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

By: DT Flush

DT Flush — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:55:35 +0000

Ferrara is having a sneaky good season. 3-4 2.78 ERA 55 IP .269 BABIP 75.6 LOB% is impressive as well is his GO/FO ratio.

By: DT Flush

DT Flush — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:52:13 +0000

Hunter is a former Padres prospect. He was recently acquired for Minor League depth in the Memphis OF. His prospect status is pretty much gone. Though he has good bat speed and impressive hand eye coordination his defense is average. What’s good about him is he can get on base explained by his high OBP. He is a fourth OF.

By: DT Flush

DT Flush — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:46:12 +0000

Your right about his control being off the charts only 4 Walks in 80 IP.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:31:05 +0000

Something I always wonder… At what point do results mean more than tools? Obviously you want both, but at what point do you say this all tools guy can not get it done, vs. a guy that just goes out and gets it done night in and night out. Not trying to rehash the miller debate, but just the thought process in general.

By: Thad Scucchi

Thad Scucchi — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:22:06 +0000

Need more information about two players hitting .350 plus against both lefties & rights for June: Cedric Hunter & Jermaine Curtis. See stats mean nothing if a player can’t cover both sides of plate from both lefties & righties. Also interested in players who walk more than they strike out- usually switch hitters ?

By: T-Bird

T-Bird — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:59:00 +0000

So far, Manness has produced a decent K% of 18.4 in AA, against an incredible 2.8% walk rate. Additionally, Manness’ results have been obtained with a .333 babip. The babip might not be overly high, because he is an extreme groundball pitcher giving up lots of contact. However, it seems reasonable that this figure may go down slightly. (SSS warning). Decent prospect.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:13:13 +0000

Maness only threw 84 pitches in 9 innings of work. 17 groundouts vs. 2 fly outs and again no walks. I got to watch the guy in college for 3 years and this progression of growth is not terribly surprising! Great job Seth!

By: RCHIII

RCHIII — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:03:12 +0000

Thanks for the report! Manness is going to be interesting. His control is obviously off the charts. He is another one that we need to keep promoting to see if the hitters catch on or not. Truth is that with that kind of control, velocity just isn’t that important IMO as long as he has a slower change to go with it. If his mph spread is over 15, he will do just fine (makes that fastball look a lot faster than it is!)

By: Brett Groeteke

Brett Groeteke — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:20:31 +0000

I attended the Springfield game last night. Manness was outstanding. He pounded the strike zone throwing strike after strike right at the bottom of the zone, inducing 17 groundouts vs 2 flyouts. He didnt get many swings and misses but he kept hitters off balance and induced a lot of weak contact. Maness’ fastball sat at 89-92 the whole game and a couple times touched 93 (if you believe in sprinfield’s stadium gun). Wong was ofer but had 2 solid line drives go for outs.

By: jjray

jjray — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:49:35 +0000

Maness the masterful. Another Jess Todd? We’ll see.