Comments on: Talking about some prospects

By: johninny

johninny — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:28:52 +0000

please excuse a first time poster, long time lurker, if I may be so bold. As the father of a minor league player, and lifelong baseball fan, I can say with some authority that young players can change quickly. Last years marginal player can become dominant this year. These young men are maturing mentally and physically all the while trying to compete for a job and to follow their dream. Projected stars flame out, sleepers sometimes surprise. For all the best observation/tracking/software/stats, sometimes things just workout the way they were meant to.IMHO
John

By: randyhater

randyhater — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:13:15 +0000

Journeyman pitcher gets called up to the big club and says the team’s best prospect “can be good.” Excuse me if I don’t wet my pants with anticipation.

What else is tomko going to say? “Austin Jackson? He’s completely overrated. He’ll never make it in the bigs. He smells really bad, too.”

By: MattNC

MattNC — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:26:42 +0000

Pete, CC Sabathia has been on three different teams in the last TWO years. Does that make him a “journeyman”?

By: AJ from princeton

AJ from princeton — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:16:45 +0000

thank you 4 that

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:02:31 +0000

I’m more concerned that Austin Jackson has struck out 27 times in 26 games than I am that he’s sitting at 0 home runs.

He may be hitting .360 in Scranton, but he’d be lucky to hit .260 in the majors if he’s getting K’d that often by AAA pitchers.

By: nj23nut

nj23nut — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:42:55 +0000

Can you all imagine how Phil Rizzuto would be with Cervelli on the team? LOL. Phil loved the fellow Italians!!

By: RayVT

RayVT — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:41:14 +0000

Pete, you are cool!! I love that answer. Do you feel like you are monitoring a kindergarten class? LOL!

By: Les Deux

Les Deux — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:39:38 +0000

“Huff likely doesn’t know Austin Jackson, so why would I ask him?”

LOL, you can’t argue with him there

By: Peter Abraham

Peter Abraham — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:32:26 +0000

Steve:

I will try and explain this in easy-to-understand language. Huff has been with three teams since 2006 and has spent more games as a DH than at any other position. Three teams in four years would make him a journeyman DH by most definitions.

Nor did I try to compare Huff and Tomko. It was two distinct posts.

His opinion holds water because he played with Jackson on his baseball team. Huff likely doesn’t know Austin Jackson, so why would I ask him?

By: Les Deux

Les Deux — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:29:44 +0000

You people are ridiculous. Cervelli is Venezuelan, get over it. I’m Irish but I am American. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being from Venezuela.