Submitted by Russell Militello, Aug 27, 2007 16:59

Your article was exceptional in that it covered all facets of David's improvement but did not emphasize his remarkable ability to take close pitches even with 2 strikes that are just off the plate. This occasionally may get him out on strikes but remarkably he has garnered an inordinate amount of walks, setting himself upas a baserunner for Beltran to drive in, particularly when Carlos takes a couple of pitches allowing him to steal second. Only being caught three times in 31 attempts is great in itself but I think that at least two of those were on pickoffs, not actually in the act of starting to second.

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