Comments on: Zach Cox in 2011

By: Ron Ferch

Ron Ferch — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:47:42 +0000

Is Z Cox going to start aty 3rd base? I thought there were some rumblings of him moving over to 2nd? Much, much more upside if he can be a 2nd baseman.

By: snakeayes11

snakeayes11 — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:02:28 +0000

I don’t know if this was mentioned in a previous thread but on Klaw’s chat from last week (10/21) he said something that shocked me a little bit re: Cox.

Jason (Muskegon)
KLaw…what have you thought of Zach Cox so far in AFL? Still think he could be called up mid-2011?
Klaw

(1:49 PM)
Yes. I understand they toyed with calling him up for the stretch run this year until they fell out of the race at the end of August. He’s not that far off with the stick.

By: Gruntosaurus

Gruntosaurus — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:35:09 +0000

Interestingly, The Lesser Carp (would the nickname “Koi” be inappropriate?…) has been getting very positive reviews from Kevin Goldstein — the same Kevin Goldstein who had negative things to say about Cox (and was labeled an “assclown” in a comment in a different thread as a result). It’ll be interesting to see the relative rankings of these two when Kevin puts out his top-11 column for BP in the spring.

By: chuckb

chuckb — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:44:15 +0000

One difference at the time, however, is that the Cardinals were, ostensibly, deeper at 3B then than they are today. Glaus was having a strong season with the big club and was under contract for 1 more season. We had Freese and Craig at the upper levels of the organization as well. Today, the situation in St. Louis is much murkier, in that Freese seems to have injury issues and may or may not be healthy when the season starts. Carpenter had a good season but he’s hardly a top prospect so the expectations of a rapid rise through the system may be greater with Cox than they were with Wallace. There was no urgency to move Wallace through the system but necessity may convince the organization to try and move Cox through quickly. I’m not saying that’s the right move necessarily, just that there will be a powerful incentive to move Cox through quickly.

By: Buckriggs

Buckriggs — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:36:51 +0000

I believe he will start @3rd at Palm Beach. (Niko @ Springfield, JRod or Cerreto @ QC).

By: Cardinals645

Cardinals645 — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:35:28 +0000

Best bat does not mean most advanced, necessarily.

Remember also that Wallace was drafted at the end of his Junior year in college, and Cox was drafted as a Sophomore, so there’s a year’s difference in development. A start at QC would not be a disappointment for Cox, I don’t think.

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:07:12 +0000

QC would be a disappointment for the best bat in the draft to start. Yes, Wallace started there, but Cox will have had the AFL and a full Spring training under his belt which Wallace didn’t.

Just as a side trivia note. Aaron Luna (also 2008 draft class) started off with Wallace at QC and was actually promoted before him (to Palm Beach). Luna also had a higher OPS at QC than did Wallace.