Comments on: Daily Farm Report 8/9/2011

By: zuke354

zuke354 — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:29:08 +0000

Henderson yes.

But what makes them necessary?

I think guys who can get on base is more important than guys who can steal bases. For instnace, in my earlier post the guys who get on base score more runs than the base stealers.

By: Forsch31

Forsch31 — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:50:32 +0000

Sorry, I wasn’t clear. What I meant was that you cannot have talent without athleticism. Even Matt Adams has athleticism, otherwise he wouldn’t have made it this far.

By: VolsnCards5

VolsnCards5 — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:14:20 +0000

But i like stolen bases

By: Second Guessing

Second Guessing — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:08:31 +0000

Lynn got hurt who did they bring up, A, Dickson, B, Valdes C Cleto D, Marte E, Fick F, Todd G, some other 40 year old lefty.

By: Mr.STL

Mr.STL — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:02:47 +0000

I would have Vince Coleman play CF… I think these type of guys as in Henderson, Coleman, types… are necessary for lead off hitters or your 1 and 2 hitters in the lineup….

By: Mr.STL

Mr.STL — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:28:41 +0000

Looking at the success Greene is having at AAA one has to wonder why he can’t develop in STL.

By: zuke354

zuke354 — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:00:46 +0000

Seriously? Henderson in is a HOF. Do you really consider Henderson are regular speed guy?

In that case, I will take Stan Musial.

As far as vince coleman, I will pass. Vince had a 77% stolen base percentage which is great. But hardly repeatable now days without turf.

I will take an allen craig and you can keep your .325 obl and 70% stolen baserate guy.

The other question is where do you put vince? I am much happier with a Matt Holliday bopper in left.

Last year, out of the top 20 NL stolen base leaders, only 1 guy scored more than 100 runs. And that was carlos Gonzolez who hit 36 home runs.

Guys who did score 100 runs (besides the sluggers)…high obp. Interesting that Rickie weeks, Jason Werth, Aubrey huff, Dan Uggla, Brandon Phillips and martin prado all managed to score 100 runs without stealing more than 17 bases.

Again, not really seeing the value of the stolen base.

By: mizzcards

mizzcards — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:57:21 +0000

I still don’t like the pick… If you don’t want to argue than don’t reply with snip remarks.. Thanks

By: zuke354

zuke354 — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:37:27 +0000

Agree. Unfortuantly its supposed to be a down year. But who really knows.

however, they did say the same thing about the Kozma year and that is shaping up to be a terrible draft year (league, not team).

By: Indiana Cardinal

Indiana Cardinal — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:36:15 +0000

It seems that there are a number of pintsized excellent hitting 2b’s that have surfaced just this season….Giovotella KC, Altuve HOUST, Wong STL and Torreyes CN. Those kind of things run in funny cycles.