OT: Pirates Talk: That Skenes guy is okay at teh baseball

[MrBrightside]

Only 2 Pirates:

#23 Bubba Chandler
#60 Braxton Ashcraft

 

[Empoleon8771]

Surprised that Griffin wasn't also on that list, but Fangraphs tends to be conservative with freshly drafted players like him. I figure he's starting as a 45+ FV guy and will rise to the top-100 once he starts having success in the minors.



Pham with a nuke off of Ashcraft yesterday in workouts.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Surprised that Griffin wasn't also on that list, but Fangraphs tends to be conservative with freshly drafted players like him. I figure he's starting as a 45+ FV guy and will rise to the top-100 once he starts having success in the minors.



Pham with a nuke off of Ashcraft yesterday in workouts.

Yeah, TBH the only reason the 10th ranked prospect in last year's draft doesn't make that list is because it's the Pirates drafting him.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Yeah, TBH the only reason the 10th ranked prospect in last year's draft doesn't make that list is because it's the Pirates drafting him.

Just from checking briefly, all of the guys ranked in Fangraph's top-100 from the draft last year are college draft picks that are 3-4 years older than Griffin and drafted higher than Griffin. I don't think it's that surprising that he's starting out as a likely 45+ FV prospect due to his age.

 

[Wattsburgh]

With this young starting rotation, all the Pirates need to do is sign one big bat and they would be comfortable for the next handful of years. I don’t get it. That one household name can make the difference of guys like Hayes Davis and Cruz getting better and panning out into the minors with Termarr. Makes no sense. Not even financially.

 

[WheresRamziAbid]

They need to get a real bat but they should be closer to competent lineup this year assuming everyone thats established plays to their norm.

Pham - competent
Cruz - good
Reynolds - good
Bart - competent
Horwitz - competent
Ikf - meh
Hayes - competent when healthy
Cutch - competent

That leaves us needing at least one of Endy, Davis, Yorke or Gonzalez to be good if more can breakout there is a blink and you’ll miss it chance at being an average lineup.

Not good enough. One more set it and forget it bat would be a difference maker.