Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-25-18

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Good for the White Sox, though. Adding Drew Pomeranz and Nomar Mazara should help them win 70 games sometime in the near future.

[Hrubes20]

He take a break from the DL to play a game? Neat. He’s going to have to hit like JD Martinez to carry any value.

 

He’s played in 73 games this year. That’s a bad take. As is the second part. There is this thing called the DH in the AL. If his defense gets to the point that it is a negative, they can just put him there and take advantage of that ridiculous bat.

 

Edit: unless you were being sarcastic and I just missed it

I wasn’t. I want to say he’s hit the DL 3 or 4 times this year and you really have to hit as a DH (which I believe he is) to have much value. Only 3 qualified guys over 2 WAR last year at DH and none over 3. He literally needs to be JD Martinez, peak Nelson Cruz, etc to be more than a 2-3 WAR player at DH. Which that’s fine, just his bat really needs to play for him to carry value.

 

That’s a combination of the Sox being overly cautious with their stud prospect and the minors having a short 7 day DL stay.

 

And of course he has to hit to have value. But is there any doubt that he will at this point? David Ortiz was only a 3 Win player while rocking a 150 wRC+ at DH, but is anyone going to debate how he positively impacted every game he played? And that’s completely writing Eloy off in the field, which is premature. His bat absolutely has 150 wRC+ ability.

[Cubswin11]

 

He’s played in 73 games this year. That’s a bad take. As is the second part. There is this thing called the DH in the AL. If his defense gets to the point that it is a negative, they can just put him there and take advantage of that ridiculous bat.

 

Edit: unless you were being sarcastic and I just missed it

I wasn’t. I want to say he’s hit the DL 3 or 4 times this year and you really have to hit as a DH (which I believe he is) to have much value. Only 3 qualified guys over 2 WAR last year at DH and none over 3. He literally needs to be JD Martinez, peak Nelson Cruz, etc to be more than a 2-3 WAR player at DH. Which that’s fine, just his bat really needs to play for him to carry value.

 

That’s a combination of the Sox being overly cautious with their stud prospect and the minors having a short 7 day DL stay.

 

And of course he has to hit to have value. But is there any doubt that he will at this point? David Ortiz was only a 3 Win player while rocking a 150 wRC+ at DH, but is anyone going to debate how he positively impacted every game he played? And that’s completely writing Eloy off in the field, which is premature. His bat absolutely has 150 wRC+ ability.

There’s 11 qualified batters at 150+ right now, there were 7 last year. That’s an incredibly high threshold in this environment.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Roederer is 0 for his last 10.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Big day for Eddy to bring his slash line up from .219/.271/.363.

[Hrubes20]

I wasn’t. I want to say he’s hit the DL 3 or 4 times this year and you really have to hit as a DH (which I believe he is) to have much value. Only 3 qualified guys over 2 WAR last year at DH and none over 3. He literally needs to be JD Martinez, peak Nelson Cruz, etc to be more than a 2-3 WAR player at DH. Which that’s fine, just his bat really needs to play for him to carry value.

 

That’s a combination of the Sox being overly cautious with their stud prospect and the minors having a short 7 day DL stay.

 

And of course he has to hit to have value. But is there any doubt that he will at this point? David Ortiz was only a 3 Win player while rocking a 150 wRC+ at DH, but is anyone going to debate how he positively impacted every game he played? And that’s completely writing Eloy off in the field, which is premature. His bat absolutely has 150 wRC+ ability.

There’s 11 qualified batters at 150+ right now, there were 7 last year. That’s an incredibly high threshold in this environment.

 

For sure. But that’s why Eloy’s bat is so special. There aren’t many guys who have the ability to hit like he does.

[Hrubes20]

Roederer is 0 for his last 10.

 

He hit a single to break up the hitless streak but he did add another K. I believe that gives him more K's than BBs now.

[Hrubes20]

BTW: I still believe Isaac Paredes will be the best of the prospects traded so far. He hit a grand slam tonight in AA, where he's hitting .500 through ~30 PAs.

 

That's a bit much, but I think he definitely hurts more than Candelario in that same deal. Always felt that way.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

BTW: I still believe Isaac Paredes will be the best of the prospects traded so far. He hit a grand slam tonight in AA, where he's hitting .500 through ~30 PAs.

 

this is really hard for me to get on board with given gleyber's debut, but i'm a believer in paredes (in large part thanks to you), and was just looking at his stats the other day. he's gonna be a really nice player.