Comments on: Daily Farm Report – 8/30/12

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 04:18:53 +0000

Perhaps the most impressive is that Memphis has played themselves out of last place in the PCL… if only for a day.

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 03:24:18 +0000

Darned near looked like the Cards, huh?

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 03:23:33 +0000

Ramsey may also be nursing an old wound that we know nothing about. Who knows…

By: aprfool79

aprfool79 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:09:23 +0000

Was at the Springfield game and had very good seats for the near no-no.

Outman was impressive against the mostly lefty lineup for Springfield, but the SCards really never posed a threat. They were down 5-0 after two innings, and it could have been much worse. Oscar is the real deal, but his hit was on possibly the worst swing of the season. What counts is that he made contact, however, and I can definitely see Taveres patrolling the outfield at Busch III for many summers to come.

My wife and I are going to Friday night’s playoff game before heading up to the Lou for blogger weekend. I really hope to see more offense from both home teams!

By: shaneo69

shaneo69 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:18:09 +0000

Chambers won’t stick with the Cards as long as Skip is still around. Same skill-set except Skip also plays 2B.

By: DT Flush

DT Flush — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:59:42 +0000

Mike O’Neil appeared on Baseball America’s last prospect hot sheet.

“No. 13 MIKE O’NEILL, LF/CF
CARDINALS
Team: Double-A Springfield (Texas)
Age: 24
Why He’s Here: .682/.708/.864 (15-for-22), 3 R, 4 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SO
The Scoop: The peskiest leadoff hitter in the minors was promoted to Double-A Springfield two weeks ago. The Cardinals watched with interest to see if O’Neill would be able to work counts, hit line drives and draw walks against more advanced pitchers. So far, so good. O’Neill has walked seven times in 12 games while striking out twice. He’s also stolen three bases in three tries. For the season, O’Neill now has 77 walks and 26 strikeouts, a nearly 3-to-1 ratio that is the best in the minors over the past five seasons”

credit http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/prospect-hot-sheet/2012/2613987.html

By: skszyszowski

skszyszowski — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:11:59 +0000

I believe the 2013 season will tell me more about Jamsey Ramsey than his 2012 season/stats. Ramsey played in all 67 games for Florida State this year and it looks as if he had 315 plate appearances. FSU’s season started Feb17 and ended Jun21 in Omaha. Regardless of how mature Ramsey is suppose to be, I believe he, and college players like him, get metally drained in July/August. ( FSU probably started their pre-season work in January.) Ramsey will be on my follow-closely list in 2013 to see if his high draft pick and bonus look worthwhile.

By: Gruntosaurus

Gruntosaurus — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:41:36 +0000

I’d like to see both Hill and Chambers called up and successful, but let’s be realistic here. Chambers is a mediocre center fielder, with many major leaguers roughly comparable to him in tool set, performance level, etc. To be sure, he’s “our” mediocrity, and he seems to be a decent chap, so I’d love for him to get and create end-of-season thrills like he did last year; not many guys like him get rings, after all. But calling him a “major league player” rather stretches the term unless you add to it “for a bad team.”

As for Hill, I’ve been a fan of his for a long time, but we’re now up to two major-league managers who seem to think he can’t play catcher in the Show. Would a month of looking over Molina’s shoulder give him enough extra catching smarts to justify a Cruz-like backup role? Maybe; I hope so; but I doubt it. And his bat isn’t sufficient to play anywhere else.

One of the hardest parts about following the minors is that you see all these guys you really like, but then have to come to terms with them juuuust baaaarely falling short of having what it takes for the bigs. As hard as it is for us fans, it must be excruciating for their managers and coaches.

By: DT Flush

DT Flush — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:23:00 +0000

Hill definitely does deserve a call he’s a RH bat with some pop .819 OPS this season.

By: illinoiscardinalfan

illinoiscardinalfan — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:24:26 +0000

Interesting info, thanks Lou.

I wonder if it is a combination of the FSL being slightly more advanced but also a poor hitters league in general?