Longgone Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: well, lack of some team somewhere. Actually it seems untenable to have a 20 round draft and only one rookie league team to try to shoe horn most of them into. Maybe there was an assumption that with increasing numbers of college players being drafted some of them could start at higher levels, but even among college players you are only talking about players from the 1st couple of rounds likely to be able to straight to A ball. That's not much of dent in your 20 rounds of players. Baseball clearly hadn't thought the future out very clearly. What else is new? FWIW, baseball execs and scouting and development staff were uniformly against this, it was the owners and MLB who pushed it through. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinzaki Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 The NY /Penn league was a great parking spot for college rookies...leaving the FCL for HS draft picks and kids from the DSL coming stateside. They need to consider adding a 2nd short season team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveMaroth Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Zach Hess is on a rehab assignment in the FCL. I remember when he was the closer of the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 4 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said: Zach Hess is on a rehab assignment in the FCL. I remember when he was the closer of the future. Lange is keeping that dream alive for Hess. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 5 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said: Zach Hess is on a rehab assignment in the FCL. I remember when he was the closer of the future. I remember watching him in that Tigers intra squad game that they televised leading up to the Covid shortened season and I remember being blown away with his stuff, at that point I wouldve bet the house that he'd be an impact late inning reliever within the next calendar year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveMaroth Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Clark with a walk-off 3-run bomb in the first FCL game of the day 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Max has the "clutch gene"! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddwert Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Just now, RandyMarsh said: Max has the "clutch gene"! WEARS HIS SOCKS HIGH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 4 hours ago, LongLiveMaroth said: Clark with a walk-off 3-run bomb in the first FCL game of the day Has 4 hits on the season so far—2 doubles, 1 triple and a dinger. He told the TikTok crowd that singles are for pussies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerNation Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Tenacious D said: Has 4 hits on the season so far—2 doubles, 1 triple and a dinger. He told the TikTok crowd that singles are for pussies. 2 for 3 with a 2B, HR, and BB today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted August 9, 2023 Author Share Posted August 9, 2023 This is getting silly. Bigbie 4/4 so far tonight. Hitting 378 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 9 hours ago, Shinzaki said: The NY /Penn league was a great parking spot for college rookies...leaving the FCL for HS draft picks and kids from the DSL coming stateside. They need to consider adding a 2nd short season team I miss the NY Penn League. Two of my favorite ballparks were in that league. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 A thing of beauty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Cowan Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Like...Bigbie, man...you're not a prospect, OK? You're just going to have to learn how to deal with it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Cowan Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) So far I like this Turney kid who wasn't drafted. After 2 games, 1.625 OPS. So I'm thinking that Clark, Briceno, and Turney will be going into the Hall on the same day. Edited August 9, 2023 by Jim Cowan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 55 minutes ago, Jim Cowan said: So far I like this Turney kid who wasn't drafted. After 2 games, 1.625 OPS. So I'm thinking that Clark, Briceno, and Turney will be going into the Hall on the same day. Certainly looks that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzer1 Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Beau Brieske should be the closer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveMaroth Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Toledo L 5-3 Meadows 0/4 BB K Malloy 0/5 RBI Keith 0/1 (taken out of the game may have hurt something diving at 3rd) Perez 1/3 SB Kreidler 0/4 K Lipcius 2/4 O'Loughlin 5IP 2ER 2BB 8K Erie W 7-3 Cruz 1/5 2K Bigbie 4/5 RBI Jung 2/5 RBI K 2B Dingler 2/5 HR 4RBI Serretti 0/4 K Lockhart 6IP 3H 9K WM W 6-4 Gold 0/4 BB 2K Lee 1/4 BB 2K Allen 2/5 RBI K SB Pacheco 0/3 BB 2K Smith 2.2IP H BB K Lakeland W 9-7 Stephenson 2/5 RBI 3B Jarvis 0/4 BB Anderson 4/5 2 2B 2RBI Santana 1/4 HR RBI Lee 0/3 Hill 2IP 2ER 3K FCL GM 1 W 5-2 Clark 2/3 HR 2B BB 3RBI OF assist Briceno 0/2 Campbell 1/3 Peck 0/1 2BB Rucker 0/2 BB K FCL GM 2 W 3-0 McGonigle 0/2 BB SB Gil 2/3 2B CS Briceno 1/3 HR 2RBI K Campbell 1/2 BB Perez 0/3 2K Hess 0.2IP 1H BB K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted August 9, 2023 Author Share Posted August 9, 2023 11 hours ago, Jim Cowan said: Like...Bigbie, man...you're not a prospect, OK? You're just going to have to learn how to deal with it. It's not like this a just a 75 AB fluke. He has hit 300 across 750 MiLB PA and 1000 OPS over his last 300 at A+/AA. He found a stride after a slow start in rookie ball and hasn't looked back. I assume he's another guy they don't know where to play. Future oriented move: Send out Ibanez or Maton, bring Meadows to Det, Bigbie to Toledo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theroundsquare Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 **** it, play him at first. Torkelson needs some days off . . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveMaroth Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 13 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: It's not like this a just a 75 AB fluke. He has hit 300 across 750 MiLB PA and 1000 OPS over his last 300 at A+/AA. He found a stride after a slow start in rookie ball and hasn't looked back. I assume he's another guy they don't know where to play. Future oriented move: Send out Ibanez or Maton, bring Meadows to Det, Bigbie to Toledo. I like Ibanez but he is 30 and probably won't be here for the next real run so might as well see what the kids have. I am skeptical but Maton since getting recalled has a 110 wRC+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said: It's not like this a just a 75 AB fluke. He has hit 300 across 750 MiLB PA and 1000 OPS over his last 300 at A+/AA. He found a stride after a slow start in rookie ball and hasn't looked back. I assume he's another guy they don't know where to play. Future oriented move: Send out Ibanez or Maton, bring Meadows to Det, Bigbie to Toledo. Bigbie is legit—interested to see where he ends up on prospect rankings this offseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinzaki Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 If this was hockey would Clark's nickname be Maxer...Clarker..Maxxy or Clarky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveMaroth Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 36 minutes ago, Tenacious D said: Bigbie is legit—interested to see where he ends up on prospect rankings this offseason. Tigers ML put him at 13 but take that with a grain of salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Cowan Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said: Tigers ML put him at 13 but take that with a grain of salt. Justice Bigbie is an R/R guy who poses lefthanded for his publicity photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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