2019 Minor Leagues/Prospect Discussion Thread

Post #4201 » by **Schad** » Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:42 am

Also, I was remiss in failing to mention that good-name-haver Mc Gregory Contreras homered twice last night in Vancouver.

phillipmike · Post #4202 » by **phillipmike** » Tue Jun 19, 2018 6:37 pm

Schad wrote:Also, I was remiss in failing to mention that good-name-haver Mc Gregory Contreras homered twice last night in Vancouver.

Always gets plus for his name.

emptytheclip · Post #4203 » by **emptytheclip** » Tue Jun 19, 2018 10:16 pm

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/ben-badler-top-prospects-chat-61918/

DH (Pittsburgh):
Has Bichette's defense improved enough that you'd say he's likely to stay at short for the next 5+ years? How likely? 60%?

Ben Badler: He's a shortstop now. Some of it depends on the circumstances of who he's ultimately teammates with, but I feel very comfortable with him defensively at shortstop.

Matthew (Toronto):
Hey Ben, How concerned would you be about Vlad Jr., given the recent knee injury? Does the injury affect how you evaluate him, or would you rather wait for more information to come out?

Ben Badler: Not much concern. The Blue Jays are being super conservative, and it sounds like he’ll be back shortly.

v (canada):
what is tj zeuch ceiling?

Ben Badler: Back-end starter. Steep angle and heavy sink with a lot of groundballs, but the secondary stuff lags and doesn't allow him to miss many bats.

Tom (Chicago):
How much would you say Miguel Hiraldo has raised his stock?

Ben Badler: It's up some, although he was already one of the best hitters in the 2017 international class, so seeing him knock around DSL pitching isn't too much of a surprise. But it's good to have more evidence to support the scouting reports on his hitting ability.

vaff87 · Post #4204 » by **vaff87** » Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:48 am

Good to see Zeuch strike out 7 over 7.

dagger · Post #4205 » by **dagger** » Wed Jun 20, 2018 2:08 am

vaff87 wrote:Good to see Zeuch strike out 7 over 7.

7 hits, but no walks both runs unearned. Solid, ERA to 2.41.

dagger · Post #4206 » by **dagger** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 12:59 am

Read on Twitter

emptytheclip · Post #4207 » by **emptytheclip** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 1:47 am

Finally some Pardinho and Conine action

-MetA4- · Post #4208 » by **-MetA4-** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 3:52 am

Pardinho retired Nolan Gorman twice, including once by strikeout.

emptytheclip · Post #4209 » by **emptytheclip** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:00 pm

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/kiley-mcdaniel-chat-6-20-18/

Teo: Thoughts on Adam Kloffenstein? What’s his ceiling A mid-rotation guy? He seems pretty filled out for a HS player st 6’5 220, so I’m wondering how much more projection or velocity there still is left.

Kiley McDaniel: There’s some and he’s really loose and athletic, one scout told me he thinks he’ll throw 100 in a couple years. Yeah mid rotation upside.

JaysFanMatt : Can Jordan Groshans stick at SS like other recent big SS (Corey Seager) or is the range just too light? Could he be a plus defender at 3B?

Kiley McDaniel: More avg to a little above at 3B

vaff87 · Post #4210 » by **vaff87** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:46 pm

Hopefully we can promote Hiraldo soon.

emptytheclip · Post #4211 » by **emptytheclip** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:21 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #4212 » by **Schad** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:23 pm

vaff87 wrote:Hopefully we can promote Hiraldo soon.

Yeah, unless there's a non-baseball reason, #freehiraldo. He's obliterating DSL pitching at the moment.

vaff87 · Post #4213 » by **vaff87** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:31 pm

Schad wrote:
vaff87 wrote:Hopefully we can promote Hiraldo soon.

Yeah, unless there's a non-baseball reason, #freehiraldo. He's obliterating DSL pitching at the moment.

Do you think it’s possible it’s just because Jimenez and Groshans are on the GCL team?

dagger · Post #4214 » by **dagger** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:51 pm

Schad wrote:
vaff87 wrote:Hopefully we can promote Hiraldo soon.

Yeah, unless there's a non-baseball reason, #freehiraldo. He's obliterating DSL pitching at the moment.

I thought I read somewhere that there is no room for him on the GCL Blue Jays - blocked by slightly older guys. If Gorshans keep raking like he did today, maybe he gets to Bluefield before long.

emptytheclip · Post #4215 » by **emptytheclip** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:12 am

Read on Twitter

Looks like Nate had his cast removed last week

Post #4216 » by **Schad** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:41 am

Future Hall of Famer Davis Schneider hit his first home run of the year in Bluefield.

vaff87 · Post #4217 » by **vaff87** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 2:45 am

For some reason on MLB Pipeline they randomly moved Brendan Rodgers ahead of Bichette. They also moved Soto up to #3.

emptytheclip · Post #4218 » by **emptytheclip** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:04 am

Callis said they would update the top 30 for every team with draft update before trade deadline

vaff87 · Post #4219 » by **vaff87** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:18 am

emptytheclip wrote:Callis said they would update the top 30 for every team with draft update before trade deadline

Yeah, they make a few tweaks here and there in between their new rankings. I’m curious why they randomly decided to move Rodgers ahead of Bichette. Bo is doing better than Rodgers did his first time around in AA, and he’s younger than Rodgers was.

emptytheclip · Post #4220 » by **emptytheclip** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 4:39 am