Official MiLB/Prospects Thread

[Spanky__99]

Montero with a 14 game hit streak in AAA.

 

He's still s***, get a clue ju1ced.

 

He's good for a call up, and face lefties. The only side he showed a bit of power.

[admin]

He's still s***, get a clue ju1ced.

 

He's good for a call up, and face lefties. The only side he showed a bit of power.

You're right. Smoak is doing much better. Good call Spanky, like always.

[WONDERBAT]

He's still s***, get a clue ju1ced.

 

He's good for a call up, and face lefties. The only side he showed a bit of power.

 

Not possible to be worse than Smoak.

[KevinGregg]

Smoak 8 wRC+ last 30 days

[Spanky__99]

You're right. Smoak is doing much better. Good call Spanky, like always.

 

Smoak won't be playing once Bautista's back... I wouldn't mind a platoon of him and Montero when they do play.

[vilifyingforce]

Who gets dropped for Montero? They're not going to DFA Smoak in the same season they give him an extension and having him/Smoak/Edwin/Bautista as 1b/dh is a disaster. Maybe once the rosters expand, but, even then you're dfa'ing somebody. I presume they've been watching him and know if he can hit offspeed stuff or not.

[Jonn]

Who gets dropped for Montero? They're not going to DFA Smoak in the same season they give him an extension and having him/Smoak/Edwin/Bautista as 1b/dh is a disaster. Maybe once the rosters expand, but, even then you're dfa'ing somebody. I presume they've been watching him and know if he can hit offspeed stuff or not.

 

No guarantee Montero is even called up. Plus we have multiple s*** bags that can be dropped from the 40.

[nmrch]

Who gets dropped for Montero? They're not going to DFA Smoak in the same season they give him an extension and having him/Smoak/Edwin/Bautista as 1b/dh is a disaster. Maybe once the rosters expand, but, even then you're dfa'ing somebody. I presume they've been watching him and know if he can hit offspeed stuff or not.

 

You don't make a bad decision to justify another bad decision. That horrific extension should have no bearing on whether Smoak should be DFA'd. I'm hoping Shapiro in particular realizes that they f***ed up and just cut Smoak lose, thankfully, he seems to have the right attitude about these things.

[Krylian]

You don't make a bad decision to justify another bad decision. That horrific extension should have no bearing on whether Smoak should be DFA'd. I'm hoping Shapiro in particular realizes that they f***ed up and just cut Smoak lose, thankfully, he seems to have the right attitude about these things.

 

How do you think Rogers would react to, 'we just gave Smoak $8-9M a couple of months ago, now we're gonna let him go.' Not too favourably.

 

Smoak isn't going anywhere for that reason.

[nmrch]

How do you think Rogers would react to, 'we just gave Smoak $8-9M a couple of months ago, now we're gonna let him go.' Not too favourably.

 

Smoak isn't going anywhere for that reason.

 

Shapiro has a lot of leeway with Rogers, he is not even close to being at a point where Rogers will care about relatively minor roster moves involving a relatively low amount of money.

[Krylian]

Shapiro has a lot of leeway with Rogers, he is not even close to being at a point where Rogers will care about relatively minor roster moves involving a relatively low amount of money.

 

I'm sure he does have a lot of leeway. But cite the case where a player is given a multi-year extension, and 3 months later is released. I'm sure it's happened, but probably for off-field reasons. Do you really think they will give up on him because of a rotten couple of months? Ya...it's not like he's ever really lit the world on fire but they must've like him enough to offer him the extension in the first place.

 

Sorry folks...Smoak is going nowhere...at least not until this time next season at the earliest. It's just really bad optics for Shatkins to release him this soon.

[wamco]

Smoak will rebound to career levels at some point.

[nmrch]

Smoak will rebound to career levels at some point.

 

And how is that some sort of a relief? Smoak's career offensive numbers combined with his defence is still a very bad player. There is simply no place in baseball for a 95 wRC+ hitter who can't even play first base properly. His career WAR doesn't lie, 0.5 in 805 games, that's less than 1/10 of a WAR per season, he's the textbook definition of a replacement player.

[Pendleton]

17 year old DSL prospect Mc Gregory Contreras is having a very impressive start to his pro career.

 

http://m.milb.com/milb/player/665775

Edited August 25, 2016 by Pendleton

[wamco]

I remember a time, seemed like a year or two ago that smoak was an excellent d 1bman I read here. Now he can't even play 1b. What a fall from grace.

[Jimcanuck]

17 yr old Vladdy with a single, double, triple tonight. OBP .370+ with 8 HR in 211 AB. And he's only getting stronger.

 

Could see him in Lansing this time next year, and knocking on Dunedin's door.

[Spanky__99]

17 yr old Vladdy with a single, double, triple tonight. OBP .370+ with 8 HR in 211 AB. And he's only getting stronger.

 

Could see him in Lansing this time next year, and knocking on Dunedin's door.

 

The pedigree is shining through.

[ColdPint]

17 yr old Vladdy with a single, double, triple tonight. OBP .370+ with 8 HR in 211 AB. And he's only getting stronger.

 

Could see him in Lansing this time next year, and knocking on Dunedin's door.

 

31 BBs versus 30 K's, 15 SBs, and won't turn 18 until March next year.

 

This could be the first real impact bat to come out of our system in a long time. Premature, of course, but it's exciting at the same time.

[King]

BK (Vancouver, BC): Are there any holes in Vlad Jrs offensive game? Does he have a chance to be a really fast riser in the Jays system?

 

Ben Badler: He will overswing sometimes when he tries to do too much, but even when he does that, he has the bat path and hand-eye coordination to make contact, whether it's against premium velocity or making an adjustment against a breaking ball, and he does it with plus raw power and a chance for plus-plus power. He will be in Low-A next year as an 18-year-old, so he's already moving quickly.

[admin]

BK (Vancouver, BC): Are there any holes in Vlad Jrs offensive game? Does he have a chance to be a really fast riser in the Jays system?

 

Ben Badler: He will overswing sometimes when he tries to do too much, but even when he does that, he has the bat path and hand-eye coordination to make contact, whether it's against premium velocity or making an adjustment against a breaking ball, and he does it with plus raw power and a chance for plus-plus power. He will be in Low-A next year as an 18-year-old, so he's already moving quickly.

 

Boy, what ex player does that sound indentical to?

[King]

[Jimcanuck]

Boy, what ex player does that sound indentical to?

 

Barry Bonds

[Spanky__99]

 

Wow.

[wamco]

Holy s***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Krylian]

 

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[Angrioter]

Great.. f*** Alex

[mikebel111]

19th homerun for Tellez

[HERPDERP]

[Daniel Labude]

 

I really thought he was going to wait until next season to play again. Good to see.

[5minutesforframing]

I know Ribbies are relatively meaningless but if Bo has a strong 4 games he could still finish the season leading the league despite having less than half the ABs as the rest of the league. Pretty crazy 20 games he had to start his pro career.