Wonder if they will look at him as a starter next year.
Wonder if they will look at him as a starter next year.
I thought Minter was drafted to be fast tracked as a pen guy... once healthy
I was just looking back at the 2015 draft and noticed our 6th (#86) pick Anthony Guardado has pitched only 1 inning 7/3/2015.. He was a stretch pick, I understand that... but anyone know anything about him.. like what happened to him... it is like he disappeared. Very strange for a higher up pick like that..
I thought I read somewhere he's a reliever all the way. I know he started in college, but I'm not sure he ever really developed a 3rd pitch.
Considering how successful he looks in this role and the amount of starters we have in the minors -- I think they probably let him develop as a potential high-leverage reliever.
Combined stats from Rome/Carolina:
12 IP, 0.00 ERA, 4 BB, 13 SO, .098 BAA, 9.75 K/9, 3.00 BB/9
Straight dealing this year, gotta imagine he's in AA before too long.
We don't have a surplus of starters.
we disagree.
Not to start a fuss, but no one can ever have a surplus of SPs IMO. If you look really closely...
1.) Julio's a #2 who's at the top of our rotation and may be traded.
2.) Wisler appeared to have turned the corner, but has suddenly started to look like he's still got a long way to go to be a solid #3.
3.) Folty's got the stuff to be a #1 or #2 and looked as if he was turning the corner, but he's also beginning to look like he could be injury-prone and won't get there - at least not consistently.
4.) Perez' current malady is his shoulder - I cringe personally whenever I hear "Pitcher" and "shoulder" in the same sentence.
5.) For some reason that still escapes me it appears that they've given up on Jenkins as a starter.
6.) Norris might be riding the hottest 2 start streak of his career and could implode at any time.
7.) Gant's absolute ceiling is as a #3, and he's got a long way to go to get there - yet.
8.) Everyone else still has a LONG way to go to be able to say that they're legitimate rotation pieces, and the highest-ceiling guys are all really struggling with both command and control - other than Povse (who's cooled off now), none of them have cobbled together more than 2-3 good starts in a row.
There's no doubt we have a lot of talent, but turning talent into finished products is always the hardest step.
Yeah, I'm with sacpi on this one. We have a lot of prospects, but that's a long way from saying we have a surplus of SPs.
we have elite pitching depth (prospects)...
I'm curious...who would be on your list of our elite pitching prospects
1. may be traded
2. young pitchers struggle. this might be a simple case of Wisler adjusting to hitters adjusting
3. no structural damage.
4. Perez is depth, not dependent upon.
5. Jenkins could always be pushed in to starting again
6. Norris is trade fodder..
7. Gant is a rookie.. hopefully with doing a job consistently, he will show what he has. He pitched like a #2 in the minors as a starter.
8. Blair, Ellis and Whalen are all ready and don't have much else to prove in the minors. How good they will be is up for debate. Our true pitching depth is A+ and lower... Newcomb and Sims are still young but close to being ready.
9. The fact that I could name 10 names worth mentioning, means there is depth.
Again, I'm not saying we don't have a lot to be excited about - you're missing the point. You've got a lot of "mights" and "hopefullys" right now. Right now...
Blair's not throwing enough strikes - particularly quality strikes - to get through 5 innings. Neither is Gant.
Ellis is walking entirely too many AA hitters to expect him to be different - calling him and Whalen "ready" is a pretty big stretch.
Newcomb and Sims don't throw enough strikes to be considered remotely close to ready either.
Don't get me wrong, everybody's thrilled that we've stockpiled all these guys - but Blair was considered the closest of the group (by far, actually) to being "ready" to contribute to a MLB rotation, and he's not ready yet. These guys all still have a long way to go.
The Cubs can't really say they have enough hitting prospects can they?
They are set in a way we aren't. There are two big differences. First attrition for position prospects is significantly lower than for pitchers. Second, at the major league level they have much more in the way of established talented players under contractual control for a while than we do on the pitching side. It is a yuge difference.
... but enough in the minors that some potential starters may not be starting because the minor league rotations are full.