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Originally Posted by injury log
Ok, now the Pirates:
-Eldred started playing RF in spring training this year; he shouldn't have much experience there. He has played 8 games in RF this year, and his range has been terrible. I'd give him a 40 for experience, an average error rating, miserable range, and a below average arm.
-Lincoln is out for the year, but should certainly be in the set. Who knows how well he'll come back;
-Serguey Linares should be in there. RHSP, born 2/1 1983, now in A-ball, some potential (hard to judge with so few IPs), but his Control at the moment is absolutely awful. He throws hard. Eyeballing his current ratings, I'd give him 45 Stuff, 75 Movement, 10 Control; Potential (just a guess!): 118 Stuff, 85 Movement, 47 Control. With a talent bump, he'll be something, otherwise no.
-Scouts believe in Snell, so I don't think his performance this year is a fluke. Same with Capps; he should certainly be the Pirates best RP;
-Phelps has played a lot of catcher, but of course he should be very bad back there- high experience, but very low ratings;
-Van Benschoten should certainly have some decent (not great) batting potential, but as a hitter in the minors he has never put up good results. His current batting ratings should probably lead to a .180-.200/15 HR performance in the majors, with some untapped potential. It would also be great if guys like Nick Markakis and Adam Jones had some pitching potential- I haven't checked them out yet...
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Agree with pretty much everything you said. All I've heard about Lineras is that he can throw high 90s, but since he's started in the minors his control was awful. He was out of competitive baseball for about 2 years since he ditched Cuba:
http://postgazette.com/pg/07037/759686-63.stm
Eldred played some RF in college too, but hadn't played professionally until spring training. Hasn't completely sucked out there, but obviously due to his size his range is going to be miserable.
Every scouting report I've seen has Lincoln as the best pitching prospect in the system, but since he had TJ surgery, a requirement for anyone drafted in the first round by the Pirates, who knows what we'll have when he gets back.
Agree on Phelps, he can play the position, but not very good.
Thanks for your thoughts...you seem to know your stuff.