Which O's prospects helped themselves the most in ST?

[wildcard]

1) Trey Mancini - #5 prospect forced his way onto the major league roster.  Can't do much better than that.

2) Cedric Mullins - #19 prospect showed power and speed. May make the jump from low A to AA based on what he has shown this spring.

3) Chance Sisco - #1 prospect was thought to be held back by his defense but he showed well defensively which may have accelerated is way to the majors.

4) Jayson Aquino - Not on the prospect list prior to ST but is  now competing to be the #5 starter.

5) Stefan Crichton - Not on the prospect list prior to ST but showed he may be ready to help the O's in the pen whenever called on. Probably in the Norfolk pen.

6) Gabriel Ynoa - #12 prospect now competing to be the #5 starter.

7) Jesus Liranzo - #16 prospect showed a great arm  that could move fast to the majors. Begins the season at AA. 

8) Anthony Santander - #9 prospect showed the power that made the O's select him in the Rule 5 draft.

9) Chris Lee - #7 prospect showed improvement in his pitches and that he is healthy but needs to improve his pitch efficiency to move to the O's rotation.  Begins at AAA.

[Aristotelian]

Tavarez. Caught in roster crunch but hit for OBP and showed SB potential. 

Rickard. Went from borderline to lock for platoon role, and could evolve to full time role. Kudos to wildcard for calling his development.

Tyler Wilson. End of last year there were many "he will never pitch in the Orioles uniform" posts. But it appears he may be back, albeit as the last longman and not because of anything in particular he did.

Aquino. Could emerge to make the active roster at some point this year.

 

[Aristotelian]

Also Caleb Joseph. Increased his HR and RBI production infinity percent over 2016. Doesn't get much better than that. There was some suggestion he might not make the team but he put that talk to rest. 

[Frobby]

Chris Lee goes somewhere on the list.    

[weams]

https://www.fanragsports.com/mlb/orioles/pleskoff-scouting-report-trey-mancini/

[ReclaimTheCrown]

14 minutes ago, weams said:

https://www.fanragsports.com/mlb/orioles/pleskoff-scouting-report-trey-mancini/

Probably the most positive writeup I've read on Mancini, certainly from a defensive perspective.  Would be great if he could develop into a serviceable RF, as I think his bat will play as an every day player.  

Melewski's blog (http://www.masnsports.com/steve-melewski/2017/04/more-on-mancini-and-props-for-the-tides-from-the-orioles.html ) today included a very interesting comment from Buck:

“I don’t know, it’s a baseball decision,” he said. “We’ve got Chris Davis at first base. Didn’t like him at shortstop, second, third or center. So that left the corner outfield. It is something we were wanting to do. Personally, I wish we had done it earlier. I thought we should have done it last year. As soon as Chris signed the contract.”

Hindsight 20/20, certainly would've been nice to have worked Mancini in at the OF a bit more, earlier.

[wildcard]

22 minutes ago, weams said:

https://www.fanragsports.com/mlb/orioles/pleskoff-scouting-report-trey-mancini/

Holy cow.  Most favorable report on Mancini's defense I may ever read.    I hope the reports are that good at the end of this season.

[Can_of_corn]

26 minutes ago, weams said:

https://www.fanragsports.com/mlb/orioles/pleskoff-scouting-report-trey-mancini/

Who uses outstanding twice in the same sentence?

Quote

He played outstanding defense, especially in right field, where I saw him take extra bases away from a hitter with an outstanding running catch.

I had to stop and regroup myself before continuing.

[weams]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

Who uses outstanding twice in the same sentence?

I had to stop and regroup myself before continuing.

Bernie is not that literary. 

[weams]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Who uses outstanding twice in the same sentence?

I had to stop and regroup myself before continuing.

He has been a professional scout for the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners.

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, weams said:

He has been a professional scout for the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners.

They should invest in an intern working on a degree in English.

[George Zuverink]

15 minutes ago, ReclaimTheCrown said:

... a very interesting comment from Buck:

“I don’t know, it’s a baseball decision,” he said. “We’ve got Chris Davis at first base. Didn’t like him at shortstop, second, third or center. So that left the corner outfield. It is something we were wanting to do. Personally, I wish we had done it earlier. I thought we should have done it last year."

So who made the decision not to see whether Mancini could be a corner OF? They were giving Walker a shot and it seemed like they regarded Mancini to be the stronger prospect. Was it solely because Walker had a good ST last year?

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, George Zuverink said:

So who made the decision not to see whether Mancini could be a corner OF? They were giving Walker a shot and it seemed like they regarded Mancini to be the stronger prospect. Was it solely because Walker had a good ST last year?

Dan and the minor league development guys.  Why would Buck have more than cursory input on something like that?

[Aristotelian]

Promising, but from what I can tell the assessment on his outfield defense is based purely on one play. 

Still, if Mancini could be an everyday RF, that would solve a lot of problems and be a huge boost to this team.

I wonder if the organization's change of thinking on Mancini has more to do with Tavarez being gone than any assessment of Tavarez. 

[Aristotelian]

Also, the Buck quote above is somewhat worrisome. Just seems like a disconnect between the manager and the organization. Same as the Kim situation last year.