Comments on: Daily Farm Report – 6/2/12

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 01:29:46 +0000

Or they were going to promote him based on his performance already. SEeing as he’s been lights out this year. They knew they were going to promote him and wanted him to get acclimated to his new teammates.

What’s the big difference him being on the DL in Palm Beach and in Springfield?

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:19:05 +0000

So they are going to start a new, untested (by any organization that I know of) method of promoting prospects on the DL so they can get acclimated and they try this new (and thus possibly risky) technique using one of their star prospects as a guinea pig. Got it.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:42:14 +0000

Or that they want him to get used to his new teammates, make new friends on the club and get acccustomed to the new guys? Pitch always talks like there is something notorious going on. He was the guy complaining about Taveras and Rosenthal jumping Palm Beach. And then in the next sentence lamented the loss of Luhnow and the lack of prospects in the system.

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:46:46 +0000

Oh, it’s definitely different and whether it is a social environment thing that pitch and hit referred to or something else I dont know. I would even wonder if he had a falling out there with some teammates or the coaches. One thing I’m confident that pitch and hit is right about, we aren’t getting the whole story.

By: RCHIII

RCHIII — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:02:26 +0000

Gotcha. I still say the promotion while on DL is different, and as far as I know, we are in the dark there. Didn’t CMart initially go to EST before QC to “acclimate” to the U.S.? Maybe going to Springfield while on the DL is to “Acclimate” to Springfield! :)

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:22:25 +0000

He maybe has learned the lessons needed in Palm Beach. He stunk there last year. This year he has pitched very well and it’s time for him to move on.

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:07:29 +0000

Wasn’t saying it was you. just put it under your thread as it seemed relevant there. I’m simply pointing out how maybe Martinez being coached by Martinez is not as high a priority as some people made it out to be (or maybe Bryan Eversgerd’s Spanish has improved).

By: RCHIII

RCHIII — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:44:37 +0000

I have no idea what your point is here. Many people thought he was promoted from QC to PB after such a short time to be with Coach Martinez. Personally, I don’t recall having an opinion one way or another. He dominated at Low A, and seemed to get worn out as the season progressed at PB. I’m not sure what connection you think there is between being in PB with Martinez and being promoted while on the DL which most seem to think is unusual. If it is, then one can speculate. You may recall I joked that given Pitch’s theory, that maybe that is why Rosie skipped PB – so that part of the comment was made half in gest. The speculation that it might be because he may need to be closer to STL was serious.

I was simply saying that if the person who saw him throw recently is correct, he won’t be getting a start this week.

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:28:45 +0000

but many people tried to make the case that he needed to be in PB with Martinez as pitching coach. And this has changed because….?

By: RCHIII

RCHIII — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:14:07 +0000

I don’t see anything wrong with OT’s speed. He made two nice running plays at the Saturday game – one on a shallow fly to CF, and another on a flyball in the RF corner. I thought he looked pretty good out there.

As far as OT’s hitting, I think it is just a slump. I didn’t think he looked different or in pain. He is awfully young – it’s not surprising to me.