Comments on: Daily Farm Report – 6/1/12

By: wileyvet

wileyvet — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:06:42 +0000

Exactly Grunt! Walsh has nothing left to prove in QC and the org needs to find out if he’s a legitimate prospect or not. His age means they have to be more aggressive in promoting him up through the system. If I recall, he was quickly promoted up the chain last year and made 3 or 4 stops. No one is best served by keeping Colin in QC. Not him, not the Cardinals. Move him to PB or Springfield (since he displays advanced hitting ability). He could be the next Freese or Craig.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:58:18 +0000

Good point. Still, as to whether or not Walsh’s trade value(however minimal) would be affected positively or negatively(however minimally), I would say letting him continue to rake at QC would make him ever so slightly more attractive to opposing GMs.

And Andrew, I believe in the guy, but we’re talking trade value. I appreciate the info, though, I hadn’t heard that. Makes me wonder if I’d just been more angry in college… ;)

By: illinoiscardinalfan

illinoiscardinalfan — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:32:30 +0000

How many low A hitters do you ever see included in trades? Low A pitchers are sometimes throw ins but I can not remember any older low A hitters?

I don’t think players like this have any value until somebody can project them into a major league role. A player like Walsh, who doesn’t have a star resume, is going to have to prove himself at at least high A and AA before anybody is going to really notice him.

So getting him to high A would be a good start.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 20:51:48 +0000

There is a little article in the Bandits monthly program on Walsh. Said his new found power came towards the end of Spring Training. He was having a bad day and was mad and just though I’m going to swing as hard as I can. That AB he doubled. The next day he went 2-3 with a double and he figured he was onto something. He has always had good plate discpline and sees the ball well. He just decided to swing as hard as he can and only swing at good hitters pitches. You ahve to remember that he’s from Stanford and thus learnead a great deal of bad hitting habits there. This is also the first year he’s focused on baseball the whole year. He went back to college during the last 2 off seasons to complete his degree at Stanford. I wouldn’t write him off so fast just because he’s older.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 20:44:41 +0000

True, but to some degree it’s what we know vs what we don’t know. We can surmise that he might be hitting so well in QC because of his age, and therefore may hit a wall in Palm Beach, but we don’t know for sure, this could be a real breakout. If we do promote him and he does fail to perform, then it becomes very likely. On the other hand, if we promote him to PB and he still hits well, does that really add a lot of value? Then we just wonder the same thing about Springfield. So I think right now that uncertainly plays in Walsh’s favor, in terms of value to other GMs, especially since, as the saying goes, you only need to convince 1.

By: Jeffery

Jeffery — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 20:04:15 +0000

Just a note for Springfield. Jose Garcia to the DL. Garrett Wittels to Springfield.

By: illinoiscardinalfan

illinoiscardinalfan — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:27:11 +0000

All I was trying to say was that if we can figure out Walsh is a little on the old side for low A, GMs can figure it out too–so it doesn’t seem likely that leaving him in low A enhances his trade value.

By: BigRob

BigRob — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:32:08 +0000

lol well obviously Colin Walsh wouldn’t be the main piece going back in ANY deal. But he could be interesting as one of those “throw-in” type players. Guess I wasn’t clear enough. Sorry.

By: illinoiscardinalfan

illinoiscardinalfan — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:25:34 +0000

I don’t buy it. Major league GM’s can read birth certificated too.

By: Lou Schuler

Lou Schuler — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:19:28 +0000

Absolutely not my point. He’s a man who deserved all the accolades he’s received, and I’d love to see him in the HOF. But I also think it’s clear he resented the emphasis the owners chose to put on the farm system, and preferred working with veteran pitchers long past their sell-by date.