Comments on: Oakland Athletics, 2010 Minor League Review

By: polczek5

polczek5 — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:13:50 +0000

@JoeC: I second that! RCL-11 just got even better.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:32:51 +0000

@Moonlight’s Grahams: He may have hit 13 home runs, but a .380 slugging percentage along with playing in the California League negates some of the excitement. He’s still young, yes. He still needs to prove himself too.

By: JoeC

JoeC — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:42:03 +0000

Let’s go, Oakland (cha-cha cha-cha-cha)!!

By: Moonlight's Grahams

Moonlight's Grahams — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:38:09 +0000

I think cut Stassi a little slack. 13 HR in 411 ABs at catcher and he’s only 19. I’ll admit some Sacramento bias in this plea.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:51:46 +0000

I want to be a baseball player. Even a minor leaguer is ok. hopefully a minor leaguer with potential. Realized potential! no delmon young!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:28:42 +0000

@RandomItalicizedVoice: What do you mean by unlimited Keepers?

The six from that last that I would choose, assuming you’re punting the 2011 season: Wright, Cain, Gallardo, Morales, Brown, Wieters/Hellickson

By: RandomItalicizedVoice

RandomItalicizedVoice — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:17:21 +0000

Hey Stephen,

I asked Grey this question this morning, I’d like to get your read on it as well:

Keeper league question (12-team, 5X5, roto, with MI, CI, OF, LF, CF, RF, UTIL, 3 SP, 3 RP, 3 P). This team is in pretty bad shape and I went into rebuild mode last season. SO I have a LOT of guys who could be very good in a few years. We keep 6…at least 2 of which need to be pitchers. Unlimited keepers, no draft position effects. Here is my list of candidates:

Beckham, Domonic Brown, Starlin Castro, Adam Jones, Ka’aihue, Kendry Morales, Carlos Pena, Travis Snider, Wieters, Wright, Cain, Gallardo, Jaime Garcia, Garza, Hellickson, Matusz, Nolasco, Wandy, Jonathan Sanchez, Volquez.

I have no problem whatsoever with playing for next year because I can’t see this team competing this year. I thought for sure to keep Kendry…but this latest injury news has me a bit spooked. I may have to keep him anyway.

What do you think??

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:29:56 +0000

@Tom Thumb: Carter does have “old player” skills which typically do not age well. He still isn’t that old for a prospect. If he was 25 (born in 1984/5) I would be more worried.

Adam Dunn had far more speed in his younger days; there was a near 20/20 season in 2002 (26/19). I’d say he’s a lesser Ryan Howard. Howard didn’t reach Triple-A until 2005 at age 25. Carter was 23 during the entire 2010 season.

By: Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:17:11 +0000

I like the comparison to Ike Davis. Ike walked at a really solid clip last year so if Carter can keep that up, it really helps his value. Carter has a ton more power than Ike does though. If Carter’s OBP and SLG transfer to major league skills, that would be tremendous. Based on his minor league power numbers could you see development to an Adam Dunn type in the MLB? I am always just so weary of old (24 isn’t ancient) prospects…

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:09:44 +0000

@Beau: Thanks for the heads up. The fantasy info still applies. Man, some days I feel like I need to trade search every single prospect that isn’t in the headlines.

@Lava: Thanks for the heads up and the compliment.

@Tom Thumb: Carter could be a Chris Davis. Carter has a far superior K:BB rate; Carter is roughly 2:1 and Davis is roughly 3.5:1. They both had similar OPS rates. Carter also has been the better prospect of the two. Davis was ranked #65 (Baseball America) pre-2008 season. Carter was #28 pre-2010 season. Carter’s career slash line is .284/.380/.540 and yes, he had struggles making contact last year. I still think he has strong hitting skills and could be the 2011′s Ike Davis.

By: Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:32:27 +0000

Blech to this run of old prospects.

What makes Chris Carter not a candidate to be the next Chris Davis? I guess he walks a bit more and is less of a line-drive hitter. But generally a low-ish minors AVG isn’t a good sign.

By: Lava

Lava — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:54:05 +0000

And Henry Rodriguez was traded to the Nationals.

Good summary, however!

By: Beau

Beau — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:44:00 +0000

Good read but Corey Wimberly was traded to the Pirates this offseason.