Comments on: Daily Farm Report – 7/21/12

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:51:29 +0000

Spoils sport… ;o)

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:20:49 +0000

???

Average MLB fastball velocity has gone up over recent years.

By: BigJawnMize

BigJawnMize — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:57:21 +0000

This is an excellent question.

I consider anyone that does not posses a plus fastball a soft tosser. That is irrelevant of velocity to a certain extent. For example a pitcher will not make it with a 80mph fastball no matter how much it moves. Plus fastballs are a combination of velocity and speed.

Another point on the drop in the MLB fastball velocity. Pitchers have moved toward throwing sinkers more than 4 seamers in the last few years. This has led to a drop in the avg fastball velocity.

By: cj

cj — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:59:05 +0000

I think that is a little premature to try and tag him for potential 30 HR power when he is in his first month of Pro ball and just turned 18 while playing in Rookie ball JC. Of course it is great to see him do well and get excited about him but I would wait a couple years and for him to put up good power numbers in Palm beach or springfield before we make these kinds of claims.

it’s easy to get excited about prospects and get carried away, thread just got bumped on the cards message board where i claimed we should trade Yadi because Anderson was going to be a hitting machine at catcher. i felt pretty stupid.

By: BigJawnMize

BigJawnMize — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 07:42:28 +0000

It is Johnson City…that said it is good to see him do this at such a young age. Kinda softens the blow of not being able to sigh Trey Williams.

Having seen a couple of the guys from this draft class play, I am pretty impressed with the new regime. It wasnt the most talented class but it appears like the Cards got good value for their pick.

By: Alex F

Alex F — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:46:58 +0000

What constitutes as a “soft tosser” for you? I hear that word thrown around a lot on here, moslty with our left-handed pitchers. The average MLB fastball for a right-handed starting pitcher is just over 90 mph, while it is right around 89 mph for a left-handed starter.

By: BigJawnMize

BigJawnMize — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:51:41 +0000

I saw him pitch for QC the first week of July. He was very polished for low-A, good control with a nice mix of pitches. My main problem is that I didnt feel that he was particularly deceptive, which he would need to be to make it as a softy left hander. He is going to get kids out the first couple times they see him, but I feel like they will time him up pretty easily after a couple at bats.

He would be one of these pitchers that looking at the results against true pro level prospects would be interesting. This of course begets a SSS warning. If we had someone do a good pitch by pitch breakdown against a couple of the best hitters he will see it would help. I would have done this but just wasnt expecting to be as intrigued by him as I was when I saw him pitch.

By: Uncle Randy

Uncle Randy — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:36:57 +0000

I love you Carson Kelly

By: DT Flush

DT Flush — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:37:15 +0000

OT violent controlled chaotic swing makes consistent hard contact.

By: sadsushi

sadsushi — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:23:36 +0000

Yeah Taveras hit two balls to the warning track thursday..hit one to straight center and left field..also had a single to left field..no shift for him in the future, he hits the ball everywhere on the field