in Charlotte, how about, IF Anderson goes down, give Nanita a chance and let Anderson and Sweeney keep hitting in Charlotte. While he is a complete darkhorse, Nanita has gotten zero love from FutureSox or anyone for that fact. I think it's time he's thrown into the mix for consideration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 What's his defense like in CF Mike? I suppose if KW can't trade for a CF until the deadline, we're gonna need some sort of stopgap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 I mentioned he was doing well in a game thread a while back. No one responded. Link Considering Owens hit better in AA and is now scuffling in AAA and Spidale doing basically the same thing a year before I think we might be seeing inflated averages with the big park in AA and deflated averages in AAA with guys going for power. Nanita is still a semi prospect, but throwing him in the bigs? I don't know if that would work, but Anderson is hitting in the .150s so I guess it can't get much worse at the plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 I hadn't looked at the thread yet today and was looking at the box scores and Nanita caught my eye. I know he had some funks after his initial season (where he killed the ball) but he seems to be doing pretty well and was a solid athlete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Nanita hasn't gotten a lot of love because he probably will end up as a 4th outfielder. That, and I've never heard any reports on his defense. I've definitely had my eye on him. He got off to a slow start this season, but has caught up to the Southern League. He's got a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitewashed in '05 Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Yeah for some reason I've followed Nanita through the system, but wondered why he hasn't gotten mentioned much with some good numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randar68 Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Nanita is a mediocre OF'er defensively. He was VERY raw coming out of college, where he was a DH/corner OF'er. He has been a good/patient hitter, but we shall see... defense is not his forte. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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