And Chad Donato is through 5 scoreless innings. Both Donato and Arauz are on track to need to be added to the 40 man to avoid being lost in the Rule 5. Shaver and Adams just homered too.
Shame Donato missed so much injury time early in his career, he's got the arm. Not sure anyone would take a Rule 5 flyer on him but you never know.
Really good stuff and some success in AA means there are likely to be teams out there willing to give him a shot in their bullpen. Elieser Hernandez didn’t have nearly the ceiling of Donato and hadn’t pitched above High A and he got taken.
This year they probably will be able to. So many pending free agents, a handful of dfa candidates, no money to spend in free agency...they’ll probably be able to add every high risk rule 5 guy they want.
Didn't no which thread for this: Is there a cost in service time to bring Tucker up now and giving him more of an audition than waiting until September call ups? I know there is just so many at bats to go around, but he can be the guy that spells our outfielders and dh for a few weeks. It would be nice to get him in against good major league pitching just in case Reddick continues his poor offense the rest of the way or someone gets injured. It seems to me September sees a lot of teams pitching minor league auditions.
It is unlikely the 2 weeks between now and Sept 1 would make any difference in his service time calculations. But unless they plan on releasing Reddick, they won’t call up Tucker in rosters expand.
2 weeks early but was bored today so I updated my prospect rankings for the end of season. Grade 60: 1. OF Kyle Tucker Grade 55: 2. RHP Forrest Whitley Grade 50: 3. 3B Abraham Toro 4. RHP Jose Urquidy 5. RHP Bryan Abreu 6. RHP Tyler Ivey Grade 45: 7. C Korey Lee 8. SS Freudis Nova 9. SS Jeremy Pena 10. OF Colin Barber 11. RHP Brandon Bielak 12. RHP Cristian Javier 13. RHP Jairo Solis 14. SS Jonathan Arauz 15. SS Grae Kessinger 16. RHP Jojanse Torres 17. C Garrett Stubbs 18. OF Ronnie Dawson 19. 1B JJ Matijevic 20. RHP Chad Donato 21. RHP Rogelio Armenteros 22. RHP Brandon Bailey 23. RHP Enoli Paredes 24. RHP Peter Solomon 25. OF Drew Ferguson 26. OF Cal Stevenson 27. RHP Brett Conine 28. RHP Luis Garcia 29. RHP Jose Alberto Rivera 30. OF Ross Adolph There were 63 guys in the next tier (call them Grade 40), at least half of whom could belong in that grade 45 group. 36 guys fell into the next tier (Grade 35), 32 Grade 30s, and 87 non-prospects. Honorable mention of those who can arguably be ranked in the top 30 or who have breakout potential next season: C Nathan Perry C Juan Santander 2B Luis Santana SS Daury Lorenzo 3B Joe Perez OF Alex McKenna OF Jordan Brewer OF James Nix OF Jacob Meyers RHP Shawn Dubin RHP Nivaldo Rodriguez RHP Hunter Brown RHP Blair Henley RHP Valente Bellozo RHP Peyton Battenfield RHP Ryan Gusto RHP Heitor Tokar RHP Jayson Schroeder RHP Manny Ramirez
Sure 3 great years from Tucker in higher leagues bs 1 solid year, a suspension, and a piss poor year. Makes sense.
Brandon Bailey vs. Frisco: 5 IP, H, BB, 9 K Luis Garcia vs. Down East: 6 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 13 K The one run that Garcia allowed came on a solo homer. The 13 strikeouts are a new career high for him.
Who homered today Jake Adams (19, solo); 4th consecutive game with a home run Scott Schreiber (10, 2-run) Scott Manea (9, solo) Oscar Campos (3, 2-run) Nerio Rodriguez (2, 2-run) Dexter Jordan (1, solo) Freddy Guilamo (1, 2-run) Ayendy Ortiz (1, 2-run)
Adams was Luhnow’s public sleeper pick from that draft class. 70 grade power. He looks more athletic than his scouting report. Worth following next year as he’ll start in AA with a chance to make some noise.
He even played 19 games at 3B this season, which is also a good sign that he’s more agile than previously thought. He’s still likely to only be a 1B, but at least he doesn’t profile as a DH only player.
