Comments on: Shortstop Depth – Or Lack Thereof http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/02/03/shortstop-depth-or-lack-thereof/ Baseball's Future in the Gateway City Fri, 17 May 2013 00:09:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: lawless http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/02/03/shortstop-depth-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-31456 lawless Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:50:15 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=6428#comment-31456 I’m a slave to all of the “experts.” My feel for his “old” scouting reports is a guy who could be average at SS with a 30-40 HR power bat. He has done nothing like that to date but I would love to role the dice. For me, it would be fun to watch him play 1/3 of the starts at SS and 1/3 of the starts at 3B and see what happens.

I think Tyler Greene’s floor is about the same as Brandon Wood’s but his ceiling is not in the zipcode… We shall see…

]]> By: shaneo69 http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/02/03/shortstop-depth-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-31416 shaneo69 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 04:39:00 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=6428#comment-31416 Thank you, steroid testing

]]> By: cariocacardinal http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/02/03/shortstop-depth-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-31400 cariocacardinal Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:45:50 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=6428#comment-31400 Teh bar is pretty low also. The silver slugger winner in the AL last year hit .282

]]> By: Franklin http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/02/03/shortstop-depth-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-31383 Franklin Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:42:31 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=6428#comment-31383 I’m no prospect guru, but Castillo and his 2% walk rate have been ruled out of my book for quite some time now.

]]> By: Tackle Box http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/02/03/shortstop-depth-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-31382 Tackle Box Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:37:37 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=6428#comment-31382 What does Brandon Wood do for you that Tyler Greene doesn’t?

]]> By: JC http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/02/03/shortstop-depth-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-31377 JC Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:44:50 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=6428#comment-31377 SS is the hardest position to have an above avg to star prospect in your system IMO. Just to give you a perspective most 2011 Top 50 or so prospect lists only have a handful of SS on them. Out of those handful of SS on the prospect lists I would say 1 or 2 will be elite SS in the majors. So this isn’t just an issue with the Cards farm system but its a challenge for all organizations to keep solid SS prospects in their system. With that said most organizations have a solid SS in their system every once in a while…we don’t. I would say we are near the bottom of the list of organizations that have had solid SS in thier system over the past 10-15 years.

]]> By: zuke354 http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/02/03/shortstop-depth-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-31371 zuke354 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:08:19 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=6428#comment-31371 I am not that familiar with other organizations. How common is it to not have SS in the system?

]]> By: lawless http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/02/03/shortstop-depth-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-31367 lawless Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:05:45 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=6428#comment-31367 I dream of trading for Brandon Wood this spring and the whole gamble somehow working… Doesn’t seem like it would take much of consequence to get him these days.

]]> By: JC http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/02/03/shortstop-depth-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-31356 JC Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:03:11 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=6428#comment-31356 Garcia and Solano are organizational depth. Guys that might get a cup but will never stay

]]> By: shaneo69 http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/02/03/shortstop-depth-or-lack-thereof/comment-page-1/#comment-31354 shaneo69 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:53:25 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=6428#comment-31354 Maybe this’ll be the year Jose Martinez gets back, he just turned 25. I guess Jose Garcia and Donovan Solano aren’t really prospects?

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