Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-25-14

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores

 

Iowa won 9-2 Box Score

 

Tennessee lost 15-1 Box Score

 

Daytona won 6-3 Box Score

 

Kane County won 8-4 Box Score

 

OVERALL: 3-1

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

I'm going to watch the Iowa Cub games tonight and tomorrow afternoon...let's see if I can sneak some footage of Baez so we can all break down how he hit the ball 500 ft in the thin air up here.

[Guest]

Paniagua will piggyback with Torrez tonight.

[davell]

Vogelbach is 2-2 so far.

[thefranchise]

Bryant K'd swinging in his 1st AB. Was up 2-0 then swung at some bad low and away sliders. Got it to 3-2 then struck out on a slider(?) over the heart of the plate.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Bryant's K rate is really frightening me.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Also, Amaya is having the most ridiculous start to a season I've seen.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Bryant's K rate is really frightening me.

 

I can't be worried about it because I'm too worried about Baez's whiffing, Almora's allergy to walks, Soler's absence, Edwards' shoulder and Vogelbach's general suckiness (until the last two days).

 

Bryant has been the bright spot.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

I suppose, but pushing 30% at AA is shades of Brett Jackson.

[davell]

I suppose, but pushing 30% at AA is shades of Brett Jackson.

 

Yet he's still mashing. His K rate is going to be high, but he's still succeeding. If there's an adjustment I've heard he'll eventually need to make, it's that he sometimes holds out too long for the perfect pitch. I'm not worried about him.

 

Javy or Almora either for that matter. This is what Javy does, he'll adjust, as he has each season and everyone that starts dropping him down their lists(last year it was most people) will be thrilled with him again.

 

Almora is a product of just making easy contact. If its in the zone, he hits it. Until he reaches a league he can't do that, he's not going to need to walk much.

[XZero771679666304]

SSS, but BJax's K% this year is 47%. And he's not doing anything in the PAs he's no striking out, either. Bryant is.

 

It seems like Bryant is a guy who is going to K quite a bit, but if he can OPS .900, it'll be just fine.

[Gilby]

SSS, but BJax's K% this year is 47%. And he's not doing anything in the PAs he's no striking out, either. Bryant is.

 

He was probably talking about when Jackson was good. He actually struck out less in AA than Bryant is now while carrying a wOBA in the .370s. The striking out of Bryant and Baez is some scary stuff.

[thefranchise]

Bryant walked on a 3-2 pitch. Didn't see what the pitch was, but from what I've seen this series, they have barely thrown Bryant any fastballs.

[davell]

4IP, no hits, no walks, 6K's for Torrez.

[ScrubMD]

I'm glad Vogelbach decided he doesn't want to get out anymore.

[thefranchise]

Hopefully Candelario starts to hit soon

[thefranchise]

Bryant gets hit in the forearm/wrist area on a 2-2 pitch. He proceeds to score on a Lopez double.

[XZero771679666304]

SSS, but BJax's K% this year is 47%. And he's not doing anything in the PAs he's no striking out, either. Bryant is.

 

He was probably talking about when Jackson was good. He actually struck out less in AA than Bryant is now while carrying a wOBA in the .370s. The striking out of Bryant and Baez is some scary stuff.

 

Bryant is at 27%. BJax hasn't been that low in years. And Bryant's offensive profile is going to help him make up for K'ing 30% of the time much more than Jackson's has for him (Bryant is carrying a .451 wOBA, and was in the .490s last year). You'd absolutely like him to K less, but it's not setting off any serious alarm bells, imo.

[thefranchise]

Torrez went 6.1 with 0 ER, then gave up 3 runs.

[Gilby]

SSS, but BJax's K% this year is 47%. And he's not doing anything in the PAs he's no striking out, either. Bryant is.

 

He was probably talking about when Jackson was good. He actually struck out less in AA than Bryant is now while carrying a wOBA in the .370s. The striking out of Bryant and Baez is some scary stuff.

 

Bryant is at 27%. BJax hasn't been that low in years. And Bryant's offensive profile is going to help him make up for K'ing 30% of the time much more than Jackson's has for him (Bryant is carrying a .491 wOBA, and posted a .495 last year). You'd absolutely like him to K less, but it's not setting off any serious alarm bells, imo.

 

Jackson's career shows why it's scary that Bryant is striking out more than he did his first time in AA. I do agree though, KB has the profile that hopefully can withstand a lot of K's. He's been dominant other than the strike outs.

[Guest]

Bryant's K rate is really frightening me.

It shouldn't

[pitchcs]

Bryant's K rate is really frightening me.

It shouldn't

 

Not when he walks at an equal %

[Hairyducked Idiot]

It should be a *little* bit of a concern. We've got lots of experience with high-K% in the minors meaning holes in the swing that upper-level pitchers exploit with more consistency, causing a total collapse of performance.

 

But he's got all the traits you could want in a high-K player.

[Guest]

Bryant's K rate is really frightening me.

It shouldn't

 

Not when he walks at an equal %

Not when it's the first [expletive] month of the season. If he's still K-ing a lot in July it will be worrisome. But Brett Jackson isn't even in his league in baseball terms. Bryant has the kind of power and bat speed that Jackson never approached.

[toonsterwu]

To be fair, Jackson had a specific issue. While Bryant is similar in that both guys tend to occasionally wait too long, putting them in bad counts, by most accounts, there isn't any issue with Bryant's swing, whereas there were always, much as I liked him, some concerns with Brett's swing/ability to get to pitches.

 

I'm not too concerned with Bryant's K rate for now. Now ... if he ends the season with a 30% K rate, then I think there would definitely be some cause for concern. He needs to be more Troy Glaus than Brandon Wood, and we simply don't have a big enough picture right now to make a judgment, and hence why I'm not that concerned yet.