Comments on: Daily Farm Report 6/21/08

By: john-jack

john-jack — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:04:39 +0000

eric - which team does the lefty highschool kid ferrara pitch for. i did a look through all the rosters from vsl, gcl, and the two a-ball teams and i couldn’t find him. i am pretty sure the cards signed him, is he assigned yet?

By: Beau

Beau — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:40:45 +0000

At the time being, Boggs would be hard to give up in a trade. Garcia, Mortensen, and Walters are coming along, but have not quite ‘turned the corner’ yet at AAA as much as Boggs has. Boggs has surpassed Parisi and is, for the time being anyway, first in line as a ML candidate in 2009. Anyone is tradeable for the right price, but Boggs is hard for the Cards to surrender.

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By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:00:51 +0000

I’d consider Boggs a tradeable asset too. The farm system is starting to get full enough of starting pitchers that no one starter, other than Garcia, should be off the table if a good enough offer comes along. Yes, it should take more to trade him than the other guys.

Stavinoha got his first ML hit today, btw.

By: Beau

Beau — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:45:12 +0000

In terms of trade targets, the Cards could seek a southpaw reliever; a SS; or a starting pitcher. Good to have multiple targets and options.

The promotions are not driven by pursuit of trades. But they are also not incompatible with seeking trades either. They support both the need for players in St Louis and the possibility of trades.

Stavinoha, Parisi, and Worrell are tradeable assets. The deal would have to be pretty sweet for the Cards to part with Mather or Boggs, since they fit better into the long term of the team.

By: VolsnCards5

VolsnCards5 — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:00:48 +0000

Bill, i was actually thinking that same thing the other day. Maybe I am just being optimistic and letting my wishes get the better of me, but i get this sincere feeling that Mo is gonna make a move before the deadline to bring in either a bat up the middle or a bit time lefty reliever….and he’s going to use the like of mather, stavi, etc. to pull it off…if he does, i will love him for it

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:04:15 +0000

I’d rather see Stavinoha DHing than at first. As much of an offensive black hole as Duncan has been this year, he’s actually a decent defensive first baseman rather than a completely unknown quantity. That’s worth something, particularly since the platoon issue won’t last any longer than Lester does — the Boston pen is predominantly right-handed, just like everyone else’s.

Letting Nick DH would get him introduced to the Show painlessly, and at the same time, paper over the middle-infield manpower shortage. (Trivia Q time: when was the last time a rookie got his first at-bats at DH rather than a field position?) I’d rather see it work that way.

Incidentally, is it just me, or do a lot of these promotions (Nick, Mather, Boggs, Parisi, Worrell) look like auditions — for roles on some other team? If any of these guys turn out to look OK in the majors without being world beaters, their attractiveness as trade bait might be increased. Or not.

By: picklefork

picklefork — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:53:28 +0000

Colorado…a nice traditional Latin surname!

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:33:00 +0000

From the VSL, 18-year-old Moises Colorado faced 6 batters yesterday…and fanned all 6. (32 K’s in 19 innings so far.) The kid is listed at 6′ 3″ and 170 lbs., so there’s a lot of room for adding strength & velocity.

Mannbel sighting: 2-5 with a double, he’s down to .328, but you gotta love that 18/10 BB/K ratio.

Mannbel!

By: Pitchers Hit Eighth

Pitchers Hit Eighth — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:20:13 +0000

Congrats to Stavinoha - hopefully he will put some offense back into the lineup from the 1B position.