Shifting Gears
It’s time to shift away from spring training coverage and wait for the minors to start up… in May.
I’m making the call even though I know it might be a little longer before there’s a true shutout of “our guys.”
As I’ve always said, spring training coverage here is an indulgence. Seems rather obvious that most of the drama about who makes the Opening Day roster is procedural… do they give Luis García a spot on the roster now (*cough* Carter Kieboom *cough* .462 OPS *cough*) or figure out a way to weasel out of using an option? Will they send down Erick Fedde because they can or will they DFA Austin Voth?
And if you’re not a MASN Commenter, you already understand that none of the above truly affects the true prospects.
Unfortunately, we’ll have WAY TOO MUCH TIME to speculate on where “The Big Three” will start 2021 (assuming, of course, there are no further delays) or whether any of the teenagers in the Top 30’s will be challenged with Low-A.
Hell, we don’t even know how or if they’re going to reorganize the GCL or the DSL… though the immense effort expended thus far on rebranding and renaming, suggests it won’t be much, if at all.
Alas, it’s another few weeks of the offseason/nonseason mode that we’ve been in since September 2019… or can we finally call it preseason?
What’s going to be most interesting is how the pressing down of talent outside of all the “ opt “ out contracts sets the AAA and AA everyday roster
Noll AAA?
Ali Castillo and Mel Duarte down to AA to lend variety / utility to Sens on City Island since Meregildo can play multiple positions too?
Ramon Flores bumps Wiseman and / or Banks to AA?
FRED features some variety in that infield mix including young Sanchez the third bonus baby
Aside from Big Tuna and Luis G
For anyone looking for an interesting novel to read with a spice of baseball
1997 Underworld by Don DeRillo
Which begs many questions to the soul including : did Ralph Branca throw that game in Oct 1951 to Bobby Thomson ??
No, but there’s this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/02/13/giants-cheating-home-run-1951/
Great link Luke. Brought back memories; remarkable that they kept it a secret for 50 years.
Indeed
I once read where Whitey Lockman and others would serve as eagle eyes in that box way out in RF roof then electrically signal with a wire system set up running under Leo the Lips feet in 3 b box
No wonder the Polo Grounds was demolished
With the evidence
Lol
I knew Kieboom wasn’t hitting but .462 OPS says Rochester all the way.
This would have been Noll’s chance but hes not hitting either.
I guess the next big news is what happens after the big guys head north.
What will be interesting to see is how Rizzo parcels out his best prospects between AAA and AA. Then, seeing how they produce.
FRED should do a promo shot of some of the FRED sluggers in white Washington wigs swinging tree axes