J.D. Mundy 2021

[baltimoreO's22]

8 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Just so long as he’s also a base emptier.  

I'm sure he'll ground into his fair share of double plays, I assume that's what you meant, right? 

[Aglets]

7 HR so far in 14 games.  OPS of 1.095 so far, which is BETTER than he had in Delmarva.   

Let's hope they don't keep him at Aberdeen for very long.

[wildcard]

Sounds like his home run trot will be slow.

[Legend_Of_Joey]

 

[maybenxtyr]

Mundy is definitely a guy that stood out it Delmarva...even with Henderson and Westburg. Size and stature wise he reminds me a lot of DJ Stewart. Even at the plate he reminds me of Stewart, but I think he has an even better eye and more pop. In my opinion Baltimore was fortunate to land him like they did. 

[sportsfan8703]

Well as far as 1B go he’s playing on the same team with Dashbach, who is a guy we drafted in the 11th rd and paid $100k+ to sign. They’re similar ages and Mundy is outperforming him so far. Despite pedigree and more MILB experience. SSS of course. 

[Just Regular]

This is a good story, but here also it'll take a lot of time for me to work past pedigree snobbery of college senior.

Slug on, slugger!

It is a nice string of 1.000+ OPS's, but why didn't any of the 30 clubs want him at all in the regular-sized 2019 draft after first one?

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=204538

[BohKnowsBmore]

On 6/21/2021 at 10:00 AM, Tony-OH said:

He's got a very short, compact left-handed swing that generates good power to all fields. Seems to have a nice idea of the strike zone and doesn't looked overmatched by offspeed pitches. I need to see him more against upper velocity, but it's hard not to be impressed with his bat.

Defensively, he's short for a first baseman (listed generously at 6 ft) and doesn't look like he has a lot of quickness over there, but I haven't seen anything that makes me think he can't play there effectively.

Once he made the adjustment at High-A, he's been very impressive. Considering he was basically a senior sign last year, he's been very impressive on his ability to not only hit, but hit for power at the professional level so far. 

If he ends up in Bowie the second half of this year and hits well there, I think you have to consider him a legitimate 1B prospect.

 

21 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

One thing to note on Mundy is he's a 20 runner on the 20-80 scale. I mean he might be one of the slowest guys I've seen in a long time. I timed him at 4.7-4.8 going to first base. That might make him a 10 runner if that was possible. 

Not surprisingly his only steal was on the back of a double steal against the Frederick Nationals when Gunnar Henderson stole 3rd. 

As hard as hits the ball, I'm surprised he only has 6 GIDP so far. 

His lack of speed will keep him at 1B or DH and yes, he'll be a base clogger a bit.

Was going to ask if a LH Steve Pearce could be a comp, but it doesn't sound like he could even tread water in the OF given your comments on his foot speed.

[BohKnowsBmore]

1 hour ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Well as far as 1B go he’s playing on the same team with Dashbach, who is a guy we drafted in the 11th rd and paid $100k+ to sign. They’re similar ages and Mundy is outperforming him so far. Despite pedigree and more MILB experience. SSS of course. 

Not sure that's a particularly fair juxtaposition given Mundy was undrafted in the five-round 2020 draft with capped bonuses for undrafted guys (i.e., he could have easily been a 6-10th round underslot senior sign in a more normal year).

[jabba72]

1-2 so far with his 8th HR tonight. 

[owknows]

2 hours ago, jabba72 said:

1-2 so far with his 8th HR tonight. 

Wow. 8 homers in one night... That's impressive.

[Ruzious]

12 hours ago, owknows said:

Wow. 8 homers in one night... That's impressive.

And it wasn't even on a Mundy.  

[Yossarian]

He's got a case of the Mundy's

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, Yossarian said:

He's got a case of the Mundy's

Maybe the rest of our minor leaguers should get it, then.  

[Frobby]

Melewski did a nice interview of Mundy here: https://www.masnsports.com/steve-melewski/2021/06/not-drafted-last-year-this-player-is-having-a-great-start-on-the-os-farm.html

I found this quote Interesting - something I’d really never thought about regarding the transition from college:

“I just feel like what clicked for me, I just love playing every day,” Mundy said. “In college, you only play weekend games and some midweek games. It helps me to just play every single day and get in a groove. Once I get hot, you always have a game tomorrow to keep it rolling.”