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#51726	07/29/2017 10:09:29 pm
Gambler75 Joined: 02/23/2017 Posts: 80 Brockton Bombers V.15	Defensively, these all pretty much look like 1B or DH only, as in most cases I would cringe to put them elsewhere (even LF). http://brokenbat.org/player/159420 13pot R/R 18yo Grant Penny - 2033 1st pick. http://brokenbat.org/player/149371 13pot R/R 19yo Troy Turner - 2031 1st pick. http://brokenbat.org/player/154275 13pot R/R 18yo Nelson Koch - 2032 1st pick. http://brokenbat.org/player/155563 12pot L/R 21yo Brant Sharp - 2032 3rd pick. I can't really see carrying all four, none of which have a great positional future (wrong hand for 1B on all of them, range too low for my liking in LF) even if the rest of my minors is almost all 12 pot). Who would you cut, or would you hang on to all 4 a bit longer to see who develops quickest? Updated Saturday, July 29 2017 @ 10:09:49 pm PDT

#51727	07/30/2017 12:10:44 am
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9596 Haverhill Halflings III.1	I would be tempted to keep them all for a bit, especially if you have the room. Penny is the most promising looking guy. I wouldn't go by his spring numbers since they are such a small sample, so essentially he is untested. Very nice scouting report. I would be ok putting him in LF in a pinch, but he should do fine at 1B even though he is a righty. I would have no problem putting Turner in LF. That is probably where he should be given your surplus, his fielding ability and his handedness. His GB/FB isn't looking to good right now, but he has shown some speed on the bases which is nice. I'd definitely hold on to him for at least one more year to see if his GB/FB improves (or if he continues to hit HRs regardless). What do you have his steal settings at right now? I'd pump him up to ++ and see what he can do. Koch probably shouldn't be in the OF. He also has some SI wasted in fielding. Still could be a decent 1B prospect given his tendency to hit the ball up. Sharp would be bottom of my barrel just because he is a POT 12 with some fielding ability (wasted SI). However he is a left handed batter which is nice, and he is very well developed for his age. This is a guy who could be on the major league team in a couple years. I would hang onto him because he is a pretty safe bet and will be well timed to bridge between your current 1Bs and the younger guys coming up. Updated Sunday, July 30 2017 @ 12:11:44 am PDT

#51728	07/30/2017 6:38:47 am
wickersty Joined: 05/11/2017 Posts: 1002 Deadwood Perambulators II.1	I've got a very similar situation... bunch of guys with some offensive potential but shoddy range/arm and nowhere to play them but 1B (they should really all be dh) But I'm keeping them all, and season by season I'll just thin out the ones that aren't developing as well. Updated Sunday, July 30 2017 @ 6:43:01 am PDT Updated Sunday, July 30 2017 @ 6:43:26 am PDT

#51764	07/31/2017 11:30:58 am
amalric7 Joined: 01/20/2016 Posts: 2237 New York Lancers V.4	@Gambler75 - I'd hang on to all of them, too. Guys like Pena don't belong on your roster (or anyone else's), and I'd probably replace Collins also.

#51951	08/05/2017 9:26:18 pm
Gambler75 Joined: 02/23/2017 Posts: 80 Brockton Bombers V.15	Yeah I've been hovering the release button over Pena quite a bit. If he had developed the last two seasons AT ALL, would've been different. His scouting line was really a trap, but I didn't have a crystal ball to know he'd go +3 pts in a full season of AAA, then a -1 pt in his first season in the bigs. I just called Collins up from AAA, so I'm going to see if he develops at all this season before giving him the axe ... he'll probaly have the same issue as Pena, not enough lefty pitchers to get enough ABs... if nothing else, he'll keep Alonso from embarrassing himself against lefty pitchers. Also, my 2nd round pick didn't help the log jam: http://brokenbat.org/player/160094 Was the only very good prospect, and the one "good" one was another right hander, with atrocious fielding in his scout line. Hopefully he can pick up 1B fairly quickly in the minors, if Collins end up getting the axe. So now 5 righty meh D guys lol. Updated Saturday, August 5 2017 @ 9:28:59 pm PDT

#51953	08/05/2017 9:32:18 pm
Gambler75 Joined: 02/23/2017 Posts: 80 Brockton Bombers V.15	Also - I hammered Collins with as many ABs as I could get him this spring, to hopefully boost him a bit ... and nada. Pena who barely saw the field, went up 2 points. Go figure. ><

#51955	08/06/2017 6:34:34 am
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9596 Haverhill Halflings III.1	I'd give Yamaguchi a little time to prove himself, but he may have made Sharp irrelevant. Especially if he can hit righties.