The Official 2019 Minor League Statline and Prospect Discussion Thread

[Chuck]

Well we don't have any minor league rosters yet but @Dave Saltzer got a group picture of the IE 66ers and an interview with Torii Hunter Jr. 

 

[Hubs]

I love minor league depth, but I've learned not to get excited until a hitting prospect basically dominates in AA. Then they are close. So we'll see with Marsh and Jones.

Adell looked great there, hopefully he can do better at AAA when he's healthy. I also think he'd be up right now if he were healthy.

 

[Docwaukee]

66ers roster:

 

 

[Docwaukee]

very aggressive with a bunch of pitchers

recent draftees from 2018 straight to A+ without throwing an inning in pro ball last year.  

Aaron Hernandez
Kyle Bradish
Cooper Criswell
 

[rafibomb]

2 hours ago, Dochalo said:

very aggressive with a bunch of pitchers

recent draftees from 2018 straight to A+ without throwing an inning in pro ball last year.  

Aaron Hernandez
Kyle Bradish
Cooper Criswell
 

Hopefully they see the same success from the approach as Canning did last season

[Docwaukee]

the minor league season can't start soon enough.  

[totdprods]

Extremely intriguing group of pitchers there at IE. Chris Rodriguez! Now’s the time buddy.

Bradish, Brady, Criswell, Hanewich, Hernandez, Madero, Rodriguez, Tavarez, Warren, and Wantz - hell, actually all of them are the pretty interesting and have some reason to be optimistic, either from their draft pedigree or performance to date.

Torres, Rivas, Pina, Hunter, MacKinnon, and Martinez are slim pickings for the offense though. 

[Second Base]

Surprised that Madero is still at Inland Empire.  Given his promising late season surge and Spring showing, I thought for sure he'd be tested at AA.  Probably in June. 

[Docwaukee]

From John Bohnenkamp's twitter.  for some reason the tweet wouldn't paste.

[totdprods]

I wonder if the 'Nonie Williams, outfielder' experiment is over, or if it's just a typo, or if he's shifting into a super-utility path.

Key year for Nonie. He showed a little life there in the last stretch of his season.

Just like with IE, the pitching really needs to step up. Duensing, Molina, Pina, Rogalla, Soriano, Yan...now is the time to show something. Between IE and Burlington, we could see a really big shift in our farm's pitching and the 2022ish wave of talent.

[Second Base]

Jeremiah Jackson and D'Shawn Knowles not on the Burlington roster.  Interesting.  

[bloodbrother]

Start the MILB season now

[Chuck]

40 minutes ago, Second Base said:

Jeremiah Jackson and D'Shawn Knowles not on the Burlington roster.  Interesting.  

They may be injured or kept in Arizona for additional seasoning before they hit Burlington. 

Or the plan all along was to give them a full 3 months in Orem this season. 

[Angelsjunky]

I suspect Duensing was done-singing awhile ago.

[totdprods]

19 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

They may be injured or kept in Arizona for additional seasoning before they hit Burlington. 

Or the plan all along was to give them a full 3 months in Orem this season. 

If it’s anything like last year, no one will be in one place for long if they’re producing. 

Those guys are super young. They might start in Orem, get bumped up after two hot weeks, and then jump straight to IE in 2020, and, should they continue to produce, be knocking on the door late 2021. 

We’re only seeing the very beginning of what I think is going to be a league-wide push towards playing the youth, barring significant CBA changes. I don’t think it would be crazy to see numerous top HS players making the bigs in 2-3 years or too college players spending a year or less before getting promoted, and more extensions, both big like Acuña and Eloy, to mid like Grichuk and Marquez and small like Bote.

[Angelsjunky]

There’s only three outfielders so either Nonie was misplaced or D’Shawn wasn’t listed yet.

[Chuck]

 

 

[Docwaukee]

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

 

Nonie an OFer on this list.  

[Docwaukee]

 

 

[Chuck]

Bummer that Jose Suarez is beginning the season on the IR.

[rafibomb]

33 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Bummer that Jose Suarez is beginning the season on the IR.

What is Suarez on the IR for ?

[Docwaukee]

4 minutes ago, rafibomb said:

What is Suarez on the IR for ?

an injury.  duh

[rafibomb]

9 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

an injury.  duh

[Tank]

39 minutes ago, rafibomb said:

What is Suarez on the IR for ?

for about 15 days.

[Angel Oracle]

Injuries!!!!!!!!!