Comments on: Daily Farm Report – 6/24/12

By: wileyvet

wileyvet — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 05:12:29 +0000

With Walsh at 2b, De La Cruz at 1b and Williams at ss/3b all on the QC infield, it just may rank as one of the worst fielding teams ever. Walsh needs to be put into LF and hope he doesn’t become another Lonnie ‘Skates’ Smith with the glove. Thank god Ronny Gil and his 23 errors are in PB, not QC.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:27:14 +0000

I had a hard time getting the series I saw him to start the year. He was simply not very good in Spring and during that first series. I’ve seen him 3 times since I believe and I’m really starting to come around.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:56:17 +0000

I wonder how many starters, at any level, are on a roll of 13 straight Quality Starts? I would guess that Castillo is in fact the only one.

Wish I knew more about his transformation into Captain Wormkiller. (I went back over his AA game logs, and his groundout/flyout ratio is now 78-to-23.)

I know I keep doing this…but anyway…since his awful 3-24 first week of the season, Anthony Garcia is hitting roughly .310/.400/.560. Funny thing is, if Baseball America finally deigns to put Garcia in his league’s top 20 this year, they will undoubtedly call 2012 Anthony’s “breakout campaign”, when of course he’s just doing exactly the same thing he did last year, and the year before. And I do mean EXACTLY. To wit:

In, 2010 Garcia exceeded the GCL by 192 points of OPS.
Last year, A.G. topped his Appy mates by 197 points.
So far this year? Well, he’s 198 points above his MWL brethren.

Last Fun Fact:
Garcia’s isolated slugging is on a sweet upward trend, with a solid .187 in April, an excellent .219 in May, and a tremendous .292 in June. Gotta like that. ;)

By: Put Me In Coach

Put Me In Coach — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:28:39 +0000

I’m no expert but yes I’d say he must weigh more than 180. He isn’t skinny and you can see some very real muscle definition. I wouldn’t argue with anyone who told me he was either 6’0 or 6’2. 6’0 is probably a minimum though.

By: DT Flush

DT Flush — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:00:43 +0000

Impressive statistical season Taveras 279 AB, 2nd in H with 90, Tied for 1st in Doubles with 22, 3rd in HR at 15, 3rd in RBI at 51, 1st in Total Bases in 165, 4th in OBP at .377, 2nd in Slugging at .591, 1st in AVG at a steady .323 AVG, 2nd in OPS at .968 hope he continues up this production.

By: DT Flush

DT Flush — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:52:58 +0000

Yes he is not getting much attention heard reports that his Fastball is now up to 90-92 consistent now and he still has that plus slider he uses. Has an impressive LOB% of 87.8 and a 23.9 K Rate a nice FIP of 2.82.

By: DT Flush

DT Flush — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:49:02 +0000

Has also pitched 13 consecutive quality starts dating back to April 12th. Castillo also has turned into more of a contact pitcher in Springfield owns a 2.21 GO/AO ratio in his 8 starts small sample but impressive.

By: shaneo69

shaneo69 — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:48:57 +0000

Nice to see all the prospects, or at least former prospects, starting for Memphis. No Velez, Romak, Hunter, or Montanez.

By: DT Flush

DT Flush — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:46:05 +0000

Nice report I’ve heard Garcia has tremendous bat speed I could see him developing more power as he develops down the road certainly a prospect to watch.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:29:02 +0000

I saw the first game of the series and Garcia about 4 times this year. Yea he’s bigger than 6 foot 180, the 6’2 195 probably fits more though. he does need to lose some weight IMO.