What We Were Saying about Conger Last August
I was thinking about the above-linked thread after Conger hit his second XBH of today's game. Not only does the post mention Chatwood's development, it also mentions lefty Andrew Taylor, who had a solid two hit performance in Arkansas today.
But what I like is the little exchange between rghan, TheQuestforMerlin and myself regarding Conger's potential.
Hank has had a very intriguing development curve in the minors. Much like Morales, he came into the organization with much-heralded offensive potential, but didn't immediately show it in the longball department. The HRs were rare, even as the plate appearances were excellent, K-rates were well-controlled, and overall metrics were very solid. Most of us forget this at this point, but Morales had only 17 HRs over 130 games at Salt Lake at age 23-24, and people were freaking out. You look at Conger last year at Salt Lake, and the trend was similar. In fact, his seasons through his age 20-22 years looked very solid, but the HRs were scarce, and he started falling off the prospect lists.
Once again, I'm not saying that Hank Conger is Kendry Morales, or that he has Kendry's power ceiling, but he looks like a potential breakout player in much the same way that Kendry did, and we shouldn't be surprised if he exceeds expectations in the next year or two.
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The Korean Savior will be loved as much as Wood is reviled here at HH.
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by sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher on Apr 16, 2011 7:08 PM PDT reply actions
i remember a movie i made
where i claimed that the only way to win was with conger
SEE
Meet up for Angels vs. A's Doubleheader Saturday, Jul 16, 2011
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The guy is a run producer.
His power is good, not great. What sticks out is that he continues to drive in runs, regardless of where his power is at. To me, I don’t really care how you get guys in as long as you get them in.
by moralesforpresident on Apr 16, 2011 8:09 PM PDT reply actions
Conger strikes me as the perfect model of the Scioscia/ Angels Org. type player.
Can hit, good game fundementals, stronger on defense.
"It's our money," owner Arte Moreno said.
Conger seems to know what he's doing
Mark Trumbo has yet to hack his way into my heart, but Hank looks like he has a clue about plate discipline. Over a 162-game season, my money is on the guy who can let the bad pitches go by.
Trumbo looks like he's learning from each bad AB that he has, though.
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
Totally agree
It’s visible in his at-bats that he makes mental notes of what pitchers are trying to do, & he makes adjustments.
Like subby alluded to, not great discipline but he’s still giving himself a chance to stay in the lineup
by HalosBiggestFan on Apr 17, 2011 10:36 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
It's encouraging to see that he's solved his contact problem
But the guy is still swinging at everything. That approach won’t work against better pitching. A sub-.300 OBP is not what this team needs at first base.































