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Shady –
How do you feel about Rom, McGreevy, Graceffo, Robberse, and
Kloffenstein? Would appreciate your input. How would you stack rank them as far as their chances to make the major league club and stick in the next year or two? Thanks very much in advance.Shady – Just thought you might have some specific ideas about Graceffo, McGreevy, Kloffenstein, Rom, Robberse, etc. Always enjoy your input.
That would be great if they earned a promotion to AAA, Shady. Whom would you project they replace in the Memphis rotation?
Tink Hence is only 20 years old, and split his time last year between high A and AA. He had a 6.13 ERA at Springfield in 12 starts. He hasn’t earned a promotion yet and isn’t quite ready for AAA. Roby is only 22 and his development has been slowed by injury. Best to start him out slowly. He has only 14 starts so far at AA.
Unfortunately, you can’t predict injuries. I talked to coaches at Spring Training the year after Hudson was drafted and they raved about his 96 MPH sinking fast ball.
Flaherty
Wacha
Hudson
Martinez
Gallen
Alcantara
Etc.There have been some successes.
If Lynn, Gibson, and Matz continue to pitch well, and Mikolas rebounds as Sonny comes back, this could be a very interesting season. Just hope they all stay healthy.
The 9th highest payroll in MLB now is $223.7 million. What’s the answer? Outspend some of the teams above the Cardinals?
The problem with Burleson is that’s he’s a one dimensional player. He can hit, but he can’t play defense well, and he’s slow on the basepaths. I’m all for him, but he sure has his limitations.
Unfortunately there is no room for Saggese as it stands now, unless the Cards trade Donovan. The infield is set with
Goldy, Winn, Gorman/Donovan/Edman/Prieto, and Goldy/Walker/Gorman/Burleson. The outfield is also set going forward. Maybe they trade Saggese for pitching. A package of Saggese and Burleson might bring a pretty good starter.Agree about Saggese. He should be playing all over the darn place in order to display his versatility. That might even help his doggone chances of being called up sooner than later!
A long time scout once told me not to put any importance on Spring Training stats – either good or bad.
Burleson was drafted in 2020, so he missed that summer of professional development. In 2021, his first year as a pro, he went from high A to
AA to AAA. In 2022, in only his second year, he was promoted to the majors after 107 AAA games. So his progression to the majors to me was pretty rushed.Burleson was rushed to
the majors and now has an opportunity to really settle in. Hope he does. He and Gorman are the LH bats we’ve been looking for.
