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#Post#: 200744--------------------------------------------------
Re: On The Farm (11/14 - 08/15)
DIR By: Chris27
Date: November 14, 2014, 2:14 pm
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Yeah, thanks for all the transcription, Ron.
Wonder what makes them think Almora is going to hit for power.
That seems to be a complete stab in the dark guess.
#Post#: 200745--------------------------------------------------
Re: On The Farm (11/14 - 08/15)
DIR By: davep
Date: November 14, 2014, 2:31 pm
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I suppose the term "hit for power" is rather subjective. I have
seen scouting reports that project eventual 20 HR power. For a
Gold Glove CF, they might consider that to be power.
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Re: On The Farm (11/14 - 08/15)
DIR By: Ron
Date: November 14, 2014, 2:52 pm
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Heck, I was intrigued by their apparently high degree of
confidence that Almora will be a good #1 or #2 hitter at the
major league level. I've had high hopes for Almora myself (at
least until this last season), but I confess to being mystified
by their lack of skepticism about any aspect of his game. I
sure hope they are right about him (and wrong about Schwarber).
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Re: On The Farm (11/14 - 08/15)
DIR By: Reb
Date: November 14, 2014, 3:24 pm
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If there is one critical key to the future lineup, it's whether
Almora can lock down CF.
Say three times: up-the-middle, up-the-middle, up-the-middle.
These guys are gold and Almora is the only true, plus defensive
CFer in the organization. So, if he hits, it's huge. If he
doesn't, will have to scramble at a very important position.
#Post#: 200756--------------------------------------------------
Re: On The Farm (11/14 - 08/15)
DIR By: DelMarFan
Date: November 14, 2014, 3:27 pm
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I was especially pleased to read that bit about Almora in the
write-up.
#Post#: 200757--------------------------------------------------
Re: On The Farm (11/14 - 08/15)
DIR By: Reb
Date: November 14, 2014, 3:30 pm
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Hard not to think about Evan Gattis in relation to Schwarber.
Gattis is a 125 OPS+ catcher and you want like crazy to have an
offensive catcher like that.
But, as Braves are realizing, very difficult to tolerate a guy
"who can catch" in comparison to a guy who is a really good
defensive catcher--a true catcher.
Way, way premature to know what Schwarber can do as a catcher
but the Gattis analogy shows that very tough to carry an
offensive catcher who just isn't very good defensively.
Piazza comes up when discussing offensive catchers but Piazza
was miles better than Gattis defensively...and he was arguably
the greatest offensive catcher of all-time. Hah, hope Schwarber
is a Piazza comp there and we won't worry too much that he
isn't Pudge defensively.
#Post#: 200759--------------------------------------------------
Re: On The Farm (11/14 - 08/15)
DIR By: Playtwo
Date: November 14, 2014, 3:34 pm
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I have a good feeling about Almora. He doesn't have to be that
much of a stud offensively to be valuable.
#Post#: 200764--------------------------------------------------
Re: On The Farm (11/14 - 08/15)
DIR By: Ron
Date: November 14, 2014, 4:00 pm
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Next season is going to be a really important one for Almora.
It would be wonderful if it's a breakout season. Of course it's
going to be a kinda important one for Baez, Alcantara, Soler,
Bryant, Russell, and a number of the young pitchers as well.
#Post#: 200775--------------------------------------------------
Re: On The Farm (11/14 - 08/15)
DIR By: Jes Beard
Date: November 14, 2014, 5:33 pm
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--- Quote from: Ron link ---
>
> They noted that Soler struggled quite a bit in the last 20+
games in the major leagues.
>
--- End Quote ---
Soler only PLAYED in 24 games in the major leagues. He had an
overall line of .292/.330/.573/.903. In his last 20 game he had
a line of .243/.284/.432/.716.
--- Quote from: Ron link ---
>
> It seemed to me that they were comparing Almora's ceiling to a
more conservative assessment of Schwarber's likely trajectory.
They were clearly not bothered by Almora's disappointing season,
nor his lack of walks or demonstrated power. But they considered
Schwarber's mediocre catching abilities a major issue (even
though he hadn't had the advantage of proper training at that
point).
> [/size]
>
--- End Quote ---
In other words, they don't really know what they were talking
about.
#Post#: 201092--------------------------------------------------
Re: On The Farm (11/14 - 08/15)
DIR By: Reb
Date: November 17, 2014, 1:15 am
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MLB.com Pipeline has adjusted their Cubs top 20 prospects in
light of the Vizcaino trade, as Vizcaino was formerly in top 20.
By the way, Vizcaino shoots up to #4 prospect in Braves system.
Most will be surprised who is now Cubs #20 prospect in this
survey.
HTML http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/watch/y2014/#list=chc
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