Tuesday, July 24, 2007

A Scary Comparison

Welcome back to the big leagues Ronny Cedeño, I hope you’re not becoming the next Corey Patterson.

Ok, I’ll concede that Cedeño isn’t as highly touted as Patterson was, but the shortstop’s statistics and his disparity in level of play between the minors and majors bear many (scary) resemblances to the former #1 pick (3rd overall):

Statistics in last Minor League Season


Patterson

Cedeño

Minor League Team

West Tennessee (Double A)

Iowa (Triple A)

Games

118

65

Avg.

.261

.355

HR

22

8

RBI

82

3

Major League Statistics w/ the Cubs


Patterson

Cedeño

Seasons

5

2

Avg.

.254

.245

HR

70

9

RBI

231

51

I know Cedeño will only be playing off the bench, but if his numbers in the majors don’t get better, he could be right next to Patterson in the Minor League Hall of Fame.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I think he will be joining that minor league hall of fame......with THE-RIOT he wont be getting much time and i dont think he will develop like a Cal Ripken Jr or any other great shortstop........ good bye Ronny (good RBI tonight though)