Comments on: Daily Farm Report – 4/13/12

By: RCHIII

RCHIII — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:02:03 +0000

You may be in ther corner and that is great, but you keep saying things that just aren’t true. First of all, I’m not making any excuses. I simply stated facts that were also confirmed by someone at the game that wasn’t agent or family. I did find out the HR Rosenthal gave up was blasted wind aided or not. Rosenthal struck out his last batter on 4-5 pitches with the last pitch registering 95. You can say he was tired after 83 pitches if you want, but that is just supposition on your part. Striking a hitter out on minimum pitches at 95 doesn’t sound tired to me. I don’t know where you get this from. AA hitters are not too much for Rosenthal. He has given up less than one hit an inning. His “control” was off this game, however, that is not a “leveL he is pitching at” issue. The umpire was squeezing both starters. That was stated by the broadcaster and someone at the game. Rosenthal has given up 2 dingers – one to a major leaguer and the other on a hanging curveball. Rosenthal dominated the Frisco line-up in Springfield and he had a stretch in this last game where he retired 8 in a row and struck out 3 in a row. You are welcome to believe whatever you please, but there aren’t many facts to back up your position.

By: sadsushi

sadsushi — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:12:55 +0000

another 2 hit game for wong, ho hum….he’s had 5 multiple hit games in 8 games..just dominating Texas League pitchers

By: Clark

Clark — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:34:58 +0000

You have to have a pretty special bat to be a big time 1st base prospect, i dont think taveras has that bat.

By: JC

JC — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:34:15 +0000

Its simple – CF’s are more valuable than Corner OF’s or 1B’s from a position eligibility. Not sure what you are implying with CF’s getting banged up. They have to cover more ground (and are expected to) but you can get banged up at any position. I would never put Taveras at 1B if he is very capable or at least playing RF if not CF (which I wouldn’t count him out yet at CF). Can’t even follow the logic…

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:30:26 +0000

Gotta disagree, blazer. Maybe I can convince you otherwise.;)

Matt Adams, who’s done nothing but clobber the ball as a pro, and is hitting .400 with power so far in AAA, is the 1B of the future. (The organization briefly considered a corner OF slot for Matt The Bat, but that’s now a non-starter.)

So that leaves the outfield for O.T.; left is taken by Holliday for the next half-decade. And Allen Craig is your RF for at least the next 3-4 years, when healthy, we can probably agree.

Then we have centerfield, where Jon Jay is good enough to have some trade value, but no discernible “star potential.” Kind of a Coco Crisp-type, I’d say. Jay strikes me as the kind of guy who’s really valuable pre-arb, but with his arbitration years approaching, J.J.’s value begins to ebb.

If Taveras can handle center, he could be an .880-.920 OPS guy at an up-the-middle position by 2015…if not sooner. And that’s a 5+ win player.

By: Franklin

Franklin — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:24:57 +0000

Big night for Greg Garcia and Juan Castillo. I remember a couple of posters being high on Castillo last season. They mentioned he would stick as a strong defensive catcher, and had potential at the plate. The only other info I can find on him is that he tested positive for metabolites of Stanozolol, a synthetic anabolic steroid. http://www.kffl.com/player/20612/MLB

Has anyone had the chance to see Garcia play shortstop? I’m curious if he has the potential to make it as a utility player with solid tools across the board, sans power.

By: red blazer

red blazer — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:16:03 +0000

I don’t want to see Taveras in CF…CF’ers get to banged up…ie Ankiel, Beltran etc…I would vote for a corner spot or how bout teaching him 1B ? If he is athletic enough and can be a plus defender at 1B with a terrific bat he may have a longer shelf life down the road.

By: pitch and hit

pitch and hit — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:57:43 +0000

In defense of pitchers, they need run support, they can’t do it all themselves.

Wonder how long the Cleto experiment is going to last? He’s another one they have rushed out where they should be.

My opinion.

By: illinoiscardinalfan

illinoiscardinalfan — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:35:03 +0000

Zach Cox, as usual, taking his time to adjust to his new level.

Colton Wong, “Adjustment period? I don’t need no stinkin’ adjustment period.”

By: bc

bc — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:00:01 +0000

2-3 years from now probably. Seems like he has a pretty good excuse to be rusty (also, all his runs were given up by Miranda)