He will be a class A. Anything less and he will fall to B.

Recced enough.

we tried to start up a daily question thread, because back then we were getting lots of little questions turned into posts and people complained that diaries/fanposts were getting pushed down to much because of them. It didn’t really work out then, but it would be nice if this could work. It’s definitely worth giving a shot and seeing what happens with it.

I’ve got a few questions to throw out here:

If you were the Cardinals, would you trade Ludwick and/or Ankiel for pitching/MI help giving one or two of Rasmus/Jones/Jay a job in the OF? If so, who would be your trade targets? Would you hang onto Ludwick because he’s going to be a cost controlled slugger for a few years to pair with Pujols and Wallace? Would you move them both and be ok with an OF of Jones/Jay/Rasmus in some combination L-R, which would be excellent defensively but potentially below average offensively? Do you trade one or two of the prospects if you hang onto Ludwick? If so, do you trade Jones and/or Jay, or do you go big ticket and try and move Rasmus for something big in an area of need? Targets?

Intersting enough. I’m not sure Guillen’s legs hold up too much. The arm is obviously there, but there is a reason he was moved to 1B. the bat showed significant regression in ISOp this year, and continued a 3 year decrease in wOBA. I think the potential is there to have another 20-80 year at tops, and, at worst, continue the decline. Guillen needs to take the 6’1" 213lb down about 13 lb and get back in shape, otherwise his FB% and HR/FB will remain as low as last year.

Did quite well this year;)

Doesn’t make too much sense, maybe that was intended. Scouts often look to the Cape Cod league to answer the power translation to wooden bats.

have to square up on the ball to make hard contact with metal. A lot of guys get really cheap HRs and doubles which make their stats look nice, but they don’t have the fundamental skill of getting the barrel through the strike zone with enough speed and bat control to swing the heavier wood bats.

At least, that’s how I understand it, never having played at a competitive level with wood bats.

Has no business on the list, just like in the past, despite Dr B’s objections. BTW I like that guy, where did he disapppear to? As for Sandoval, I dunno, maybe 40-50?

It’s all about service days, and Gonzalez had only about 90 service days in MLB this season. You have to accumulate 6 years’ worth to be a free agent.

As of right now, if he spent the next 6 years in the majors, he would become a free agent in the 2014-2015 offseason, and would be in arbitration from 2012-2014. That calendar could get messed up if he spends more time in the minor leagues, however.

and make everyone happy

In other words, you’re much more likely to get an above-average player out of the 3rd round but also much more likely to get a guy who doesn’t even make it to AA. It has nothing at all to do with “adjustment” or some nonsense like that. It’s basic talent winnowing— the Peter Principle, as it were.

3 years of college production makes it far, far easier for teams to determine who the good college players are— with the result that they get picked earlier.

Also, it used to be that teams fetishized high schoolers and college draftees were undervalued. Now the market has corrected itself, more or less.

Imagine if he was a Padre.

He really has to get out of Detroit to have any hope at ressurecting his career. I still think he’d make a pretty good closer for someone - based mainly on the limited offerings he has.

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