Article: Twins Claim OF Michael Reed From Atlanta

[Otto von Ballpark]

I only want outfielders that can throw with either hand.

How about neither hand?

[Mike Sixel]

 

How about neither hand?

 

Interesting, tell me more!

[TheLeviathan]

Interesting, tell me more!

What's Ben Revere doing these days?

[Riverbrian]

 

Interesting, tell me more!

 

Hands are over-rated!

 

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[ashbury]

At the AFL game I attended tonight, Scottsdale's left fielder threw lefty, and the right fielder threw righty. FWIW.

[mickeymental]

in junior high one kid threw a baseball lefty and a football righty. (pretty good at both but moved away before high school.)

[Steve Lein]

 

Hands are over-rated!

 

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You guys gave me some good laughs seeing this stuff this morning!!

[jkcarew]

66 comments on the claiming off waivers of one Michael Reed.

 

This site never lets me down!

[Doctor Wu]

 

66 comments on the claiming off waivers of one Michael Reed.

 

This site never lets me down!

Well, you know it's a slow week when a move like this one gets so many comments! But honestly, I like this waiver claim. Seems like a low risk move with plenty of potential upside. Like many posters here, I had never heard of Michael Reed before but I am intrigued by the numbers he put up in recent years. Might he turn into another pleasant keeper like Jake Cave?

[Baseball101]

I saw him play In Gwinnett Quite a bit and he is legit! He can hit, run and has great jumps on the ball. He also has no problem laying out to make a catch...made diving catches in CF that many guys just let drop.

IMO the reason his BABIP was so elevated is he squares up the ball and hits a lot of line drives. We all figured it was unsustainable, but he proved us wrong.

I wish we would have used him in July, but AA never gave him a shot. He seems like a good kid as well. Sorry we lost him, but he deserves an opportunity, hope his success continues until you play the Braves...

[ashbury]

I saw him play In Gwinnett Quite a bit

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