I mean, this is a guy whose bat wouldn’t play in A ball last year, and suddenly he’s swinging an almost-average-for-a-SS stick. Given his very nice fielding and speed on the bases, that’s not a bad package. If he keeps it up and turns into a useful player, I am going to have to eat my words: when he was drafted, I castigated the team for the choice and predicted he would never hit enough to stick even as a backup.

Let’s hope I was wrong; the team could use a shortstop who can hit a little. Vizquel is still beautiful out there with the leather, but that bat…