Dylan Bundy Thread

[EagleOriole]

6.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 8 K, 2 BB ... nice job, first time past 6 innings. How close is he to his innings limit? I would like to see him moved to Bowie.

[Frobby]

6.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 8 K, 2 BB ... nice job, first time past 6 innings. How close is he to his innings limit? I would like to see him moved to Bowie.

Bundy has thrown 79 innings and I think his planned limit is 125. He'd only get maybe 6-7 more starts in any event so the innings limit probably won't be an issue.

I suspect his next start will be in Bowie.

[baltfan]

ERA in High A now 2.57

[waroriole]

ERA in High A now 2.57

Cool....get him up to Bowie and lets see what he can do.

[Jimbo81]

How tuff was the competition he faced tonight?

[Roll Tide]

ERA in High A now 2.57

Even the press is speculating he's going to bowie.

[baltfan]

How tuff was the competition he faced tonight?

He has pitched 3 times versus Lynchburg. This is his best outing against them.

May 26 SAL 1 0 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 2 2 1 0 6 1.33 .316

Jun 02 @WIL 0 1 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 3 1 1 0 1 7 1.67 .188

Jun 08 @LYN 1 0 3.60 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 2 2 1 3 5 0.80 .222

Jun 14 LYN 0 1 9.82 1 1 0 0 0 3.2 5 4 4 1 2 5 0.20 .313

Jun 23 MB 1 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0.71 .125

Jun 28 @WS 1 0 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 1 1 0 0 5 1.00 .235

Jul 04 @POT 0 0 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 6 3 3 0 3 4 0.75 .375

Jul 14 CAR 0 1 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 2 1 0 0 1 8 0.40 .118

Jul 20 @WS 0 0 1.93 1 1 0 0 0 4.2 7 1 1 1 1 6 0.75 .350

Aug 01 @LYN 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 6.2 * 1 0 0 2 8 0.83 .000

[Redgrape]

What are the chances he can beat out Profar for top prospect?

[Gurgi]

Dominate baby just dominate!

Now for a little looksee in Bowie!

[GoldGlove21]

What are the chances he can beat out Profar for top prospect?

Probably not going to happen IMO, but Bundy has been very, very good. He is only 19 and is likely on his way to Bowie. From high school to AA in a year is a very good jump. You have got to think that Bundy can go from AA to the majors within the next year. I don't worry about this kid because I believe that mental makeup in an ace may be more important than pure stuff. This kid can deal and doing so with his cutter hurts his numbers even more IMO.

[Can_of_corn]

What are the chances he can beat out Profar for top prospect?

Depends on the list. BA had him #1 at the halfway mark and he has improved at A+ since then. As good as Profar is the scouts love Bundy and BA listens to the scouts.

[Frobby]

What are the chances he can beat out Profar for top prospect?

Quite honestly, who cares? It's just a list. All I care about is that he is actually a good pitcher once he reaches the majors, rather than another overhyped prospect.

[Lucky Jim]

Quite honestly, who cares? It's just a list. All I care about is that he is actually a good pitcher once he reaches the majors, rather than another overhyped prospect.

We'll, lots of people sort-of care, because it's a way of putting a quasi-objective mark on his progress and - even though not determinative, and only marginally (if that) predictive - it serves to reinforce or balast our high hopes. But I think you probably know this. Would you not worry if suddenly BA dropped him to 27th?

[Frobby]

We'll, lots of people sort-of care, because it's a way of putting a quasi-objective mark on his progress and - even though not determinative, and only marginally (if that) predictive - it serves to reinforce or balast our high hopes. But I think you probably know this. Would you not worry if suddenly BA dropped him to 27th?

Maybe just a little. But as between 1st or 2nd, or anywhere in the top 5 really, I can't say I care. The track record of the BA no. 1 ranked prospects is very mixed. Put it this way, I care more about the actual performance of our prospects than I do about how they are ranked. I'm happy with Bundy's performance, and where BA ranks him won't make me any more or less happy about it.

[Lucky Jim]

Maybe just a little. But as between 1st or 2nd, or anywhere in the top 5 really, I can't say I care. The track record of the BA no. 1 ranked prospects is very mixed. Put it this way, I care more about the actual performance of our prospects than I do about how they are ranked. I'm happy with Bundy's performance, and where BA ranks him won't make me any more or less happy about it.

I don't care much, myself, in the end. But it's understandable that we follow this stuff - if only as a stand-in for actually being able to predict. That said, while happy with Bundy's performance, I am deeply skeptical of box scores as they relate to prospects, and thus BA (as a proxy for scouting buzz) does provide a unique input. Whether it's one-two-three is probably irrelevant, though at some point it does matter, and if he dropped to 9-10, I'd probably be concerned.