Weird. Seems like he was above-average (particularly age-advanced) but not dominant. Wonder what the rush was.
The Astros promote based on their scouts and coaching opinions and less on the raw numbers. Also keep in mind that those numbers include him introducing a pitch he only started working on months ago. His success as far as being a potential #3 starter and a #1 starter is going to come down to his fastball. If he can sit 94-95; he has a really high upside with his physical development, 3 pitches and feel for pitching. Astros right now have 3 potential #1 starters in the minors.
Cooper slyly moved the goalposts there. How many prospects are really destined to become stars? The other guy said he was a bust, which I take to mean he certainly will never reach the majors as a bust in A ball. I feel pretty confident Daz will reach the majors still.
The fact that it's difficult to find successful major league players who have followed the path that Cameron has followed is true. But if a year from now he's having success in High A after a good 2nd half in A ball this year, that will look much different. Plus, his opinion uses a little bit of cherry picking. Sure, guys who have the 9th highest OPS on their A ball team don't have a good shot at being major leaguers. But what about guys who receive Top 15 bonuses? Guys named to the BA Top 100? Guys with 4.5 good tools that are young for their league at every stop?
