Official MiLB/Prospects Thread

[Laika]

Bo 3-5 with a HR and 2B

 

.402....

[metafour]

You'd have to think the signing of Warmoth starts the chain of events which forces Bichette to Dunedin:

 

Warmoth to Vancouver, Vicuna to Lansing, Bichette to Dunedin.

[metafour]

BTW; the newly drafted college kids are absolutely mashing in Vancouver so far. Adams, Large, Lundquist...even Clemens who just hit his second HR.

[Jonn]

Bo 3-5 with a HR and 2B

 

.402....

 

[Brownie19]

 

Nice to see Guerrero Jr. back in the lineup - and driving the ball again.

[Stoneyen]

 

My new all time fave gif

[Stoneyen]

Bo 3-5 with a HR and 2B

 

.402....

 

The single was hit 404' off the CF wall and he got thrown out at 2B on a close play

[gruber92]

The single was hit 404' off the CF wall and he got thrown out at 2B on a close play

 

Holy s*** that must have been a laser off the CF wall and thought it was gone and was jogging down to first.

[Pendleton]

Holy s*** that must have been a laser off the CF wall and thought it was gone and was jogging down to first.

 

Yeah I was wondering if he got caught admiring what he thought was a home run.

[admin]

 

My new all time fave gif

 

Would have been sweet if that was actually from that game in the 7th, down 9-5.

[Jonn]

Would have been sweet if that was actually from that game in the 7th, down 9-5.

 

#FakeNews

[mikebel111]

SRF

First 6 starts

IP: 15

Hits: 22

ERA: 7.80

FIP: 5.84

K/9: 9.60

BB/9: 8.40

 

Last 9 starts

IP: 50 1/3

Hits: 45

ERA: 3.93

FIP: 4.23

K/9: 8.94

BB/9: 2.86

 

Taking away the bad start from 3 starts ago

ERA: 3.06

FIP: 3.64

[Ray]

Having position players mashing is so nice.

[THANOS]

SRF

First 6 starts

IP: 15

Hits: 22

ERA: 7.80

FIP: 5.84

K/9: 9.60

BB/9: 8.40

 

Last 9 starts

IP: 50 1/3

Hits: 45

ERA: 3.93

FIP: 4.23

K/9: 8.94

BB/9: 2.86

 

Taking away the bad start from 3 starts ago

ERA: 3.06

FIP: 3.64

 

We have to cherry pick a lot to pull any semblance of good from SRF this season. His K/9 is down, BB/9 way up, FIP way up, HR/9 up, and he seems to be giving up a lot of hard contact.

 

Not sure if he's just regressed bad at this level of competition, if it's a mechanical thing, or even a game-calling problem, but the high performance guys and coaches need to be all over him.

[TwistedLogic]

[THANOS]

 

I saw that Vlad is starting. I wonder if Bo is?

[metafour]

Hagen Danner just crushed a HR.

[Dr. Dinger]

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Debut On The National Stage

Vladimir Guerrero Sr. didn’t miss the first Futures Game (held in 1999) by all that much. He was already a big leaguer at that point, but that was Guerrero’s first all-star season for the Expos as a 24-year-old. Now Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will be the most anticipated prospect at the 2017 Futures Game. The Blue Jays’ top prospect has preternatural feel for barreling the ball and his power is already coming through in flashes. Fast forward the calendar a couple of years and many of Guerrero’s current doubles will become home runs.

Guerrero is already in the discussion of being the best prospect in baseball. At the game last year, Eloy Jimenez got to show why he’s a top prospect. This year Guerrero will get the same opportunity.

Read more at http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/the-list-five-to-watch-at-the-futures-game/#AWISvBDifIlSawcz.99

[Dr. Dinger]

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 3B

 

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Blue Jays (Low Class A Lansing)

Age: 18. HT.: 6-1. WT.: 200. B-T: R-R.

Source: Dominican Republic.

Career Transactions: Signed as international free agent by Blue Jays, July 2, 2015.

Background: The son of the former big league all-star of the same name, Guerrero ranked No. 1 on BA’s list of the top international prospects. And in the two years since he was signed, he’s raised his stock so dramatically that he’s in the conversation for the game’s top prospect.

What To Watch For: Power, power and more power. Guerrero’s swing is a combination of violence and power, and the results are baseballs that are hit very hard and go a long way very quickly.

Read more at http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/2017-futures-game-world-rosters-and-scouting-reports/#hkLToAsyhsMv3VyH.99

 

Bo Bichette, SS

 

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Blue Jays (Low Class A Lansing)

Age: 19. Ht.: 6-0. Wt.: 200. B-T: R-R.

Source: Lakewood HS, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Career Transactions: Selected by Blue Jays in second round of 2016 draft.

Background: The son of former all-star outfielder Dante Bichette, Bo has channeled his father and been an offensive terror with a career .402 batting average and 1.109 OPS since entering pro ball.

What To Watch For: One of the youngest players in the Futures Game, Bichette will get the chance to show his skills will play against older competition and solidify his place as an elite prospect.

Read more at http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/futures-game-rosters-u-s/#h3oCD6cbmmeOVtt8.99

[admin]

SRF

First 6 starts

IP: 15

Hits: 22

ERA: 7.80

FIP: 5.84

K/9: 9.60

BB/9: 8.40

 

Last 9 starts

IP: 50 1/3

Hits: 45

ERA: 3.93

FIP: 4.23

K/9: 8.94

BB/9: 2.86

 

Taking away the bad start from 3 starts ago

ERA: 3.06

FIP: 3.64

 

Just too inconsistent. Looks like he's about to right himself and has a brutal game. Hopefully he just keeps building on that and gets more and more consistent.

[TwistedLogic]

Bichette with another bomb. 9th of the season. 1-for-1 with a walk so far today.

[P2F]

Bichette with another bomb. 9th of the season. 1-for-1 with a walk so far today.

 

Now hitting .404. This is just comical.

 

It's time to move him up.

[P2F]

Lol this gif

 

[Stoneyen]

Lol this gif

 

Love the gif, love Bo's power to all fields even more

[P2F]

The List: Five To Watch At The Futures Game

 

June 29, 2017 By J.J. Cooper

 

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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is going to the Futures Game (Photo by Danny Arnold)

 

The Futures Game rosters announced Thursday should be one of the better groups of prospects the game has seen in recent years.

More than half of the rosters are filled with Top 100 Prospects–there are 26 players from our most recent May Top 100 Prospects list who will be playing in the Futures Game, including our No. 1 prospect (Yoan Moncada), four of the top 10, 10 of the top 20 and 17 of the top 50.

 

There are a lot of reasons to look forward to the July 9 Futures Game, but here are five of the best reasons.

 

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Debut On The National Stage

 

Vladimir Guerrero Sr. didn’t miss the first Futures Game (held in 1999) by all that much. He was already a big leaguer at that point, but that was Guerrero’s first all-star season for the Expos as a 24-year-old. Now Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will be the most anticipated prospect at the 2017 Futures Game. The Blue Jays’ top prospect has preternatural feel for barreling the ball and his power is already coming through in flashes. Fast forward the calendar a couple of years and many of Guerrero’s current doubles will become home runs.

Guerrero is already in the discussion of being the best prospect in baseball. At the game last year, Eloy Jimenez got to show why he’s a top prospect. This year Guerrero will get the same opportunity.

 

 

• Yoan Moncada Gets His Final Tuneup

 

Moncada was the No. 1 prospect on our most recent Top 100 Prospects list. He’s got speed. He’s got developing productive power and is showing continued improvement at second base. The White Sox are being patient with Moncada, giving him extensive work in Triple-A after he got a late call-up with the Red Sox last year. That’s a benefit for Futures Game watchers as we get to see one of the best prospects in the game in an environment where he can take over the game with his speed.

 

 

• Mr. .400 Gets To Hit

 

As good as Guerrero Jr. has been this year, he’s been the second-best son of a big leaguer on his own Lansing team. Fellow Blue Jays prospect Bo Bichette, son of former Rockies star Dante Bichette, is hitting .402/.461/.638, putting him halfway to one of the greatest low Class A seasons of all time. Bichette has 12 games this year with three or more hits, but only eight hitless games. Bichette’s unconventional swing has drawn skepticism from scouts going back to his high school days, but he’s proving it works swing after swing–his career minor league average is .408.

 

 

• Century Club? No Problem

 

There are a lot of hard-throwers in this game, with Tanner Scott, Domingo Acevedo, Tayron Guerrero, Diego Castillo and Yadier Alvarez all capable of touching 100 mph in short stints. But this Futures Game gets a pair of pitchers who could go well beyond that. White Sox righthander Michael Kopech and Mariners righthander Thyago Vieira can get to 103 mph or more in short stints. Both have had to work on their control, but if they want to air it out, they can reach the Chapman zone of 103+.

 

 

• A.J. Puk’s Emergence

 

Coming into the 2016 college season, Puk was considered a candidate to go 1-1. A poor finish to his junior season led Puk to slide to the sixth pick, which looks to be a steal for the A’s. The 6-foot-7 lefty has regained the feel for his plus fastball and slider, giving him a pair of true weapons. No lefthanded hitter has an extra-base hit against Puk this year.

#2017 Futures Game #Bo Bichette #Futures Game #Toronto Blue Jays #Vladimir Guerrero Jr. #Yoan Moncada

 

Read more at http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/the-list-five-to-watch-at-the-futures-game/#K5jFrwflgtzFDrxR.99

 

 

Here are the full rosters and scouting reports for both teams:

 

World: http://http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/2017-futures-game-world-rosters-and-scouting-reports/#MO7e1IcYSiUrQQlA.97

 

US: http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/futures-game-rosters-u-s/#7WPh5YC4oamUAiI5.97

[JuniorFelix]

Fugging love these kids

[Dr. Dinger]

Yo guys just FYI, Fangraphs graded Bichette's future hit tool a 40, so don't get too hype! Lol

 

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[metafour]

Yo guys just FYI, Fangraphs graded Bichette's future hit tool a 40, so don't get too hype! Lol

 

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The prospect guy before Longenhagen came on (he only lasted a bit) had Vlad Jr's. UPSIDE as like a bench player LOL. Like yeah; we spent $4+ million or whatever it was and went over our pool to sign a kid who's upside was a bench player.

[Laika]

Jon Harris 7 IP, 5 K, 1 BB, 1 ER.

 

pinch me

[THANOS]

Yo guys just FYI, Fangraphs graded Bichette's future hit tool a 40, so don't get too hype! Lol

 

Reported: 2017 ETA: 2020 Team Rank: 10 Overall Rank: NA[TABLE=class: depth_chart, width: 598]

[TR]

[TD=bgcolor: gray]Hit[/TD]

[TD=bgcolor: gray]GamePower[/TD]

[TD=bgcolor: gray]RawPower[/TD]

[TD=bgcolor: gray]Speed[/TD]

[TD=bgcolor: gray]Field[/TD]

[TD=bgcolor: gray]Throws[/TD]

[TD=bgcolor: gray]Future Value[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR=class: depth_team]

[TD]20 / 40[/TD]

[TD]20 / 50[/TD]

[TD]55 / 60[/TD]

[TD]45 / 40[/TD]

[TD]40 / 45[/TD]

[TD]50 / 50[/TD]

[TD]40[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

 

The prospect guy before Longenhagen came on (he only lasted a bit) had Vlad Jr's. UPSIDE as like a bench player LOL. Like yeah; we spent $4+ million or whatever it was and went over our pool to sign a kid who's upside was a bench player.

 

That's so silly lol. Maybe it's time to adjust those.