NTP - Ben Revere

Memories?  I remember a two-hopper he threw to his cutoff man.  His arm was so bad that it was perfectly logical to play him in Right Field.  Why?  Because, opposing baserunners would take third base on him even if he were in left, so why not? 

Even though Trevor May never quite lived up to expectations for the Twins, it still seemed like a masterstroke by Terry Ryan to get anything for Ben in trade at all.  Except... he did go on to provide value to the Phillies, and then the Blue Jays... which is not easy for a guy with essentially zero power (even for doubles).

Some of which... makes it sound like I hated the guy, which I didn't.  He had an infectious smile, as the saying goes. He could certainly go get the ball on defense, and he had a certain measure of productivity at the plate

He was a disappointment as a first rounder only if you overlook that drafting late in the first round is hardly ever a sure thing - the five guys picked immediately after Ben amounted to less.  Todd Frazier, Sean Doolittle and Josh Donaldson were drafted shortly thereafter, but that's verging into 20/20 hindsight - plus we made up for the oversight on Donaldson by signing him as a free agent later on - whoops, LOL.

I answered correctly with revere and didn't win anything or even any acknowledgement that I was right  ...