Minor League Discussion & Boxes 6-11-11

[craig]

...NFL folks never viewed him as having elite speed - talk I heard was that the testing from the previous year had a wide range, with some folks having him as high as the 4.5's on the 40, which for a NFL WR is fairly average ...

 

I suspect that his quickness, plus baserunning instincts, makes him a superior baseball speed guy than guys with faster straight line speed.

 

That said, not that many NFL prospects run at less than 4.5. Guys under 4.4 are immediately viewed as having elite straight-line speed.

 

Second, NFL wide receivers are a rather extraordinary frame of reference compared to baseball players, aren't they? To have "average" NFL-WR speed I would think would immediately make you "elite" relative to major leaguers. I'd think that if you can keep up with an average NFL WR or CB, that there won't be more than a handful or two of major league guys who can run with you, much less faster?

 

Or maybe I'm way off.

[Guest]

Ben Badler on Jeimer Candelario:

Jeimer Candelario killed it again yesterday. #Cubs 3B homered and drew three more walks, absolutely destroying the DSL

It's his skill. Very advanced at the plate RT @ajwalsh08 Who is walking a 17-year-old 17 times in 44 PAs and why?

So then he must also have enough power to make walking him worth avoiding the XBH? @ajwalsh08 He does, but it's mostly just his patience

[Little Slide Rooter]

Ben Badler on Jeimer Candelario:

Jeimer Candelario killed it again yesterday. #Cubs 3B homered and drew three more walks, absolutely destroying the DSL

It's his skill. Very advanced at the plate RT @ajwalsh08 Who is walking a 17-year-old 17 times in 44 PAs and why?

So then he must also have enough power to make walking him worth avoiding the XBH? @ajwalsh08 He does, but it's mostly just his patience

 

Hes also a switch hitter, adding to the intrigue.

[jersey cubs fan]

Given that those numbers have occurred while he's slumped for the vast majority of the season I am not concerned with his power.

 

Slumped? He's pretty much performed at the same rate he's performed throughout his pro career, fair to middlin.