Seeing the future of Travis Snider

Travis Snider is probably going to be the most exciting story of this season. Yes there is a good chance a starting pitcher could be, but they can only pitch every 5 days, so Travis has the natural advantage if he can really show his potential.

I don't have any especially original or technical insight here, I can only state that his resume shows there is incredible potential, and there can't be anything left to show below MLB. Especially for a team that has no legitate shot at even a .500 record. He should play just about every day, and it might as well be right field until he proves he's overmatched (and Lind might as well play lf a lot to boot). Nothing else makes even a lick of sense. He needs to go out there everyday and prove he can do it or he can't. There isn't anything to hide or protect him from, or anything he can damage. It may take 2 seasons instead of just this one, but he's got to play.

Maybe people see another potential Rios in Snider, but i don't think you can make that comparison. Rios was certainly well hyped, but he had an up and down minor league career. There were definitely seasons where he was overmatched and showed he needed work to improve. That's not so with Snider, he dominated with the bat at every level, MLB is where he needs to be.

This doesn't mean Snider is a sure thing. He still has to do it. Maybe he's another Delgado, or maybe Matt Stairs. Or maybe Eric Hinske. We don't know. The point is, it's time to get out of his way and let him find out.