Minor League Discussion & Boxes 9-6-11

[SouthSideRyan]

At least they did all this while being one of the oldest teams in the league.

[toonsterwu]

I wish all the guys at Peoria the best, and I hope they prove me wrong, but of the guys that finished the year at Peoria, only 4 positional guys really stand out to me in regards to having enough prospect status to be worth paying attention to - Arismendy Alcantara, Rubi Silva, Dustin Geiger, and Micah Gibbs. Hard to imagine those 4 cracking many, if any, Cubs top 30 prospect lists. Of the four, Gibbs probably has the best shot to work his way up, as his skill defensively behind the plate will give him a shot to, at least, be a better Koyie Hill (and I say that in a positive way, as Koyie did make it to the majors and convince people to keep him around for awhile). I am intrigued to see if the other three can make enough improvements to take a step forward. I expect Geiger to be in Peoria again in 2012. Silva should be at Daytona. I'm not sure what expect on what they would decide with Arismendy. It was a weak crop of positional talent that passed through there this year, with only Matt Szczur as a top prospect.

[SouthSideRyan]

Now you've really done it.

[KingKongvs.Godzilla]

That's a great combination to have. If they could just improve either their power or their walks to be average (they don't necessarily need both) they'd really have something. A hitter really needs two of the following three tools to really be successful: batting average/low strikeouts (low strikeouts by itself isn't that important but it does help keep BA high and also helps players translate from level to level), power, walks. It doesn't really matter which two, but having just one unless it's extremely elite isn't enough.

 

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