Those Greinke threads probably need to die, so I'll put this here. Cool interview today with one of the editors of Baseball America on the Royals farm system. (according to him, the Royals farm is so good, that the gap between them and #2 is about the same as the gap between #2 and #8)
12-21 podcast, 3rd one with JJ Cooper, you have to skip ahead to about the 15 minute mark because they first spend time on other topics and what Billy Butler said about Greinke.
http://www.610sports.com/pages/5282388.php?
Interesting comments on Wil Myers that I hadnt thought of. We all expect him to move off catcher and into RF at some point because his defense hasn't been that good, if his bat is that good and it will take him another couple years to develop his defense you'd rather not wait, etc. There's another reason that seems obvious now, but no one really talked about much.
If Wil Myers is projecting out to possibly be one of those legendary triple crown threat type of hitters, then if it actually works out and he does fulfill that kind of lofty potential then you want him to play every day. If he's a right fielder, he probably plays 159 or so games a year. If he's a catcher, he might play only 120 games a year like Joe Mauer. That is a lot of production you miss out on if he's got an elite-level bat.
If he was a great catcher or we were chock full of good outfield prospects that would be one thing, but we're not and his glove doesnt look like it would ever improve above "below-average catcher", so I'd want him to bat every day.
