The Prospect/Minor Leagues Thread

[Olerud363]

For Roy Halladay in the middle of his best 4 year run... we get

 

1 toolshed who can't hit.

1 goof pitcher in between his first and second Tommy John.

0.5 38 year old knucleballers with a 5something era.

 

As always these situations are in flux... maybe we can hope this is the low point of the Halladay return.

[GD]

Gregor Chisholm ‏@gregorMLB now

Osuna has a tear in his right elbow. Could be a candidate for Tommy John but club will wait and see how initial rehab goes. #BlueJays

 

WHAT THE f***? THiS IS WHAT I MEAN. WOW.

 

I mean, at least it's not his shoulder?

[TheHurl]

Gregor Chisholm ‏@gregorMLB now

Osuna has a tear in his right elbow. Could be a candidate for Tommy John but club will wait and see how initial rehab goes. #BlueJays

 

That sucks.

[TO1]

God f***ing damnit

 

At least.. uh... he had a walk?

 

At least he's been consistent this week 16K vs 2 BB. His pitch recognition is s***. Everything looks like a FB to him. Why anyone throws this kid anything more than breaking pitches I'll never know. He'll never be a good hitter. You can't teach pitch recognition. You either have it or you don't.

[GD]

@halladayfan32: @RobertoOsuna1 good to here look forward to hearing your back playing roberto

 

@RobertoOsuna1: @halladayfan32 i'm ready , i can't wait to pitch again hope to do it soon

 

@RobertoOsuna1: All is well .. I hope to be back soon and thanks to everyone .

 

 

 

 

.... ?

 

That's... a bit weird.

[theblujay]

Can't believe Osuna is hurt. This club reaches a new low everyday lol.

[GeorgiaPeach]

For Roy Halladay in the middle of his best 4 year run... we get

 

1 toolshed who can't hit.

1 goof pitcher in between his first and second Tommy John.

0.5 38 year old knucleballers with a 5something era.

 

As always these situations are in flux... maybe we can hope this is the low point of the Halladay return.

 

You forgot the 20 mill in salary we were able to allocate elsewhere.

[GeorgiaPeach]

At least he's been consistent this week 16K vs 2 BB. His pitch recognition is s***. Everything looks like a FB to him. Why anyone throws this kid anything more than breaking pitches I'll never know. He'll never be a good hitter. You can't teach pitch recognition. You either have it or you don't.

 

Would still rather have him patrolling CF than Rasmus.

[theblujay]

Interview with Osuna

 

http://www.lansinglugnuts.com/PRESS/INTERVIEWS/2013/Osuna4-29.mp3

 

Thanks

[Angrioter]

Also this from Angrioter

 

He f***ing lied to me. He asked me what car to buy.

[Angrioter]

Dwight Smith, Jr. is 3-for-3: a 3B and 1B vs. Johnny Cueto

[GD]

Dwight Smith, Jr. is 3-for-3: a 3B and 1B vs. Johnny Cueto

 

Hahaha, actually? I thought he was in bust territory. Where is he, Lansing?

[Angrioter]

Hahaha, actually? I thought he was in bust territory. Where is he, Lansing?

 

Lansing

.293

[ElNik2013]

Kevin Pillar

3/5 3R 2 doubles

 

Gotta give the guy credit, he may be older, but he keeps on hitting. How about this Andy Burns guy in Dunedin? He's got more BB's than K's, he'll probably get released for this.

[GD]

Burns and Pillar are studs

[Angrioter]

Burns and Pillar are studs

 

older than the other kids.

[GD]

older than the other kids.

 

They can be 80, if they can hit they can hit

[ElNik2013]

Let's see Pillar get promoted to Buffalo and see who does better between him and Gose. Pillar got drafted in 2011, what is he supposed to do, stop trying? Pillar to AAA and Burns to AA I say, no one is saying they're #1 prospects.

[GD]

Let's see Pillar get promoted to Buffalo and see who does better between him and Gose. Pillar got drafted in 2011, what is he supposed to do, stop trying? Pillar to AAA and Burns to AA I say, no one is saying they're #1 prospects.

 

Agreed. They could easily be useful major leaguers. Just because they're not 19 and tearing up AAA doesn't mean they aren't valuable.

[Angrioter]

Agreed. They could easily be useful major leaguers. Just because they're not 19 and tearing up AAA doesn't mean they aren't valuable.

 

Ala Jose Tabata

[GD]

Ala Jose Tabata

 

Jose Tabata sucks ass

[TheHurl]

Watched the New Hampshire vs. Trenton game, will catch the Lansing game now before heading to bed. I took some notes

 

Deck McGuire - Biggest difference in him from everything I have ever heard about him...he works super fast. Last year he was one of the slowest working pitchers and almost every scout and radio host noted it. In the first they hit him solid, Tyler Austin smacked a ball off of him but Schimpf made a great reaction play at third. From the second through 5th he worked the ball down and away consistently. Trenton made weak weak contact and the hits he gave up with infield or seeing eye. He threw two fastballs to Slade Heathcote that if they weren't in around 93 at least, then they were deceptive and seemed faster than they are. He really likes to throw first pitch curveball, quite a few got away from him but he wasn't awful with it. When men are on he slows down a bit again and doesn't look as effective. In the 6th they hit him hard again, he was only at 95 pitches when they pulled him so he shouldn't have been tired. He was hurt by defense in this inning though as Pillar misplayed a ball badly which led to an RBI double.

 

Kevin Pillar - quick hands, a really armsy swing. Doesn't use his lower half much at all. Looks awful on high FB's because of it. His hit in the first was solid, his double in the 8th was an inside out swing which blooped and he hustled to second as Tyler Austin loafed a little, the second double was a single down the line that hit the left field wall and went away from the OF. He blew the play in centre in the 6th. He reminds me of an effort guy in CF but I'm guessing he's not a CF full time in the bigs ever.

 

Sean Ochinko - Was the most impressive Fisher Cat by far in this game. He blocked about 7 balls in the dirt, threw out a runner stealing and hit a monster HR. You can see his swing is long but he was pretty patient out there.

 

Ryan Schimpf - Two really nice plays at third, but man is that swing long. I can see he'll hit it a tonne but I'm guessing his contact rates won't ever be good.

 

Evan Crawford - Wasn't anywhere near the glove, stuff looked good but I wouldn't be confident he could throw strikes.

 

Joel Carreno - Threw a few nice splitters or that's what the announcers thought they were. They looked good...but then he kept throwing these soft sliders. They were hammering them.

 

 

And a couple of Yankee prospects. Tyler Austin looked really good at the plate but twice was lazy looking in right. Slade Heathcote had a play where Loewen went to 2nd on him and his throw bounced about 5 times on a short throw. Might have surprised him but certainly looked ugly. The announcers kept talking about how he's heating up of late but he swung at a lot of stuff no where close.

[GD]

Isn't Sean Ochinko like 27?

[Caper]

Will Deck make it to TO this year.... Or ever?

[GD]

Will Deck make it to TO this year.... Or ever?

 

I'd bet he makes a spot start or two. It'd be amazing for him to be anywhere near what we thought he could be.

[Angrioter]

He's 25, will be 26 in October

 

Nothing to see here.

[theblujay]

So what is keep Deck from starting for the Jays instead of Ramon Ortiz and who ever will pitch in Happ's place?

[TheHurl]

So what is keep Deck from starting for the Jays instead of Ramon Ortiz and who ever will pitch in Happ's place?

 

Zero need, clearly still working on things. MLB players probably won't swing at nearly as much of his stuff, which means he has to hit those corners. He's not on the 40 man yet and unlike Ortiz if he pitches badly you probably don't want to just dump him for the next guy...and if you DFA Deck he's not clearing waivers.

[TheHurl]

one of the things I forgot to mention about the Trenton team...they have a dog as a bat boy. he comes out and picks up bats and brings them back to the dugout.

[dineke]

Will Deck make it to TO this year.... Or ever?

 

He's complete s***... so I hope not.