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Hello Brian, I have been a member of TCN for several years now. Always enjoy hearing and learning about the prospects. One thing that I struggle to understand is the failure of a number of the prospects to take their triple A success and translate that into success at the major leagues. Most recent , Blaze Jordan, Jimmy Crooks. Just before them was Saggesse, Scott etc. I understand Jordan and Crooks need more runway. The percentage of prospects that are successful at the major league level even though they were successful at triple A is relatively low. What traits are good predictors of major league success? I would be interested in hearing you and Kyler discuss that in your weekly podcast. I am particularly interested because of all the talk about trading Nootbar to make room for Joshua Baez. I understand that if you don”t take the risk of promoting someone you don”t reap the reward but surely there are better predictors of success or this is all just a crapshoot.
I really enjoy listening to the Podcast each Weds when it comes out. I listen to it at least twice each week. The second time through I aways catch a point or two I didn’t catch the first time. You guys have balanced the right mix of analytics into the podcast. I have been a member of TCN for quite a few years now. By reading the content and listening to the podcast, It seems like I end up having prospects I root for more than others based on various reasons. I also see that most of the prospects don’t make it to the show. This adds to the interest in following prospects. Also adds a little worry as to how many the cardinals obtained this offseason will actually help the major league club at some time.
I bought the prospect guide for the first time this year. OMG, after reading through it I can”t believe I did not buy it in previous years. It is loaded with information on current prospects and history of prospect movement. Good job with that publication. I have it on computer and iPhone. Will use the iPhone version when I attend games is Peoria this summer.
Lot of mixed messages with the modern game of baseball… to me anyway. We keep hearing how Jordan Walker needs to elevate the ball more because major league defenses get to most ground balls even if they are hit at 110mph. This makes sense to me. Then we hear that the cardinal pitching staff needs to move from pitch to contact to high velocity high strike out pitchers. The cardinal defense is good, better than most teams but still they need more strike out pitchers. I look at the high velocity pitchers and when they are pitching, it does seem to work better. However, the injury rate of the high velocity pitchers seems to be higher. LA Dodgers could be a good example of this. We look at the Memphis staff and the high velocity pitchers are all injured and nobody is ready for the major leagues. You look at the cardinal major league staff of pitch to contact pitchers and there has been very few injuries. How many high velocity pitchers do you have to have on a staff as compared to pitch to contact pitchers in order to make it through a season? What is the cost of accumulating high velocity pitchers versus pitch to contact pitchers. What actually works better for small market team? With an elite defense, it seems like pitch to contact should work. What am I missing?
Always enjoy the podcast and generally agree with what is being talked about. However, today I am not quite in agreement with the comments on Jordan Walker. I have been rooting for Jordan to get it going and still holding out hope he makes it. I have been wandering why nothing seems to be working. If he is mentally not ready to make the changes required and the coaches have been working with him all year, then a little added pressure to get him to accept that change needs to be made for his benefit and that of team seems warranted. If this was the beginning of the year, then I would tend to agree with the comments of Kyle and Brian, but not now.
