Eyeball Scout: Officially Confuzzled By Billy Burns

To give context, when the A's acquired Billy Burns the general consensus was that Burns would probably never amount to anything because he was so lacking in power. I was more bullish on Burns as a potential "really solid 4th outfielder" -- in fact the A's had a pretty good comp on their roster in Craig Gentry.

However, I certainly did not foresee Burns batting .323/.368/.425 in the big leagues or anything close to it. The question becomes, when Burns settles in to being the hitter he truly is, what will that look like? Will it look like a solid every day starting OFer or will the first half of 2015 look like a mirage wrapped in distant memory?

Two players keep working their way into my mind…