Is he an all-fields, oppo boppo type or a pull power type. I thought someone said he was more the oppo boppo type. how friendly is Syracuse to opposite field power?
IIRC, either in this thread or the "hope for marrero" thread, I posted a link to either Hardball Times or maybe Fangraphs on opposite field power being relatively late to develop and pretty consistently underestimated by prospect raters. one of the examples was AG, but there were several more. I wonder I CM fits that model.
I have not seen Marrero, but for those of you who have, would you say his power is pull or opposite field?
There's an interesting article from the source I cite too much, written by the author I cite too much, that conjectures (nothing more at this point) that players whose power is to the opposite field tend to develop power late and surprise people. He mentions, among others, Votto and Adrian Gonzalez. Given GMU's comparision at the top of the thread, I wonder if this may be an issue with Marrero.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/was-joey-vottos-breakout-predictable/
