Its been a while since we have looked at the Winter Leagues on this site, so its time to look at a few players. Today, lets look at Anderson Hernandez, Fernando Tatis, and Fernando Martinez. I know that Hernandez is no longer with the Mets, but I like looking at his winter stats because year after year he puts up great, fantastic winter numbers and then when the real season starts, he can't hit anything. This year, he has had 211 AB, 41 R, 77 H, 20 2B, HR, 29 RBI and a .365 batting average. This means he probably will hit .195 in 2009 and maybe get 5 RBI's (so thats probably not true, but you get the point).
Tatis is having a great winter following a great year with the Mets. He is staying strong with 148 AB, 22 R, 50 H, 15 2B, 2 HR, 18 RBI, and a .338 BA. It is very possible that Murphy and Tatis could be battling for a starting spot with the Mets this spring, or more than likely, that they willplatoon. The advantage that Tatis has is that he is not only older, but he is more consistent than Murphy. So if Murphy starts to decline this season like he did at the end of last season, then Tatis can step in full time.
The player I am most excited about right is Fmart because he is having a great winter and doing the things we expect out of him. His struggles in the minors have been from injuries and now we can start to see how balanced he actually is. This winter he has had 153 AB, 26 R, 48 H, 7 2B, 5 3B, 6 HR, 26 RBI, and a .314 BA. Look at those extra base numbers. First off, 18 of his 48 hits are for extra bases and they average out to 6 in each category. This is hopefully a sign of things to come from him and lets see if this will translate into Spring, the minors this year and possibly Citi 2009.
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