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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Conflicted:
Jason Parks is my favorite minor league guy. By far. Now that Kevin Goldstein works in baseball, anyway.
And he just posted this at Baseball Pro:
'Secondly, and most importantly from a scouting standpoint, Myers doesn’t project to be a superstar, at least as far as I’m concerned. Again, highly skilled and one hell of a prospect, but the offensive tools aren’t so crazy that Myers was considered untouchable or a slam-dunk MVP candidate at the highest level. A realistic projection might peg him as a first-division talent or perhaps as an All-Star in his peak years. The tools aren’t so loud or the holes not so small, however, that Myers will develop into the next Mike Trout or hit the ball so hard and so often that he can cure incurable diseases with his offensive stroke. He’s ripe with new-car smell and his sticker price is through the roof, but the reality is that Wil Myers is more likely to be a major league regular than he is a superstar.'
So, basically, the guy that I respect more than anyone when it comes to minor league scouting just said the prospect I love - which made me hate this trade - is not a sure-fire superstar. That he's more likely to be Matt Joyce than Ryan Braun.
I think I'm going to call it a night and go to bed with THAT positivity flowing...
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Myers' 130 strikeouts against AAA pitching was always a concern of mine, not saying he won't be a stud, but I wouldn't be surprised if he had one or two rough years before figuring it out.