REAL DEAL
Aug 03, 2022
3 minutes
by J.J. COOPER
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Five-tool player
The term is overused and has lost some of its meaning, making the utterly uncommon seem common.
In its purest definition, a five-tool player is a position player who has five plus tools. He has well above-average hitting ability, power, speed, throwing arm and defensive ability.
All too often, a player is described as a five-tool player even if his hitting ability is in question. Or someone will be
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