MINORS THREAD TUESDAY 5/16: Harrington Seeks 5th Win

Pachoo said:
Thanks, wasn't sure. So Albies was semi well regarded. Looks like we unearthed two treasures in both 2013 and 2014, outperforming many guys who signed for millions those years.

That 2013 class was loaded, though: Eloy Jimenez, Gleyber Torres, Rafael Devers,Victor Robles, Sandy Alcantara. According to one list I found, Albies was the 44th ranked international prospect that signing class.

The 2014 class appears to not have been as good: Anderson Espinoza,Franklin Perez...can't think of anyone else. Who am I missing? Was that really it so far? I know the Yankees went nuts that year, spending over $30 million on bonuses but so far that entire class hasn't done much of anything for them. Acuna might end up the best international signee from 2014.
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Btw, our lone big money signing in 2014 was Juan Yepez, for I think $1 million. Acuna signed that year for $100k. Robles signed for $225k in 2013, another example of a lesser recognized prospect at the time who might end up one of the best players in his class.

Along with the seven big bonus international signings for us last year (players who received $1M or more), we also signed 27 other players for bonuses less than $300k. Those 27 guys are lottery tickets to me, guys who can hopefully add on 20 lbs of muscle and explode and/or grow four or five inches (these are 16 year olds we are talking about, afterall).

Fangraphs highlighted two of these lesser known signees of ours in their top prospects list. Guillermo Zuniga - starting pitcher, was older for this class (is 18 already) so they expect him to carve up the rookie leagues this year, says he has a good arsenal. Braulio Vasquez - shortstop, they said he showed up to training camp 15 lbs heavier than when we signed him, something to watch.
 
rico43 said:
This thanks to Walk-Off Walk:

Placed on DL: Carlos Castro (#49)...One day, he's hitting three homers in a game. The next, he gets blasted in the face and is headed to the DL. That was Castro's week. The three-homer barrage occurred last Wednesday and was part of a 5-for-5 day. He came out of nowhere to hit 17 homers last year in just 84 games and Wednesday's effort gave him six on the young season. Now, he's out for an undetermined amount of time as he suffered a facial fracture when Lakeland's Endrys Briceno came high-and-tight against him.
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That seriously blows, had no idea he got hurt. A facial fracture can't be an easy thing to recover from, especially mentally.
 
jimsnores said:
On base four times. Despite his recent rough stretch, he's reached a level of pretty much league average in hitting, in a league where he's the youngest player. I am hoping he'll get hot and hit like he did in AA last year. Unless the unthinkable happens and the Braves are in a playoff race after call ups are available, I hope he finishes the year in AAA, and posts full season stats that are excellent.
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I think we are underestimating the effects of the season ending injury and recovery Albies has gone through. I am not convinced that he has fully recovered yet.
 
Pachoo said:
I think we are underestimating the effects of the season ending injury and recovery Albies has gone through. I am not convinced that he has fully recovered yet.
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Thank you. As been stated by many..myself included..his bat to barrel skills are uncanny. Thinking about his injury, it's got to be scary with his wrist and forearm torque. I broke the radial head bone in my forearm and you literally can't rotate your hands, wrist..forearm.

Prospect fatigue is real, but Albies is still our best prospect. I've seen some thinking he is Peraza 2.0 but to me he's much more.
 
Deester11 said:
Thank you. As been stated by many..myself included..his bat to barrel skills are uncanny. Thinking about his injury, it's got to be scary with his wrist and forearm torque. I broke the radial head bone in my forearm and you literally can't rotate your hands, wrist..forearm.

Prospect fatigue is real, but Albies is still our best prospect. I've seen some thinking he is Peraza 2.0 but to me he's much more.
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I would guess it will be two full years until you start seeing the old Oz
 
If Albies ends the year on a high note I see no reason he won't be the favorite for the job going into spring training.
 
thethe said:
1.5 years in AAA? Even if he finishes this year with a strong performance?
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Yeah. And I'm not too worried his feelings will get hurt, causing him to be ill-disposed to a team friendly extension at some future date.
 
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