Radio Scouts Podcast: Prospect Special #2

[P2F]

Welcome to the second episode of a special Prospects series at Radio Scouts.

 

Join us as we dive into Nate Pearson's fastball and compare him to other minor league pitchers; Eric Pardinho is looking great after his return from injury and has been quickly promoted to A-ball Lansing; it's IFA season and we discuss the most noteworthy signings thus far from this year's class; we then segue into discussions about Orelvis Martinez and Gabriel Moreno; briefly re-touch upon Alejandro Kirk; praise Griffin Conine's ludicrous run to start his season after a 50-game suspension; and cap things off with a follow-up mention of the obscene offensive barrage that Lourdes Gurriel Jr. continues to bestow upon the majors.

 

Enjoy!

 

With: Me and BlueRocky

 

https://bluejaysaggr.com/go/159561

 

Also available on all the usual podcast platforms.

[BlueRocky]

Buzzsprout Time stamps:

1:04 Wheel of Prospects: Top 100 Blue Jays

6:42 Nate Pearson’s Top 100 ranking

9:13 Everything Nate Pearson, reviewing his first games back from the IL

19:22 Eric Pardinho’s Lansing debut

27:24 July 2 International Free Agent signings

33:29 Orelvis Martinez GCL debut

39:01 Gabriel Moreno and Alejandro Kirk

44:07 Griffin Conine

48:10 Lourdes Gurriel Jr update

52:57 Wrap up

 

Note: these times are approximate depending on your medium like YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, Buzzsprout, etc.

[BlueRocky]

Forgot to say, this is probably the most fun I’ve had recording an episode so far. This is the 4th (one recording had technical difficulties and never published).

 

We got to cover some prospects I’ve been hoping to talk about for a long time, like Nate Pearson, Eric Pardinho, Orelvis Martinez, Gabriel Moreno, and Griffin Conine. All having great seasons.

 

We were also able to go through most of the interesting names on the prospect wheel game, the only BA top 100 prospects we didn’t cover were Sean Reid-Foley (75 in 2016), Brandon Drury (94 in 2015), Nick Kingham (64 in 2013) and Lourdes Gurriel Jr (73 in 2016).

 

There’s a couple other guys we’re hoping to cover for the next prospect special, hope they stay hot until then.

 

If anyone missed the first prospect special, it can be found here:

https://bluejaysaggr.com/go/158623

 

It’s also on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and all other places.

[Ray]

Here's a potential topic you guys could explore in next episode: Guess who leads all minor league shortstops in wRC+ since 2006 (min 1000 PA)?

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/minor-league/?pos=ss&lg=2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,14,12,13,15,17,18,30,32,33&stats=bat&qual=1000&type=1&team=&season=2006&seasonEnd=2019&org=&ind=0&splitTeam=false&players=&sort=18,1

 

That would be our very own Bo Bichette. He had a better minor league wRC+ than the following SS:

 

Carlos Correa (142 wRC+)

Xander Bogaerts (142 wrC+)

Fernando Tatis Jr. (139 wrC+)

Javier Baez (139 wrC+)

Trea Turner (136 wrC+)

Corey Seager (135 wrC+)

Ozzie Albies (125 wrC+)

Gleybar Torres (125 wrC+)

 

His underlying numbers look similar to Fernando Tatis Jr. with a lower K% and similar Spd.

 

Kid looks unbelievably good.

[Ray]

Keep these podcasts coming. Love hearing anything and everything about podcasts, especially when the farm system is as vibrant as it is right now!

[Daniel Labude]

3 of my favorite prospects

 

Pearson

Orelvis

Pardinho

[JuniorFelix]

I listened to this ep. last night. Lots of good discussion, I quite enjoyed it. This one and the 1st prospect podcast offer an nice ying to the standard podcast's yang.

 

Keep it up guys!

[BlueRocky]

Thanks guys for the amazing support!

 

Yeah for sure I can talk Bo Bichette all day, everyday. He really looks like a star in the making. We’ll see if he’s getting called up soon.