Comments on: Camp chirps http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/25/camp-chirps-4/ Baseball's Future in the Gateway City Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:24:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: birdo http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/25/camp-chirps-4/#comment-14701 birdo Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:47:20 +0000 http://futureredbirds.wordpress.com/?p=947#comment-14701 Not that interesting... Top high school draft picks stay in the minors longer than top prospects drafted out of college, so they have more opportunities to show up on lists like this. A quarter of the guys BA considers top prospects are 20 years old or younger... so obviously all those players are high school picks. My guess - if they included all the top prospects who happen to be playing college ball now (Pedro Alvarez, Justin Smoak, Matt Harvey, and so on, the list would be near 50/50 among players drafted out of high school and playing in/drafted out of college each year. Not that interesting…
Top high school draft picks stay in the minors longer than top prospects drafted out of college, so they have more opportunities to show up on lists like this. A quarter of the guys BA considers top prospects are 20 years old or younger… so obviously all those players are high school picks.

My guess - if they included all the top prospects who happen to be playing college ball now (Pedro Alvarez, Justin Smoak, Matt Harvey, and so on, the list would be near 50/50 among players drafted out of high school and playing in/drafted out of college each year.

]]> By: fewgoodcards http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/25/camp-chirps-4/#comment-14699 fewgoodcards Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:23:57 +0000 http://futureredbirds.wordpress.com/?p=947#comment-14699 i thought this was interesting BY HOW THEY SIGNED 46 High school draft picks 25 College draft picks and yet the cardinals continue to draft almost exclusively college. i thought this was interesting

BY HOW THEY SIGNED
46 High school draft picks
25 College draft picks

and yet the cardinals continue to draft almost exclusively college.

]]> By: kory http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/25/camp-chirps-4/#comment-14690 kory Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:05:14 +0000 http://futureredbirds.wordpress.com/?p=947#comment-14690 I don't know if this has been brought up before, but here is a very lengthy interview with McClellan from last year at about this time (before the breakout). Pretty interesting read. He definitely seems like a good kid http://www.fanhome.com/forums/st-louis-cardinals/4388-chat-room-session-kyle-mcclellan-02-18-07-a.html I don’t know if this has been brought up before, but here is a very lengthy interview with McClellan from last year at about this time (before the breakout). Pretty interesting read. He definitely seems like a good kid

http://www.fanhome.com/forums/st-louis-cardinals/4388-chat-room-session-kyle-mcclellan-02-18-07-a.html

]]> By: fewgoodcards http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/25/camp-chirps-4/#comment-14688 fewgoodcards Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:04:43 +0000 http://futureredbirds.wordpress.com/?p=947#comment-14688 i prefer scheppers as well, but i don't really know how to describe hunter's delivery. i don't know if i would call it a lot of effort, he just has this funky thing he does with his hand where he kind of wraps the ball at the back of his delivery. that's not really a great explanation either, but you kind of just have to see it. go check out one of the archived team usa games from this summer if you want to see what i mean. anyway, while we are discussing which college pitchers are better than others, here is how i would rank the top college pitchers currently. 1. Brian Matusz-had a rough outing, but he is still a lefty with 3 above average pitches 2. Aaron Crow-righty with two plus pitches and great command 3. Christian Friedrich-athletic lefty with above average fastball, plus curveball 4. Tanner Scheppers-nasty mid 90's fastball and power slider combo, plus a projectable frame 5. Brett Hunter-upper 90's fastball, potentially dominating slider i prefer scheppers as well, but i don’t really know how to describe hunter’s delivery. i don’t know if i would call it a lot of effort, he just has this funky thing he does with his hand where he kind of wraps the ball at the back of his delivery. that’s not really a great explanation either, but you kind of just have to see it. go check out one of the archived team usa games from this summer if you want to see what i mean.

anyway, while we are discussing which college pitchers are better than others, here is how i would rank the top college pitchers currently.

1. Brian Matusz-had a rough outing, but he is still a lefty with 3 above average pitches
2. Aaron Crow-righty with two plus pitches and great command
3. Christian Friedrich-athletic lefty with above average fastball, plus curveball
4. Tanner Scheppers-nasty mid 90’s fastball and power slider combo, plus a projectable frame
5. Brett Hunter-upper 90’s fastball, potentially dominating slider

]]> By: erik http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/25/camp-chirps-4/#comment-14687 erik Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:02:48 +0000 http://futureredbirds.wordpress.com/?p=947#comment-14687 from what i understand, hunter throws with quite a bit of effort. with all the emphasis on mechanics i thought maybe that would be a turn off, but maybe not. i really don't want them to sign a guy who profiles as a reliever. scheppers otoh i'd be ok with. from what i understand, hunter throws with quite a bit of effort. with all the emphasis on mechanics i thought maybe that would be a turn off, but maybe not. i really don’t want them to sign a guy who profiles as a reliever. scheppers otoh i’d be ok with.

]]> By: fewgoodcards http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/25/camp-chirps-4/#comment-14686 fewgoodcards Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:45:00 +0000 http://futureredbirds.wordpress.com/?p=947#comment-14686 yeah, i about threw brett hunter's name in there too. they both fit the profile so well that if they are both available the cardinals might get confused and accidentally take a high school pitcher. yeah, i about threw brett hunter’s name in there too. they both fit the profile so well that if they are both available the cardinals might get confused and accidentally take a high school pitcher.

]]> By: picklefork http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/25/camp-chirps-4/#comment-14685 picklefork Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:37:10 +0000 http://futureredbirds.wordpress.com/?p=947#comment-14685 Not if Brett Hunter is around is still around too! Haha....the Cards are so predictable. Can you throw hard? Can you throw a sinker? Are your RH? Have you ever played well in the Summer? Do you goto to a 4 year college? Is Scott Boras not your agent? If you answered yes to all the questions above, your hired. Not if Brett Hunter is around is still around too!

Haha….the Cards are so predictable.

Can you throw hard?
Can you throw a sinker?
Are your RH?
Have you ever played well in the Summer?
Do you goto to a 4 year college?
Is Scott Boras not your agent?

If you answered yes to all the questions above, your hired.

]]> By: fewgoodcards http://futureredbirds.com/2008/02/25/camp-chirps-4/#comment-14684 fewgoodcards Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:15:05 +0000 http://futureredbirds.wordpress.com/?p=947#comment-14684 anyone else want to bet that if scheppers is still around at 13 that he will be the cardinals' pick? anyone else want to bet that if scheppers is still around at 13 that he will be the cardinals’ pick?

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