Altoona transactions are up. Dotel, Erc and Diamond were in fact promoted. A couple guys I guessed wrong on: Cy Nielson was moved up, Blake Townsend wasn't.
Overall, it's disturbing how few hitters are getting promoted throughout the system. Very few.
"This is puzzling, because Stewart has 1001 major league plate appearances with an OPS+ of exactly 100."
This dude getting assigned to AA meanwhile that 100 OPS+ would have been sixth on the team last year behind Bart, Reynolds, Cruz, Cutch and Grandal. Guess we just don't have a spot on the roster for an average bat when you've got world beaters like Bae, Pham, Frazier, Triolo, Valdez, and IKF on the roster......
My only suspicion on that would be that he would always be an hour drive away from PNC Park. So last minute Insurance. Might want to park Bae there as well.
Altoona transactions are up. Dotel, Erc and Diamond were in fact promoted. A couple guys I guessed wrong on: Cy Nielson was moved up, Blake Townsend wasn't.
Overall, it's disturbing how few hitters are getting promoted throughout the system. Very few.
So Jack Branigan lining up to get the lion's share at SS?
Guessing so.
"This is puzzling, because Stewart has 1001 major league plate appearances with an OPS+ of exactly 100."
This dude getting assigned to AA meanwhile that 100 OPS+ would have been sixth on the team last year behind Bart, Reynolds, Cruz, Cutch and Grandal. Guess we just don't have a spot on the roster for an average bat when you've got world beaters like Bae, Pham, Frazier, Triolo, Valdez, and IKF on the roster......
My only suspicion on that would be that he would always be an hour drive away from PNC Park. So last minute Insurance. Might want to park Bae there as well.
I'd like to park Bae in another organization
Great writeup, Wilbur! Really looking forward to seeing Barco continue his meteoric rise through the system!
*little* bummed he didn't get the push to AAA. can't imagine it has any more to do with development than the AAA rotation already set.
Did I miss the Indianapolis preview or is that still to come?
Thanks.
https://bucsondeck.substack.com/p/indianapolis-indians-2025-preview?r=2mgs65&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Thanks!