Comments on: Daily Farm Report 8/21/10

By: jjray

jjray — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:29:14 +0000

DJ reads futureredbirds! It must have pissed him off. And anticipating a poster not seeing humor as such and replying that my post came after the game in question, my response is that Lord Marti has amazing telepathic powers. It’s very possible Lord Marti read my incipient thoughts before they even formed in my own brain and relayed that info to DJ in AA before yesterday’s game. And then DJ went crazy firing off an anticipatory rebuttal of my post.

By: Tackle Box

Tackle Box — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:56:57 +0000

Is there even realistic room for legitimate playing time for Jones at Memphis next year.

By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:35:32 +0000

I still hold out hope on DJ Tools along with Pete Kozma. Considering their respective ages, next year at Memphis is rather important (especially for DJ)

By: Lou Schuler

Lou Schuler — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:53:16 +0000

But as soon as you say that, he has a 3-4 day w. a double, homer, and stolen base, and throws a guy out at the plate.

By: Pierce

Pierce — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:42:17 +0000

For certain players, a BABIP of .330-.350 can be sustainable during their prime (Hanley Ramirez has a .344 BABIP during his career), but anything over that, especially north of .360 isn’t sustainable. Hill’s BABIP last year in 51 games was .330. Just to give you examples of players in the MLB who have speed: Juan Pierre – .316, Carl Crawford – .330, Michael Bourn – .326, BJ Upton – .336, Ichiro – .357

By: Danny Applegate

Danny Applegate — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:13:37 +0000

If nothing else he has a good baseball name!!

By: jjray

jjray — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:38:10 +0000

I gotta think DJ is in trouble. He’s repeating AA and regressed in his second stint at this level. There are question-marks surrounding whether he has enough arm to play center or right. With Adron Chambers passing Jones and moving on to AAA, I really think DJ’s days are numbered in the Cardinal organization.

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:36:23 +0000

I wonder if they have the guts to cut bait on Jones.

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:34:35 +0000

Wasn’t an original fan of Jackson but now think he might be able to put up the .665 OPS line above. I have no idea if he will be a +10 SS or not.

With Kozma now hitting well and Jackson as well. We may very likely see Kozma at Memphis and JAckson at Springfield to start next year.

By: jjray

jjray — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:51:25 +0000

Even at 28, there is a place on the bench for a right handed power bat that plays all 3 outfield positions and 2 corner infield positions. Mather’s level of usefulness hinges on the return of his power and there is some hint that his wrist is healing. Against that is the coming crunch on the 40 man roster after this season. I haven’t seen a player matrix yet of all the guys that need to be added or exposed to Rule V but it shall be interesting. Let’s say you could only keep one of Joe Mather, Nick Stavinoha, or Daryl Jones on the 40 man roster this winter. Who would you keep? Mather might survive that cull based on defense.