NewAge Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Remember when BA dropped him to like 90th on their top 100 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAS22 Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Don't know if he's ever going to hit consistently enough to be an upper-echelon SS. Only time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsoxsuck05 Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 15 hours ago, NewAge said: Remember when BA dropped him to like 90th on their top 100 lol deservedly so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewAge Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 6 hours ago, redsoxsuck05 said: deservedly so Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey5djh Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 More often than not there are some headscratchers done by the phillies....this is one of them. By that I mean he deserves his call up but WTF are the Phillies thinking playing him at 3B and batting him 7th over Galvis at SS and batting second. He's probably a 70 grade defensive player and a .350 OBP guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm6492 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 5 hours ago, Hockey5djh said: More often than not there are some headscratchers done by the phillies....this is one of them. By that I mean he deserves his call up but WTF are the Phillies thinking playing him at 3B and batting him 7th over Galvis at SS and batting second. He's probably a 70 grade defensive player and a .350 OBP guy. Makes no sense what they're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsoxsuck05 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 6 hours ago, NewAge said: Why? Because you can't produce so poorly for so long and not drop in the rankings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewAge Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 6 minutes ago, redsoxsuck05 said: Because you can't produce so poorly for so long and not drop in the rankings. Prospect evaluation is not a pure meritocracy. I don't see a time this year where 90 minor league players projected to have better major league success than Crawford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission27 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 43 minutes ago, NewAge said: Prospect evaluation is not a pure meritocracy. I don't see a time this year where 90 minor league players projected to have better major league success than Crawford. Its not about meritocracy tbh. Its about the guy has been a **** player in AAA for two years now, so why should we expect him to suddenly not be a **** player when the competition gets better by a factor of 10? Obviously the kid is insanely talented. To be the #6 prospect in baseball you have to be insanely talented. But at some point if a guy is consistently struggling at multiple levels, you have to wonder whether he will ever figure out how to hit in the big leagues... which most prospects don't, especially guys who hit .240 in the minor leagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission27 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Obvi not a good idea to scout from a box score. Not a good idea to ignore it either. One of the best indicators of how good a baseball player someone is, is how well they play baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewAge Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 21 minutes ago, mission27 said: Its not about meritocracy tbh. Its about the guy has been a **** player in AAA for two years now, so why should we expect him to suddenly not be a **** player when the competition gets better by a factor of 10? Obviously the kid is insanely talented. To be the #6 prospect in baseball you have to be insanely talented. But at some point if a guy is consistently struggling at multiple levels, you have to wonder whether he will ever figure out how to hit in the big leagues... which most prospects don't, especially guys who hit .240 in the minor leagues. He hasn't been that bad in AAA. As a 6-7 glove SS, he had a 90 wRC+ last year and a 114 wRC+ this year. This ranking was made after he had a rough start to the year and was an overreaction. Over his last 95 games, he's hitting .271/.376/.476 (140 wRC+). Dropping an elite defensive SS 80 spots because he had an awful April offensively as a 22 year old in AAA is pretty crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission27 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Just now, NewAge said: He hasn't been that bad in AAA. As a 6-7 glove SS, he had a 90 wRC+ last year and a 114 wRC+ this year. This ranking was made after he had a rough start to the year and was an overreaction. Over his last 95 games, he's hitting .271/.376/.476 (140 wRC+). Seems like a flea tbcfh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelonebillsfan Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 And so what he can sit at a 90 wRC+ for six years and still warrant every day playing time because he's so good with the glove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewAge Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 Just now, Thelonebillsfan said: And so what he can sit at a 90 wRC+ for six years and still warrant every day playing time because he's so good with the glove. Yeah, I'd say he'd still be better doing that than just about everyone else they had in the 80-100 range but I'm pretty sure they stuck Tatis and Soto in the 90s for some reason too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelonebillsfan Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Tatis in the 90's lol madness. Like what a cannon arm and good range aren't enough cause he's young and lanky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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