2019 Minor Leagues/Prospect Discussion Thread

satyr9 · Post #521 » by **satyr9** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 4:21 pm

Murphy another of our great crop of drafted hurt to get it over with early crowd.

I assume Reid-Foley, Thomas, and Lane will all go GCL at least for the very start?

dagger · Post #522 » by **dagger** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 12:28 am

Daniel Norris first start in AA

Not bad, some work to do.

5.2IP, 4H, 4R, 4ER, 1BB, 9K.

Basically, he gave up a double and two homers, a single, and pitched into the sixth. He ran into some power he probably didn't see in Florida in the person of Stetson Allie, the Pirates 2nd rounder pick in 2010 who does hit the long ball a lot. Allie hit a two run homer (his 12th of the season)

88 pitches, 52 strikes

Graham's Cracker · Post #523 » by **Graham's Cracker** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 1:41 am

dagger wrote:Daniel Norris first start in AA

Not bad, some work to do.

5.2IP, 4H, 4R, 4ER, 1BB, 9K.

Basically, he gave up a double and two homers, a single, and pitched into the sixth. He ran into some power he probably didn't see in Florida in the person of Stetson Allie, the Pirates 2nd rounder pick in 2010 who does hit the long ball a lot. Allie hit a two run homer (his 12th of the season)

88 pitches, 52 strikes

not a bad start. Those were his first HR allowed this season. Nice K to BB

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Avenger · Post #524 » by **Avenger** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 2:56 am

that's a very encouraging start, that 9-1 K to BB is damn sexy, the HRs aren't a big deal until they become a trend and going by his numbers in A+ this is a just fluke

dagger · Post #525 » by **dagger** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 2:59 am

Avenger wrote:that's a very encouraging start, that 9-1 K to BB is damn sexy, the HR's aren't a big deal until they become a trend and going by his numbers in A+ this is a just fluke

I also wonder whether it was just lack of familiarity. He also had Chung, promoted with him, behind the plate.

There There · Post #526 » by **There There** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 4:01 am

Avenger wrote:that's a very encouraging start, that 9-1 K to BB is damn sexy, the HRs aren't a big deal until they become a trend and going by his numbers in A+ this is a just fluke

Six flyballs, two left the park and one was a double.

That screams anomaly. The key part is the nine strikeouts to one walk. That's an impressive debut.

Graham's Cracker · Post #527 » by **Graham's Cracker** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 2:57 pm

Tirado is still exhibiting control problems after being demoted to SS. Walked 5 last night in 3.2.

On the season he's walking batters as a clip of 8.5 per 9 IP. He's striking guys out at the same rate.l

dagger · Post #528 » by **dagger** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 4:55 pm

There There wrote:
Avenger wrote:that's a very encouraging start, that 9-1 K to BB is damn sexy, the HRs aren't a big deal until they become a trend and going by his numbers in A+ this is a just fluke

Six flyballs, two left the park and one was a double.

That screams anomaly. The key part is the nine strikeouts to one walk. That's an impressive debut.

It wasn't obvious until I read the media accounts, but he hit the last batter he faced - Allie - which led to Andy Burns being plunked the next inning, and then an Altoona batter was hit, and the benches emptied. LOL, NH needed some excitement... and they rallied for a win to take Norris off the hook.

https://vine.co/v/MTZEwTXvQhv

-MetA4- · Post #529 » by **-MetA4-** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 5:36 pm

Jesus Tinoco gets the opening day start for Bluefield tonight.

Graham's Cracker · Post #530 » by **Graham's Cracker** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 5:48 pm

-MetA4- wrote:Jesus Tinoco gets the opening day start for Bluefield tonight.

Was wondering who would get it. I'm pretty sure it was yesterday, might have been the day before, a photo of Smoral pitching a simulated game, so I figured it wasn't him.

Trilogy · Post #531 » by **Trilogy** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 6:10 pm

Schimpf appears to be in AAA now as he played in their early game today.

Come on down, this weeks hope for a 2nd basemen.

dagger · Post #532 » by **dagger** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 6:34 pm

Romero has knee surgery.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/bl ... e-surgery/

There There · Post #533 » by **There There** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 7:01 pm

dagger wrote:
It wasn't obvious until I read the media accounts, but he hit the last batter he faced - Allie - which led to Andy Burns being plunked the next inning, and then an Altoona batter was hit, and the benches emptied. LOL, NH needed some excitement... and they rallied for a win to take Norris off the hook.

https://vine.co/v/MTZEwTXvQhv

Cunningham definitely wasted no time in getting out to the mound.

Bonus to the ump as he seems to point to Cunningham first with the initial ejection and then the pitchers mound.

edit... although I assume he was ejecting Sikula and the manager, from that angle it definitely looks like he points to the hitter first, which would be pretty awesome considering the scenario that just took place.

Graham's Cracker · Post #534 » by **Graham's Cracker** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 8:00 pm

There There wrote:
dagger wrote:
It wasn't obvious until I read the media accounts, but he hit the last batter he faced - Allie - which led to Andy Burns being plunked the next inning, and then an Altoona batter was hit, and the benches emptied. LOL, NH needed some excitement... and they rallied for a win to take Norris off the hook.

https://vine.co/v/MTZEwTXvQhv

Cunningham definitely wasted no time in getting out to the mound.

Bonus to the ump as he seems to point to Cunningham first with the initial ejection and then the pitchers mound.

edit... although I assume he was ejecting Sikula and the manager, from that angle it definitely looks like he points to the hitter first, which would be pretty awesome considering the scenario that just took place.

I loved how he charged the mound/reached the mound/backpedalded/finally pursued Sikula.

Thanks for sharing the vid

dagger · Post #535 » by **dagger** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 11:11 pm

If Pompey is being scouted hard, here's another tool he showed off

[tweet]https://twitter.com/StatsKing/status/479762384290975745[/tweet]

suntzuballin · Post #536 » by **suntzuballin** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 3:05 am

heard bout bias umps

Post #537 » by **Schad** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 4:58 am

So, Franklin Barreto came to the plate in the bottom of the 1st, hit an RBI double, and shortly thereafter the game was suspended. I'm going to guess that the stands emptied as fans rushed to carry him out of the stadium on their shoulders.

Graham's Cracker · Post #538 » by **Graham's Cracker** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 1:28 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:So, Franklin Barreto came to the plate in the bottom of the 1st, hit an RBI double, and shortly thereafter the game was suspended. I'm going to guess that the stands emptied as fans rushed to carry him out of the stadium on their shoulders.

I Heart Barreto.

Rough opener for Bluefield they lost 13-0

Very intriguing lineup though:
Alford
Urena
Jake Anderson
Rowdy Tellez
Dan Jansen
Gabe Cenas
Jesus Gonzalez
Rolando Segovia

Good combination of highly regarded draft choices and IFAs

Lateral Quicks · Post #539 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:11 pm

He's listed at 5'9 and already has 40-50 doubles power. I wonder if he'll add an inch or three to be around 6' before all is said and done. If he could turn a few more of those doubles into home runs that would be most excellent.

Lateral Quicks · Post #540 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:13 pm

Pompey now had 286 plate appearances in Dunedin, and his K:BB ratio is below 2 and he's getting on base 40% of the time with a solid slugging percentage. Not to mention 26 stolen bases in 28 chances. I have no idea what they're waiting for; he clearly deserves a promotion.