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From: John Kasupski on 8 Feb 2010 13:56 On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:23:15 -0500, "David Short" <David.No.Short(a)Spam.Wright.Please.Edu> wrote: >If he's not athletic enough to make the transition to left field (and the >organization has insisted since day 1 that he can't do that)....what's the >chance that he'll make it at catcher. Probably not very good. >I know, we've got a great hitting young prospect,....let's fart around with >his position instead of letting him develop. Alonso's numbers in AA don't scream elite prospect to me at all when compared to Chris Heisey's, and yet, Heisey has played five positions in the minors (SS, LF, 1B, 3B, 2B). Not saying that's a good idea...just saying that the Reds don't seem to be too concerned about shuttling their elite prospects from position to position. JK
From: David Short on 8 Feb 2010 14:26 On 2/8/2010 1:56 PM, John Kasupski wrote: > On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:23:15 -0500, "David Short" > <David.No.Short(a)Spam.Wright.Please.Edu> wrote: > >> If he's not athletic enough to make the transition to left field (and the >> organization has insisted since day 1 that he can't do that)....what's the >> chance that he'll make it at catcher. > > Probably not very good. > >> I know, we've got a great hitting young prospect,....let's fart around with >> his position instead of letting him develop. > > Alonso's numbers in AA don't scream elite prospect to me at all when compared to > Chris Heisey's, and yet, Heisey has played five positions in the minors (SS, LF, > 1B, 3B, 2B). > > Not saying that's a good idea...just saying that the Reds don't seem to be too > concerned about shuttling their elite prospects from position to position. major difference between a 22 year old with a broken wrist that was the sixth guy taken in the draft pick and a 24 year old that was a 17th rounder. Nothing against Heisey, but he has had to play himself into prospect status (and he's done that) Yonder is at the other end of the spectrum where he is going to get every chance in the world to make the big club. dfs
From: HTP on 8 Feb 2010 18:45 On Feb 8, 10:56 am, John Kasupski <w2...(a)spamfilter.verizon.net> wrote: > On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:23:15 -0500, "David Short" > > <David.No.Sh...(a)Spam.Wright.Please.Edu> wrote: > >If he's not athletic enough to make the transition to left field (and the > >organization has insisted since day 1 that he can't do that)....what's the > >chance that he'll make it at catcher. > > Probably not very good. > > >I know, we've got a great hitting young prospect,....let's fart around with > >his position instead of letting him develop. > > Alonso's numbers in AA don't scream elite prospect to me at all when compared to > Chris Heisey's, and yet, Heisey has played five positions in the minors (SS, LF, > 1B, 3B, 2B). > > Not saying that's a good idea...just saying that the Reds don't seem to be too > concerned about shuttling their elite prospects from position to position.. > > JK This difference between Heisey and Alonso are thier projected ceilings
From: paul on 16 Feb 2010 15:36
On Feb 7, 3:56 pm, gman1269 <timinf...(a)aol.com> wrote: > Read it here: http://blogredmachine.com It seems like the Reds ought to try and deal Alonzo to get what they need. A more interesting link to me was Jockety offering Gomes a minor league contract. Hope they put some effort into that. |