Bees Win Opener, 8-3

[LightTheHalo]

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t561&t=g_box&gid=2014_04_03_srcaaa_slcaaa_1

 

HRs for Shuck and Jimenez.

 

Sigh.

[Chris]

Can we call up Rasmus?

[Homebrewer]

They should win, they are loaded.

[Brent Maguire]

Arkansas dominated as well tonight putting up 20 runs.

[tomsred]

Can we call up Rasmus?

 

Don't stop there, call up the whole team!

[LBHalos17]

Anaheim Travelling Bees!

[Second Base]

Grant Green looked good at SS, Lucho is finding his timing, and Lindsey and Cron don't look intimidated at all. That's a good, talented squad. AA looks really strong too. But apparently we have a terrible farm system.

[nate]

Can we call up Rasmus?

 

Rasmus was awful with the Angels last year.

[Stradling]

Yea, we have a horrible farm system because none of those guys you mentioned will be really good major leaguers. We could see one of them being a starter, but not a real impact guy. I love having the Salmon's and the GA's and the Trout's come up through the system. What I would like right now though is to have another Shields or K-Rod come in and save the day, because what we have in the bully is pretty ugly.

[WallyWorld]

the way Freese has looked so far, I'd rather see Green getting time at 3B in AAA.

[jshep]

Grant Green looked good at SS, Lucho is finding his timing, and Lindsey and Cron don't look intimidated at all. That's a good, talented squad. AA looks really strong too. But apparently we have a terrible farm system.

 

Well yeah, we do have a terrible farm system.

[nate]

Yeah, one of the five worst in baseball actually.  It is dismal and embarrassing.

 

This current MLB team is a prime example of what happens when you trade away all of your pitching.

[DMVol]

Can we call up Rasmus?

He has been very good at AAA before....hasn't translated well against big league hitting (yet)....

[Glen]

Bees! Killer Bees! Your firearms are useless against them!

[Chris]

I think Green's potential is an everyday 2B or 3B, or utility IF with a solid bat off the bench.  But since we have Lindsay at 2B, Jimenez at 3B, and traded Romine; looks like Green will get a lot of time at SS.

[Second Base]

Well yeah, we do have a terrible farm system.

 

Yes we do, I'll admit.  There are definitely some weak spots, specifically AAA and AA starting pitching, but I think we can all agree it isn't barren.  Sappington looks like a major leaguer, it's just a question of bullpen or rotation.  Lindsey, Cron, Cowart, Stamets, Yarbrough and Rondon are all going to be major leaguers, it's just a question of whether or not they'll turn into role players, starters or stars.  And we have a couple of very young, high upside arms in Hunter Green and Ricardo Sanchez.  

 

I feel like the last 3 years the Angels prospects haven't received the attention that other, lesser prospects get.  Grichuk was just the guy drafted before Trout, but suddenly he's dealt to the Cardinals and now he must be really good.  After all, he's a Cardinal prospect now.  Not to mention we've seen a wave of players step into prominent MLB roles in the last 3-4 years in Trout, Bourjos, Trumbo, Torres and Richards.  How many of them frequented Top 100 lists?  One.

 

I think it'd be fair to say that this next wave that arrives in the next 2 years will also churn out it's fair share of players in prominent roles.   

[gurn67]

13 more runs tonight. That lineup's going to average over 8 runs a game in those ballparks. Green 6 for 9 so far playing shortstop. Thought he might play 3rd this year so he'd be ready when Freese gets non-tendered.