Pedro Feliz & Chris Truby

In the spring I suggested that the Pirates should be suspicious of Chris Truby's improved hitting. I compared him to Pedro Feliz. Well, now it seems Pedro Feliz is not the laughingstock at the plate that he used to be. After knocking the ball good in March, Truby has settled in at Nashville to rip it at a .300 BA / .554 SLG pace. These Sportsnetwork stats pages don't provide OBP (how dare they!) but Truby has 22 walks in 240 at-bats. 35 of his 72 hits have been for extra bases. Truby is 30 so he better rip it up at AAA.

I am not suggesting that the Pirates should bring up Truby and audition him at third base. If Pedro Feliz can put it together at 29, however, maybe Truby could do well all of a sudden at 30. Perhaps I was wrong to laugh him off in March. Fair is fair, so here's a spot in the weak sun of the blogosphere for Chris. If trades or injuries lead the Bucs to consider him as a short-term answer at 3B, we'll support him when he comes up.