Seattle Mariners Organization Discussion

And I would think Vinny’s bat has to get him at the tail end of many top 100 lists.

not disagreeing, but do others agree on Campos in the 75-100 range. (I just don’t know enough.)

that guy’s loved around these parts.

But its tough to overrate a 19 who overmatched the midwest league as a 19 year with a mid-upper 90s fastball and a powercurve. A pitcher who only strikes guys out can be overrated, a pitcher that only gets a lot of groundballs can be overrated, a pitcher that dominates the lower minors can be overrated. A guy that does all of those things at his age who has only been pitching for a couple years?

But its tough to overrate a guy who overmatched the midwest league as a 19 year with a mid-upper 90s fastball and a powercurve. A pitcher who only strikes guys out can be overrated, a pitcher that only gets a lot of groundballs can be overrated, a pitcher that dominates the lower minors can be overrated. A guy that does all of those things at his age who has only been pitching for a couple years?

Who do you prefer through their age 18 season: Taijuan Walker or Jose Campos?

Walker is one month younger and has a higher strikeout %, but Campos was in the NWL (better hitters league), has lower FIP values, and walks one-third of the hitters that Walker does. Not saying Walker isn’t the better of the two, just that’s it’s closer than one might think.

Really loved the skills and tools when I saw him in Everett, but he’s gonna have to get moving pretty quick as he’s 22 and has just 40 very disappointing MWL games to his name.

If he looks good in March, I’d probably be inclined to try to jump him over Clinton so he doesn’t have to go back out there in April.

Could be a steal of the draft.

Who discovered him through that Name Smackdown or whatever it is called that MiLB does every year?

He is always flying under the radar and has been since high school (over shadowed by Red Sox prospect Lars Anderson), but he really broke out in 2011 anything less than a B- would be a crime (especially given his C+ from last year). The guy has shown power and average at every level. I wonder how he will fit in the crowded Mariner OF with Carp, Robinson, Ichiro, Gutierrez, Saunders, etc.

*I don’t think the Mariners view him as a 3B anymore.

compared to some of the other low minor pitchers in the system.
I think he has got way more attention than these under the radar pitchers who have had similar or better performance:
Kyle Hunter
Jordan Pries
Stephen Landazurri
Cameron Hobson
Stephen Kohlscheen
Roenis Elias

Got a B last year, but I think he’s a B-. I think he can play an important bullpen role, and he’s relatively safe, but for a reliever to get a B or better grade, he’d have to be putting up a little better numbers at the very least.

I’m curious how he compares to Heredia and Cardona. Heredia got a B- grade, was outpitched by Cardona, and Sanchez received better scouting grades than Cardona at age 16.

If he ends up not getting ranked here, it would be nice to get different POVs of his performance.

I doubt it though. The makings are there with a couple minor league successes and a couple signings, they aren’t as far away as people think, at least to me.