8/10 Moves

[robin147]

To Norfolk:

• RF Yusniel Diaz
• RHP Felix Bautista
• C Adley Rutschman

To Bowie:

• C Chris Hudgins
• RHP Tyler Joyner
• OF Shayne Fontana

To Delmarva:

• RHP Carlos Del Rosario

To FCL:

• C Michael Mantecon

[Tony-OH]

5 minutes ago, robin147 said:

To Norfolk:

• RF Yusniel Diaz
• RHP Felix Bautista
• C Adley Rutschman

To Bowie:

• C Chris Hudgins
• RHP Tyler Joyner
• OF Shayne Fontana

To Delmarva:

• RHP Carlos Del Rosario

To FCL:

• C Michael Mantecon

I'm looking forward to watching Carlos Del Rosario pitch in Delmarva. I heard he has some big velocity numbers.

[HowAboutThat]

Did anyone meaningful get dumped to make room?

[waynebug]

Actually Del Rosario is a Duquette signee from.August 2018.  Older guy now 22.  Big guy that caught my eye in 2019 for his strikeouts.

There's a similar guy, Charbel Abboud, on Orioles 1.  6'6" 236 pounds from Venezuela. Signed in July 2019.  Baseball America stated he threw 94 as a 16 year when he signed.

He pitched today and struck out all 4 men he faced.  For some reason he has only pitched 5 innings this year.

[RZNJ]

Shayne Fontana probably is an organization guy but he might grind his way to the majors as a 4th outfielder.   Nothing that stands out with him but he did get a lot of AB's at Aberdeen.  

[mlrhode]

18 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

Shayne Fontana probably is an organization guy but he might grind his way to the majors as a 4th outfielder.   Nothing that stands out with him but he did get a lot of AB's at Aberdeen.  

Clearing a spot for Cowser?

[RZNJ]

52 minutes ago, mlrhode said:

Clearing a spot for Cowser?

No, just taking Diaz's spot up in Bowie.   I didn't see anything about a Delmarva OF moving up to take Fontana's spot.   Cowser is most likely going to Delmarva quite soon.   I'm not sure who they could move up.  Sparks?

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, RZNJ said:

Shayne Fontana probably is an organization guy but he might grind his way to the majors as a 4th outfielder.   Nothing that stands out with him but he did get a lot of AB's at Aberdeen.  

He’s one of these guys who has underwhelming numbers but for some reason whenever I look at a box score he seems like he’s done something good.  Daschbach is another guy like that.  

[RZNJ]

8 minutes ago, Frobby said:

He’s one of these guys who has underwhelming numbers but for some reason whenever I look at a box score he seems like he’s done something good.  Daschbach is another guy like that.  

 

I find Fontana to be a little more interesting.   Fontana plays all three OF spots, has some speed, apparently a decent arm (8 assists this year), some pop (5 homers, 6 triples, 13 doubles in basically 1/2 of a season) and takes a walk (43).   His average is low (.242) and his strikeouts are high (84).   I'm interested to see what he does in Bowie.   

[JustLearning]

If you look at Fontana's split numbers and eliminate LHP, his numbers are better. At the time of his promotion, it looks like he was having a 17 game on-base streak, which he hadn't done since May. He also hit a 452 ft HR in Aberdeen's home stadium, showing his potential power (I was at the game). Then he followed that up with two more HRs in one series. 

He's a consistent player in the outfield, has speed (not far behind Hall and Watson), and a great arm. He struggled at the plate but that seems to have turned around over the last month. 

 

 

Edited August 11, 2021 by JustLearning
removed some info

[NCRaven]

Shayne Fontana is the opening act at the Salisbury Holiday Inn Lounge Saturday night.  Just before the guest Elvis impersonator.

[sportsfan8703]

14 hours ago, waynebug said:

Actually Del Rosario is a Duquette signee from.August 2018.  Older guy now 22.  Big guy that caught my eye in 2019 for his strikeouts.

There's a similar guy, Charbel Abboud, on Orioles 1.  6'6" 236 pounds from Venezuela. Signed in July 2019.  Baseball America stated he threw 94 as a 16 year when he signed.

He pitched today and struck out all 4 men he faced.  For some reason he has only pitched 5 innings this year.

Thanks for the insights. Ages with these hard throwers don’t concern me too much because once they figure it out they can move quick. I think of Jorge Julio, Mughal Givens, and not Felix Bautista. 
 

Hopefully we have another big arm/fast riser in the mix. 

[Tony-OH]

Fontana is one of those guys that physically looks like a guy. He brings some raw tools to field like a little pop and speed, but he hasn't ever really been able to tap into the power during game time very often. 

He did pretty well against righties as a 24-year old in Aberdeen, but he really doesn't have any part of game that stands out. Defensively he's fine in RF, but not a plus defender there and while he runs effectively, it's not game changing speed on the bases.

He's a nice 23rd round pick since he's an effective org guy with some tools to work from, but he's an org guy for me still.