What's with the Yusniel regression?

[Jammer7]

7 hours ago, Frobby said:

I don’t see it that way at all.    He has had a very good year, IMO, despite the injury interruptions.   He carried the Bowie offense for large parts of the season.   BA could have been better but he had a lot of impact.   

Do you think he has done enough to move up to Norfolk in 2020? 

[Can_of_corn]

12 minutes ago, Jammer7 said:

Do you think he has done enough to move up to Norfolk in 2020? 

I mean he won't have earned it like a Ryan Ripken or a Cadyn Grenier have earned their promotions but you can't expect that level of dominance.

[Aglets]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

I mean he won't have earned it like a Ryan Ripken or a Cadyn Grenier have earned their promotions but you can't expect that level of dominance.

The snark is strong with this one.

[Jammer7]

4 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

I mean he won't have earned it like a Ryan Ripken or a Cadyn Grenier have earned their promotions but you can't expect that level of dominance.

Well, no...but the goals are vastly different for Diaz.

[weams]

Older too!

[Legend_Of_Joey]

 

[LookinUp]

Wish they put him in Delmarva when Grayson was pitching to AR.

[Going Underground]

14 hours ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

 

Only 10 games left for most of the minor league teams. I guess he could play in the playoffs Any point in moving him to Bowie for a few games?

[DirtyBird]

1 hour ago, Going Underground said:

Only 10 games left for most of the minor league teams. I guess he could play in the playoffs Any point in moving him to Bowie for a few games?

Yes

[MurphDogg]

If he needs at bats so badly, I can think of a team that plays well into September that he could play for.

[Luke-OH]

8 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

If he needs at bats so badly, I can think of a team that plays well into September that he could play for.

The Surprise Saguaros?

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, Luke-OH said:

The Surprise Saguaros?

Diaz is the perfect candidate to be sent to the AFL. I'd be shocked if he's not one of the players sent.

[NCRaven]

1 hour ago, Luke-OH said:

The Surprise Saguaros?

Now we're talking October baseball, baby.

[bobmc]

In Roch's latest, Buck Britton gives his impressions of the young man:

“I think right field is where he’s going to end up,” Britton said. “Now, his arm for me out there probably at best is average, but it’s one of those things, too, where he hasn’t really had his legs, so he hasn’t really been able to get in his legs and really show off what he has. But if I had to guess, probably an average arm in right field. But if he can stay healthy, he can really run and he’s got a chance.

“I don’t know if he’s going to be a big time home run guy, but he’s going to be a guy who hits some doubles and with his speed he can be very interesting.”

“I think he’s definitely a prospect just because of the tools that he does have,” Britton said. “But he really needs to have his legs under him because I don’t think he’s going to be the big bopper per se. I think he’s going to hit a lot of doubles. He’s going to hit some home runs in the big leagues, but I don’t think he’s going to be like Chris Davis when Chris Davis was really good at hit 40-45 homers. That’s not going to happen, I don’t think."

https://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2019/08/thoughts-on-mountcastle-and-diaz.html

[Frobby]

Here’s what Buck Britton has to say about Diaz, per Roch:

I think when he’s healthy he’s got a chance to be a pretty good player,” said Bowie manager Buck Britton. “He’s a strong kid. I think in the time he’s been here he might be leading the club in doubles, RBIs, so he’s a guy who when there’s a guy in scoring position he’s the guy you want up.

“I’d just like to see him healthy because I think speed is another thing that he has that people don’t take into account. He can really run when he’s healthy, and so I think he’s got a chance to be a dynamic player if he can figure out a way to keep his legs underneath him for a whole season.”

The legs and a baby have kept Diaz away from baseball and the Orioles will have to decide where he starts in 2020.

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“I think right field is where he’s going to end up,” Britton said. “Now, his arm for me out there probably at best is average, but it’s one of those things, too, where he hasn’t really had his legs, so he hasn’t really been able to get in his legs and really show off what he has. But if I had to guess, probably an average arm in right field. But if he can stay healthy, he can really run and he’s got a chance.

“I don’t know if he’s going to be a big time home run guy, but he’s going to be a guy who hits some doubles and with his speed he can be very interesting.”

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“I think he’s definitely a prospect just because of the tools that he does have,” Britton said. “But he really needs to have his legs under him because I don’t think he’s going to be the big bopper per se. I think he’s going to hit a lot of doubles. He’s going to hit some home runs in the big leagues, but I don’t think he’s going to be like Chris Davis when Chris Davis was really good at hit 40-45 homers. That’s not going to happen, I don’t think.

“We keep talking here about how we saw him in spring training and he was electric, but that’s when he was able to play 100 percent and then all these nagging injuries, you kind of get a diluted perspective of what he’s doing. But that guy in spring training was arguable the best player on the field every day. And I think when he’s healthy he has a chance to be an exciting player.

“He’s definitely got gap-to-gap power and he’s a strong kid and he’ll hit some homers, but his speed makes him very interesting, as well.”

https://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2019/08/thoughts-on-mountcastle-and-diaz.html