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Post by jchang on Jul 3, 2015 7:25:15 GMT -5
I love it when the pitcher also puts up the offense that gets him the win.
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Post by jchang on Jul 2, 2015 20:53:41 GMT -5
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Post by jchang on Jul 2, 2015 18:43:26 GMT -5
Mookie held up for defender. But he changed direction to where Mookie was holding.
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Post by jchang on Jul 2, 2015 18:39:14 GMT -5
It's obvious the Blue Jays studied Porcello's game plan from yesterday. give Boyd a 4 yr 60m contract
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Post by jchang on Jul 2, 2015 18:30:43 GMT -5
Porcello is wondering why his spot was yesterday instead of today
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Post by jchang on Jul 2, 2015 18:15:45 GMT -5
And long ball too.
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Post by jchang on Jul 2, 2015 18:14:55 GMT -5
I like small ball
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Post by jchang on Jul 1, 2015 15:21:09 GMT -5
I will be even happier when his floor becomes 8
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Post by jchang on Jul 1, 2015 12:43:07 GMT -5
why not, he could buy dinner for the AAA team every night
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Post by jchang on Jul 1, 2015 12:38:28 GMT -5
how quick can wright or kelly be called up, any warm body
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Post by jchang on Jul 1, 2015 12:34:10 GMT -5
Castillo 72M/6yr seems like a bargain compared to ...
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Post by jchang on Jul 1, 2015 12:32:11 GMT -5
I would like to see a spirited battle for the #1 spot once short-timer ER graduates. Its tough because Moncada carries a grade 7, which I don't think should be given out lightly. I could see YM, RD and MM all being 6.5, making the 1 spot in Aug up for grabs.
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Post by jchang on Jul 1, 2015 12:28:52 GMT -5
come on, its actually only 8.2
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Post by jchang on Jul 1, 2015 11:14:57 GMT -5
Rodriguez has 41.1 IP MLB. Assuming he does 6 IP every 5 games, when would he graduate? would there be a new #1 in Aug?
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Post by jchang on Jun 30, 2015 15:08:21 GMT -5
sadly it may take more than that to get gray, if only detroit could have found a way to lose a couple of more games in 2010
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Post by jchang on Jun 29, 2015 12:55:07 GMT -5
great article, but that's just MLB? not milb?
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Post by jchang on Jun 29, 2015 12:13:49 GMT -5
the neat trick is to be both the winning and losing pitcher
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Post by jchang on Jun 26, 2015 12:47:16 GMT -5
Jon Lester (L with normal split) has faced 2895 R, and 906 L in his career Clay Buchholz (R with normal split) has faced 1211 R and 1434 L career, draw whatever conclusion you would like on how managers play the L/R splits
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Post by jchang on Jun 26, 2015 11:38:35 GMT -5
Last year, Owens had somewhat even stats against R and L hitters. This year he has reverted to being extremely good against R, and poor against L, similar to his 2013 and 2012 seasons. This might be because he is working on a new pitch? In the minor leagues, he has faced an approx 3:1 ratio between R and L hitters. I am thinking that at the MLB level he will face 2:1 R:L, i.e., each team he faces will put in all their Lefties. So I am inclined to believe that Owens will not have good success at the MLB level until he has a better mix against lefties.
edit: supposing that a team has 8 RHH, and 5 LHH, it could put 4R+5L against a RHP with normal splits and 8R+1L against a lefty. So Owens with a reverse split could face and majority of LHH.
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Post by jchang on Jun 24, 2015 17:31:08 GMT -5
It seems to me that gcl is 18-19 year olds. While dsl is 17 to 18 yr old. I am also thinking the gcl team could beat a top hs team
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Post by jchang on Jun 24, 2015 1:47:51 GMT -5
Anyone have an update on Marco Hernandez. Should he be a top 60 or perhaps 40 prospect?
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Post by jchang on Jun 1, 2015 17:13:29 GMT -5
I am hoping for either Jul 10 (at Frederick) or Jul 31 (at Potomac), both being Fri-Sat-Sun games, because its a lot easier to do a 1-hop flight to Dulles, than the 2/3 hops necessary to get to the cities Greenville plays in.
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Post by jchang on Jun 1, 2015 16:10:59 GMT -5
More fun with numbers: Devers is currently the 8th-youngest player in Low A Devers + 1 year would be the 4th-youngest player in High A Devers + 2 years would be the 6th-youngest player in Double-A. Devers + 3 years would be the 10th-youngest player in Triple-A. In other words, one level a year is still an incredibly aggressive promotion schedule. I am sitting in a client office, and can only fake working so much, Can someone do a quick baseball stats query
What is the MLB rookie year age range for 1) elite (WAR 6+, Pujols, Trout, etc) 2) solid All-star level players (3 years at WAR 5?) 3) grade 6 WAR 3 players
lets say Devers makes it through the 4 levels of full season minors in 3 years, reaching and staying at the MLB at age 21, where would he fit in?
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Post by jchang on Jun 1, 2015 15:58:09 GMT -5
thanks, appreciate the eyes-on assessment, did he look 165lb, or was that when he was 17? I do hope he understands a grade 5/WAR 2 SS that people don't get too excited about still goes for $10M/yr on the free agent market. Not to get off topic, but people don't seem to get excited about a pitching prospect projected to be 4/5 starter. That's also 10M/yr in FA. If a position player looks like he could be the 4/5th best bat on the team, we'd be excited, but not so for the 4/5th best pitcher?
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Post by jchang on Jun 1, 2015 15:14:59 GMT -5
I have been stuck in Kansas City all year, and have not been to one of our minor league games in all that time. I suppose Guerra's high BB rate in DSL is just the wild pitching. Perhaps his low BB rate in GCL is just that pitchers weren't afraid to throw strikes to a skinny SS, but now he is a respected hitter? It would be really interesting to know what specifically the staff has told to work on for developmental purposes. Given that Guerra showed MLB-level defensive, with plus bat speed, perhaps someone could tell him that batting for average + OBP is enough, he does not need to flash power. I would speculate that if he was not trying to hit for XBH so much (.210 IsoP), his BA would be higher, and the SO lower? I am inclined to believe that little guys trying to hit for power leads to injuries (Coyle?) In any case, a 19 year old is going to want to test himself, so we may as well just watch.
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