If Logan O'Hoppe misses significant time should the Angels promote Edgar Quero?

[Chuck]

Should the #Angels unfortunately lose Logan O'Hoppe for an extended period of time on the IL, one wonders if the Angels will promote Edgar Quero who has picked up right where he left off last season slashing .364/.512/.545 in Double-A. Defensively he hasn't committed an error or passed ball across 9 games behind the dish. He's caught 2-out-5 base stealers as well. More importantly he's worked extremely well with the Rocket City Trash Pandas pitching staff, especially their starters. Full Interview with Edgar Quero:

 

 

 

[Revad]

Too soon, another year if he continues developing as he has.  Please let’s not mess up both of our catching prospects like we did with the OFs.

[James]

9 minutes ago, Revad said:

Too soon, another year if he continues developing as he has.  Please let’s not mess up both of our catching prospects like we did with the OFs.

How are we messing up the first? 

[Tank]

no.

[mmc]

No, just see about trading for a stopgap if we don't think Wallach/Thaiss is adequate

[DMVol]

If O'Hoppe is out for the year, I'd look at a trade....not a headline type deal (wrong time of year for that) but it shouldn't be too hard to upgrade over Thaiss and Wallach....I guess the big question is how long is Stassi from returning?

[Revad]

2 minutes ago, James said:

How are we messing up the first? 

Well, I guess I see the shoulder as something that needs to be addressed and I’m questioning his being allowed to play so much under the conditions.  Maybe he plays through it for a year but it could impact his career, truth is my faith in the Angels medical staff is impacted by the past, as others have pointed out.

[gurn67]

He's already better than Thaiss, or Walbeck, ever were, or ever will be.

[T.G.]

[Angels 1961]

NO!

[James]

If they feel he can handle that jump than sure. I doubt that is the case though. 

[Mark68]

No. He's not ready yet. Christ, he's only 19!

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, Mark68 said:

No. He's not ready yet. Christ, he's only 19!

He turned 20 a couple weeks ago.  Now he's ready!

[Mark68]

1 minute ago, jsnpritchett said:

He turned 20 a couple weeks ago.  Now he's ready!

Oh, OK. Now that he's no longer a teenager, he's ready! Then what is Perry waiting for?

[Tank]

[drpiranha]

No. Don't do it, before he has at least 50 more games in the minors and is performing the same.

O'Hoppe has as many or more HRs and RBI in less ABs than Trout and Ohtani. How about challenging all players who make 30 mil or more a year to up their game.

[stormngt]

Hell no!  Desperate promotion.  We saw how that worked with Adell.  

[EcksteinSpawn22]

As others have mentioned, to me that would scream desperation. The FO is surely feeling the "Angels must win now" pressure from just about everywhere, but it's hard to think a low-risk trade for an upgrade over Thaiss/Wallach wouldn't be the move.

[Angel Oracle]

I’d give Quero most of this season to see how he ultimately performs. 

Very few 20 year-old catchers get called up to start a lot of games.

[DMVol]

12 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

I’d give Quero most of this season to see how he ultimately performs. 

Very few 20 year-old catchers get called up to start a lot of games.

Pudge and maybe Johnny Bench….

[Tank]

5 hours ago, drpiranha said:

How about challenging all players who make 30 mil or more a year to up their game.

“We upped our game, now up yours!”

[Warfarin]

Quero has played 9 professional games above A ball.  There is no way he should be called up.  Of all the positions that you should take your time with in terms of player development and staying in the minors, catcher is probably #1.

Quero's bat looks great, but most of the value of a catcher comes from his defense, and his reportedly needs considerable amounts of work.

[BTH]

“Catcher is the toughest position to break into the big leagues at, especially on a team that is expected to win,” Angels general manager Perry Minasian said. “There’s so much decision-making, you have to be dependable, reliable, limit mistakes and learn from them. You have to develop the trust of your pitchers. For me, it’s the most important position on a club.”

https://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/story/2023-04-03/angels-logan-ohoppe-rookie-catcher

 

That quote tells you what Perry thinks about catchers. There's no chance Perry trusts a 20-year old to handle a MLB pitching staff.

[mmc]

Neither option would be ideal for the major-league team. The wild card is 20-year-old Edgar Quero. He was probably considered years away from being ready. But with the Angels in a difficult situation, Minasian didn’t rule out him getting a shot later if it became needed. He has a 1.038 OPS in Double A.

“I would consider everybody, yeah,” Minasian said when asked about Quero. “If they’re in the organization, we’ll take a look and we’ll consider what our best options are.”

[ThisismineScios]

No.