Scouting Frederick vs Carolina Mudcats 4/13 - Sedlock start

[Tony-OH]

http://www.orioleshangout.com/2017/04/14/scouting-frederick-vs-carolina-mudcats-413/

[DirtyBird]

Hays is impressive.

[Answerman]

Went to last night's (Friday) game versus Carolina. Some thoughts:

- Agreed with Dirtybird regarding Hays. He will play in the majors. With he and Mullins both moving quickly as quality CF's, it makes for an interesting conversation surrounding the end of Adam's contract.

- Moutcastle impressed. Can definitely hit line drives. Big kid. He actually looked good at Shortstop on this night. 

- Reyes is big. Hits with authority. His throws from third were adventourous. Just one game, I know.

- Wilkerson seems like a forgotten guy in our system, but he's a nice player. Not sure he will make it to the show, but a slow and steady progression may eventually get him an opportunity somewhere. Never thought that red-headed third baseman (sorry, forgot his name) for the Dodgers would make it either. He's a very wealthy man now.

- Was really hoping to be impressed by Brian Gonzalez, but he got hit hard. Even many of his outs were pretty loud. On the bright side, the big lefty was sitting around 92-93 and throwing strikes. Unfortunately, they must have been lollipops.

[Frobby]

Tony, how many times do you need to see a guy (especially a pitcher) to feel like you've got a solid scouting assessment?

[Tony-OH]

2 hours ago, Frobby said:

Tony, how many times do you need to see a guy (especially a pitcher) to feel like you've got a solid scouting assessment?

I don't have a perfect number, but I usually like to see him three times in different parts of the season. One early, middle and late in the year. A hitter, I like to see him against as many types of pitching (high velocity, junkballer, rightyt/lefty, plus slider, etc)

[Tony-OH]

17 hours ago, RZNJ said:

Tony, Answerman, and whoever.   Mountcastles arm?    Almost every report says it won't play at SS.   So how did his arm look?   Did he have to make any throws from the hole?

I've only seen one game this year so as I see more I will be able to answer that better.

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

I've only seen one game this year so as I see more I will be able to answer that better.

Is there much a team can do, from a developmental standpoint, to improve a position player's arm?

[Tony-OH]

4 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Is there much a team can do, from a developmental standpoint, to improve a position player's arm?

Not really. They can work on release and such but arm strength is usually either there or not. Speaking of arm strength, Reyes has special arm strength,

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Tony-OH said:

Not really. They can work on release and such but arm strength is usually either there or not. Speaking of arm strength, Reyes has special arm strength,

Any chance he ends up somewhere he can use it?  I've heard he's probably going to end up at first, big as he is.

[Tony-OH]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

Any chance he ends up somewhere he can use it?  I've heard he's probably going to end up at first, big as he is.

I've heard left field is destination some would like him to go to now. 

[Legend_Of_Joey]

Question for you Tony: Why did they move Murphy to first instead of Mercedes? Did it have to do with them having higher thoughts for Murphy and also having Levy as a starting catcher, instead of some horrible backstop?

[ChuckS]

25 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

I've heard left field is destination some would like him to go to now. 

Why keep him in the infield this long unless they really like his hands?  You would think a move to second would be more likely.  Then maybe left if he doesn't have the range.  

I think first base should be the last option.  SS-2B-LF-1B. 

[Tony-OH]

18 hours ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Question for you Tony: Why did they move Murphy to first instead of Mercedes? Did it have to do with them having higher thoughts for Murphy and also having Levy as a starting catcher, instead of some horrible backstop?

I don't know for sure, but they think more highly of Mercedes' bat, so why not give him the reps behind the plate to see if he can improve? The move with Murphy is kind of a last ditch, "let's see if the bat plays without catching" kind of thing. Honestly if either one of them makes the major leagues it will be a surprise. 

[Tony-OH]

18 hours ago, ChuckS said:

Why keep him in the infield this long unless they really like his hands?  You would think a move to second would be more likely.  Then maybe left if he doesn't have the range.  

I think first base should be the last option.  SS-2B-LF-1B. 

They were told to keep Moutcastle at SS from the top so there really wasn't much of a choice from the development side. I'm going to watch him a bunch this year to see what I think of his defense. In the games I've seen so far he's made the routine plays but I haven't really been able to get much of a read on him defensively.