MILB 4/26 Holy Sh*t!
by casejud on Apr 26, 2010 1:23 PM EDT
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Micheal Stanton has homed 3 staright times up for Jacksonville today, going for 4! This is after homering twice and going 4-4 yesterday- Holy Shit!
Discuss below, oh and other, less relevent minor leaguers...lol
Id post his current stats but, Im afraid some of us might cream ourselves If I did- Its worth the risk...
.338 - .469 - .800 slugging 52 TB in 65 Ab's, in the Southern League, at age 20. 9 Bombs!
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Micheal "Jesus" Stanton
Walks on water, but struck out in 7th. Not even Jesus is perfect.
3-4 with 3 Bombs today
4-4 with 2 bombs yesterday
ive got to say that i was lower than him than most the past 2 years
but i’m definitely starting to turn the corner with him, he’ll be top-3 by the end of the year
Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson
ya definitely
but i’ll take the field over him, too many other guys out there.
Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson
i think he was saying on his personal list...
but i agree, i had him 3rd coming into 2010 as well
yeah that's what i meant
i had stanton around #20, i was really really worried about the Ks
Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson
overrated
i did that all the time when i was 10…. playing wiffle ball in the back yard
I call shenanigans
I never saw you on a Goldstein prospect list. Any 10 year old that could do that, Goldstein would have ranked in his top-100.
Josh Bell is joining the party...
2 HRs today so far. 3-4.
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AND its multiple HR day, apparently!
Dayan Viciedo with two long balls, as well.
The pitchers:
Stanton (RHH): Curtis Partch (RHP), Curtis Partch, Ruben Medina (RHP)
Bell (Switch): Matt Zaleski (RHP), Matt Zaleski,
Viciedo (RHH): Troy Patton (LHP), Troy Patton
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More Kevin Goldstein goodness
@Kevin Goldstein Talking to scout about #WhiteSox outfielder Trayce Thompson. “Is this for real?” I ask. Scout: “Oh yeah, absolutely. He’s tremendous.”
http://twitter.com/Kevin_Goldstein/status/12895361422
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better yet
a walk in his 2nd PA of the night
That's pretty big for Chicago if Thompson is emerging.
They lost another year of development on Mitchell due to injury, which is really tough when you consider that he was pretty raw after splitting his time playing football at LSU.
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by Satchel Price on Apr 26, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Mike Montgomery to AA
kind of a no brainer, and it’s not official yet, but yeah. it’s happening.
baseball rules.
i'd doubt that
but maybe he’ll pitch well enough for it. with all the emphasis on “getting the extra year” of service time, that won’t help him any.
baseball rules.
I didn't think
September callups when the rosters expand counted towards service time issues. Am I wrong on that?
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you might be right
i’ve never gotten a definite answer on that.
anyone know for sure?
baseball rules.
I found about 4 different answers looking it up
but the one that makes the most sense and that I truly trust the most is this one:
“In MLB, you earn one service day for each day you are on the 25-man roster or DL, up to a maximum of 172 days in any given season. The service days roll over, so if you earned 170 days one year and 50 days another year, that’s 220 service days, or 1 year and 48 days (1.048).”
This is from Tom Tango at insidethebook.com about 3 weeks ago, I consider this the most reasonable answer I found. Based on this if Montgomery was a September callup he wouldn’t accrue service time, which confirms what I thought originally. To be called up though, he’d have to be added to the 40 man roster. The real question would be whether or not the Royals want to put him on the 40 man roster this year, as I don’t believe they would have to do so until after next year at the earliest.
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gracias!
as for the “real question,” i think you are spot on. i think he’d really have to, ahem, “rip ass” to get them to think seriously about another promotion. let’s just see how he does in AA first anyways.
BTW, this has been made official.
baseball rules.
MM
I suppose a lot of it will depend on how many innings he’s logged. If service time doesn’t matter and he pitches really well in AA, I could see him getting a look.
well
it would certainly make being 15+ games under .500 a bit more exciting. :)
might have to consider innings too. he only threw 110 innings outside the controlled environment of Arizona (extended spring) last year. doubt they’d want to see him go more than 140 or 150 innings this season.
baseball rules.
I hope they don't rush him...
He is already really young for AAA – I don’t think he is major league ready, but man Glaus is playing bad.
Stanton is awesome.
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by bestbostonsports on Apr 26, 2010 5:05 PM EDT reply actions
lost behind the shadow of Stanton
Matt Dominguez, 2-4, 2 2b, 2 RBI, BB…hopefully finally breaking out his early season slump.
Exactly.
Both were rushed to Double-A last year, but Dominguez especially; not many 19-year olds can survive in the FSL, let alone Double-A. Dude’s still only 20 years old, and as you said jar75, he’s controlling the strike zone well and is really only suffering from a subpar BABIP. I still think he’s underrated by the masses, especially with the value his glove brings.
As for Stanton… wow, huh? Those that were knocking him for his prodigious strikeout rates in Double-A last year were missing the obvious fact that he’d already shown a precocious ability to make adjustments (dropping his K% from 32.7% in the SAL at Age 18 to 25.0% in the FSL at Age 19). Clearly, having had time to adjust to Double-A, he’s doing that again. We all knew the power was there… how’s a 20.7% walk rate and a 27.7% strikeout rate look as far as controlling the strike zone goes?
Yeah
On Dominguez:
The thing I’m most surprised about is that he hasn’t hit a HR yet.
On Stanton:
I started out last off season as a doubter because of how prone he is to striking out, but the more I looked at the ridiculous ISO numbers, the more I bought into his top 5 prospect status.
The 27.7% strikeout rate doesn't exactly look good
I get what you’re saying and I agree Stanton is a hell of a prospect. That doesn’t change the fact that the strikeouts are still a big red flag. Heyward struck out less than 12% of the time in AA last year and he’s now striking out over 37% of the time in the bigs. Stanton still has to make some huge adjustments in order to not get eaten up by higher level pitching. Sure there is a great chance he adjusts, but there’s still the outside chance his power never get a chance to shine through in the majors because he struggles to make much contact with anything.
well . . .
Dude had a .278 BABIP last year. He’s really slow. He’s noted for looking really bad on a lot of swings, getting caught off-guard and making only weak contact much of the time.
In other words, that BABIP isn’t totally an aberration. It’s easy to suggest that a low BABIP just means the guy is unlucky, but that’s often not the case. As we gather more and more data, the simplest answer to draw from it is: Dominguez just isn’t a very good hitter right now. He might be one in the future, and he might be somewhat unlucky this year, but the biggest reason why that BABIP is low is because he is just getting beat.
BABIP data is fun. If BABIP is high, the guy is “just a good hitter” or “powers the ball all over the place”. If it’s low, the guy is said to be “unlucky”.
Solid glove, but all he does at the plate is draw walks with decent (but not more than that) power. People are still looking at the half a season’s worth of data he accumulated playing in Greensboro (a great hitter’s park) at age 18 and thinking he can hit.
Yeah, he won't be a high BABIP guy
But the numbers in AA and the AFL last year were absurdly low:
AA: .225
AFL: .184
He won’t be a high BABIP guy, but that is much too low for me to believe as his true talent level. And I disagree with that last part, his season in the FSL was very good last year and more impressive than his go around in the SAL.
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honestly he just reminds me of Pedro Feliz…. might have a couple really good seasons… and he might bop 20 HR a couple of seasons… and his glove will keep him playing for a while, but he isn’t a super high-ceiling guy imo…. i just don’t see it in the bat. good chance of becoming a regular… but he just doesn’t crack my top 75. in the same boat as J Castro
yep
great comp. think a few of us threw that one out there last year also. can have a nice career, but i don’t see a top tier prospect either.
baseball rules.
Look at Justin Upton for example
Strikezone judgment a lot like heyward’s in 2007. He k’s a ton now.
SP Alejandro Sanabia
Of the Florida Marlins, WHO is this kid???? a former 32nd rounder
I know nothing about him…..
but at first glance he looks like an interesting prospect. 21 or 22 years old in AA with great great numbers so far…..
Wow Blackburn makes nearly identical money as Baker does now....
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Apr 26, 2010 9:53 PM EDT reply actions
He has a pretty ERA
but the rest of his numbers are less exciting. 16 Ks over 18.1 IP is pretty good, but considering he struck out only 67 over 104 IP last year, he probably doesn’t have exceptional stuff.
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by OldProspects on Apr 26, 2010 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Sanabia
He’s got a sick, sick change-up, but he’s still filling out and there isn’t yet quite enough separation between it and his fastball. But he’s getting there. Once he starts popping 90-92 consistently, look out.
by AntonSirius on Apr 26, 2010 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
thanks for the heads up on him guys
Yeah last 2 season’s hasn’t shown much of a K rate
but I like good Control guys.
Wow Blackburn makes nearly identical money as Baker does now....
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Apr 27, 2010 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
2
Hewitt: HR, 1B, SB, 2 K
W.Myers: HR, K – in prog
Hewitt still King too much & walking too little
but the fact that he’s showing power, & hitting for a decent average has to be encouraging.
Tanner Scheppers
2 IP, 5 Ks, 0 BBs, 0 Hs
For those counting, that is 18 Ks and 0 BB over 10 IPs for the season. Only 3 Hs.
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He's killing it
Do the Rangers plan on stretching him out as a starter, or is he destined for the Pen?
I think they're keeping him in the bullpen
I imagine either as Feliz’s setup man at first, or a closer immediately
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by OldProspects on Apr 26, 2010 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
The only reason to think they'll move him to the rotation
is that they’ve been pitching him once every 4-5 days. I wonder if it depends on how the Rangers do at the major league level – it’s got to be tempting to bring him up to the major league bullpen if they have any shot of making the playoffs
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by OldProspects on Apr 26, 2010 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
They won't move him to the rotation this year.
However, Ryan and Daniels are on record as saying they absolutely view him as a starter long-term.
Jose A. Ramirez
continues to dominate:
6IP, 0R, 3H, 3BB, 8K
season – 23.1IP, 1.93ERA, 16H, 6BB, 28K
i think he's better then vizcaino
and the reason the yanks felt comfortable dealing AV
I e-mailed Jim Callis about Ramirez yesterday...
He responded: “He has a VG arm and a promising changeup, needs a better breaking ball. One of the better arms in the Yankees system.”
Ranger Matt Thompson
Sexy. Another good start last night, now 3.15 ERA, 20 IP, 25H, 4BB, 23K, 59% GB rate. And get this, BaBIP is .407, so he might actually have been a bit unlucky so far, 2.62 FIP.
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Rangers
Leury Garcia: 3-6 2B SB
Miguel Velazquez: 0-3 BB K
Edwin Garcia: 2-5 2B
Vin DiFazio: 1-5 HR 2RBI
Chad Bell: 2.0IP 3H 1R 1ER 0BB 2K 1HR
Wilfredo Boscon: 6.0IP 7H 5R 4ER 2BB 1K 0HR
Mike Bianucci: 2-4 HR 2RBI
David Paisano: 1-4 RBI
Ian Kinsler: 0-3 BB
Craig Gentry: 2-4 2RBI BB
Chad Tracy: 2-5 K
Chris Davis: 2-4 BB SB
Mitch Moreland: 1-4 2K
Saltalamacchia: 3-5 2-2B 2K
Guillermo Moscoso: 6.0IP 6H 2R 2ER 0BB 5K 1HR
Omar Beltre: 1IP 1H 0R 1BB 2K
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