Originally Posted by tk13:
Gonna be interesting to see how they juggle lineups once Mondesi comes back. Going to be a lot of guys we all want to see get ABs every day and not enough room to play them all.
Adalberto Mondesi will report to Omaha today to start a rehab assignment. He will begin playing with Omaha tomorrow.
Originally Posted by tk13:
Gonna be interesting to see how they juggle lineups once Mondesi comes back. Going to be a lot of guys we all want to see get ABs every day and not enough room to play them all.
Adalberto Mondesi will report to Omaha today to start a rehab assignment. He will begin playing with Omaha tomorrow.— Jeffrey Flanagan (@FlannyMLB) August 19, 2019
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Originally Posted by BWillie:
This dude currently has a 0.52 ERA in 35 innings.
What about Vinnie Pasquantino? He's having early hitting success. We need some diamond in the rough guy to be able to hit, because it's pretty bleak down there offensively.
Pasquantino looks like a legit find. He made some changes as a jr after a bad cape cod season and seems to have unlocked his power stroke.
I’m still a believer in Isbel, too. He’s struggling at Wilmington, but lots of guys do (and he had the hamate procedure earlier this year, which as we discussed, usually affects hitters). [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
We’ll see on that. TINSTAPP is a thing for a reason. His success is really exciting.
I could see some Cole Hamels-type max outcomes for him. The deception plays his stuff up, and if his curve is on he’s really tough.
John Lamb was the last guy who dominated Wilmington and Lexington to this level (though Bubic is even better), and he also was a lefty with a great FB-CH command profile. Then he blew out his elbow, slacked on his rehab, and never made it back all the way.
Any chance they promote him to AA this year? They should get him on the same track as Singer and Kowar.
How high do you think Bubic will get on the top 100 lists this offseason? He just seems to be alot more dominant than both of those guys. [Reply]
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Any chance they promote him to AA this year? They should get him on the same track as Singer and Kowar.
How high do you think Bubic will get on the top 100 lists this offseason? He just seems to be alot more dominant than both of those guys.
Duncan could give a better scouting report but I believe Bubic might not be rated quite as highly as those other guys because he throws low 90s. Doesn't mean he can't end up being a better pitcher though. He's certainly been dominant so far. There's such an emphasis on pure power these days. [Reply]
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Any chance they promote him to AA this year? They should get him on the same track as Singer and Kowar.
How high do you think Bubic will get on the top 100 lists this offseason? He just seems to be alot more dominant than both of those guys.
It’s possible, I guess. But Wilmington is going to be in the playoffs and I don’t think NWA will. They may value the playoff experience and extended season over pushing him to AA to start 2020.
I think Bubic will be in the back half of the top 100 lists and maybe left out of Baseball Pro’s list because the velocity and breaking ball aren’t blow always.
His fastball sits 92-93, which needs to be commanded well to succeed in the majors. He’s deceptive, though, which helps that play up, and has a plus-plus changeup, which plays it up more. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
Almost time to pull the plug on Cheslor too. 0-34 slump, simply cannot have that and esp from a corner IF. Nice knowing ya.
Yeah. His success was babip driven, just evening out now.
Dozier has negative defensive grades at 3B and in the OF. Might be best served rolling with him at 1B long-term unless he makes big strides in the OF before next year [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
Yeah. His success was babip driven, just evening out now.
Dozier has negative defensive grades at 3B and in the OF. Might be best served rolling with him at 1B long-term unless he makes big strides in the OF before next year
1B is where I see Dozier at long term. I also see Witt, Jr settling into 3rd in the future. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
Yeah. His success was babip driven, just evening out now.
Dozier has negative defensive grades at 3B and in the OF. Might be best served rolling with him at 1B long-term unless he makes big strides in the OF before next year
Dozier looks great at 3B, I don’t get his metrics. The gap between them is about as large as I can remember from a Royal. As usual I defer to the metrics over my lying eyes, but as he showed last night he’s a damn good athlete for his size.....shuffles well.....I don’t get it [Reply]