Comments on: Daily Prospect Report 6/30/2007

By: azruavatar

azruavatar — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:20:14 +0000

CardFaninVA - I’m hoping that the Cardinals are at least slightly more aggressive with their promotion of some pitchers. I think I’d like to see Herron stay in QC for a while if only because they’ve just abolished the tandem starter setup so it’ll be interesting to see how hitters do against him the second or third time (although if last night is any indicator, they won’t do well). I think Ott’s promotion is totally dependent on things we can’t know from a boxscore - 1) is he throwing low in the zone and 2) has he developed an effective secondary pitch.
Casey Rowlett seems like the obvious choice to be sent down.
mateodh - I’m with you on Craig. I was hoping that Richardson was going to move up to AAA to fill in for Washington (out for the season) but that hasn’t happened yet so Craig is still mired in High-A.

By: fewgoodcards

fewgoodcards — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:38:54 +0000

i think i am seeing why they drafted mortensen. the guy is an absolute groundball machine. last night he got 9 groundouts and only 2 flyouts, and for his short season his GO/FO ratio is an incredible 3.80.

By: cardsfan1

cardsfan1 — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:51:06 +0000

By: mateodh

mateodh — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 07:00:57 +0000

I really don’t see why Hoff and E-Gon can’t live in the same box score. It’s Triple-A, shuffle the lineup a bit, mix them both in on the left side as well, at least then if neither make it as regulars they’ll have experience elsewhere.

Free Allen Craig! Yes, I know, poor Palm Beach fans, they already lost Mark Hamilton, how will they ever cope? You know, I’m starting to think this organization leaves players at a certain level to protect more important prospects. Maybe that’s not a new idea, but still we can call it the “Randy Roth Complex”. Roth was always old for his level, and it seemed like his only purpose was to serve as Colby Rasmus’ cleanup man. Maybe having Jarrett Hoffpauir on base in front of Rasmus 3 times a night is doing loads for his development. Maybe Allen Craig was meant to be Mark Hamilton’s sidekick and now he’s Brandon Buckman’s…

Sure, Degerman and Walters are old for their level and deserved promotions, but so does Tyler Herron, the man is filthy. That said, I say leave him where he is and see if he can’t string together 3 or 4 straight starts with 6+ IP, since he hasn’t been in a real rotation all season.

Also, at least Ferris has had a hot June, and I say this every time he has a hot month but, maybe, just maybe he’s coming around. Next year’s Evans/Mather? Can’t say I have any such hopes for Lambert at this point…

By: CardFaninVA

CardFaninVA — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:31:17 +0000

Good evening. I read this site daily, but this is my first time commenting. I’ve just started following the Cards’ farm system consistently this year…

Any chance that Ottavino and Herron get call-ups soon? Ottavino’s 21 the entire year and Herron’s 20 until August, so they could justify leaving them where they are, age-wise. OTOH, they both are dominating their levels right now, so letting them spend the rest of the year there is only going to help their confidence (which counts for something), but may not be much of a challenge. At some point, Quad Cities may get some upward pressure from a pitcher or two at Batavia, which may force the issue

Also, I was wondering who yall think will swap places with Jon Jay when he goes back to AA, which would seem to be imminent. I think the assumption of many was that Shorey would go back down to either Quad Cities or Palm Beach, but his numbers at Springfield are really impressive, currently .871 OPS. I can’t see how you can send him down. It would seem to me that it’d make more sense to send Rowlett back to Palm Beach, where he started the year, since he’s not really doing much numbers-wise at AA. What do yall think?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:24:57 +0000

Excellent! My two favorite pitchers, Herron and Ottavino dominate!