Comments on: Daily Farm Report 9/11/11

By: wily mo

wily mo — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:39:56 +0000

parks grew up a rangers fan, he actually jokes around about texas in like half his articles

By: Gruntosaurus

Gruntosaurus — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:50:34 +0000

If Taveras doesn’t make the top-50 list, then there’s something wrong with the list. Period.

Wong is a different matter. Everything about him to date suggests that he’s on track to be a useful, probably starter-quality (if not necessarily star) major-league second baseman. The question is, how rare is that among minor-league prospects? I honestly don’t know. Fellow 2011 first-rounder Cory Spangenberg (San Diego) is the only obvious comparable that I can find, now that guys like Ackley have graduated to the Show, and Wong probably is the more promising of the two. To the list, of course, must be added the ones that can’t make it with their gloves at SS and 3B, and they may suffice to push KW out of top-100 territory. They may not.

I’d expect Wong to show up on some top 100 lists but not others. It won’t be an injustice either way. But for Taveras not to be top-50 shows either that the list maker isn’t paying attention, or that he sees something wrong with Taveras that nobody else has been able to find yet, including opposing pitchers and managers.

By: CJ

CJ — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:49:43 +0000

I think your glasses are so coverd in red rossary and your coolade cup so strong a flavor of cherry red that you can not be reasoned with lol. It’s good to be high on players and they do have some good potential but your going way overboard with it, just dont get too hurt when wong dosen’t make the top 100 prosepcts list and Tavarez dosen’t break the top 50.

By: RCHIII

RCHIII — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:45:32 +0000

Of course you are right in that at this point, Rosenthal only possesses the plus fastball as a MLB pitch. I was just pointing out that the curve is still new, but he made very good progress with it and his Change is the challenge, but he has a good work ethic, so I expect he will learn and if not perfect it, it will be a reasonably efficient offering.

By: PJ

PJ — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:51:04 +0000

Bob, you just gave me an orgasmic level of excitement.

Pardon the crude and graphic nature of that comment ;)

By: PJ

PJ — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:48:30 +0000

It’s kind of funny the mention of slider vs curve. When I was younger, it seemed that the Cards organization favored the slider. Now, it is very much the opposite (Carp, Waino, Izzy)

Either way, I hope you are right and Trevor has 3 good big league pitches. Velocity can’t be taught…that is true

By: RCHIII

RCHIII — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:57:03 +0000

I think he got thrown out last night….but it was on a pitch-out

By: RCHIII

RCHIII — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:55:04 +0000

I believe that is “Holy Optimism……Batman”

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:34:15 +0000

I do have to say that I don’t believe his hammy has recovered fully yet. He still doesn’t have the acceleration that he had at the start of the year before the injury.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:30:05 +0000

Si. Me Bob Reed on Cards Nation. Me Bob Reed everyplace me go. ;)

Franklin: I don’t see Taveras as having durability issues. He was healthy in 2010, healthy in ’09, and has been OK since June. His two DL stints were effectively *one* injury, from which he didn’t give himself sufficient recovery time.

As for Oscar’s experience level, plenty of prospects have ranked in the top 3 overall with little or no time above Low-A. (This just in, Taveras hits go-ahead homer and Q.C wins playoff game. Big surprise.)

Taveras—according to the scouts just polled by BP’s Jason Parks—has the best “hit tool” in the minors. “The voices sing in unison on his hit tool,” said Mr. Parks.

As for Oscar’s power, an isolated slugging of .200 for a teenager in the Midwest League is excellent. For a teenager who hits .350+, it’s fantastic. (And don’t overlook the ISO of .235 in July, or the .228 in August.) This kid, as Jason Parks observed, is simply a gifted hitter.