Comments on: Daily Farm Report 07/06/2011

By: Felonius_Monk

Felonius_Monk — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:08:58 +0000

Luna’s wRC+ at his final year at each level:
High A: 149 in his 22yo season.
AA: 156 in his 23yo season.
AAA: 126 (so far) in his 24yo season.

Craig:
High A: 147 as a 22/23yo.
AA: 129 as a 23/24yo
AAA: 141 as a 24/25yo.

Got to say, that’s a better comp than I’d imagined. Craig’s hit for a bit more average and a tiny bit more power, whereas Luna’s walked and got HBP a touch more at each level. I guess the one question mark on Luna is whether his skillset translates to the majors as well as Craig’s; Craig seems to have more homerun pop and Luna’s OBP is heavily propped up by a propensity to get hit (I’m guessing he crowds the plate a LOT, which tends to only work against major league pitchers if you’re able to crush balls thrown in at you and have the ability to work a walk on pitches away).

I too have been quite a big Luna fan in recent years, and it’s testament to how much depth we have in the system now that we could trade Jay or Craig and have a pretty decent ready-made replacement for them in Chambers and Luna (respectively). Also, it’s pretty cool that Craig was in a lot of people’s top 10s (and even top 5′s) 2 years ago, whereas I think Luna would be a marginal top 20 guy at this point (but perhaps deserves more love!).

By: Nick C

Nick C — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:14:48 +0000

Im irrationally high on Luna. He’s my new Allen Craig. All he does is produce. Hasn’t slg’d as well as Craig but his OBP is better.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:03:43 +0000

Was Palm Beach rained out? I was hoping for another C-Mart update!

By: Jeffery

Jeffery — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:29:15 +0000

Just saw per the News-leader that Daryl Jones is back in Springfield. In the lineup tonight.

By: Felonius_Monk

Felonius_Monk — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:34:00 +0000

Tyler Rahmatulla looks like a potentially intriguing name (both literally and figuratively). He seems to be knocking the leather off the ball at the moment.

By: ken

ken — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:37:19 +0000

I’ll admit, I was disappointed to not see Matt Adams’ name up there because of Springfield’s night off.

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:36:39 +0000

Hard to complain about Garcia but I am a little disappointed in his walk totals. Last year he walked more than he K’d but this year he has 7 K’s and just one BB.

By: Cardini99

Cardini99 — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:13:31 +0000

Steve Ramos has seemed like an interesting prospect to me since we drafted him last year, he has hit for a nice average so far, but what really stands out is his being 11 for 11 on stolen base attempts this year. And i believe he has had 3 or 4 games where he stole two even! It is Johnson City though, and hope to see him get a promotion to see if we have something here.

By: rj

rj — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:38:20 +0000

As pitchers continue to be promoted throughout the organization, expect Maness and McInnes to both get a shot at QC this year. Both are 22 and should be at PB next year.

By: Lou Schuler

Lou Schuler — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:07:56 +0000

J-Rod is on quite a tear for QC, with 5 HR in his last 10 games. For the season, 30 of his 59 hits have gone for extra bases, and his ISO is up to .228.

Anthony Garcia is also off to a great start for JC. I think he’s only gone hitless in 1 of 11 games so far.