Know Your Loon - Kyle Russell
by meercatjohn on May 5, 2009 9:37 AM PDT
in Los Angeles Dodgers Minor League Report
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PrintKyle Russell is featured by Hugh Bernreuter of the Saginaw News in an article that first appeared on April 25th but is still worth a read. Kensai of FNC has this profile of Kyle Russell .
Currently Russell is doing everything that could be expected of him. Here are his current statistics courtesy of firstinning.com . The biggest concern for Russell coming into the season was the K rate and if he would be able to transfer his college power to the professional ranks while using the wood bat. The K rate has dropped from 31% last year to 22% this year while his walk rate has increased from 10% to 12%. The soon to be 23 year old Russell needed to dominate at this level and he has fulfilled his part of the pact. He has the 2nd highest slug% in the league and the 3rd highest wOBA.
At this point Kyle Russell is probably the best power hitting prospect in the Dodger organization whose offensive ceiling might be someone like another Russell, the current starting 1st baseman for the Mariners, Russell Branyan. The other good point about Russell is that he can actually play the outfield and projects as a better then average defensive corner.
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Moe power than Lambo?
On KABC Sunday, Loons announcer Brad Golder likened Russell — whom he described as tall and wiry — to Andre Ethier.
Hard to tell with the age difference. Right now I think Russell has more home run potential. 10.6% of his flyballs are leaving the yard in a tough offensive league compared to 5.8% for Lambo in a more friendly offensive environment. Lambo’s ISOP as a Loon was .173 while Russell’s is sitting at .290 but again the age difference is large. I think most scouts would project Russell to have more power but I don’t have my 2009 BA handy. Lambo is clearly the better over all hitter but I think Russell will hit more home runs.
Russell Has More Power
Raw power than Lambo, right now. He should be dominating the level he’s at as well.
Russell’s swing does look slightly flatter this year. Thank god.
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