Comments on: Minor League Review, Dodgers

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:15:49 +0000

@royce!: What they mant was he "will" be a major league short stop because he has the talent to, however, he just has to work and progress. Does that help and make sense now?

By: royce!

royce! — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:05:24 +0000

I don’t understand what Baseball America meant about Devaris Gordon holding himself back from being a major league ready SS. Does he want to win back to back Branch Rickey awards? Or does he not want to shift to the OF, in which case he’s blocked by Furcal?

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:58:45 +0000

@tony: Yeah, makes sense. I didn't mind your outfield. Fowler and CarGo on the same team does seem a bit excessive as far as upside goes.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:26:45 +0000

@SaltyBiscuits: Yeah, that’s a typo – it was supposed to say A+/AA, however, at best he held his own. He did drop to 8 K/9 with 4 BB/9 in 27 1/3 innings. He’ll still be another year away from making a large impact in the minors – unless he dominates like Lincecum or Hanson in AA.

By: tony

tony — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:14:49 +0000

@Grey: @brett: Ya just a mock, i never go hard on pitching, always focused on hitting. I basically only took Cliff Lee in the 4th because i wanted to take a pitcher and he was the best available. I could always deal for pitching from this team. I feel i have alot of upisde/bounce back pitchers, same with OF'ers. I'm not a fan of BJ Upton, but Upton in the 5th? or i took him in the 6th i think in another draft? If he goes 15/45 thats a nice 5th rounder.... plus if he finds his power, and average, like he should at some point in his career? STEAL. He's just one of those guys you KNOW there's a 30/30 player somewhere inside. As for the power, alot of its developing... there's alot of 5 cat guys i drafted, alot of guys that went 15/15 ish in 09 and will improve in 2010, i love a guy that contributes across the board. And i love the younger/upside players. I like to try and create a team that if a guy goes down i'm not crippled in a category.... (ex: ellsbury pulls a hammy, there goes ALL my steals). The rankings are a little goofy since its so early, but it was interesting to say the least.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:10:26 +0000

@Charlie: @Grey: This is the only place to be! Can't promise it will be all about baseball, though.

By: brett

brett — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:41:37 +0000

I feel about your outfield the way Grey feels about your pitching. A lot of upside/unproven types. I like every one of those guys (with the exception of Upton) but had you used that fourth round pick to grab a proven anchor for your outfield (or to shore up second base) i’d like your team a lot better.

I also feel like you could use a little more guaranteed pop.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:10:22 +0000

@tony: Overall I like your team, so I'll just focus on the head scratchers. Not sure I get the Cliff Lee pick in the 4th round. Also, I feel like overall you could've used a Ted Lilly-type on your pitching staff. The pitchers seem like all upside and no stability.

By: tony

tony — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:05:05 +0000

@Grey: the other opening was 7, haha…. i was advertising so a razzballer would get in….

From the 9th position in a 12 teamer mock:

1-Miggy
2-Rollins
3-Youk
4-Cliff Lee
5-BJ upton
6- cruz
7- adam jones
8-mccutchen
9- Kershaw
10- BILLS
11- cargo
12- soto
13-street
14- fowler
15- WEEKS (yes i’ll be taking a back up later)
16-Kazmir
17- Capps
18- Bucholz
19- Slowey
20-Lindstrom

there’s a couple more rounds, i’m bailing…. I like what I got and where I got it so far… What do you think Grey and anyone else? ADP is very askewed right now…. It will adjust, but alot of the OF’ers seemed to be sliding. I really like the idea my OF is BJ, cruz, a-jones, mccutchen, cargo, and fowler on the Bench right now…. thats basically 5-6 guys that can all steal 20 bags+ and hit 20+ homers, a couple guys who will hit under a couple with potential to hit over 30….?

By: SaltyBiscuits

SaltyBiscuits — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:03:41 +0000

Withrow actually was promoted to AA last year and made several starts there to end his 2009 season, as a 20 y/o, and did not skip a beat. That is why he is currently regarded as the Dodgers #1 prospect by many who follow the system. I like him a lot more than Martin at this point.

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:53:53 +0000

@Charlie: It's a slow time for baseball. There's some guys in our forum discussing a mock draft and I'm on the comments, but other than that I don't know.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:50:39 +0000

General question for Grey and everyone else. I usually post/read the message board on rotoworld.com but it is slow as hell this time of the year. Anyone post on or know of a more active message board for this time of the year?

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:51:41 +0000

@tony: Ah... Thought you said 7.

By: tony

tony — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:24:17 +0000

@Grey: i'm in the 9 slot, but if i can i will LOL

By: Grey

Grey — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:49:28 +0000

@tony: Take Howard.

By: tony

tony — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:12:26 +0000

signed up for the NOON mock at MDC…. one spot left drafting at spot 7 of 12……