Question on Mountcastle

[Legend_Of_Joey]

One of the "less told" stories from this past spring training was Mountcastle taking fly balls in left field on the back fields.

I don't know if that continued after he was injured or not.

[Tony-OH]

8 hours ago, Philip said:

Hey guys, somebody explain to me why Mountcastle is ranked so high when his defense is so bad? Is it actually not that bad? Is his bat just really that good? Or so we still think that multiple DH-types is a good thing?

If you read through Mountcastle's profile it should give you your answers. In synopsis, he's just not a 3B/SS but he has some athleticism and the thought is he could end up in LF or 1B before DH would be his only option.

[MachoMachadoMan]

1 hour ago, Tony-OH said:

If you read through Mountcastle's profile it should give you your answers. In synopsis, he's just not a 3B/SS but he has some athleticism and the thought is he could end up in LF or 1B before DH would be his only option.

Tony - I know comps can be dangerous, but it seems really difficult to get our heads around what major-league-contributor Ryan Mountcastle could look like. I've been thinking (and may be totally wrong here)...

Ceiling: Matt Holiday (plays left field and rakes)

Floor:  Right-handed Logan Morrison (enticing power but never puts it together)

Most Likely: Mark Trumbo (big power, low OBP, no real positional value) 

[Frobby]

55 minutes ago, MachoMachadoMan said:

Tony - I know comps can be dangerous, but it seems really difficult to get our heads around what major-league-contributor Ryan Mountcastle could look like. I've been thinking (and may be totally wrong here)...

Ceiling: Matt Holiday (plays left field and rakes)

Floor:  Right-handed Logan Morrison (enticing power but never puts it together)

Most Likely: Mark Trumbo (big power, low OBP, no real positional value) 

Trumbo is not a bad comp, but I think Mountcastle will hit for higher average and have less power.   And I suspect he’ll be a better defender, though the one thing Trumbo has is an above average arm.

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, MachoMachadoMan said:

Tony - I know comps can be dangerous, but it seems really difficult to get our heads around what major-league-contributor Ryan Mountcastle could look like. I've been thinking (and may be totally wrong here)...

Ceiling: Matt Holiday (plays left field and rakes)

Floor:  Right-handed Logan Morrison (enticing power but never puts it together)

Most Likely: Mark Trumbo (big power, low OBP, no real positional value) 

Edwin Encarnación is the best comp I can come up with it at this stage. Might be more towards the ceiling comp, but I could see Mountcastle becoming that kind of hitter.

[baltfan]

I looked and can’t find any video of him in the field. Would be interested to see how bad the arm is. Not doubting anyone, just curious. 

[Legend_Of_Joey]

39 minutes ago, baltfan said:

I looked and can’t find any video of him in the field. Would be interested to see how bad the arm is. Not doubting anyone, just curious. 

Best bet might be to drop a few bucks on MiLB TV and rewatch some of the games he played. Easy enough to fast forward.

[Frobby]

9 hours ago, baltfan said:

I looked and can’t find any video of him in the field. Would be interested to see how bad the arm is. Not doubting anyone, just curious. 

https://goo.gl/images/cmJfbg

[HowAboutThat]

On 11/27/2018 at 7:16 AM, Tony-OH said:

If you read through Mountcastle's profile it should give you your answers. In synopsis, he's just not a 3B/SS but he has some athleticism and the thought is he could end up in LF or 1B before DH would be his only option.

Everything I read says his defense is unplayable almost everywhere. But regardless, it reflects the bad farm system if such a limited defender is ranked so high.

[Luke-OH]

13 minutes ago, Philip said:

Everything I read says his defense is unplayable almost everywhere. But regardless, it reflects the bad farm system if such a limited defender is ranked so high.

That’s not true, link a report saying he’s unplayable almost everywhere. 

[HowAboutThat]

3 minutes ago, Luke-OH said:

That’s not true, link a report saying he’s unplayable almost everywhere. 

Unplayable at SS and third may be restricted to LF or DH.

they all say that.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Philip said:

Unplayable at SS and third may be restricted to LF or DH.

they all say that.

I read someone, I don't recall who, that thought he would end up passable at third, below average but passable.

Who said LF or DH but not first?

[Luke-OH]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I read someone, I don't recall who, that thought he would end up passable at third, below average but passable.

Who said LF or DH but not first?

Adam McInturff of 2080 I believe.

Fans make the positionless comments about Mountcastle, not scouts or prospect analysts. He’s not Willie Calhoun or Delmon Young. 

[HowAboutThat]

8 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I read someone, I don't recall who, that thought he would end up passable at third, below average but passable.

Who said LF or DH but not first?

To be honest, I think it was Luke, but I could be remembering incorrectly. It might have been MLB.

[Luke-OH]

47 minutes ago, Philip said:

To be honest, I think it was Luke, but I could be remembering incorrectly. It might have been MLB.

Here you go, this is a far more positive defensive assessment than I have made...

https://2080baseball.com/reports/ryan-mountcastle/