Jackson allowed 4 SB and had a passed ball tonight. Did anyone watch and see how he looked behind the plate?
Julio3000 (04-07-2017), Managuarantano's Volunteers (04-07-2017)
AJ says "just rake, son."
Watched newk tonight. He is legit. His problem is he loses his fastball command and misses up and away or just up. He then gets hit. When he is. Commanding inside and low. No one can touch him.
Got to listen to the Wilson start. Man he was on. He had only 2 three ball counts. Gave up a solid double and then just shut everyone down and did it easily. Grounders. Pop ups. And Ks. Dude was awesome.
See this is not true. There are better pitching prospects out there with poor command who still dominate.
I would understand him getting exposed in the majors due to poor command, but he should not struggle with minor leaguers to the degree that he does.
He may throw 97, but I suspect that hitters pick it up well. He doesn't have deception.
Rojas jr 2-5, hr
He has 3 RBIs, enscheff... we need to bring him up bc he knows how to drive runs in
I would also like to see Rojas get a shot.
Ruiz 2-5, error
That's 3 errors in 2 games. What's going on with him?
Valenzuela 4-4, 3b
Scivicque 2-4
A. Morris, save, 2 ip 1 h 0 er 0 bb 1 k
Is Valenzuela a prospect?
The path I'd like to see for him is half a season each in High A, AA and AAA before getting called up. And I would want to see him have success at each level before promotion.
If you think about player value it is concentrated in the pre-free agency years. You want those years in the majors to be peak production years as much as possible, rather than learning years.
50PoundHead (04-08-2017)
Herbert was ranked at or near the top of the catch-and-throw guys in the 2015 draft. His bat will be the question. Cumberland caught at Cal, but a number of scouts wonder if he has a major league future at that position. His bat plays, so it would be great if his catching skills would develop. I'm surprised Tanner Murphy isn't splitting time with Morales in Florida.