Kris Bryant Promoted to Daytona

[Elrhino]

Daytona's daily box score check just got more entertaining by a factor of a million.

[Warpticon]

"daily box score"

[Lefty]

Using Longoria as a template, Bryant in Tennessee next year wouldn't be a stretch. It doesn't start his clock either.

[Cubswin11]

Using Longoria as a template, Bryant in Tennessee next year wouldn't be a stretch. It doesn't start his clock either.

Huh?

[Lefty]

Using Longoria as a template, Bryant in Tennessee next year wouldn't be a stretch. It doesn't start his clock either.

Huh?

 

A quick promotion to MLB might not be in the organization's best interests. But a promotion that doesn't start the service time "clock" would not conflict with that.

[jersey cubs fan]

Using Longoria as a template, Bryant in Tennessee next year wouldn't be a stretch. It doesn't start his clock either.

Huh?

 

A quick promotion to MLB might not be in the organization's best interests. But a promotion that doesn't start the service time "clock" would not conflict with that.

 

I don't think many people think he's going to start next year in the majors.

[Lefty]

Using Longoria as a template, Bryant in Tennessee next year wouldn't be a stretch. It doesn't start his clock either.

Huh?

 

A quick promotion to MLB might not be in the organization's best interests. But a promotion that doesn't start the service time "clock" would not conflict with that.

 

I don't think many people think he's going to start next year in the majors.

 

OK, long form. The discussion here was what the Daytona promotion says about next year. Someone mentioned AA. Too much, too fast? Well no, not if he hits. Evan Longoria, also an elite college hitter, third baseman drafted after his junior year, tasted AA his first summer out and started there his second year. Does our FO not like quick promotions? To the Majors, definitely, because of the service time clock and our current non-contending status. But the treatment of Javier Baez seems to indicate that they are not wed to the notion of one level per year or the requirement of a monster season before promotion.

 

So in sum, to the person who mentioned AA next year, it's possible, and isn't really an heroic assumption.

[Cubswin11]

So in sum, to the person who mentioned AA next year, it's possible, and isn't really an heroic assumption.

I think most on here reasonably expect Bryant to get to AA at some point next year but I doubt many others, if any at all, expect him to see any time above that. I don't think any of us expect his "clock to start" until sometime in 2015 and I think there's a decent chance he will still be have rookie status in 2016 (which is the first year I expect him to see significant time/start the season out of ST with the team).

[ScrubMD]

If he starts in AA, I don't think it would be much of a surprise if he made it to AAA sometime next year.

[Tyrant]

If he starts in AA, I don't think it would be much of a surprise if he made it to AAA sometime next year.

 

Right. If he puts up 300 or so dominant at bats at Tennessee, I don't think the FO will keep him down there.

[jersey cubs fan]

So in sum, to the person who mentioned AA next year, it's possible, and isn't really an heroic assumption.

I think most on here reasonably expect Bryant to get to AA at some point next year but I doubt many others, if any at all, expect him to see any time above that. I don't think any of us expect his "clock to start" until sometime in 2015 and I think there's a decent chance he will still be have rookie status in 2016 (which is the first year I expect him to see significant time/start the season out of ST with the team).

 

I could easily see him not only start in AA, but get a promotion to AAA next season, and spend a significant amount of time with the big team in 2015.

[mul21]

If he starts in AA, I don't think it would be much of a surprise if he made it to AAA sometime next year.

 

Right. If he puts up 300 or so dominant at bats at Tennessee, I don't think the FO will keep him down there.

 

Yeah, wouldn't surprise me that if this happened and he continued to play well at Iowa he saw a September call up but started the next season (2015) at Iowa for service time reasons.

[nightman]

I expect Bryant to be playing in Chicago the first half of 2015. Not sure if that means he spends all or part of next year in AA. But most top college hitters in recent years (Gordon, Braun, Tulo, Longoria, Wieters, Alvarez, Posey, Ackley, Rendon) have been called up in the first half of their 3rd professional season

[wekim81]

I expect Bryant to be playing in Chicago the first half of 2015. Not sure if that means he spends all or part of next year in AA. But most top college hitters in recent years (Gordon, Braun, Tulo, Longoria, Wieters, Alvarez, Posey, Ackley, Rendon) have been called up in the first half of their 3rd professional season

this

[pitchcs]

Gordon, Braun, Tulo, Longoria, Wieters, Alvarez, Posey, Ackley, Rendon

 

Those names look tasty.