Comments on: Daily Farm Report – 6/10/12

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:46:36 +0000

Well, the Hilo Hammer has played 102 professional games so far, or roughly 2/3 of a full season. He’s been age-appropriate for half those games, and young for his level during the other half.

So let’s pro-rate his numbers out to a full season:

.320 average, 31 doubles, 9 triples, and 16 longballs. That’s actually pretty good power for a keystoner. And speed? He prorates to nearly 30 steals, too (he’s 18 for his last 22).

I feel like (assuming average to slightly above-avg. glovework), over his prime 5-7 seasons, Wong’s floor is in the 2.5-3 WAR range, and his upside is more like 5-6 WAR.

Simply put, I look at K.W. and see a lefty-swinging Pedroia as the optimistic outcome…and Kolten’s combination of excellent plate discipline and baseball rat work ethic gives him a real good chance of reaching that potential.

Top of my head, I’d take 3 or 4 pitchers before him, plus Taveras, Profar, Machado, Lindor, Myers, and perhaps Singleton, Rizzo, Sano, Hanson, Correa, and Grandal. I could be forgetting a guy or two, of course. For me, Wong has passed guys like Arenado, Brett Jackson, Gary Brown, T. D’arnaud, and several pitchers — including Shelby & Carlos, unfortunately. :(

By: Felonius_Monk

Felonius_Monk — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:17:14 +0000

Wong overall top 10-15 seems ridiculously bullish for a guy with little power and speed, I’d have thought. I assume he’s got a good chance to be a 3-4 WAR 2B but I don’t see him as a potential star. Got to be at least 30 guys I’d rather have than Wong, even though I really like the look of him.

By: Felonius_Monk

Felonius_Monk — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:15:32 +0000

No love for Matt Adams?

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:30:25 +0000

Hmmmm…… substantial? 3rd in the APpy league in OPS and the only guy ahead of him who was younger is a top 50 prospect in all of baaseball.

By: wileyvet

wileyvet — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:59:44 +0000

I’m with you, I couldn’t believe we scored that many runs and lost 3 games. I guess they’re teaching the relievers in the minors to pitch like their major league counterparts.

How about the season Ethan Cole is putting together and he gets no love from anyone. Hopefully he gets a ticket to PB soon.

By: wileyvet

wileyvet — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:50:26 +0000

Until Garcia produces in a substantial manner somehow he will continue to fly under the radar.

By: wileyvet

wileyvet — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:47:54 +0000

I think the real problem with O’Neill is his size; 5’9″ and 170 pounds or something like that as I recall. He’s strictly an Aaron Miles type upside. A singles hitter, with no speed equals an okay bench player.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:19:59 +0000

When Scott Bailes said that Taveras and Wong were “easily the most talented players in the Texas League,” I would assume he meant “on the Springfield roster.”

Even with Wil Myers promoted to AAA, the league still has J. Profar J. Singleton, and N. Arenado, three terrific prospects — Profar would currently be rated baseball’s best prospect by many mavens. (I’d have him right alongside Taveras, and distinctly above Wong, who’s more of an overall top 10-15 type guy for me.)

I absolutely love that Bailes gave high marks to Wong and Taveras in terms of DEfense, as that’s always a bit of a wildcard, when evaluating prospects.

If Valera looks good v. AA pitchers, I wonder if maybe they only “demote” him as far as Palm Beach?

I’m with you, Kyle, regarding Anthony Garcia. He’s fanning a bit too much, but Anthony (who gunned down a runner yesterday) is hitting for solid average again this year, and fully *half* the hits are going for extra bases. If his glovework is average, he projects as a sturdy 3-4 WAR guy in his prime. High floor, medium ceiling, in other words.

By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:10:50 +0000

Kind of off topic…

Any news/updates on Mitch Harris?

By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:10:15 +0000

Kelly’s performance yesterday was certainly encouraging. However, if his performance is maintained at the highest level I would think that he would stick long enough in STL to be deemed ineligible for top 100 prospect lists. At this point, he is probably sitting around 6 or 7.