2019 Minor Leagues/Prospect Discussion Thread

vaff87 · Post #181 » by **vaff87** » Sun Apr 27, 2014 12:33 am

Schadenfreude wrote:Jairo Labourt is having a wee bit of trouble with his control. 12.9 walks per 9 innings to be precise, which is a major step back after he seemed to harness his stuff in rookie ball last year.

Morrow is jealous of his, by comparison, pin-point like control.

Lateral Quicks · Post #182 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:25 am

dagger wrote:Sean Nolin, 6.1 innings of one-hit shutout ball today for another win. Did give up four BBs and K'd three.

Who do you bring up first? Nolin or Stroman?

dagger · Post #183 » by **dagger** » Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:49 am

Lateral Quicks wrote:
dagger wrote:Sean Nolin, 6.1 innings of one-hit shutout ball today for another win. Did give up four BBs and K'd three.

Who do you bring up first? Nolin or Stroman?

Probably Stroman, because I think he projects higher. Both were college pitchers, so they've logged enough minor league innings. Then again, you could probably bring up Nolin in mid-season if he keeps this up because Redmond and Rogers aren't going to be around much longer at this rate.

vaff87 · Post #184 » by **vaff87** » Sun Apr 27, 2014 7:03 pm

Pompey 3-4 with a double and triple so far today. Up to .371

Graham's Cracker · Post #185 » by **Graham's Cracker** » Sun Apr 27, 2014 7:04 pm

There There wrote:Ryan Schimpf has 7 walks, 1 strikeout, 2 doubles and a homer in his last 15 plate appearances.

I assume we're just keeping him in NH for the lulz at this point.

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Schimpf has been promoted to Buffalo and is playing 3B today.

Post #186 » by **Schad** » Sun Apr 27, 2014 7:15 pm

vaff87 wrote:Pompey 3-4 with a double and triple so far today. Up to .371

Those are rare XBHs for him...he had 26 singles against only 4 XBHs entering today. The walks are great, but he's going to be hard-pressed to maintain that sort of luck on balls in play, where "hard-pressed" means "it's entirely and utterly impossible".

vaff87 · Post #187 » by **vaff87** » Sun Apr 27, 2014 7:17 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:
vaff87 wrote:Pompey 3-4 with a double and triple so far today. Up to .371

Those are rare XBHs for him...he had 26 singles against only 4 XBHs entering today. The walks are great, but he's going to be hard-pressed to maintain that sort of luck on balls in play, where "hard-pressed" means "it's entirely and utterly impossible".

Are you saying he's NOT the next Ichiro with more walks?

Lateral Quicks · Post #188 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sun Apr 27, 2014 10:13 pm

vaff87 wrote:Pompey 3-4 with a double and triple so far today. Up to .371

Wow. The kid is on a beastly tear. He's 21; still a very legitimate prospect. I'd love to see him maintain a > .800 OPS until mid-year to justify a call up to New Hampshire.

Graham's Cracker · Post #189 » by **Graham's Cracker** » Sun Apr 27, 2014 11:00 pm

Lateral Quicks wrote:
vaff87 wrote:Pompey 3-4 with a double and triple so far today. Up to .371

Wow. The kid is on a beastly tear. He's 21; still a very legitimate prospect. I'd love to see him maintain a > .800 OPS until mid-year to justify a call up to New Hampshire.

No wonder Dunedin is off to an 18-5 start.

With Dwight Jr and Pompey hitting 1-2 holding respective OBP of .434 and .426. As well, if they're not being moved along by the meat of the order they'll get there themselves with a 16/17 SB attempts. These two have combined to score 35 runs in 22 games so far.

Speaking of Canadian OFers, Mike Crouse seems to be doing pretty well in AA to start the year. He's walking at nearly a 15% rate. His ISO is at an all-time high. I know his BABIP is unsustainable but the walk rate is encouraging.

Black Watch · Post #190 » by **Black Watch** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:28 am

Graham's Cracker wrote:I've been hooked on minor league baseball ever since the series Baseball, Minnesota first appeared on FX.

I looked up the FX series on minor-league ball and it seems like just the kind of show I would binge on. I went on google looking for it, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.

dagger · Post #191 » by **dagger** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:54 pm

Matt Boyd has been promoted to New Hampshire while L.B. Dantzler has been assigned to Lansing.

There There · Post #192 » by **There There** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:30 pm

dagger wrote:Matt Boyd has been promoted to New Hampshire while L.B. Dantzler has been assigned to Lansing.

Pretty disappointing with Dantzler's collegiate background that they wouldn't skip him straight to Dunedin, especially with Nay and Dean already at Lansing.

Good to see they're challenging Boyd though with the higher assignment.

There There · Post #193 » by **There There** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:40 pm

Jason Parks had a glowing write up on Pompey today in BP's Monday Morning ten pack.

Said that they were foolish to exclude him as a rising prospect in the organization and that he is blossoming into the organization's top position prospect.

I was hopeful he would take the next large step into legit prospect status this season and it seems that the buzz around him is beginning to explode.

I agree with Schad that the numbers are obviously BABIP inflated, but he's still young enough that it wouldn't be a red flag that the pop hasn't fully begun to show yet.... and even though it may never develop as home run pop, with his speed, and this kid is an absolute burner, if he develops gap pop, he would be a doubles and triples machine.

Combine that with his mature approach at the plate and plus potential defensively in CF and you have a tonne to love about him.

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dagger · Post #194 » by **dagger** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:41 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:Jairo Labourt is having a wee bit of trouble with his control. 12.9 walks per 9 innings to be precise, which is a major step back after he seemed to harness his stuff in rookie ball last year.

Re-assigned today to "extended spring".

dagger · Post #195 » by **dagger** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:24 pm

There There wrote:
dagger wrote:Matt Boyd has been promoted to New Hampshire while L.B. Dantzler has been assigned to Lansing.

Pretty disappointing with Dantzler's collegiate background that they wouldn't skip him straight to Dunedin, especially with Nay and Dean already at Lansing.

Good to see they're challenging Boyd though with the higher assignment.

Dantzler starting at 1B tonight, Dean is DH.

dagger · Post #196 » by **dagger** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 12:49 am

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Kaizen · Post #197 » by **Kaizen** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 12:58 am

How far are prospects expected to go in games? It seems like 6 innings or less has been the norm for our prospects.

dagger · Post #198 » by **dagger** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:26 am

Kaizen wrote:How long are prospects expected to go in games? It seems like 6 innings or less has been the norm for our prospects.

Governed by pitch count usually. Sometimes rather arbitrary. Sanchez pitched to one batter in 7th inning, got him out on three pitches (popup in foul territory) and apparently hit his limit and was done.

dagger · Post #199 » by **dagger** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:27 am

Bison scored two converted touchdowns and added a field goal in a 17-run romp over Louisville. Bills are jealous.

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Graham's Cracker · Post #200 » by **Graham's Cracker** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:22 am

dagger wrote:Bison scored two converted touchdowns and added a field goal in a 17-run romp over Louisville. Bills are jealous.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/benwag247/status/460949948121767936[/tweet]

Schimpf had his first AAA HR in his second AAA game. Played 2B tonight after playing 3B last night. If he can continue to show power, the ability to take walks and play multiple positions, he could actually be a useful bench player. Kind of like a poor man's Kelly Johnson.

Also, how does Drabek managed to walk 5 guys when his team goes out and gives him 9 runs through the first three innings. Pound the zone!

I'm beginning to wonder whether Stilson is injured this year. After being excellent last year, he's been pretty horrible in every appearance this year.