Comments on: Daily Farm Report – 8/2/12

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 07:20:08 +0000

But millions of imaginary players died!

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 03:08:36 +0000

Perhaps we should vote. I’m gonna say the comparison is OK since no actual players were injured in this comparison.

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:55:00 +0000

I think comparing chambers to Michael Bourne is a huge stretch. I could say that Shelby millers absolute ceiling is nolan Ryan but let’s be a little more realistic

By: BigRob

BigRob — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:16:27 +0000

I feel like I’m generally higher on Chambers than others as well. I keep wondering what his numbers would look like if he had the chance to play every day on a Major League team.

I think his absolute upside is Michael Bourne. He probably wouldn’t be quite that good, but you get the idea. A speedy lead-off hitter that can hit .300 and cause trouble on the basepaths. Unfortunately, I doubt we will get a chance to see him in STL full time. He’d have to go to a second division team to get his shot, most likely.

By: zuke354

zuke354 — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:02:25 +0000

Agree.

However, I simply don’t put that much stock in prospect rankings when they looking at actaul contribution to the team. Here is why. The question is, can Chambers be a .350 .obp guy with a good glove in the OF? That is not sexy numbers, but they are solid lead off hitter.

By: DT Flush

DT Flush — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:55:34 +0000

El Groucho and his violent controlled swing had an off night.

By: bc

bc — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:47:11 +0000

Rahmatulla’s LD% (statcorner) is 8.6% (league average is 15.6%). He may just not be squaring up any balls or hitting much of anything well.

Nevertheless, I agree it could be batted ball luck, and small samples and categorization issues in batted ball profiles can be nettlesome (or they could be reliable/correct, we don’t know). One thing to point out is that Rahmatulla’s BABIP in QC was very high, so some part of his good peformance there could be attributed to batted ball luck as well.

By: Forsch31

Forsch31 — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:38:41 +0000

They’re pretty close, but as a prospect, Jay was a more consistent and better hitter, and was still only considered to be a 4th outfielder given his general lack of power and his average defense at center.

By: BigJawnMize

BigJawnMize — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:34:50 +0000

Yeah…as soon as I started talking the kid up, he struggles.

You see that this time of year in the MWL, usually some advanced college pitchers hitting the league from the draft.

By: zuke354

zuke354 — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:18:24 +0000

Agree. He has always shown an ability to get on base in the minors. I have never understood why so many people have such high expectations. They see a few top players like Andrew Mac and think if your are not that good, then you must suck.

If Chambers can be a .350 .obp in the majors, he is a leadoff guy. There were only 9 lead off hitters last year that posted and .obp greater than .350. Same as this year.