The Reds Chris Dickerson (like it says here) has a track record of the high strikeout numbers. I decided to take a look back at his minor league performance, and he is pretty consistent with double digit home runs and the 20 or so stolen bases.
HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG AB Team-Yr League 6 15 5 17 35 .304 .413 .608 102 CIN-08 (NL) 11 53 26 54 102 .287 .384 .479 349 LOU-08 (AAA) 13 44 23 52 131 .260 .361 .435 354 LOU-07 (AAA) 12 48 21 65 129 .242 .355 .424 389 CHAT-06 (AA)
Dickerson did have an off the charts display in his callup to the major leagues last season. Dickerson was in the company with some of the best in the game (.608 TB/AB), but this was only a small sample of plate appearances.
So, what can we expect out of the young outfielder who is trying to earn a starting job with the team. My thought is last season was more than a little above the level we will see out of Dickerson.
I am predicting 14 HRS , .245 BA, 67RBI , and 20 SB.
Lets see what some of the prediction systems say:
Bill James is super high on him. .268BA, 21HR, 37SB, 93RBI
The Chone predictions does not seem that high on him though.
From the scouting perspective, John Sickels thinks the speedster strikes out too much but makes a valuable fouth outfielder. I do think the best compareable I know of is Corey Patterson.
