The Official 2018 Minor League Statline and Prospect Discussion Thread

[GrittyVeterans]

Soto is 17 years old. He IS a child

[Lou]

it might be time to tell Maitan to just go up to the plate and do whatever the hell he wants. 

[Chuck]

btw.. Jo Adell and a few other 66er teammates got food poisoning a couple days ago, which is why he and some others haven't played. 

[Chuck]

I'm bummed that they pushed Jose Suarez start to tomorrow. I have tickets for tonight so I get to see Morales instead. 

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

btw.. Jo Adell and a few other 66er teammates got food poisoning a couple days ago, which is why he and some others haven't played. 

Whatever Marsh ate, he should go back for seconds... Back to back 2 hit games for him.

[Dave Saltzer]

Most of the IE66ers are like this:

But Brandon Marsh is like this:

Whatever you do, though, don't call him Shirley.

[eaterfan]

New BA top 100 out. I didn't see the list.

[Chuck]

9 minutes ago, eaterfan said:

New BA top 100 out. I didn't see the list.

Ohtani graduated, so Vlad Jr. overtook Acuna Jr. for the #1 spot and Soto shot all the way up to 4th. 

Jo Adell is now at 24th on the list! That's 20 spots up from his last placement. 

Marsh is now 64th, Canning right behind him at 65th, Jones at 78th now.

Suarez and Rengifo are probably next in line. 

[Chuck]

13 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Ohtani graduated, so Vlad Jr. overtook Acuna Jr. for the #1 spot and Soto shot all the way up to 4th. 

Jo Adell is now at 24th on the list! That's 20 spots up from his last placement. 

Marsh is now 64th, Canning right behind him at 65th, Jones at 78th now.

Suarez and Rengifo are probably next in line. 

Crazy that Griffin Canning went from not being on the list, to #100, to #65. Adell is knocking on the door to become a top 20 prospect. 

[Inside Pitch]

6 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Crazy that Griffin Canning went from not being on the list, to #100, to #65. Adell is knocking on the door to become a top 20 prospect. 

Even crazier that Marsh has tripped over his junk in High A and still moved up..   This both points out the biases of the BBA ranking systems and just how talented he truly is.   Dude can put up a 400 OPS for a month and still be seen as someone on the rise due to tools and projection.

Edited June 1, 2018 by Inside Pitch

[Angel Oracle]

This happens when the GM is focused on all players in the draft, including very high ceiling players, and not just high floor players (hello Dip*ssy). 

[ettin]

2 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Even crazier that Marsh has tripped over his junk in High A and still moved up..   This both points out the biases of the BBA ranking systems and just how talented he truly is.   Dude can put up a 400 OPS for a month and still be seen as someone on the rise due to tools and projection.

I like it when you talk like this.

[Docwaukee]

Joey Gatto's AA debut not so hotto.  

[rafibomb]

6 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

Joey Gatto's AA debut not so hotto.  

Only 8 of the 9 runs are earned so it's not as bad as it seems.

[Chuck]

Jose Suarez vs. Jayson Werth. 

[Chuck]

Dan Vogelbach is fat.

[Stradling]

Anyone here that Fletcher was not playing today and is healthy?  I read on FB that there is speculation about him not playing.  

[Chuck]

Suarez sitting 91-94 MPH. Good change. 

Victimized by bad defense..

Only four hard hit balls so far. Two were outs. 

[Chuck]

1 minute ago, The Boogie Man said:

Anyone here that Fletcher was not playing today and is healthy?  I read on FB that there is speculation about him not playing.  

He leadoff the game with a hit. Looks fine.

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

He leadoff the game with a hit. Looks fine.

Hmm.  Ok.  

[Chuck]

10 minutes ago, The Boogie Man said:

Hmm.  Ok.  

Fletcher is playing 3B tonight, Cowart 2B, JMF 1B. 

[Second Base]

12 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Suarez sitting 91-94 MPH. Good change. 

Victimized by bad defense..

Only four hard hit balls so far. Two were outs. 

92-93 is pretty decent for a lefty and the plus change will be necessary against RHB. What's he using as his out pitch tonight?

[Chuck]

1 minute ago, Scotty@AW said:

92-93 is pretty decent for a lefty and the plus change will be necessary against RHB. What's he using as his out pitch tonight?

Lost some steam in the last two innings. Sitting 90-92. 

Change and curve were his out pitches.

[Chuck]

Interesting that there is a Royals scout here watching Suarez and our prospects. 

[Docwaukee]

19 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

92-93 is pretty decent for a lefty and the plus change will be necessary against RHB. What's he using as his out pitch tonight?

LHed Barria?