{"id":637499,"date":"2017-03-03T07:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=637499"},"modified":"2017-03-03T07:00:02","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T12:00:02","slug":"wil-myers-san-diego-padres-2017-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wil-myers-san-diego-padres-2017-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"Wil Myers Can’t Keep Disappearing on the Road in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
<![CDATA[The 2016 season was one\u00a0Wil Myers<\/strong><\/a> and the San Diego Padres had been waiting for.<\/p>\n After failing to play in more than 88 games during each of his first three MLB seasons, the outfielder turned first baseman suited up for a career-high 157 ballgames and earned his first-ever All-Star selection last year. It seems as though this kind of performance took forever, but that happens with top prospects — we hear about them for so long that we forget how young they actually are.<\/p>\n Myers is a perfect example — he’ll be just 27 years old on Opening Day with the sky being his limit as he prepares to embark into the physical prime of his career. San Diego is very much in the midst of a rebuild after selling off most of their MLB talent, but the front office wants to build around their first baseman.<\/p>\n At least, that’s what it seems like after the two sides agreed on a six-year, $83 million extension<\/a> this past winter instead of going through the arbitration process.<\/p>\n But while his overall stats from 2016 make it appear as if he’s arrived, it wouldn’t be telling the whole story.<\/p>\n Finally healthy enough to put together a full season’s worth of plate appearances (676), there’s no denying Myers’ production. The .258\/.336\/.461 doesn’t look all that elite, but everything else was great — especially considering the situation he ended up finding himself in.<\/p>\n Myers finished 2016 with 28 homers, 29 doubles, 94 RBI, 99 runs scored and 28 stolen bases, all of which were easily new single-season career highs. It was even more rare considering the position he manned throughout the year.<\/p>\n Since 2002, there have been four total instances<\/a> where a primary\u00a0<\/em>first baseman (no, Todd Frazier<\/strong><\/a> in 2014 doesn’t count)\u00a0hit 20-plus homers and swiped at least 20 bases.<\/p>\nThose Overall Stats, Though<\/h2>\n