Comments on: Prospect Watch: Week Nine http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/06/29/prospect-watch-week-nine/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 08 Dec 2018 07:19:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Alex Rosen http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/06/29/prospect-watch-week-nine/#comment-13179 Mon, 02 Jul 2018 20:22:58 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7464#comment-13179 Thank you for the feedback. I’ll get back to the regular format of previous weeks from now on! Check back on Friday for this week’s edition!

]]> By: Shea http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/06/29/prospect-watch-week-nine/#comment-13177 Mon, 02 Jul 2018 19:46:32 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7464#comment-13177 I agree that the mets suck at assignments, but when I come to the prospect watch, I expect to see discussions of prospects, not meta discussions of organizational philosophy. I guess I was just kind of taken aback by how little of that there was in this article compared with the previous ones.

]]> By: Alex Rosen http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/06/29/prospect-watch-week-nine/#comment-13176 Mon, 02 Jul 2018 18:02:34 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7464#comment-13176 Hi Shea,

I’ve written at length about Kelenic’s tools in our draft coverage. The GCL (the league Kelenic is playing in) does not televise their games, and I’m not there to scout him in person. It’d be disingenuous of me to hypothesize how his tools are playing without actually seeing him play. Bryce Montes de Oca and Ryley Gilliam haven’t thrown a single inning for Brooklyn despite being hyped up as “fast-moving relievers” hence my problem with sending them to Brooklyn.

]]> By: Shea http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/06/29/prospect-watch-week-nine/#comment-13172 Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:00:33 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7464#comment-13172 I really wish this section were an actual discussion of prospects instead of just ranting about assignment levels. Like, I get it. The mets are conservative with their prospects, and its fine to mention that and disagree with it, but you pretty much did only that and didn’t even do any analysis at all in some places of the actual progress of the prospects. The Kelenic write up in particular had literally no discussion of the week he’s had or how his tools are playing except to note that he’s “tearing the cover off the ball.”

]]> By: LongTimeFan1 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/06/29/prospect-watch-week-nine/#comment-13128 Fri, 29 Jun 2018 21:38:22 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7464#comment-13128 Mauricio –

Wilmer Flores clone who switch hits and is probably more athletic defensively with quicker release, but has similar profile and starting at similar age. Tall, lean, slow footed shortstop who hits, and will for power but likely moves to 3rd base.

]]> By: LongTimeFan1 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2018/06/29/prospect-watch-week-nine/#comment-13127 Fri, 29 Jun 2018 21:29:58 +0000 http://mets.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=7464#comment-13127 There’s nothing wrong with sending college relief pitcher picks to Brooklyn to begin their pro careers. It’s an awesome entry point, the pick of the crop opening in NYC, in a premium location that garners strong interest, dedicated fan base, beautiful ballpark right off the Atlantic in the world famous Coney Island.

Beginning in Brooklyn in no way slows the trek to Citi Field. Quite the opposite -it’s great mental preparation for playing in the Big Apple and gaining pro ball experience. It doesn’t preclude a Columbia appearance in August, nor beginning next season in Columbia or St. Lucie. If these relievers pitch well, they will appropriately progress up the food chain.

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