Comments on: Daily Farm Report – 7/26/12

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 19:44:46 +0000

I completely agree that it is early. But, the last guy who did really well in the Appy League at a tender age was Taveras. Now that worked out.

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 19:42:43 +0000

Yeah, to be completely fair, not much of a comparison at all.

By: Lou Schuler

Lou Schuler — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 19:29:08 +0000

To be fair, though, Nike was 19 1/2 when he played in the Appy. Kelly just turned 18, and he’s one of the youngest in the league.

Kelly already has more HR (7) in 29 games than Niko did (4) in 55 games. (FWIW, he’s tied for 3rd in the league in HR.)

By: BigRob

BigRob — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:32:52 +0000

You obviously haven’t seen Jason Parks comment on Oscar Taveras then. He has a huge man-crush. I believe he said on Twitter that he’d have Taveras in his Top 3 prospects. Scouts absolutely drooled over his batting practice session before the Futures Game.

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:25:25 +0000

That is the most optimistic profile of Taveras that I have seen. If they are right, then we should be even more excited.

By: Clark

Clark — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:46:34 +0000

Mentioning Niko make everyone here’s stomachs turn.

By: BigJawnMize

BigJawnMize — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:51:13 +0000

Wait sorry Anthony Garcia….

By: BigJawnMize

BigJawnMize — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:50:09 +0000

I have seen both Garcia and Wong play. They are both Major League talents. Wong will be a slightly above average 2nd baseman. He will anchor the position for the team for a few cost controlled years. Garcia will be a high production out fielder…the bar for all star outfielders is pretty high so I wont go so far as to say he is an all-star level outfielder, but he is really damn good. We need one more homegrown young outfielder to go with Tavares and Garcia and we can have a chance at recreating the Jordan/Lankford/Gilkey outfield of the 90s.

By: BigJawnMize

BigJawnMize — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:43:28 +0000

I dont want to be a downer…I have seen peeps talk about him as a top 10 prospect in the system, that is getting way ahead fo the game. I just do not get too excited about kids performing in the Appy League, if I had a chance to see him play and saw a top 20 system prospect I would be pumped. But Appy League performance with out seeing a kid just doesnt get me going.

That said it is better to be doing something in the Appy League than not doing something, but non-performance for a kid at this level and his age isnt necessarily a red flag.

By: PJ

PJ — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:11:52 +0000

This was bound to happen. I think alot of us (myself included) got a little too excited too fast. He has been a pro for a season.