Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-21-13

[Tryptamine]

Irrational optimism for the line up next year with possible additions of Baez and Bryant. Add Ellsbury and Beltran and you have the potential for a monster offense.

[rawaction]

I'm thinking of having another kid so I can name him or her Javier Baez.

Ya know his real first name is Ednel?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I'm thinking of having another kid so I can name him or her Javier Baez.

 

I want to do the same thing, but I want Javy to be the father.

[imb]

With Bogaerts graduating to the majors, does Baez have a realistic shot at #2 prospect in baseball this offseason. Looking at BP's midseason top 50, I'm not sure there's a prospect aside from Buxton that I'd definitely put ahead of him. Is that going overboard?

 

everyone outside of buxton has warts, so it really just depends on how he finishes up and what context prospect evaluators put his season in.

 

Taveras - injured most of the year

Sano - contact rate, might not be a 3B.

Bogaerts - graduated.

Lindor - Will be a shortstop, but is a slap hitter

Bradley - Too many walks

Walker - 1.4 WHIP in AAA

Yelich - Graduated.

Correa - Hitting the [expletive] out of the ball in a level he's too good for, but confusingly hasn't been promoted.

[JonJayCutler]

Turned on the game and heard "Baez with 2 more tonight" from Len. All I did was bust out laughing.

[rawaction]

The consensus is he is starting at AAA next year, right?

Yeah. Hes going to wind up with 250 AA plate appearances. Even if he goes into a prolonged slump to end the year, he's going have a .900+ OPS in AA.

[illiniguy]

I'm thinking of having another kid so I can name him or her Javier Baez.

Ya know his real first name is Ednel?

I do. But if Javy doesn't use it, I'm not gonna tell him he's wrong.

[rawaction]

Baez due up 3rd in the 9th. Going for 5 hit game to go with his previous 4 HR game.

[ScrubMD]

Hard.

 

[How hard!??!]

 

Hard as a [expletive] rock.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

With Bogaerts graduating to the majors, does Baez have a realistic shot at #2 prospect in baseball this offseason. Looking at BP's midseason top 50, I'm not sure there's a prospect aside from Buxton that I'd definitely put ahead of him. Is that going overboard?

 

everyone outside of buxton has warts, so it really just depends on how he finishes up and what context prospect evaluators put his season in.

 

Taveras - injured most of the year

Sano - contact rate, might not be a 3B.

Bogaerts - graduated.

Lindor - Will be a shortstop, but is a slap hitter

Bradley - Too many walks

Walker - 1.4 WHIP in AAA

Yelich - Graduated.

Correa - Hitting the [expletive] out of the ball in a level he's too good for, but confusingly hasn't been promoted.

 

Yeah, Taveras is the only one of those I really considered putting ahead of him. But [expletive] it, I'm taking Javy.

[Elrhino]

Arismendy with 2 BBs and belts a double, and gets completely overshadowed.

[TruffleShuffle]

it's not a given that bogaerts will be graduated. he needs 130 major league at bats and currently has 4.

[Warpticon]

Bad news: Tennessee gave up 3 in the bottom of the 8th to tie the game at 6.

 

Good news: Tennessee brings up Sczcur/Alcantara/Baez in the top of the 9th.

[rawaction]

Birmingham tied the game so Javy will have a chance at a 3rd game winner in the last week.

[Guest]

With Bogaerts graduating to the majors, does Baez have a realistic shot at #2 prospect in baseball this offseason. Looking at BP's midseason top 50, I'm not sure there's a prospect aside from Buxton that I'd definitely put ahead of him. Is that going overboard?

 

everyone outside of buxton has warts, so it really just depends on how he finishes up and what context prospect evaluators put his season in.

 

Taveras - injured most of the year

Sano - contact rate, might not be a 3B.

Bogaerts - graduated.

Lindor - Will be a shortstop, but is a slap hitter

Bradley - Too many walks

Walker - 1.4 WHIP in AAA

Yelich - Graduated.

Correa - Hitting the [expletive] out of the ball in a level he's too good for, but confusingly hasn't been promoted.

 

I think Taveras has locked up enough good will to still be #2. Also, depending on what the publication uses for qualifications, Bogaerts could easily still be eligible.

 

Hopefully a publication like BA will rate Correa, Lindor and Sano lower, but who knows. Heck, Callis said he preferred Bryant to Baez just two weeks ago.

[davell]

it's not a given that bogaerts will be graduated. he needs 130 major league at bats and currently has 4.

Yeah, I'll go as far as to say he's not going to graduate. He's only 2 months older than Javy, I'll completely understand when he's ranked over Javy. Still wouldn't trade Javy for him though.

[Warpticon]

Inning starts with Szczur double and Alcantara single, no out, Javy up to bat.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Line drive out to the outfield. Sac fly.

[RammyFanny]

Line drive out to the outfield. Sac fly.

Thought that was gonna get in there for a double.

[TruffleShuffle]

that sucks. would've been great to end his night with a 2-run double. still, 4-4 with 2 homers and 5 rbi is okay.

[illiniguy]

that sucks. would've been great to end his night with a 2-run double. still, 4-4 with 2 homers and 5 rbi is okay.

Edit, thought they were the home team.

[rawaction]

That's RBI 100 for Javy.

[Warpticon]

Villanueva doubles, go figure.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

With Bogaerts graduating to the majors, does Baez have a realistic shot at #2 prospect in baseball this offseason. Looking at BP's midseason top 50, I'm not sure there's a prospect aside from Buxton that I'd definitely put ahead of him. Is that going overboard?

 

everyone outside of buxton has warts, so it really just depends on how he finishes up and what context prospect evaluators put his season in.

 

Taveras - injured most of the year

Sano - contact rate, might not be a 3B.

Bogaerts - graduated.

Lindor - Will be a shortstop, but is a slap hitter

Bradley - Too many walks

Walker - 1.4 WHIP in AAA

Yelich - Graduated.

Correa - Hitting the [expletive] out of the ball in a level he's too good for, but confusingly hasn't been promoted.

 

I think Taveras has locked up enough good will to still be #2. Also, depending on what the publication uses for qualifications, Bogaerts could easily still be eligible.

 

Hopefully a publication like BA will rate Correa, Lindor and Sano lower, but who knows. Heck, Callis said he preferred Bryant to Baez just two weeks ago.

 

Parks is on Twitter saying he still likes Sano and Lindor over Baez. I really don't understand how anyone can prefer Lindor over Baez at this point.

[Guest]

With Bogaerts graduating to the majors, does Baez have a realistic shot at #2 prospect in baseball this offseason. Looking at BP's midseason top 50, I'm not sure there's a prospect aside from Buxton that I'd definitely put ahead of him. Is that going overboard?

 

everyone outside of buxton has warts, so it really just depends on how he finishes up and what context prospect evaluators put his season in.

 

Taveras - injured most of the year

Sano - contact rate, might not be a 3B.

Bogaerts - graduated.

Lindor - Will be a shortstop, but is a slap hitter

Bradley - Too many walks

Walker - 1.4 WHIP in AAA

Yelich - Graduated.

Correa - Hitting the [expletive] out of the ball in a level he's too good for, but confusingly hasn't been promoted.

 

I think Taveras has locked up enough good will to still be #2. Also, depending on what the publication uses for qualifications, Bogaerts could easily still be eligible.

 

Hopefully a publication like BA will rate Correa, Lindor and Sano lower, but who knows. Heck, Callis said he preferred Bryant to Baez just two weeks ago.

 

Parks is on Twitter saying he still likes Sano and Lindor over Baez. I really don't understand how anyone can prefer Lindor over Baez at this point.

 

Give them till the offseason (and possibly the AFL) to reassess.