Comments on: Daily Farm Report 7/7/08

By: GForce9

GForce9 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:47:29 +0000

Seems like everyone is grouchy lately….I know the Cubs won 2 of 3 but it isn’t the end of the world. I will agree the Brew Crew and Baby Bears have put me in a sour mood this week, but I don’t plan on jumping out any windows or playing in traffic.

Give me a few days to hear Rasmus rumors and then we’ll see

By: erik

erik — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:03:53 +0000

What’s with the snippiness here lately? If a writer or someone else tells the truth about a prospect—using stats and just plain logic to back themselves up–why is it some of you are so up in arms? Sheesh.

By: azruavatar

azruavatar — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:48:58 +0000

Birdo — slugging percentage is not an accurate representation of power when you are hitting .350. He doesn’t even crack the top 30 in ISO — he might be up there once you consider park factors. . . maybe.

By: Birdo

Birdo — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:34:02 +0000

Nick “no power” Stavinoha has 2 home runs for Memphis tonight.
That will probably place him among the top 15 PCL hitters in terms of slugging percentage.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:02:20 +0000

Saying that you wouldn’t trade Tyler Greene for Holliday or Bedard is insanity. The reality of Tyler Green is that he couldn’t fetch a Freddy Bynum, much less All Star caliber talent. However, I do agree that I wouldn’t trade Rasmus for Holliday straight up.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:32:19 +0000

Badard and Holliday are perhaps the 2 most overrated players in the majors–and they will soon be compensated at the level of Albert Pujols.

Given their salaries-to-be, I wouldn’t take Holliday (career road OPS in the high .700’s) or Bedard (never thrown 200 innings, and never will) straight-up for Tyler Greene.

Colby Rasmus has exceptional power; he led ALL of AA in homers last year–at age 20, for God’s sake. He plays above-average defense in CF. He steals bases at a high%. He has a superior work ethic. Given all those positives, and given how little $$ he’ll cost over the next several years, Colby Rasmus is absolutely untouchable in my book.

By: UofIx3

UofIx3 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:07:04 +0000

Anybody else excited that Craig’s BB % has gone from 7.6 in April to 2.5% (!) in May to 13.6% in June and has stayed in the double digits (10.3) so far in July?

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:35:21 +0000

I see what you’re saying Mike G. I agree he shouldn’t be untouchable, but at the same time, there are very few players i’d trade him for. Players like Hanley Ramirez, Tim Lincecum, etc… are the only types of players i’d consider moving him for. Not the Erik Bedard/Matt Hollidays.

By: Mike G.

Mike G. — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:40:20 +0000

My previous response was, of course , meant for Mike, not Chris, with whom I completely agree. As for Ryan, the infield references were facetious. I wasn’t really advocating a shift to third for Rasmus or thinking about the arm with which he throws. Otherwise, the Van Slyke comparison should be pretty evident, at least to those of us who were around in 1983–a first-round draft choice out of high school with speed, power, and defensive skills, a fast riser in the system at an early age. I can assure Ryan that people were as excited then about Van Slyke as they are now about Rasmus, and for similar reasons. Rasmus may turn out better or worse, but the comparison is hardly far fetched.

By: Mike G.

Mike G. — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:24:31 +0000

In response to Chris, I don’t disagree with the ratings, but being one of the top 10 prospects in baseball doesn’t make you a guaranteed super star and it doesn’t make you untouchable. I said Cardinal fans may be overrating Rasmus, and I think those who are so convinced of his greatness that they won’t even consider trading him in the right deal probably are. I agree that he is an outstanding prospect–a “stud” as someone said– but that only means he’s presently very valuable, not that he’s priceless.