Message #4 by Rob Reed @ January 31, 2011, 10:46pm I believe that he is... more like his 2009, but that is amazing. High BABIP and only slightly increased contact rate means that a low .300 average is more like what we can expect.

Message #3 by Rob Reed @ December 16, 2009, 10:09pm hate to say it... especially because I am a fan of his... and I read his book during the preseason last year, and was especially excited about the prospects of another great year to top off the fairytale story... but he suffers from injury woes for much of the season, and we get an admission that he fell off the wagon in January 09, but the admission only comes when photographs appear of him on the internet good news: he continued to run, and could make a run for 20 15-20 SBs... the bad news: i'm wondering if some of the off-the-field demons are reappearing... this makes josh a risky pick, but he'll come a lot cheaper than last year, considering he as going as high as the first round in serpentine drafts

Message #2 by Rob Reed @ January 14, 2009, 12:48pm First round hype dwindling fakebaseball, a twitter pal, notes that the hype that has made Josh a first rounder in recent mock drafts is dwindling... Personally, I can see a drop in batting average (maybe as low as .280), but I'm pretty certain he will be a top 5 OF next season when all is said done, so long as he continues to run. 9 SBs in 10 chances last season.

Message #1 by Bob @ 4/20/07, 5:19am Josh Hamilton Yea I know every one knows about him now. Good looking player with no where to play for the Reds so nobody drafted him. But wow if he keeps this up he'll be pushing someone off the field very soon.

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AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2013 576 144 32 5 21 79 73 .250 .307 4 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 158 .310 72% .432 0.739 2013 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 205

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2012 562 160 31 2 43 128 103 .285 .354 7 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 162 .328 71% .577 0.931 2012 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 4 2012 (OF) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 3

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2011 487 145 31 5 25 94 80 .298 .350 8 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 93 .325 80% .536 0.886 2011 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 14 2011 (OF) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 9

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2010 518 186 40 3 32 100 95 .359 .408 8 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 95 .394 81% .633 1.041 2010 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 2 2010 (OF) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 2

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2009 336 90 19 2 10 54 43 .268 .317 8 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 79 .324 76% .426 0.743 2009 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 112 2009 (OF) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 56

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2008 624 190 35 5 32 130 98 .304 .369 9 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 126 .339 79% .530 0.899 2008 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 16 2008 (OF) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 9

AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG OBP SB 2007 298 87 17 2 19 47 52 .292 .363 3 SO BABIP CR% SLG OPS 65 .318 78% .554 0.917 2007 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 53 2007 (OF) PLAYERTRACK RANK: 27