Russell Branyan is Strong

Guys like Ian Kinsler have obvious power. The distances on his home runs are a clear indication that the guy makes solid contact and can drive the ball great distances. The thing with Jose Lopez, while he makes plenty of contact he does not have the power that other second basemen have. That belief is derived from the contiued short distances on home runs. I understand that he is hitting them out of the park, and i'm certainly not complaining about it. Instead it is just an important note for if and when his power numbers start to decline within the next couple years.

Lopez is truely a gap power hitter parading around like a home run hitter. He dosn't have traditional power and while it's working in our favor it's not going to last.

Funny how a post about Russell Branyan turns into a big thing about Jose Lopez.

No? Where did you get that from?

So you're saying Ian Kinsler, Chase Utley, Aaron Hill and others just get lucky and hit 25+ HR's?

Every single one of those guys has at least 5 home runs that have surpassed 400 feet. Damon has one, and Lopez has 0, yet Damon has 22 home runs and Lopez has 17.

I think you're misunderstanding what the point of this was. It was to compare someone who has all of the strength you would expect from a guy with a lot of home runs, with someone who is lucky to have the amount he has.

Chase Utley? Aaron Hill?Ian Kinsler? Brandon Inge? Curtin Granderson? Ben Zobrist?

Those names for me would fit what your point was but they all would be better to compare against Branyan than Damon and Lopez.

Love the post dude. I thought it was a good compairson just simply because of where Damon hits most of his home runs (at home), and because he isn't a traditional power hitter.

I don't know if you saw this post by tom tango. Really good article check it out

http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/comments/are_the_yankees_trying_to_hit_more_fly_balls/

The point was to compare him to someone who has a lot of home runs, but not nearly as much power.

Griff nice tracer. But why are you comparing him to Damon who does not hit for power.

Compare branyan with Fielder or Howard.

Comparing him against Lopez and Damon mean nothing. They are not power hitters like branyan.