devils1854 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Quote Since the Triple-A level this season began using the same hand-stitched baseballs used in the major leagues, the difference has been nothing short of stunning. Through the end of April in the International League, which includes the Norfolk Tides, more than twice as many home runs were hit through the same point last season. “They’re harder, and they do travel farther. I don’t care what anybody says,” said Norfolk left-hander Josh Rogers, who spent the last month of the 2018 season with the parent Baltimore Orioles and has thrown the Major League balls exclusively since then. “They do. So it’s a definite difference. So it’s an adjustment for the pitchers, too.” Through April 30, 2018, IL hitters had gone deep 182 times. A year later, with the new Costa Rican-made balls in play, they’d done it a staggering 396 times. In all of 2018, Columbus had a league-worst staff ERA of 4.34. That would’ve been fourth in April 2019, when the average IL ERA was a bloated 4.98. It’s early, but offensive numbers are up across the board. In April of last season, there were an average of 0.61 home runs per game hit in the IL. This year, long balls were hit at a clip of 1.16 per game. Perhaps most stunningly, there were 1,555 homers hit in 1,948 IL games last season. If all 1,960 scheduled games this year are played, the league is on pace to hit 2,274. https://pilotonline.com/sports/baseball/norfolk-tides/article_070b3932-6c4e-11e9-8cdf-13613ed290ba.html Matt Davidson-11, Austin Riley-10, Yordan Alvarez-12, Keston Hiura-10, Kevin Cron-10, Josh VanMeter-13, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devils1854 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 8 hours ago, GSUeagles14 said: How much do you want to impede development though just because thats the way youve done things. Granted its an insanely small sample size but McKay isnt being challenged in Montgomery.Hes striking out almost 15 per 9 and has a FIP sub 2. It seems likely that he get moved up to Durham in the bext month or two, if he continues to dominate and the rays can stay as good as theyve been (might be even better when they get guys healthy) then i think itd be foolish to keep him down without having a real 4th starter. Organizations have philosophies. It doesnt matter what the outsider thinks. They are going to do what works for them, and stick to it. Another thing you have to look at is the fact that he is a DH as well, and they want him to get ABs, especially since he hasnt been good at all this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsGuy82 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Jays "other" top prospects outside of Guerrero and Bichette are quietly off to great starts Cavan Biggio (AAA) slashing .333/.477/1.072 Jordan Groshans (A+) .342/.429/.935 Nate Pearson (AA) 3-0 0.86 ERA/ 15K/9, 1.69 FIP Marcus Stroman, Ken Giles and Justin Smoak should also fetch a couple top 100 prospects as well. Jays could very well have top 5 Farm without Vladdy this time next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texansfan713 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 mlb.com did a new top 100 prospect list http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2019?list=prospects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardHawk Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Austin Riley with another HR. 13 in past 68 ABs per Twitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texansfan713 Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 im ready for the yordan alvarez era to begin now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbie_Hancock Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Texansfan713 said: im ready for the yordan alvarez era to begin now! Me too. Call him up now and he has enough time to make it to the all star team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsoxsuck05 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 11 hours ago, Texansfan713 said: im ready for the yordan alvarez era to begin now! How is your farm system (assuming Tucker and Whitley return to form) still so good?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texansfan713 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 59 minutes ago, redsoxsuck05 said: How is your farm system (assuming Tucker and Whitley return to form) still so good?? luhnow does a good job drafting and trading for ptbnl's which alvarez was. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsoxsuck05 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 14 minutes ago, Texansfan713 said: luhnow does a good job drafting and trading for ptbnl's which alvarez was. lol Yanks and Astros the only teams that have af about rookie ball for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 @hrubes20 Carter Stewart got made whole again after AA screwed him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrubes20 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 On 5/21/2019 at 9:33 AM, ramssuperbowl99 said: @hrubes20 Carter Stewart got made whole again after AA screwed him Happy for Stewart, obviously, but I hate the precedent this may set. College players won't go to Japan, but I don't want a bunch of "good but not elite" prep prospects to be signing for $5 million in Japan and skipping the superior coaching and development over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texansfan713 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 I wish Seth Beer had a position and can be at least decent at it. He is going to be a legit hitter in the majors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagles27 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Just got promoted to A+. Good start to his first full season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelonebillsfan Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 On 5/29/2019 at 1:42 AM, Eagles27 said: Just got promoted to A+. Good start to his first full season. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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