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BigRapidsJackass · 07-07-2008, 10:30 PM

Thanks for the update, IR. With Heltonfan no doubt off touring the Caucasus, I've kind of lost track of our minor league talent.

I'd be inclined to move Chacin all the way up to #2. Sickels seems ready to agree:

Thoughts on Jhoulys*Chacin - Minor League Ball

Looks kind of like a Ubaldo Jimenez type now. Read the comments: he apparently grew 4 inches and put on 30 pounds? Between ages 19-20? That can happen, but perhaps he was a year or two younger than we thought (shades of Adrian Beltre?)

Fowler looks legit. We should now be thinking of his ETA as mid-season '09, Sept '09 at the latest. If the Rox are out of it, a September cup of coffee this year is certainly not out of the question.

I now see Ian Stewart as a Brad Hawpe type. He'll bloom a little later than expected, and won't be the player we once thought he could be. But I'll take Brad Hawpe numbers from him. He's more athletic than Hawpe, so he ought to be able to play either 3B or RF with little difficulty.

This year seems to be separating the wheat from the chaff. Wheat: EY Jr. Chaff: Corey Wimberley. I'm fairly optimistic about EY. Wheat: Cory Riordan. Chaff: Brandon Hynick. Take a look at the ridiculous K/BB rate of Riordan: something like 100/15 at Asheville. Wheat: Jonathan Herrera (I see a useful MLB career, although I definitely see the lack of a SS arm based on his time with the Rox). Chaff: Chris Nelson. Sad, but I think it's over. I've predicted it before, and now I think it'll happen. He'll take up pitching again in a last-ditch effort to make it. Wheat: Casey Weathers. I think we'll see him in Sept, maybe August. Chaff: Juan Morillo. I see nothing to like there.

Where's Shane Lindsay? Hurt again? Same with Pedro Strop?

07-07-2008, 10:30 PM	#54 (permalink)
BigRapidsJackass Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,110	Thanks for the update, IR. With Heltonfan no doubt off touring the Caucasus, I've kind of lost track of our minor league talent. I'd be inclined to move Chacin all the way up to #2. Sickels seems ready to agree: Thoughts on Jhoulys*Chacin - Minor League Ball Looks kind of like a Ubaldo Jimenez type now. Read the comments: he apparently grew 4 inches and put on 30 pounds? Between ages 19-20? That can happen, but perhaps he was a year or two younger than we thought (shades of Adrian Beltre?) Fowler looks legit. We should now be thinking of his ETA as mid-season '09, Sept '09 at the latest. If the Rox are out of it, a September cup of coffee this year is certainly not out of the question. I now see Ian Stewart as a Brad Hawpe type. He'll bloom a little later than expected, and won't be the player we once thought he could be. But I'll take Brad Hawpe numbers from him. He's more athletic than Hawpe, so he ought to be able to play either 3B or RF with little difficulty. This year seems to be separating the wheat from the chaff. Wheat: EY Jr. Chaff: Corey Wimberley. I'm fairly optimistic about EY. Wheat: Cory Riordan. Chaff: Brandon Hynick. Take a look at the ridiculous K/BB rate of Riordan: something like 100/15 at Asheville. Wheat: Jonathan Herrera (I see a useful MLB career, although I definitely see the lack of a SS arm based on his time with the Rox). Chaff: Chris Nelson. Sad, but I think it's over. I've predicted it before, and now I think it'll happen. He'll take up pitching again in a last-ditch effort to make it. Wheat: Casey Weathers. I think we'll see him in Sept, maybe August. Chaff: Juan Morillo. I see nothing to like there. Where's Shane Lindsay? Hurt again? Same with Pedro Strop?