Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 7223366)

All this fawning over our minor league system makes me nervous. I don't know why. It seems to divide into two camps, people who are firmly positive and waiting for it. Then another group of people totally mocking it and saying we've heard this before. Which is and isn't true, obviously. We've had some good prospects before, but not quite like this. And it's not like just a bunch of Royals homers... you've got baseball people from all over the map who would normally mock the Royals talking about how this is the mother lode of a farm system. It would be an unbelievable accomplishment for all of these guys to bust. I guess that goes along with what those guys in the podcast say... that the Royals might have to try pretty hard to screw this up.

Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 7222867)

Nice chunk of Royals talk from a baseball prospectus podcast recently. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/ar...rticleid=12497

Skip to the 47-minute mark, a few minutes of some non-Royals fans trying to figure out if this is the best minor league system to have ever existed in recent memory, a few minutes of Washington prospects (who cares) then they bring in a Royals fan (Rany) to go back to talking about the Royals for a half hour.

Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 7223366)

All this fawning over our minor league system makes me nervous. I don't know why. It seems to divide into two camps, people who are firmly positive and waiting for it. Then another group of people totally mocking it and saying we've heard this before. Which is and isn't true, obviously. We've had some good prospects before, but not quite like this. And it's not like just a bunch of Royals homers... you've got baseball people from all over the map who would normally mock the Royals talking about how this is the mother lode of a farm system. It would be an unbelievable accomplishment for all of these guys to bust. I guess that goes along with what those guys in the podcast say... that the Royals might have to try pretty hard to screw this up.

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 7223475)

I'm definitely more in the "positive" camp than anything else, but there have also been just enough hiccups to reinforce the viewpoint of the pessimists: Moose sucked ass in '09, Montgomery has had recurring injury problems, Hosmer, literally, couldn't see when we drafted him, Crow has been disastrous, etc.

Sheer numbers should be in our favor, though.

Originally Posted by Wickedson (Post 7223499)

Aaron Crow is like in his late 20's. He should have been pitching in the majors years ago.


bust

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish (Post 7223502)

He's 24.

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish (Post 7223502)

He's 24.

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish (Post 7223502)

He's 24.

Originally Posted by Wickedson (Post 7223510)

with a 5.93 ERA in single A.

awesome

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish (Post 7223514)

Ummm, I know what his ERA was. I also know he's 24.

awesom(er)

Originally Posted by Wickedson (Post 7223520)

Point is a 24 year old with a era of 6 on a single A team being listed as our 9th best prospect doesn't inspire much hope.

Originally Posted by Wickedson (Post 7223520)

Point is a 24 year old with a era of 6 on a single A team being listed as our 9th best prospect doesn't inspire much hope.

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 7223527)

First, I hated that pick at the time b/c I wouldn't touch a bitch who sat out a year. That said:

There are a number of reasons why ERA at the minor league level might not mean shit. 1.) working on a specific pitch 2.) working on mechanics

Crow's stuff is, by almost all accounts, superior to Hochevar's, so it will be up to the coaching staff, like the slider coach, to get him to perform.

Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 7223527)

First, I hated that pick at the time b/c I wouldn't touch a bitch who sat out a year. That said:

There are a number of reasons why ERA at the minor league level might not mean shit. 1.) working on a specific pitch 2.) working on mechanics

Crow's stuff is, by almost all accounts, superior to Hochevar's, so it will be up to the coaching staff, like the slider coach, to get him to perform.