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

By: Felonius_Monk

Felonius_Monk — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:26:34 +0000

Assume both must be pre-draft deals (or Wisdom, at least). Which gives me hope that Wisdom might be well under-slot (think he was a projected third round guy) and Bean might be a little under. Here’s hoping we can still pony up for Williams or Foody!

By: Felonius_Monk

Felonius_Monk — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:25:05 +0000

Anyone got any idea how hard Stock’s throwing? I thought he had a 95mph FB in HS. I guess if he’s still got that arm strength he could still be a fringey prospect. Really wish they’d made this move at least a year sooner, though. Poor guy must’ve forgotten how to throw anything off-speed.

By: Felonius_Monk

Felonius_Monk — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:21:40 +0000

Pretty much everything I heard/saw about Adams was good arm, surprisingly fast, but bad footwork and not a great glove. So he’s probably going to be a poor defender going forward.

By: pitch and hit

pitch and hit — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Corbin and staff considered one of the best in college baseball in developing players. They are NOT irresponsible and they work their pitchers to their strengths, you do know first rounder David Price?

Many college programs are far better at development than some milb teams.

I have friends whose sons went or are in Stanford and pay nothing because of their endowments. And their kids are in professional ball. Their academic standards are higher than most programs, so they do have trouble in recruiting but their program is top notch and people fight to even get to their camp. The problem is that some perceive Stanford players to be considered “upperclass” and they hold them to a different standard, I know a pitcher that was told by a classless minor league manager he didn’t like him because he went to standford. Vanderbilt is the same wit recruiting, both are top notch programs and both have players drafted each year.
I agree with the Stanford swing, this is college ball not professional but keep in kind that bat composite is completely different and the better coaches are teaching different approaches.

By: pitch and hit

pitch and hit — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:39:25 +0000

This is a tough question. No matter what level the less pitches you can throw to be able to get the W in 5 is what young players strive for. They do have limits, and each pitcher is different.
It takes a while to work your way to 6-7 innings in pro ball. That is what is expected for a starter. If they can’t make it by AAA they go to the pen.
However the objective is just to concentrate on how to throw a certain amount per inning.

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:41:16 +0000

While I agree that this has been somewhat over-discussed, I thnk he is staying a RiverBandit so that he can get time at 2nd. He is essentially blocked by other prospects. The team, I thought, wanted him to focus on 2nd full time. In PB we already have a good 2B prospect, Springfield is Wong, and Memphis is a bit of a stretch. Where should he go to develop his defensive skills? My impression is that he is a bat looking for a position. If he can be a bat at 2nd, he’d have some value, but he has to get better at defense.

Speaking of defense, is Matt Adams’ rocky defensive start something that will improve? i.e., was defensive improvement one of the things he needed work on in the minors? I looked on FG yesterday and his hitting was good, but factoring his defense in has knocked his value.

By: tnek5

tnek5 — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:23:31 +0000

What does everyone on this site think about the minor league pitch counts? With the recent discussion about miller and kelly, I keep questioning how far they might have pitched into a game if they were always able to pitch like the would in the majors. Does anyone else have an opinion about this?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:58:37 +0000

If your kids a pitcher he may not want to go to Vandy as that coachign staff is SO hard on the pitchers. Unreal and irresponsible pitch counts. The coaches aren’t paid to develop players, they are paid to win.

By: RCHIII

RCHIII — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:38:51 +0000

I think most accomplished ballplayers probably dream about the pros no matter how smart they are. I for one was not aware of this. I can’t afford Stanford no matter what, but I have a smart kid that plays catcher. I was not aware of this “Stanford Syndrome”. If I could afford Stanford, and my kid was good enough academically and athletically, I think about now I would be saying, “how about Vanderbilt or Purdue?” (or take your pick of good academic programs with a solid baseball program).

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:44:18 +0000

That sounds just about correct! Unless you really want a great education. But guys who just want to be pro’s its not recommended.