Quote from David Jay on March 12, 2019, 9:16 am

Quote from Notmyopic on March 11, 2019, 12:42 pm

Quote from David Jay on March 9, 2019, 8:30 am

Quote from Notmyopic on March 8, 2019, 8:22 am

I am well aware of what you are saying, but many in the industry have guys like Reed and Potts at 50 and many also do not have them as everyday guys.  Ratings are a matter of opinion and fluctuate from person to person.  So when you get snarky with someone over opinions on ratings, don't be shocked when they get snarky back.

Your first sentence is wrong in multiple ways. Most basically because the industry doesn't have 50s on those guys. Most ironically, the second part of your sentence disproves the first part.

A 50 OFV means major league regular. Period.

There are, of course, varying opinions on a player's ability and performance that lead different observers to different conclusions about whether he either is a future big league regular, and dismissing someone's fact-based opinions just because they differ from mine would be ridiculous. But that's not what's happening here.

You can't be a teacher and say, "that student earned an A- because her work was consistently below average."

You can't be a market analyst and put a buy rating on a stock because you think it's overvalued by 30%.

You can't be a gymnastics judge and award a 9.6 because a floor exercise was one tumbling pass short.

And you can't say, that prospect is a 50 because he's a future bench guy.

 

 

(I mean, technically, you CAN do any of those things. Everyone will think you're an idiot and you will lose your job - or if it's not your job and your going on a message board about the topic, people will dismiss you for not knowing what you're talking about - but you can, of course, do them.)

Well MLB hs 50s on them, so everything you just said clearly is wrong.  Why can't you just admit you enjoy being snarky with people you don't agree with and just admit it is okay for people to be snarky back?

Callis has Potts at a 50 because he has him an everyday regular in the future.

You continue to not make the point you think you're making and I've never backed away from owning the fact that my tolerance for people whose certitude and knowledge have no direct correlation is very, very low. And dropping by the day for some of you.

Quote from Brian Connelly on March 12, 2019, 2:03 pm

Thanks David!

Any info on these missing names:  OF-Austin Bousfield, RP-Jason Jester, RP-Bryan Verbitsky (TJ SURG 2 yrs ago), RP-Alex Cunningham (Susp 50 games last year; never played)

Quote from David Jay on March 12, 2019, 2:39 pm

Quote from Brian Connelly on March 12, 2019, 2:03 pm

Thanks David!

Any info on these missing names:  OF-Austin Bousfield, RP-Jason Jester, RP-Bryan Verbitsky (TJ SURG 2 yrs ago), RP-Alex Cunningham (Susp 50 games last year; never played)

Retired 1/23/19

Retired 11/12/18

Retired prior to last spring training

Released 5/28/18, the day his 50-game suspension ended. (Don't be a $5,000 senior sign who does dumb things, kids!)

Quote from LynchMob on March 18, 2019, 8:47 am

I don't know who this guy is or anything about him ... got the link from mlbtraderumors.com ...

http://clubhousecorner.com/2019/03/10/observations-spring-training-arizona-2/

He writes up Franmil, Mejia, Hedges, Paddack, and Lucchesi.

Quote from MrPadre19 on March 18, 2019, 5:49 pm

What’s the story on Augustin Ruiz?

Will he start the season in Ft Wayne?

 

Quote from David Jay on March 18, 2019, 10:30 pm

He's good and yes.

Quote from sportwarrior on March 19, 2019, 9:40 am

I'd be interested in hearing more on both Augustin Ruiz and Carlos Luis. I've gathered that they're both good, but is there anywhere I can read a bit more on them?

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Ruiz is an outfielder signed out of Mexico and Luis a 1b (signed as a SS?) out of Dominican. Is that accurate?

Quote from David Jay on March 19, 2019, 11:02 am

Luis is a bat-only prospect who best (or perhaps least-worst) fits at a corner. He was listed as an OF at signing, but has played mostly 1B/3B in the system. He has a sweet, lightning quick swing from the left side, but he shows virtually no other natural-looking movements. Even watching him run just looks... awkward; lots of elbow swing away from his body, a huge head bobble, heavy-footed. If you only see him in BP, you'd put him on a watch list. If you watch him away from the plate, you might not invite him to join your NABA team. It's a weird profile.

Ruiz (note, just one 'u' in his first name) is indeed from southern Mexico. Signed for a fraction of the cost of many of his 2016 J2 classmates in the organization ($320,000 total bonus split between the Diablos Rojos and him), he's a well-rounded outfielder who is going to wind up offering a mix of power and speed. He had nagging injuries and was still just not especially physically developed when the team brought him to the AZL in 2017 (it would have been perfectly reasonable for him to spend that year in the DSL), so his numbers that summer are and were utterly irrelevant. What we saw last year - balanced offense, solid defense, need to improve pitch selection - is what I'd expect to see from him in Fort Wayne this year.

Quote from David Jay on March 20, 2019, 8:52 am

First group released from minor league camp yesterday. The biggest names are Luis Asuncion, who despite prodigious raw power and fantastic clubhouse leadership hasn't been able to make contact frequently enough and wasn't in line for a starting role in Fort Wayne this spring, and Jose Galindo, whose slider and velocity have backed up since the club drafted him in 2016. Wouldn't be surprised to see someone take a chance on whether they could get the big righty reliever back to his earlier mechanics.

Allen Craig, who was part of the first group sent out from big league camp early this month was also released. It seemed like a weird decision for both him and the club when they announced he re-signed as a MLFA over the winter.

Other releases include:

Jose Cabrera - undersized LHP signed from Venezuela in 2015 whose command issues limited him to a handful of AZL innings each of the last two years.

Marcus Greene, Jr. - After a solid 2017 (his third pass at Low-A), he took steps back at the plate for Elsinore last year and there just wasn't an obvious roster spot for him anywhere in the system this year.

Luis Guzman - an IFA signed laste in the 2014-15 class, he came stateside for the first time last year in his age 20 season.

Hunter Jarmon - signed as an UDFA right after the draft in 2017, he's most notable because he was a WR for the Oregon State Beavers.

Blinger Perez - He'd been working as an OF after originally coming into the system at the end of the 2015 signing period as a C.

Elvis Sabala - First signed way back on 7/2/14, he came stateside for the first time last year. At 21, there wasn't a place he fit on the Fort Wayne roster this year.

Danny Sexton - Signed as a UDFA in 2017, the lefty out of Wright State bounced to fill needs at a few levels last year.

Dominic Taccolini was a low-bonus 10th-round senior sign in 2017. He logged a total of 22 AZL innings in two seasons. He's a native of Sugar Land, Texas, home of an independent league club that's often been populated by former Padres farmhands, so it'll be worth keeping a watch for his name there if the Razorback wants to keep chasing it.