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Offline tomterp

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BP comments on Justin Maxwell
« Topic Start: May 22, 2007, 12:17:04 PM »
Three years ago, Maxwell went into his junior year at Maryland as one of the top outfielders in the draft--a six-foot-five, 225 pound ultra-athlete with loads of upside. Then everything went wrong for two years, as Maxwell missed the entire 2004 season with a broken arm, and when he returned to school for the 2005 season, he lasted less then two weeks before breaking a bone in his hand. The Nats took him in the fourth round anyway. He began last year in the Sally League, but lasted just three weeks before a broken toe keep him out most of the year. So after three years, Maxwell is finally healthy, and finally producing. After hitting .236/.313/.486 in April, Maxwell has found more than just his power stroke in May, going 10-for-21 in his last five games to raise his season averages to .278/.376/.602. With almost three years on the shelf, Maxwell is already 23 years old, but at least when we talk about him now it's about baseball and not medical reports.


Offline KnorrForYourMoney

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Re: BP comments on Justin Maxwell
« Reply #1: May 22, 2007, 04:01:45 PM »
Hah.  This is a nice turd in the coffee of those "experts" who thought we had no minor league talent.

Offline Kenz aFan

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Re: BP comments on Justin Maxwell
« Reply #2: May 22, 2007, 04:21:18 PM »
Yeah, you're so right... How on earth would these guys, who day in, day out, have access to more information in 5 seconds, than any 10 of us have in a lifetime, know anything about which players or teams have what.

So called experts are more expert than any of us for a very good reason, and believe it or not, in some cases, they really are experts.

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Re: BP comments on Justin Maxwell
« Reply #3: May 22, 2007, 10:55:06 PM »
This guy was a BEAST for my Lake Monsters last year.  Of course, the team had ANOTHER badly losing season.

Offline KnorrForYourMoney

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Re: BP comments on Justin Maxwell
« Reply #4: May 23, 2007, 12:11:09 AM »
Yeah, you're so right... How on earth would these guys, who day in, day out, have access to more information in 5 seconds, than any 10 of us have in a lifetime, know anything about which players or teams have what.

So called experts are more expert than any of us for a very good reason, and believe it or not, in some cases, they really are experts.
I'm not trying to discredit their experience and whatnot, but I was annoyed by the talk of our barren minor league system this season when we do have guys like Maxwell, Marrero, Daniel, Balester, etc.  I just think some people looked out our teams too dismissively because they weren't going to be winners, and didn't consider that we'd lose in spite of having some quality talent.

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Re: BP comments on Justin Maxwell
« Reply #5: May 24, 2007, 12:39:41 PM »
Obviously, there are some quality prospects in the system. But the quality of the overall system is relative. Compared to other teams, and compared to any standard for farm systems, ours has been barren, which is why almost every guy on our list of top 20 prospects has been acquired over the last year or so.