Comments on: Right-Handed Relief Prospect Battle Royale http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/ Baseball's Future in the Gateway City Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:30:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Tom http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14055 Tom Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:37:06 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14055 Ah. Organizational depth. Such a delightful problem to have. Ah. Organizational depth. Such a delightful problem to have.

]]> By: fewgoodcards http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14048 fewgoodcards Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:13:28 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14048 haberer was a closer in college and a lot of people said he would be in the big leagues in no time if converted to relief. i think this could be the year as rotation slots are getting hard to come by in the cardinals' system. haberer was a closer in college and a lot of people said he would be in the big leagues in no time if converted to relief. i think this could be the year as rotation slots are getting hard to come by in the cardinals’ system.

]]> By: jstrange http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14047 jstrange Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:53:43 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14047 i've got a longshot question/prediction....any chance the cards try to duplicate david carpenter into a motte clone. numerous reports indicate carpenter has a gun but can't hit a lick. any takers?? also wouldn't be suprised to see haberer or norrick switch to the pen, it just seems they don't have enough to stick in the rotation long term. just my predictions though. i’ve got a longshot question/prediction….any chance the cards try to duplicate david carpenter into a motte clone. numerous reports indicate carpenter has a gun but can’t hit a lick. any takers?? also wouldn’t be suprised to see haberer or norrick switch to the pen, it just seems they don’t have enough to stick in the rotation long term. just my predictions though.

]]> By: Hugo http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14046 Hugo Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:51:49 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14046 What I noticed about the table is that I can't see all of it on my smaller monitor but on my bigger widescreen it is fine. Both in firefox. I can shrink the font to tiny but that makes it unreadable. What I noticed about the table is that I can’t see all of it on my smaller monitor but on my bigger widescreen it is fine. Both in firefox. I can shrink the font to tiny but that makes it unreadable.

]]> By: cariocacardinal http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14040 cariocacardinal Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:13:03 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14040 I think it is a pipe dream to think the Cards won´t spend on middle relievers as long as LaRussa is here. He´ll want a veteran. That will go double if they try to go with Carpenter as an inexperienced closer. I think it is a pipe dream to think the Cards won´t spend on middle relievers as long as LaRussa is here. He´ll want a veteran. That will go double if they try to go with Carpenter as an inexperienced closer.

]]> By: fpslackers http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14039 fpslackers Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:11:56 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14039 It seems like Maiques doesn't really have enough offspeed stuff to be a starter, but I would like to see McClellan switch back to that role, given his arsenal of pitches. I doubt either will happen given their past arm issues, though. It seems like Maiques doesn’t really have enough offspeed stuff to be a starter, but I would like to see McClellan switch back to that role, given his arsenal of pitches. I doubt either will happen given their past arm issues, though.

]]> By: erik http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14038 erik Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:01:08 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14038 if you do watch some of those games, i really liked the post on the AFL with Motte, Gregerson and Pomeranz. like to see something like that again, that was great stuff if you do watch some of those games, i really liked the post on the AFL with Motte, Gregerson and Pomeranz. like to see something like that again, that was great stuff

]]> By: azruavatar http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14037 azruavatar Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:50:59 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14037 FGC - I thought about including Dew, Todd, Reifer and a few others below A-ball but I held off to avoid making too many assumptions. Sillman is someone that could be in play. He's got a good track record but injuries derailed him last year. It'll be interesting to see how he bounces back. Also, I'm not sure whether to say thank you or curse you but I'm probably going to be watching milb.tv games for the next few days. . . . . FGC -
I thought about including Dew, Todd, Reifer and a few others below A-ball but I held off to avoid making too many assumptions.

Sillman is someone that could be in play. He’s got a good track record but injuries derailed him last year. It’ll be interesting to see how he bounces back.

Also, I’m not sure whether to say thank you or curse you but I’m probably going to be watching milb.tv games for the next few days. . . . .

]]> By: fewgoodcards http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14036 fewgoodcards Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:24:03 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14036 i thought that is where perez's velocity sat as well, but they have the milb.tv games for free now over on milb.com and i was watching perez the other day and announcers from several different parks said he was hitting high-90's. i was watching one in memphis where the announcer said he was hitting 96-97 on the stadium gun there and that it tended to be a tad slower than the guns the team used. he said that both teams had perez touching 98 when they were charting pitches a few days earlier in iowa. a couple of guys that also deserve mention are mike sillman and adam reifer. it appeared last spring that sillman had moved ahead of worrell on the organizational depth chart, and i believe if he is healthy this year he could be the better righty specialist. i know reifer hasn't thrown a professional pitch yet, but he has probably the third best arm on the list. he is another guy that can hit the mid-90's and he has a pretty good breaking ball as well. jess todd is another guy that a lot of people are projecting as a reliever. hopefully he can remain a starter, but he has a 92-94 mph fastball and a devastating slider. i thought that is where perez’s velocity sat as well, but they have the milb.tv games for free now over on milb.com and i was watching perez the other day and announcers from several different parks said he was hitting high-90’s. i was watching one in memphis where the announcer said he was hitting 96-97 on the stadium gun there and that it tended to be a tad slower than the guns the team used. he said that both teams had perez touching 98 when they were charting pitches a few days earlier in iowa.

a couple of guys that also deserve mention are mike sillman and adam reifer. it appeared last spring that sillman had moved ahead of worrell on the organizational depth chart, and i believe if he is healthy this year he could be the better righty specialist. i know reifer hasn’t thrown a professional pitch yet, but he has probably the third best arm on the list. he is another guy that can hit the mid-90’s and he has a pretty good breaking ball as well.

jess todd is another guy that a lot of people are projecting as a reliever. hopefully he can remain a starter, but he has a 92-94 mph fastball and a devastating slider.

]]> By: Merry Crasmus http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14035 Merry Crasmus Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:14:35 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/21/right-handed-relief-prospect-battle-royale/#comment-14035 I've been very intrigued by Maiques. I asked Derrick Goold about him a few months back and he suggested a move to starting isn't all that likely. Cited an organizational belief that his makeup is well suited to bullpen work and mentioned the prior arm issues. That kinda bummed me because I'd like to see how he performed if given the chance to start. Even so I'm optimistic his stuff will translate well at higher levels. I too would like to see him aggressively moved up this year. I’ve been very intrigued by Maiques. I asked Derrick Goold about him a few months back and he suggested a move to starting isn’t all that likely. Cited an organizational belief that his makeup is well suited to bullpen work and mentioned the prior arm issues.

That kinda bummed me because I’d like to see how he performed if given the chance to start. Even so I’m optimistic his stuff will translate well at higher levels. I too would like to see him aggressively moved up this year.

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