Minor League Discussion & Boxes 5-13-14

[Guest]

my god if javy weren't dead, this would be a glorious day

[Guest]

lol I saw Bryant was up and thought "he's about due for a HR". He is a video game character incarnate.

[ScrubMD]

What's going on with TN's pitching?

[Guest]

What's going on with TN's pitching?

 

You mean the order? That's not uncommon with rehabbing relievers. It looks like they wanted to ensure Vizcaino got an inning too so he pitched before Johnson(and struck out 3 while also giving up a 3B).

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

http://i.imgur.com/xgVD5Q6.gif

 

Daury Torrez dominating again without striking anyone out. Ben Wells with his best outing in probably 2 years.

Edited May 14, 2014 by Tangled Up in Plaid

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Almora with three doubles tonight.

 

That's more exciting to me than a Bryant HR. Although I'm sure he'll hit another one or two.

[ScrubMD]

What's going on with TN's pitching?

 

You mean the order? That's not uncommon with rehabbing relievers. It looks like they wanted to ensure Vizcaino got an inning too so he pitched before Johnson(and struck out 3 while also giving up a 3B).

 

I figured that's what it was with Veras, but then when I saw Vizcaino in the 2nd, I got a bit worried/confused. Johnson is in now, all is clear.

[ScrubMD]

Looks like Johnson didn't like waiting until the 3rd.

[TruffleShuffle]

pierce johnson's inability to throw strikes seems to have returned.

[Guest]

pierce johnson's inability to throw strikes seems to have returned.

hate to say it, but it is often a precursor to an injury announcement.

[Gilby]

Our top 10 other than Bryant and Soler has been pretty brutal.

[Little Slide Rooter]

pierce johnson's inability to throw strikes seems to have returned.

hate to say it, but it is often a precursor to an injury announcement.

 

I was thinking more in terms of being thrown off by the piggyback.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Out of Szczur, Vitters, Baez, Villanueva and Alcantara, how many of our Iowa hitting prospects have an OBP over .300 this season after today?

 

 

None! :banghead:

 

When they go to Daytona, they don't play. When they go to Iowa, they die. The only answer is to keep all relevant prospects at Tennessee.

 

But in all serious, I have to wonder how much of it has to do with Iowa's coaching. Baez, Alcantara, Villanueva, Szczur, Vitters, and Jackson, we have 6 relevant prospects who are struggling far to much for it to be a coincidence.

[Guest]

Out of Szczur, Vitters, Baez, Villanueva and Alcantara, how many of our Iowa hitting prospects have an OBP over .300 this season after today?

 

 

None! :banghead:

 

When they go to Daytona, they don't play. When they go to Iowa, they die. The only answer is to keep all relevant prospects at Tennessee.

 

But in all serious, I have to wonder how much of it has to do with Iowa's coaching. Baez, Alcantara, Villanueva, Szczur, Vitters, and Jackson, we have 6 relevant prospects who are struggling far to much for it to be a coincidence.

I want Perry.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Out of Szczur, Vitters, Baez, Villanueva and Alcantara, how many of our Iowa hitting prospects have an OBP over .300 this season after today?

 

 

None! :banghead:

 

When they go to Daytona, they don't play. When they go to Iowa, they die. The only answer is to keep all relevant prospects at Tennessee.

 

But in all serious, I have to wonder how much of it has to do with Iowa's coaching. Baez, Alcantara, Villanueva, Szczur, Vitters, and Jackson, we have 6 relevant prospects who are struggling far to much for it to be a coincidence.

I want Perry.

Do you honestly believe Gerald Perry would have a significant effect on anyone in Iowa's lineup?

[Guest]

Out of Szczur, Vitters, Baez, Villanueva and Alcantara, how many of our Iowa hitting prospects have an OBP over .300 this season after today?

 

 

None! :banghead:

 

When they go to Daytona, they don't play. When they go to Iowa, they die. The only answer is to keep all relevant prospects at Tennessee.

 

But in all serious, I have to wonder how much of it has to do with Iowa's coaching. Baez, Alcantara, Villanueva, Szczur, Vitters, and Jackson, we have 6 relevant prospects who are struggling far to much for it to be a coincidence.

I want Perry.

Do you honestly believe Gerald Perry would have a significant effect on anyone in Iowa's lineup?

No, but I'd feel better by eliminating one cause of variance.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Fair enough.

[gscool89]

Bryant RBI single

[Guest]

Andreoli BB

Bruno 1B

Bryant 1B

Soler Lineout

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Andreoli BB

Bruno 1B

Bryant 1B

Soler Lineout

http://i.imgur.com/JC568oB.gif

[imb]

the only solution is to call these MFs up from AA and just pretend iowa doesnt exist

[SouthSideRyan]

Out of Szczur, Vitters, Baez, Villanueva and Alcantara, how many of our Iowa hitting prospects have an OBP over .300 this season after today?

 

 

None! :banghead:

 

When they go to Daytona, they don't play. When they go to Iowa, they die. The only answer is to keep all relevant prospects at Tennessee.

 

But in all serious, I have to wonder how much of it has to do with Iowa's coaching. Baez, Alcantara, Villanueva, Szczur, Vitters, and Jackson, we have 6 relevant prospects who are struggling far to much for it to be a coincidence.

I want Perry.

Do you honestly believe Gerald Perry would have a significant effect on anyone in Iowa's lineup?

 

Von Joshua would

[Little Slide Rooter]

To open up a discussion from a few days back, the more I think about it, the more I think Javy's being junk balled to death. At 21, he's taken the express lane to AAA. In each level that he's been at, he's likely been up against a lot of live arms trying to prove that they belong or make it to the next level. Then he gets to AAA, and the bulk of the pitchers have either been there for a few years, many of whom have had some level of big league experience. These aren't guys who got there with stuff, they got there by fooling other guys by soft tossing. The ones who have big league experience, more than a cup of coffee made a living by fooling big league hitters. Once the big league bats figured them out, it was back to the minors.

 

With this in mind, regardless of how talented the 21 year old, they probably haven't been up against anything like it. At first, Rodrigo Lopez may as well be Greg Maddux. They're used to guys trying to out pitch them, and now they're up against guys trying to outsmart them.

 

But once they figure out these guys, it becomes tee off time. So it makes sense that after a few years at AAA, guys like Bryan LaHair and Jake Fox rack up Ruthian slash line, whereas these cocky 21-22 year olds end up looking silly. In the end, it comes down to mental makeup; do they let these guys competely throw them off, or do they learn from it?