Omar Linares
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Re: Omar Linares
[ Author: Guest: null | Posted: Jun 30, 2004 11:14 AM
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Linares blows like the wind. He is awful. There's no other way to put it. He hasn't done anything since coming to Japan. I have doubts about his presumed age since he looks horrible defensively, his bat is slow as heck, and he gets hurt a lot. This is just me speculating, but he might be older than his listed age.
I guess going from an aluminum bat to a wood bat was an adjustment that was too difficult to make for Linares. Cuba always looked good in different international tournaments since they used aluminum bats, but take those aluminum bats out of their hands and you get average hitters.
Cuba, in general, hasn't produced too many studs either in Japan or the Majors. Orlando Hernandez was solid, but not superstar material, and Jose Contreras could become a pretty good pitcher, but so far he hasn't been worth the investment that the Yankees made in him.
I guess going from an aluminum bat to a wood bat was an adjustment that was too difficult to make for Linares. Cuba always looked good in different international tournaments since they used aluminum bats, but take those aluminum bats out of their hands and you get average hitters.
Cuba, in general, hasn't produced too many studs either in Japan or the Majors. Orlando Hernandez was solid, but not superstar material, and Jose Contreras could become a pretty good pitcher, but so far he hasn't been worth the investment that the Yankees made in him.
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Linares is called "The child Linares" in Cuba because he begun at an early age in the National Cuban Series. In Japan, Linares has a low average, therefore the Cuban player hasn't played in many games for his team.
I ask those who follow the Chunichi Dragons: What are your opinions about the performance of Linares in the Japanese League?
Thanks in advance.