{"id":1938,"date":"2010-11-18T22:45:03","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T04:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2010-11-19T12:14:45","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T18:14:45","slug":"brett-jackson-takes-batting-practice-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/1938","title":{"rendered":"Brett Jackson Takes Batting Practice (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/chicago-cubs-brett-jackson-top-prospect.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1939\" title=\"chicago-cubs-brett-jackson-top-prospect\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/chicago-cubs-brett-jackson-top-prospect-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both the Chicago Cubs and their fans have a lot to look forward to in 22-year old outfielder, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/player_search.cgi?search=Brett+Jackson&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\">Brett  Jackson<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Since being drafted 31<sup>st<\/sup> overall by the Cubs in the 2009 MLB Amateur Draft, Jackson has rapidly ascended through the minor leagues thanks to a combination of power and speed.\u00a0 Baseball America ranked him as the 74<sup>th<\/sup> best prospect in all of baseball prior to the 2010 season, and needless to say, Jackson exceeded the expectations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In 2010, while splitting time between High-A Daytona and Double-A Tennessee, Jackson hit .297\/.395\/.493 with 32 doubles, 14 triples, 12 home runs, and 66 RBI in 491 at-bats; he swiped 30 bases in 41 attempts.\u00a0 Although there is a lot to like about Jackson\u2019s .888 OPS in just his second Minor League season, his 126 strikeouts suggest that he still has a ways to go in terms of his plate discipline and strike zone recognition.<\/p>\n<p><center><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IOSSYc8zW2k?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IOSSYc8zW2k?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both the Chicago Cubs and their fans have a lot to look forward to in 22-year old outfielder, Brett Jackson.\u00a0 Since being drafted 31st overall by the Cubs in the 2009 MLB Amateur Draft, Jackson has rapidly ascended through the minor leagues thanks to a combination of power and speed.\u00a0 Baseball America ranked him as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1300,6,16,9,11,13,10,775],"tags":[1311,1309,1312,260,1310],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1938"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1962,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions\/1962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}