Helium Watch: Dodgers Prospect Andrew Lambo

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Helium Watch: Dodgers Prospect Andrew Lambo
Published 5/9/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Helium Watch: Dodgers Prospect Andrew Lambo Scouting the power-hitting Dodgers prospect: Lambo has a simple, quiet swing until he starts rotating those hips and moving those hands forward. You see a forward shift in weight to build up momentum, a small loading of the hands, and then at foot plant he turns his hips and hands together aggressively. Rather than achieving “extension”, Lambo lets the ball travel to him instead of letting his hands meet the ball (which saps a player of much of their power). Letting the ball travel deep is an excellent indicator of bat speed.

Dodger Thoughts: Quickly
Published 5/9/2008 at Baseball Toaster
Baseball-Intellect likes Dodger prospect Andrew Lambo's swing so much, the site has posted video. James Loney knows when to bluff ... "Loney's doing well?" asked an incredulous Bennett. "I didn't even know he played. ... and when to come clean, writes Ben Platt of ...

New Friends
Published 5/9/2008 by Andrew at True Blue LA: Front Page Posts
... Once Andy LaRoche gets 40 more at bats, I'm going to have to pick a new favorite prospect, probably sometime around June 2009. Since my man Bridger Hunt has been relegated to organizational soldier status, I'm going to have to find a new standby. I ranked Andrew Lambo higher than most when we did the community top 30 prospects, and this breakdown at Baseball Intellect  makes my decision feel justified. ...