quote:Originally posted by Coach_May:
Good post. Look at it this way. You can have a very average arm and be in the line up every day in the outfield as long as you can adequately defend and mash. In fact you can have a below average arm. Heck even a poor arm. But if your a defensive liability because of poor reads , routes , glove , too slow, you could have a hose and never see the field out there.
Arm strength is the least important tool for an outfielder imo.
spot on as usual coach... goes back to what I was told by a AAA mgr.. hit and you will play.. the rest just go towards the 5 tools and the more of those you have the higher you will be rated/drafted/paid etc