Minor League Discussion & Boxes 6-5-10

[ScrubMD]

Vitters is getting exposed because he's a hacker. It would be great if the Cubs taught patience (as much as it can be taught) in the minors, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

 

He's a Mike Cameron/Cliff Floyd/Soriano type hitter. We have to hope he's more Vlad than Corey Patterson.

 

Soriano is the only one that comes close to the type of hitter you're trying to describe.

[jersey cubs fan]

Vitters is getting exposed because he's a hacker. It would be great if the Cubs taught patience (as much as it can be taught) in the minors, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

 

He's a Mike Cameron/Cliff Floyd/Soriano type hitter. We have to hope he's more Vlad than Corey Patterson.

 

Soriano is the only one that comes close to the type of hitter you're trying to describe.

 

which doesn't bode well for vitters

[ScrubMD]

Vitters is getting exposed because he's a hacker. It would be great if the Cubs taught patience (as much as it can be taught) in the minors, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

 

He's a Mike Cameron/Cliff Floyd/Soriano type hitter. We have to hope he's more Vlad than Corey Patterson.

 

Soriano is the only one that comes close to the type of hitter you're trying to describe.

 

which doesn't bode well for vitters

 

CubinNY being terrible at coming up with examples of the thing he's trying to describe is a dark omen for Vitters?

 

It's looking like Vitters will never justify his #3 overall status, but I think he's too young to get too down on him.

[jersey cubs fan]

It's looking like Vitters will never justify his #3 overall status, but I think he's too young to get too down on him.

 

Vitters pedestrian professional production and horrible K/BB rate is the problem. The Cubs have promoted him so aggressively that they don't have the same benefit of time. If he stays around AA much longer and doesn't improve significantly, his value will plummet. As things stand now he hasn't come close to playing well enough to be a big trade chip.

[ScrubMD]

It's looking like Vitters will never justify his #3 overall status, but I think he's too young to get too down on him.

 

Vitters pedestrian professional production and horrible K/BB rate is the problem. The Cubs have promoted him so aggressively that they don't have the same benefit of time. If he stays around AA much longer and doesn't improve significantly, his value will plummet. As things stand now he hasn't come close to playing well enough to be a big trade chip.

 

I agree, but I think he's going to be alright. He's struggled at every new level but then put up good numbers once he's adjusted. By the end of the season he'll have just turned 21 and if he's putting up good numbers at AA by then I don't think there's any reason to panic. But looking over his minor league numbers, he always does pretty pitifully when he's first promoted but he's adjusted to every level so far (excluding AA).

[Donzo1679666396]

Vitters pedestrian professional production and horrible K/BB rate is the problem.

 

At best this is myopic… At worst it’s completely wrong.

 

In that statement, how can you spin Boise 08, Peoria 09, 09 AFL, 10 DB & age factors as “pedestrian professional production”?!?

 

If Vitters is performing like this in two years at AA, then you may have a point. Even then he’d be on the same track as Colvin.