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QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 26, 2014 -> 08:41 PM)
Jacob Morris went 4-5 with 4 doubles

 

 

Hawkins' K numbers are escalating alarmingly, though.

 

17 K's in last 35 AB's. Almost down to an 800 OPS after being around 900 for most of the first six weeks.

 

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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 26, 2014 -> 09:42 PM)
May?

 

That should put him above the .200 mark now on the season.

No, Jacob Morris. Iirc selected in one of the mid-20 rounds of last year's draft, hit poorly in a small-sample in college but a great athlete, considered a plus, possibly plus-plus defender in CF, high K, decent walk, power potential, low avg.

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Noticed that there are a bunch of catchers throughout the system with pretty good offensive numbers, including the guy at Kanny (Omar Narvaez) who is up to .317 now. He's 22 with 5-6 years pro experience. Don't know if any of these catchers are prospects, since their names never show up on prospect lists. What say you, Northsider?

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QUOTE (oldsox @ May 27, 2014 -> 07:12 AM)
Noticed that there are a bunch of catchers throughout the system with pretty good offensive numbers, including the guy at Kanny (Omar Narvaez) who is up to .317 now. He's 22 with 5-6 years pro experience. Don't know if any of these catchers are prospects, since their names never show up on prospect lists. What say you, Northsider?

Narvaez has a lot of years under his belt, he's no longer challenged in A ball. Maybe he's very fringe at most.

 

I personally have believed in Smith all along, because of the story behind the age. I even wrote a piece in the offseason comparing Smith and Nieto, and the conclusion I came to is that Smith probably had as much chance of MLB success in 2014 as Nieto if not more (which is to say, not very much). I think Smith could be in the mix in 2015.

 

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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 27, 2014 -> 08:56 AM)
Narvaez has a lot of years under his belt, he's no longer challenged in A ball. Maybe he's very fringe at most.

 

I personally have believed in Smith all along, because of the story behind the age. I even wrote a piece in the offseason comparing Smith and Nieto, and the conclusion I came to is that Smith probably had as much chance of MLB success in 2014 as Nieto if not more (which is to say, not very much). I think Smith could be in the mix in 2015.

 

I like Narvaez quite a bit, but his ceiling is backup catcher or a light hitting defensive specialist starter. When you are evaluate catchers a lot depends on their defensive abilities, skill at calling a game, rapport with pitchers; stuff that doesn't show up in a box score. He is supposedly a good defensive catcher and his caught stealing percentages are excellent, but I plead the fifth on firsthand knowledge.

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