Comments on: Matt Adams – Sluggtastic

By: pburg

pburg — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:38:15 +0000

know him personally, guarentee it’s just a bad pic!!!!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 08 May 2011 16:48:31 +0000

137 594 502 81 157 22 2 27 112 2 1 71 80 .313 .409 .526 .935

121 510 464 71 144 41 0 22 88 5 1 33 78 .310 .355 .541 .896

Look at those 2 lines….both in the Midwest League in the same type of parks. The only difference is the top took more walks and had a higher OBP.

The guy on top is Prince Fielder the guy on bottom is Matt Adams. BTW Fielder had already had 30 games in the MidWest League the year before where he only hit .242 with 3 homeruns at 11 RBIs. So Kdizzle and Richard are you saying that the 36 walks more in a season made Fielder that much more of a better prospect than Adams? Fielder was the number 10 prospect in baseball after this season in 03.

By: zuke354

zuke354 — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:53:52 +0000

he’s got cankles.

By: ridgesee

ridgesee — Thu, 05 May 2011 13:45:24 +0000

That body screamed Jim Thome to me

By: Denny

Denny — Thu, 05 May 2011 13:27:48 +0000

I talked with Matt and his dad over the winter. His dad is a good friend of mine and is slightly smaller then Matt. Matt said he is trying to cut some weight but not much. He’s a thick boy, but isn’t in that bad of shape. He’s cutting fat and adding muscle each year and should continue to rake.

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Thu, 05 May 2011 12:42:37 +0000

I saw the same comment. What struck me was that the team was already (it was still ST) planning this for him in the next off season which to me means they really think he has a lot of potential.

By: hurricanejake

hurricanejake — Thu, 05 May 2011 00:59:44 +0000

I have seen Matt Adams up close and in person and he is a very big guy. Big and thick

By: Dan in Haiti

Dan in Haiti — Thu, 05 May 2011 00:15:29 +0000

read a comment somewhere else recently about Adams having done some conditioning this winter, but the team has an intense conditioning plan for him this winter. the kid maybe just has never had to work hard to get in shape to hit. given some guidance in eating and his working out, he could improve a lot. his bat says it all, he can hit. if he spends the time to work at getting in shape, I think he has a fairly high ceiling.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 04 May 2011 23:47:55 +0000

I have played with Matt before. The pictures are deceiving. He is not as big as that picture depicts. It was a terrible choice to use that out of all the pics. Come on guys. Use one from Springfield at least!

Matt is a solid body. He is tall and is not fat like the picture depicts.

By: easy

easy — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:44:52 +0000

I’m a firm believer that so called “bad bodies” can be good major leaguers but I’ve now seen two pictures of Adams that make him look like a pretty extreme case for a 22 year old. I really think he’ll hit but the question is can he move well enough to be a decent 1b? Has anyone here actually seen him enough to comment on that? I don’t think he offers any “leverage” whatsoever in Albert’s negotiations but it would be nice to have a home grown, cheap alternative should Albert walk.