Comments on: Daily Farm Report 7/18/2011

By: Felonius_Monk

Felonius_Monk — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:41:43 +0000

Cutler’s a bit old and doesn’t really have a position, will probably end up a 1B/DH/LF type and won’t catch in the majors. File under Steve Hill/Mark Hamilton.

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:05:16 +0000

Yes, he has Visa issues or he would be in the US already.

By: Lou Schuler

Lou Schuler — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:27:44 +0000

Interesting. For some reason I had thought Capellan was older.

Speaking of age, does anyone know why Robelys Reyes is still playing in the DSL at age 21? Visa problems? He had a very good season there in ’10 at age 20, so I can’t imagine they decided he needed another year on the island.

By: Lou Schuler

Lou Schuler — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:23:38 +0000

Ha!

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:20:39 +0000

Nice comments.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:43:09 +0000

Saddens me a little to see Anthony Garcia (apparently) relegated to strictly corner outfield, but it looks like he may have a bat that plays anywhere. He and DeLaCruz are certainly tearing up the Appy so far—though, to be fair, Roberto’s poor BB/K is still a bit scary, even if it represents a major upgrade over 2009/10.

As for Kolten Wong, I see no reason he can’t eventually post an isolated slugging of .140 to .160 in the majors, based on what he’s done in the MWL at age 20, what he hit in the Cape League last summer with the wood bat (his isolated power was WELL above the league as a whole), and his college pedigree.

The question on K.W. is, will he merely be a solid .280-.290 type, or will he perhaps compete for batting titles. Again, based on every single level at which he’s played, I lean toward the latter. Maybe not in the .330-.340 range…but I’d say .310-.320 in his prime is a *reasonable* expectation, rather than an *optimistic* one.

Unrelated note: I don’t think anyone has brought up how Amaury Capellan is doing down in the DSL this year. Considered a pretty important signing, he was basically a bust last year when he struggled horribly with a .148 average, and a paltry .022 isolated slugging. Thing was, he was young for the league at just 17, and he did show great patience with 31 walks in 135 AB’s.

Well, this year he’s still walking, but he’s cut down some on the strikeouts, and he’s driving the ball with authority—in a league with a collective slash line of .235/.338/.320, Capellan is mashing at .309/.432/.536 (with a sweet 20/17 BB/K). Sure, he’s repeating the league…but he isn’t old for that level, so maybe the Redbirds were right to be excited when they inked the kid. :)

By: easy

easy — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:40:19 +0000

Honus would be honored.

By: CJ

CJ — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:39:41 +0000

Also anyone with a scouting report on Charles Cutler ? He is killing the ball latley wonder if he had Major league potential ? I have heard his defense is not good at all however and I dont think he walks much

By: CJ

CJ — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:38:36 +0000

I really like the way Wong has swung the bat so far this year, I think he is making people feel more at ease than when we first signed him (inluding me). Can anyone give a scouting report on his defense and Projected Power down the line ? he seems like he has decent speed but so far bad CS%

By: buchek's bat

buchek's bat — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:51:41 +0000

If Kolten Wong ascends in a fairly rapid way it could mean, at last, the end of the revolving-charge-card management of the Keystone position in St Louis. Not since the days of Fernando Vina has such a thing been seen. Could be something akin to when the Berlin Wall came down. A regular second baseman. Huzzah. Turn out the lights and call the cops. The Cardinals have been wandering in the second baseman wilderness for lo these 40 years. Of course, we don’t yet know if Wong is the path to the promised land, or not. But if he is, it makes me wonder a few things. (i.e. How many left-handed hitting infielders do you want to keep around??) In a perfect world, I suppose, or at least a new and improved one, Skip (and Theriot, for that matter, though he doesn’t swing from the sinister side) would not be on the roster next year. But we already have Descalso as a left-handed hitting utility man. We’ve got Cox coming on and M Carpenter waiting in the wings. Does one of the latter two become part of a trade package at some point this year or next?? I actually like both of them a lot. But if you believe in the brittle man Freese at third, what’s to be done with this situation? Do we trade one? Or do we see a giant-LaRussian-reverse-osmosis-cyclone-anti-cyclonic movement where instead of moving outfielders in to play second base, we send infielders into the depths of the outfield??? Sorry, got a little Wagnerian there.