[討論] Chicago Cubs Top 20 PRE-SEASON Prospects in Review

看板Cubs作者charles111 (紋章)時間16年前 (2009/09/04 11:17)推噓5(5推 0噓 3→)

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Walk rate is still very low!!! Walk rate is still very low!!! Walk rate is still very low!!! Walk rate is still very low!!! ========================================================================= 1) Josh Vitters, 3B, Grade B+: Hit .316/.351/.535 in the Midwest League, but just .244/.262/.341 in the Florida State League. He's very young, main red flag here is extremely low walk rate, just nine all season. Strikeouts aren't bad with 57 in 392 at -bats, but he's somewhat overmatched right now. Doesn't turn 20 until next week, very young still. 2) Jeff Samardzija, RHP, Grade B: 3.52 ERA with 56/22 K/BB in 72 innings for Triple-A Iowa, 7.81 ERA with 17/12 K/BB in 28 innings in the majors. I have given up on trying to predict this guy. I've always felt they were rushing him too quickly. 3) Ryan Flaherty, SS, Grade B: Hitting .270/.334/.473 for Low-A Peoria, with 19 homers, 40 walks, 83 strikeout . Hitting .305/.362/.512 in the second half. Nein 4) Andrew Cashner, RHP, Grade B-: 1.50 ERA with 34/15 K/BB in 42 innings in the Florida State League, 2.92 ERA with 31/17 K/BB in 37 innings in the Double-A Southern League. Kept on short leash (20 starts but just 79 innings) as he converts to rotation from previous bullpen role. Good stuff, command still wobbly at times but a high ceiling. 5) Hak-Ju Lee, SS, Grade B-: Hitting .314/.385/.417 with 21 steals in the Northwest League. Doing well so far, looks like a very intriguing player. 6) Jay Jackson, RHP, Grade B-: 3.70 ERA with 77/39 K/BB in 83 Double-A innings. Demoted to the Florida State League for disciplinary reasons, 0.36 ERA so far with 24/3 K/BB in 25 innings and just 15 hits allowed. Way too good for that level. A very fine prospect if his head is on straight. 7) Tyler Colvin, OF, Grade C+: Hitting .291/.323/.494 for Double-A Tennessee.Walk rate is still very low (12 in 237 at-bats). Production up slightly as he repeats the level. 8) Welington Castillo, C, Grade C+: Hitting .213/.259/.365 with 11 homers in 83 games for Tennessee. Walk rate is very low (13 in 295 plate appearances). 9) Dae-Eun Rhee, RHP, Grade C+: Made first appearance in the Arizona Rookie League on August 15th, recovering from Tommy John. 10) Aaron Shafer, RHP, Grade C+: 5.27 ERA with 65/28 K/BB in 97 innings in the Midwest League, 113 hits. Throws strikes but right now it looks like his stuff just isn't good enough. 11) Starlin Castro, SS, Grade C+: Hit .302/.340/.391 with 22 steals in the Florida State League, promoted to Double-A and has struggled so far (.222/.314/.244 in 13 games). Just 19 years old, raw but very promising given age/experience level. 12) Junior Lake, SS, Grade C+: Hitting .246/.279/.374 with 17 walks, 122 strikeouts in 398 at-bats in the Midwe st League. Like Castro, very young and toolsy, but plate discipline is horrendou s and has prevented him from thriving as Castro has done this year. 13) Dan McDaniel, RHP, Grade C+: 4.78 ERA with 75/41 K/BB in 85 innings for Daytona, 93 hits allowed. Not a lot going on here except for a 1.48 GO/AO ratio. Needs better control. 14) Micah Hoffpauir, 1B, Grade C: hit .233/.280/.422 in 81 major league games, 180 at-bats. Now back at Iowa, hitting .250/.300/.472 in nine games. He's old at age 29 and not a real prospect obviously, but worse players have had careers. 15) Esmailin Caridad, RHP, Grade C: 4.15 ERA with 105/45 K/BB in 126 innings for Iowa, pitched in six major league innings allowing three runs with a 6/1 K/BB. Older guy at 25 and short, but looks like he could be a useful pitcher. 16) Don Veal, LHP, Grade C: Went to Pirates in Rule 5 draft after this list was published. Has walked 16 in 10 major league innings, currently on rehab assignment in the minors. 17) Josh Kroeger, OF, Grade C: Signed with White Sox as minor league free agent after this list was published, hitting .269/.316/.430 with 20 steals in Triple-A. Worse players have had career s. 18) Tony Thomas, 2B, Grade C: Hitting .258/.344/.396 with 10 homers, 11 steals but 13 caught stealing in Double-A. Not a lot of difference between this year and last year, though walk rate is slightly higher. 19) Chris Carpenter, RHP, Grade C: Excellent in A-ball, has been so-so in four Double-A starts, combined numbers are 2.58 ERA with a 106/47 K/BB in 115 innings, 83 hits on the season. Has always had the stuff and has stayed healthy this year. Moving up the charts quickly. 20) Mitch Atkins, RHP, Grade C: 6.88 ERA with 104/44 K/BB in 124 innings in Triple-A, 141 hits. Throws strikes but stuff is short. The Cubs had a lot of guys I didn't know what to do with on the list last fall, with a mixture of old guys with Triple-A success and young guys who were very low in the system. The outcome reflects this compromise. Even Baseball America had the 28-year-old Hoffpauir at 12 on their list. I don't know why I didn't have Jake Fox in the book. I was certainly aware of him and had written about him before. I had given him a C+ and a fairly positive review of his power potential in 2008. Not putting him in the '09 book looks like a stupid moron mistake and I don't remember my thought process or lack thereof. This is his age 27 career breakout, but it's fun for Cubs fans to watch and nice to see a product of the system doing well, especially one that scouts have panned in the past. -- ╭════◢████◤ theanswer3╭═══╮ ╭ theanswer3 ╮ ║◢ ◥╴ ◤ ◢█◤ ╰═════╯ ◢▌ ╰══════════╯ ║ ╲＼▂￣ ◢█◤ ◢█◣ ◣ █◣ ██◣ ◢◢◣ ◢█◣ ◢█◣ ◢█◣ ╴C ║ ║ˇ＼ ◢█◤ ◢ █◢█ █ ██ █▌█ █◤ █◢█ ███ █▌█ ￣￣ρ║ ﹀〉 ◢████◤ ◥◤◥ ◥ ▌◤ ◥█◤ █ ◥◤◥ ◥▌◤ ◥█◤ ╰/﹀ ╰══════════════════════════════════ #38 ═╯ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 118.169.179.18