If Holiday was in LF, he wouldn’t have been where Jay was because he would have recognized that it was Colby’s ball and stayed out of the way…..if the ball isn’t caught, the game is over….there was no reason for Jay to be there…..but yeah, Colby should have caught it even with Jay on a collision course.

good post. However, you mention ‘prospect’. He is still a prospect. so when they get those labels, its what they could evlovle to be, and not necessarily what they are.

Truth is, he is right. Colby isn’t good going back and is tentative around the track. However, we forget that he is still only 24. Its a learning position with experience. Rasmus also missed a big chunck of time in AAA.

second, i really hope that what he says is true. i hope colby doesn’t want to smash into walls to show what a tough guy he is. i would much rather see colby play a couple balls off the wall than see him go on the DL. what are these smashing into the walls plays worth over a season, where you have two players exactly the same in their skills except that one is willing to crash the boards? two runs? three runs? i suspect that the risk that one has to go on the DL becomes much higher each time you do it. i know it’s baseball heresy to say it, but while those plays are exciting i doubt they make actual sense long term. even if you don’t want to actively discourage players from playing that way, i don’t think a player should be criticized for NOT doing it.

I find it hard to believe that anyone, no matter how much they like Colby (I’m a big fan by the way), can really contend that with his physical gifts, his defensive performance to date has been as good as it should be.