Comments on: Will Ryan Jackson Be Acceptable Offensively?

By: cj

cj — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:17:18 +0000

people always do this every year and it never actually happens in the future. Most likley there wont be that many of out draftees and prospects that stick as a starter in the Majors, we will have a mix of FA, contract extended current players, and some propspects. People just get a little too optomistic assuming in X years all these guys will be in the majors putting up good numbers.

But i geuss you did say best case scenario so maybe im harping on you a little too much haha

By: Tackle Box

Tackle Box — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:59:58 +0000

turned 29 in April.

By: Felonius_Monk

Felonius_Monk — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:29:40 +0000

I guess the hope is that with all these home-grown guys elsewhere they’ll spend big on another big-name LF when Holliday’s done. In all honesty, I could see Craig and Taveras in the OF corners for a long time to come, though, and I think with Jay/Ramsey/Tillson as CF options, it’s not implausible we could be home-grown in the OF in 5 yrs.

By: Felonius_Monk

Felonius_Monk — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:27:20 +0000

That’s a great sign if true.

By: Felonius_Monk

Felonius_Monk — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:26:58 +0000

You’d have to imagine Jackson could probably do that, whilst being an average fielding SS. That’d make him a 2 WAR player.

By: Landon

Landon — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:22:00 +0000

Should of put Craig

By: chuckb

chuckb — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:56:58 +0000

If Ramsey or Piscotty is our LF in 5 years I’d hardly call that a best case scenario.

By: Lou Schuler

Lou Schuler — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:00:10 +0000

Especially the 5th round in a draft that included 3 potential MLB starters in Miller, Rosenthal, and Kelly, and a potential middle-of-the-order hitter in Adams. Getting 5 solid starters, if they all make it, would be an astounding haul from one draft.

And we still haven’t seen what Anthony Garcia might be able to do. At 20, he’s in the top 10 in the MWL in OPS, SLG, and doubles.

By: Landon

Landon — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:47:52 +0000

I believe Tilson has more upside potential than Jay, not that he will ever be better than Jay. Just that he has the chance to grow.

I like Taveras in RF, because there he is probably a plus defender. Where as in CF he might not quite have the range. His bat is his main tool, and while it is poisoned for him to get hurt playing RF, it is more likely that he spends time on the DL playing in a position that he has more ground to cover.

I consider Freese homegrown, because we got him when nobody expected a lot from him. He hadn’t made it to the bogs yet, so we developed him. That is just how I looked at it.

Craig must have slipped my mind, that’s the reason I posted it here. I wanted people to see it and improve it.

By: mattybobo

mattybobo — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:43:30 +0000

I think Freese turns 29 this year but yeah.