Jeremy Hermida

[FloridaCubbie]

Not a bad first AB...

[CardsFanInChiTown]

Ouch, atleast we are still up 6 runs!

[erik316wttn]

Huh?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Huh?

 

Grand slam in a pinch hit appearance, I assume it's his first major league at bat.

[abuck1220]

Huh?

 

Grand slam in a pinch hit appearance, I assume it's his first major league at bat.

 

doesn't count. cardinals don't have a book on him yet.

 

in addition, prince fielder's walk off two run homer today didn't count either.

[TruffleShuffle]

I have been a Jeremy Hermida fan for a while now. Somehow Jim Hendry needs to get the Marlins', D-Rays' and Mariners' GMs drunk and get them to give Hermida, Delmon Young and Felix Hernandez to the Cubs.

[ChiCubsFan]

I have been a Jeremy Hermida fan for a while now. Somehow Jim Hendry needs to get the Marlins', D-Rays' and Mariners' GMs drunk and get them to give Hermida, Delmon Young and Felix Hernandez to the Cubs.

 

Sounds like a very good plan. I have been a HUGE fan of Hermida for awhile. He is such a great player. Gets on base a TON, walks more than he K's, runs the bases pretty good (23 SB, 2 CS in AAA this year). Just a real solid player who I think will be able to adjust very well to the majors. Miguel Cabrera now Jeremy Hermida??? Why don't we get this from our minor league positional players? Bad scouting? Bad developing? Whatever it is, it NEEDS to be fixed.

[Cubzfan64]

I have been a Jeremy Hermida fan for a while now. Somehow Jim Hendry needs to get the Marlins', D-Rays' and Mariners' GMs drunk and get them to give Hermida, Delmon Young and Felix Hernandez to the Cubs.

 

Sounds like a very good plan. I have been a HUGE fan of Hermida for awhile. He is such a great player. Gets on base a TON, walks more than he K's, runs the bases pretty good (23 SB, 2 CS in AAA this year). Just a real solid player who I think will be able to adjust very well to the majors. Miguel Cabrera now Jeremy Hermida??? Why don't we get this from our minor league positional players? Bad scouting? Bad developing? Whatever it is, it NEEDS to be fixed.

 

I don't have an answer for why our farm system does not develop quality everyday players very often, but I wish I did. For years the Cubs did a terrible job of evaluating talent going into the draft often missing out on some real talent only to end up with guys who had short lived ML careers if any at all.

 

I personally think there's too much of "giving an ex major leaguer a job" going on in baseball when it comes to hiring scouts and coaches. There are likely some excellent quality coaches and evaluators of talent spending time coaching high school and college teams, but they wouldn't ever get the time of day if they wanted a ML job - instead that job goes to over the hill, ex-players (often from within the organization) only because the teams feel they "owe" the players.

 

I've been disappointed in our farm system for a long time.

[illiniguy]

Huh?

 

Grand slam in a pinch hit appearance, I assume it's his first major league at bat.

 

doesn't count. cardinals don't have a book on him yet.

 

in addition, prince fielder's walk off two run homer today didn't count either.

Yeah dude now the Marlins' fan( I typed what I meant) will be excited expecting this kid to play. The Dude has to be told this kid will be found out soon enough and Lenny Harris will be playing right field :roll:

[CubDad4Ever]

I totally concur with the thought process on our poor positional drafts. Some have to do with our emphasis on high ceiling high school kids. (montanez, harvey, patterson, dunston, ) as opposed to some of the college kids with a longer track record and greater sample sizes to determine plate discipline among other factors. Grace, Carter, Palimero . I know a blend of talent , is needed. I just think a better job could be done and it is one of the cubs biggest issues. God Bless those in the south without homes

[KingKongvs.Godzilla]

.293/.453/.518

 

Thats what he hit in AA this year, at 21 (still young for the league).

 

I like him alot more than Delmon Young.

 

Great first AB no? Getting to start his career off with the highest possible batting average, slugging percentage, and OBP you can have, along with the highest RBI totals you can have by the end of your first AB. Must pretty nice, a perfect stat line basically.

 

Even if it is only one AB, if that was me I'd take a picture of that.

[Proven Veteran]

Great first AB no? Getting to start his career off with the highest possible batting average, slugging percentage, and OBP you can have, along with the highest RBI totals you can have by the end of your first AB. Must pretty nice, a perfect stat line basically.

 

Even if it is only one AB, if that was me I'd take a picture of that.

 

He should probably retire and go out on top.

[MustangMike]

Huh?

 

Grand slam in a pinch hit appearance, I assume it's his first major league at bat.

 

better than poor Adam Greenburg's first plate apparance.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I totally concur with the thought process on our poor positional drafts. Some have to do with our emphasis on high ceiling high school kids. (montanez, harvey, patterson, dunston, ) as opposed to some of the college kids with a longer track record and greater sample sizes to determine plate discipline among other factors. Grace, Carter, Palimero . I know a blend of talent , is needed. I just think a better job could be done and it is one of the cubs biggest issues. God Bless those in the south without homes

 

Well, Hermida was drafted by the Marlins out of HS.

[CubDad4Ever]

Thats why i said a blend of procuring talent is best. However the more statistical analasys available the better likelihood of a hit in my opionion. i would never eliminate a venue of talent flow (high school , latin, asia etc. However the cubs have got to increase their % of positional development. God Bless OPS.