And that’s ok. I just meant that he’s a guy who seems to succeed without having any standout pitching tool. His velocity is above average but not great, his control is adequate but not stellar. Yet he has consistently limited hard contact and prevented runs from scoring throughout his time in the minors. I haven’t looked at his spin rates or movement so maybe there’s something there that makes it sustainable.
Janek’s breakout has coincided with a slump from Joseph Sullivan; Sullivan has a .136/.345/.159 line for a 504 ops in June. That is mostly babip related but the k rate is still too high, which is probably why he hasn’t been promoted yet. Janek seems like he might benefit from the Crawford Boxes, those highlights are almost all to LF.
https://www.mlb.com/astros/news/ast...ions-to-higher-levels?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage Some comments from Jacob Buffa. Not much insight, but Amilcar Chirinos is one to watch over the rest of this season since he’s Rule 5 eligible; 15 k/9 is pretty great in High A. Since 2006, Chirinos is the ONLY High A pitcher in the Astros system to post a k/9 >15 and a bb/9 <4 (min 20 ip). If he is able to post a k/9 >11 in AA while keeping his bb/9 <4, he will have an extremely high chance of reaching the majors. Houston is shaping up to have a much deeper/riskier Rule 5 class than last year.
1. How far is that freeway from HP? 2. Now I know how to pronounce his name, I've been saying it in my head with a hard J
Current Rule 5 profile: Extreme Risk (would certainly be picked no matter what): P Miguel Ullola High Risk (would definitely get picked if the draft were today but could perform their way out of the mix over the 2nd half): P Trey Dombroski, P Michael Knorr, P Alimber Santa, P Jose Fleury Moderate Risk (would probably not get picked if the draft were today but can perform their way into the mix over the 2nd half): P Brett Gillis, P Alex Santos II, P Amilcar Chirinos, P Manuel Urias, P Joey Mancini, P Patrick Halligan, P Ray Gaither, P Tyler Guilfoil, P Nic Swanson, P Andrew Taylor, OF Zach Cole Low Risk (no chance of being picked barring a completely unforeseen breakout): P Tyler Ras, P Abel Mercedes, P Garrett Apker, P Dawil Almonte, P Jean Pinto, P Matt Mikulski, P Nick Swiney, P Anderson Bido, P Blake Weiman, P Jayden Murray, P Rhett Kouba, P Misael Tamarez, P Tyler Ivey, P Aaron Brown, P Brody Rodning, P Walker Brockhouse, P Julio Rodriguez, P Luis Angel Rodriguez, C Collin Price, IF/OF Tommy Sacco, OF Quincy Hamilton, OF Colin Barber, C Fernando Caldera, IF Pascanel Ferreras, 1B Luis Encarnacion, OF Logan Cerny, C/OF Ryan Wrobleski, 3B Bryce Willits, C Miguel Palma, 1B Wes Clarke, IF Cristian Gonzalez, OF/IF Tyler Whitaker, OF/1B Oliver Carrillo, anybody at Low A or in the complexes who is eligible I bet you could get a pretty good idea of a team’s quality of farm system by calculating the % of their prospects who have passed through a Rule 5 draft without getting picked. From that last group in my list, Barber, Palma, and Ferreras are the only guys I think have any real value.
I was curious myself, camera makes it look closer than it is. Accoring to google earth, dead pull it's roughly 525 in fair territory and significantly elevated. A homer would have to be hit like 575 to actually make it onto the freeway. If you obliterated a foul ball 500 feet you might have a chance.
Every player who is eligible for the minor league rule 5 is also eligible for the major league rule 5. The protection rules are different but the eligibility rules are the same (I think).
Unlike the major league phase, there's no return policy for a minor league Rule 5 pick. The drafting team takes control of the player's rights.
