Chase Davis down to 24 lol that draft pick was dumb when it happened
This just got me hyped on Rodriguez, Padilla and Lin
Overall, it’s an encouraging write-up. Some guys have had their stocks tank (none of our 2023 outfield trio of Chase Davis, Travis Honeyman, and Zach Levenson look like impact regulars), but we’ve had a few major success stories like Rainiel Rodriguez and the revival of Joshua Baez.
We will likely have 2-3 rotation spots up for grabs next year, since I can’t imagine that Fedde/Mikolas return and Pallante hasn’t shown much more potential than as a passable 5th starter. That will set up a good competition for Quinn Mathews, Michael McGreevy, Tink Hence, Tekoah Roby, and a few other guys like Gordon Graceffo, Pete Hansen, and … who knows, maybe Kade Anderson from LSU falls to us at 5 this year? A repeat of the JJ Wetherholt situation, who fell to us at pick 7 because of injury concerns but has immediately had success in the high minors, would be just fine by me. Some clubs might be scared of the workload Anderson had through the College World Series (he threw 130 pitches in a Game 1 shutout during the finals), but Quinn Mathews fell for the same reason and he is one of the Cardinals’ biggest success stories from the past few drafts.
Speaking of, JJ Wetherholt has a .356/.500/.521 line for the month of June at AA. He could be knocking on the door of the big league club before September if he hits the ground running at AAA.
Damn I was hoping Won-Bin Cho would pick it up
I think I would swap Koperniak and Church at this point.
I was sitting on the bottom row at Hammons when Baez made his debut there. You could just tell from the looks of the guy that he would be great.
I don’t understand these prospect ratings. As examples:
Nathan Church #35. He is 24, promoted from AA this year end of May, he’s hitting .356 with a 1.052 OPS in AAA.
Matt Svansen #31. He is 26, has a 3.00 ERA with the Cardinals after being called up from AAA this year.
Saggese # 17. He is 23. Even though he’s had a tough stretch over the last few weeks, he’s proven to be a very capable hitter and defensive player during his time with the Cardinals and he hit .317 while in AAA this year.
McGreevey #9. He is 25. He’s already getting time with the Cardinals and has pitched capably so far.
Obviously the Cardinals are not looking at prospect ratings or none of these players would be moved up as they have this year.
The only ones that really stuck out to me were Pete Hanson being above Roby–just makes no real sense in terms of upside. Saggese being that low is strange. If you think he’s a 1.5 WAR player– high end bench, low end starter–even then, you’d think he’d be higher. Also, I’d still put any long shot upside of Cho above the mass of fringy relief arms.
The reports of Crooks defense are awesome, and really looking forward to seeing him in STL. Having four projectable regulars in the minors and Tink Hence who’s more of a wildcard is a pretty decent top 5. Flores drafts in recent years aren’t reallly standing out. Nothing abominable, but a far cry from the glory days of the 2020 draft.
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Chase Davis down to 24 lol that draft pick was dumb when it happened
This just got me hyped on Rodriguez, Padilla and Lin
Overall, it’s an encouraging write-up. Some guys have had their stocks tank (none of our 2023 outfield trio of Chase Davis, Travis Honeyman, and Zach Levenson look like impact regulars), but we’ve had a few major success stories like Rainiel Rodriguez and the revival of Joshua Baez.
We will likely have 2-3 rotation spots up for grabs next year, since I can’t imagine that Fedde/Mikolas return and Pallante hasn’t shown much more potential than as a passable 5th starter. That will set up a good competition for Quinn Mathews, Michael McGreevy, Tink Hence, Tekoah Roby, and a few other guys like Gordon Graceffo, Pete Hansen, and … who knows, maybe Kade Anderson from LSU falls to us at 5 this year? A repeat of the JJ Wetherholt situation, who fell to us at pick 7 because of injury concerns but has immediately had success in the high minors, would be just fine by me. Some clubs might be scared of the workload Anderson had through the College World Series (he threw 130 pitches in a Game 1 shutout during the finals), but Quinn Mathews fell for the same reason and he is one of the Cardinals’ biggest success stories from the past few drafts.
Speaking of, JJ Wetherholt has a .356/.500/.521 line for the month of June at AA. He could be knocking on the door of the big league club before September if he hits the ground running at AAA.
Damn I was hoping Won-Bin Cho would pick it up
I think I would swap Koperniak and Church at this point.
I was sitting on the bottom row at Hammons when Baez made his debut there. You could just tell from the looks of the guy that he would be great.
I don’t understand these prospect ratings. As examples:
Nathan Church #35. He is 24, promoted from AA this year end of May, he’s hitting .356 with a 1.052 OPS in AAA.
Matt Svansen #31. He is 26, has a 3.00 ERA with the Cardinals after being called up from AAA this year.
Saggese # 17. He is 23. Even though he’s had a tough stretch over the last few weeks, he’s proven to be a very capable hitter and defensive player during his time with the Cardinals and he hit .317 while in AAA this year.
McGreevey #9. He is 25. He’s already getting time with the Cardinals and has pitched capably so far.
Obviously the Cardinals are not looking at prospect ratings or none of these players would be moved up as they have this year.
The only ones that really stuck out to me were Pete Hanson being above Roby–just makes no real sense in terms of upside. Saggese being that low is strange. If you think he’s a 1.5 WAR player– high end bench, low end starter–even then, you’d think he’d be higher. Also, I’d still put any long shot upside of Cho above the mass of fringy relief arms.
The reports of Crooks defense are awesome, and really looking forward to seeing him in STL. Having four projectable regulars in the minors and Tink Hence who’s more of a wildcard is a pretty decent top 5. Flores drafts in recent years aren’t reallly standing out. Nothing abominable, but a far cry from the glory days of the 2020 draft.