Re: Minor League Discussion & Boxes 6-1-12

[Magnetic Curses]

i hope the power and patience remain on track. although jackson had a very good 10 game stretch, it looks like. all 3 could be opening day starters next season, right?

[KaiserCesar]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=jackso003bre

 

Just checking out Jackson's BR page, he's got just about as many PA's as he did last year in AAA and his numbers are pretty similar if you look beyond the OPS. The BB rate is about 3% lower, and the ISO is .020 different, but the K rate is actually the same around 30% and the other big difference is BABIP which was pretty darn high last year.

[El Duderino]

Brett Jackson played what, 50 games in Iowa last year? Can you really get on him for "repeating the level"?

[KaiserCesar]

Brett Jackson played what, 50 games in Iowa last year? Can you really get on him for "repeating the level"?

 

He has 450 PA's combined now at AAA, while he had 565 at AA which is by far more than he had at any other level. I don't think him being taken slowly through the minors is a real concern.

[Splendid Splinter]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=jackso003bre

 

Just checking out Jackson's BR page, he's got just about as many PA's as he did last year in AAA and his numbers are pretty similar if you look beyond the OPS. The BB rate is about 3% lower, and the ISO is .020 different, but the K rate is actually the same around 30% and the other big difference is BABIP which was pretty darn high last year.

 

 

And that's with him being worse than Garza at the plate for 3 weeks (K'ing like 50% of the ABs)...

[davell]

Tim is big on Vitters because of the age/level, not big on Brett because of the K's. My guess is this board is probably split fairly close, between choosing one or the other honestly. I'm a Brett guy, but I hope I'm wrong and both of these guys are longtime starters for us. I'll say this at least: It seems much more plausible to me today, than it did last month at this time.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

i hope the power and patience remain on track. although jackson had a very good 10 game stretch, it looks like. all 3 could be opening day starters next season, right?

 

I have a really, really hard time putting that on Vitters. Unless it's for another team.

 

I want to, and it'd be awesome, but I just don't see him being better than Ian Stewart at this time next year, and I don't see us getting good trade value for Stewart unless the BABIP gods stop crapping all over him.

[KaiserCesar]

i hope the power and patience remain on track. although jackson had a very good 10 game stretch, it looks like. all 3 could be opening day starters next season, right?

 

I have a really, really hard time putting that on Vitters. Unless it's for another team.

 

I want to, and it'd be awesome, but I just don't see him being better than Ian Stewart at this time next year, and I don't see us getting good trade value for Stewart unless the BABIP gods stop crapping all over him.

 

I have such a hard time envisioning what the 2013 Cubs will look like and so many moves are bound to happen. At this point, I think the proper question will be whether or not Vitters/Jackson will be capable of starting on opening day and then we'll see how the roster shakes out.

[jumbo]

6IP 4H 1R 1ER 2BB 2K on 79 pitches for McNutt tonight.

I read a comment on another site about McNutt's outing. Said the ump had tiny strike zone and both pitchers would have had more K's.

[rawaction]

6IP 4H 1R 1ER 2BB 2K on 79 pitches for McNutt tonight.

I read a comment on another site about McNutt's outing. Said the ump had tiny strike zone and both pitchers would have had more K's.

 

The problem with that is that he doesn't have the numbers the last 2 years to suggest that that is true. He went from K'ing over 9 per 9 thru 2010, then the last 2 years he's barely getting 5 per 9.