Baseball America #2 system

[Can_of_corn]

14 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Well first of all, I have never said that the minors are failing.   It’s just a lie and completely made up.  
 

Lowther and Smith aren’t doing good.  Perhaps looking up their stats should happen for ya?

Bautista has been good..at age 26.  I like him though.  We will see how it translates up here.

I like Baumann and Bradish.

Im one of the few people on here that expects the team to contend in 2023.  I obviously like a lot of what they are doing but they still need to do it and this team and the product we have to watch right now is embarrassing and shouldn’t be this level bad.

 

Aren't doing well.

[Jagwar]

I'd feel a lot better about "#2 system" if there were 3-4 pitchers knocking on the big club door. 

[JustLearning]

When you're getting $8M, $300K is nothing. Adley also knew Orioles was rebuilding and likely his quickest ticket to the Majors. IMO

[DirtyBird]

17 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

Right.

And what did Wayne say?

In that case the BPA also happened to be a bat that was willing to sign an underslot deal.

 

Same thing that happened for us this year

[LookinUp]

8 hours ago, JustLearning said:

When you're getting $8M, $300K is nothing. Adley also knew Orioles was rebuilding and likely his quickest ticket to the Majors. IMO

If Rutschman were drafted by a contender, he'd be an established MLer by now. It's only because of the slow rebuild that he's still in the minors.

[JustLearning]

IMHO, Rutschman did not wow during his first season of pro-ball. He only started performing this year. I admit, he should've been promoted to Norfolk much sooner than now, but I also read somewhere they didn't want to put him on a losing team without any pitching (MLB). 

Edited August 17, 2021 by JustLearning

[Jammer7]

Saying Adley took an under slot deal is technically true. It is not in the common usage for draft talk, and in that way it is kinda silly to say it. All 1-1 picks have signed under slot, I believe, under the current CBA. Adley was the BPA. 

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Jammer7 said:

Saying Adley took an under slot deal is technically true. It is not in the common usage for draft talk, and in that way it is kinda silly to say it. All 1-1 picks have signed under slot, I believe, under the current CBA. Adley was the BPA. 

You are incorrect. 

 

[Ohfan67]

11 hours ago, LookinUp said:

If Rutschman were drafted by a contender, he'd be an established MLer by now. It's only because of the slow rebuild that he's still in the minors.

He’s played in 122 minor league games. How on Earth could Adley be an established MLer by now?

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Ohfan67 said:

He’s played in 122 minor league games. How on Earth could Adley be an established MLer by now?

It is entirely possible he would have been up sometimes last season.

Would you say Luis Robert isn't an established ML player?

I guess you could make the case he isn't.  I'd say he is.

[Just Regular]

13 minutes ago, Ohfan67 said:

He’s played in 122 minor league games. How on Earth could Adley be an established MLer by now?

Well, his rival for 1-1 from his draft year hits in the middle of the order most days for a division leader, and has managed these monthly splits, despite the crippling handicap of a mere 55 minor league games.

Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
April/March	16	15	55	47	7	12	5	0	0	1	0	0	7	17	.255	.364	.362	.725	17	1	1	0	0	0	1	.400	90	111
May	26	25	99	86	12	19	6	0	4	11	0	0	8	23	.221	.303	.430	.733	37	2	3	0	2	0	5	.246	87	105
June	23	19	78	71	12	17	4	0	3	8	1	0	5	21	.239	.282	.423	.705	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	.286	79	90
July	26	24	98	91	13	28	7	0	4	12	0	1	5	15	.308	.347	.516	.863	47	2	1	0	1	0	1	.329	119	131
August	11	10	43	36	5	10	0	0	3	6	0	0	7	8	.278	.395	.528	.923	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	.280	136	148

[Ohfan67]

55 games or 87 games does not make an established major leaguer IMO. There are many examples of players who started their careers hot and never amounted to much. Heck, the rookie of the year lists are full of “who was that guy?” Players. 

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Ohfan67 said:

55 games or 87 games does not make an established major leaguer IMO. There are many examples of players who started their careers hot and never amounted to much. Heck, the rookie of the year lists are full of “who was that guy?” Players. 

OK.

 

 

[Sports Guy]

#1 according to MLB Pipeline

https://www.mlb.com/news/pipeline-farm-system-rankings

[Frobby]

46 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

#1 according to MLB Pipeline

https://www.mlb.com/news/pipeline-farm-system-rankings

Well, we’ve got Fangraphs and MLB Pipeline saying no. 1, BA saying no. 2.   Folks can quibble with it, but it’s hard to deny we have a top level farm system right now.   It’s pretty skewed towards the position players though.