Drew Stubbs Season Review

Drew Stubbs

Drafted - 1st round 2006 (U. of Texas)

Born: 10/04/1984

Overall 2006 Season Stats

Team	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	OPS
BIL	.252	56	210	39	53	7	3	6	24	84	32	64	19	4	.368	.400	.768

The Reds drafted Drew Stubbs in the 2006 draft with their first overall pick. He was the projected pick for a long time and that held true through draft day. He was signed quickly and received a 2 million dollar signing bonus. Assigned to rookie level Billings, Drew would struggle for most of the year with his bat and with his health. During the season Drew had a toe injury that cost him quite a few games, and he also had a concussion cost him 4 or 5 games after colliding with another Mustangs outfielder.

For a first round pick it would seem that Drew Stubbs layed a huge egg in Billings. There could be so many reasons for this, and whether any of them are true or not, no one really knows but Drew. Coming into the draft, scouts really questioned his ability to hit professional pitching, so one theory is that the hitting coaches at Billings were working with him and changing his swing, and it took him time to adjust it all. Another theory is that he played a long season. Prior to his year at Texas, he played in an International Tournament for Team USA. Then he played a full college season starting in February, followed up by a season in Billings that just ended earlier this week. That is a lot of baseball for one year. Are any of those reasons the answer to why Stubbs struggled in a hitters league like the Pioneer League? I know that I don't have a clue, but I hope that when next year starts he has everything figured out and he can perform a lot closer to what you would expect of a first round draft pick.