Happy Saturday, peeps. The Eyeball Scout is always ready with some stat-deficient analysis of how things look to this passionate, if slightly blind, fan.
Jacob Wilson
The past couple days it has been fun to see Wilson’s much-ballyhooed glove show up. In his first few games off the IL Wilson surprised me by not getting to balls I thought were within his means, but something clicked (probably him relaxing) and you can now see the “gold glove caliber SS” scouts have long raved about.
The question has never been about Wilson’s defense — the question is whether he can hit enough given his propensity for low exit velocities and tendency to lack patience at the plate.