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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1850 on: July 29, 2017, 10:18:24 am »
Like Peter, Olympic skater Eddie Alvarez ended last year at AAA, but was demoted back to AA this year. And like Peter he started off in a terrible slump. He's only gotten his BA to .234 but has been promoted to AAA anyway.

Before this year I always thought he was a good bet to make it as a utility inf., a Greg Grebeck type, but this year has been a real setback & at his age he really couldn't afford a bad year.

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1851 on: July 29, 2017, 01:19:48 pm »
Interesting piece but the guy shows his ignorance of Sox prospects when he pegs Lopez as a future reliever

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1852 on: July 30, 2017, 08:34:16 pm »
Sam Carlson signed for 2 million...  Sheets signed for the same... We really passed on the wrong player.

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1853 on: August 01, 2017, 03:06:43 pm »

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1854 on: August 01, 2017, 03:52:09 pm »
Guy outside the top 30 is on the big league roster.  Amazing

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1855 on: August 01, 2017, 05:03:15 pm »
Sam Carlson signed for 2 million...  Sheets signed for the same... We really passed on the wrong player.

Hilarious.  You, the ace prospect evaluator, have already decided Sam Carlson would have been the better pick.  What in Carlson's THREE WHOLE INNINGS of AZ Rookie League professional baseball experience helped you come to that conclusion? The .364 BA against or the 1.33 WHIP?  LOL 

 BTW, ANYBODY who decides any player was the "wrong pick" before the player was released or at the minimum has spent 15 months in the minors is jumping to conclusions and tryng to justify their initial bias.

Sam Carlsonhttp://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=672277#/career/R/pitching/2017/ALL

Gavin Sheetshttp://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=milb&player_id=657757#/career/R/hitting/2017/ALL

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1856 on: August 01, 2017, 06:08:28 pm »
And Carlson is clearly a high risk high reward guy, as are most HS pitchers

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1857 on: August 01, 2017, 08:57:26 pm »

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1858 on: August 02, 2017, 12:15:55 am »
Guy outside the top 30 is on the big league roster.  Amazing

Three guys outside that ChicagoNow FutureSox top 30 list are now on the active roster. - Goldberg, Delmonico & Bummer.

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1859 on: August 02, 2017, 08:52:43 am »
Yeah, the analysis by the Braves fan isn't terrible, but there is no way you can rate a 20-30 prospect over a guy that is already contributing at the mlb level. The whole point of being a prospect is that you MIGHT do that.

Braves probably still have a tad bit more depth, but we've added Gillaspie and Puckett since that writing. We have more top level prospects and the depth is similar. I just don't see the argument for Atlanta at this point.

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1860 on: August 04, 2017, 08:15:30 am »
Sam Carlson signed for 2 million...  Sheets signed for the same... We really passed on the wrong player.

Hilarious.  You, the ace prospect evaluator, have already decided Sam Carlson would have been the better pick.  What in Carlson's THREE WHOLE INNINGS of AZ Rookie League professional baseball experience helped you come to that conclusion? The .364 BA against or the 1.33 WHIP?  LOL 

 BTW, ANYBODY who decides any player was the "wrong pick" before the player was released or at the minimum has spent 15 months in the minors is jumping to conclusions and tryng to justify their initial bias.

Sam Carlsonhttp://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=672277#/career/R/pitching/2017/ALL

Gavin Sheetshttp://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=milb&player_id=657757#/career/R/hitting/2017/ALL

It isnt about my ACE prospector status, it was industry concesus that sam was a top 20 pick... he fell to us in the second and we passed for someone that we reached on.

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1861 on: August 04, 2017, 12:39:52 pm »

Midseason ranking of MLB's Top 10 farm systems
After major prospect haul at Trade Deadline, rebuilding White Sox lead list, followed by Braves

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/246166920/midseason-ranking-of-mlbs-top-10-farm-systems/?topicid=151437456


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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1862 on: August 05, 2017, 07:13:45 am »
Sam Carlson signed for 2 million...  Sheets signed for the same... We really passed on the wrong player.

Hilarious.  You, the ace prospect evaluator, have already decided Sam Carlson would have been the better pick.  What in Carlson's THREE WHOLE INNINGS of AZ Rookie League professional baseball experience helped you come to that conclusion? The .364 BA against or the 1.33 WHIP?  LOL 

 BTW, ANYBODY who decides any player was the "wrong pick" before the player was released or at the minimum has spent 15 months in the minors is jumping to conclusions and tryng to justify their initial bias.

Sam Carlsonhttp://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=672277#/career/R/pitching/2017/ALL

Gavin Sheetshttp://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=milb&player_id=657757#/career/R/hitting/2017/ALL

It isnt about my ACE prospector status, it was industry concesus that sam was a top 20 pick... he fell to us in the second and we passed for someone that we reached on.
My 2 cents worth, rather have Carlson than Sheets, not that I mind sheets.

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1863 on: August 05, 2017, 07:31:05 am »
MSF = concise

Andy gave us about $4 worth

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1864 on: August 05, 2017, 01:55:01 pm »
My 2 cents worth, rather have Carlson than Sheets, not that I mind sheets.

Sure you prefer Carlson as he's from Minnesota.   ;D

I've noticed it'll be three weeks on Tuesday since Carlson last appeared in a game.  He's had two appearances for a total of three innings pitched for the Mariners Arizona League team since he signed.

Is he hurt? 

Did they decide to shut him down for the year?


http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=milb&player_id=672277#/gamelogs/R/pitching/2017/MINORS



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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1865 on: August 05, 2017, 08:47:12 pm »
Had not heard that, he has a younger brother who is one of the highest rated kids in his class, which is maybe 2020 or 2021. I would guess he is either hurt or they shut him down due to innings, but doubt he threw that much in the HS season, they do not play a ton of games up here.

I do like him since I am in Minny, but mainly due to hearing so much about him.

Hard to tell if hurt, they never put folks on the DL in rookie leagues, since they have such large rosters they really have no need to shelve someone and pick up someone else. So my normal means of checking on things of this nature are not working. I will keep my eyes and ears open.

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1866 on: August 06, 2017, 12:29:22 am »
msf, interesting pitching line at Kannap tonight

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1867 on: August 06, 2017, 08:34:38 am »
Giolito, Kopech, Hansen yesterday: 18 innings, 10 hits, 0 runs, 5 walks, 30 Ks

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1868 on: August 06, 2017, 10:51:39 pm »
The Three Horsemen?

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1869 on: August 07, 2017, 12:20:49 am »
Good one but add Lopez and Dunning for the five

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1870 on: August 09, 2017, 09:34:33 pm »
Saw Winston Salem in Frederick MD tonight. Eloy looked tremendous in each at bat, Seby Z also looked good on offense, but not on D. Yrizarri looked good. Zack C did not play. and finally, AJ Puckett looked like crap the first two innings, but then totally turned it around and looked great his next two innings. I think he just came off of the disabled list.

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1871 on: August 09, 2017, 10:44:22 pm »
Bring up Eloy!   

 


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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1872 on: August 09, 2017, 10:50:37 pm »
I'm beginning to think Eloy may be the best guy we got in all the trades. Who really knows, but I got a good feeling about him.

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1873 on: August 09, 2017, 11:07:28 pm »
Juan, can you tell us anything about any of the other Dash pitchers - Hasler, Hamilton or Foster?

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Re: Down on the Farm
« Reply #1874 on: August 10, 2017, 11:57:57 pm »
Micker on fire. HR #16.

 

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