Promotion Time?

by squid92 on Jun 28, 2009 11:35 PM EDT

Meddler introduced a great Minor League Equivalency Calculator recently that I found really interesting. So, I decided to see if some prospects in our organization were deserving of some promotion time. I'm not saying these four position players are necessarily ready (there are mitigating factors, of course) but I would like these guys to have some consideration. If you have any other suggestions for guys that you think deserve promotion, list them in the comments and I'll put their equivalent lines up here as well.

(Just note that I can not make comparisons with pitchers, as there is only a hitting calculator thus far.)

via i.ehow.com

Josh Thole (AA, Binghamton): .343/.407/.456 with 31 BB, 25 K, 21 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR

Josh Thole (AAA, Buffalo): .309/.382/.409 with 28 BB, 26 K, 19 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR

Kirk Nieuwenhuis (A+, St. Lucie): .256/.342/.426 with 28 BB, 63 K, 15 2B, 1 3B, 9 HR

Kirk Nieuwenhuis (AA, Binghamton): .258/.339/.423 with 26 BB, 64 K, 14 2B, 1 3B, 9 HR

Josh Satin (A, Savannah): .295/.401/.393 with 44 BB, 58 K, 18 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR

Josh Satin (A+, St. Lucie): .264/.357/.353 with 35 BB, 62 K, 18 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR

Sean Ratliff (A, Savannah): .290/.333/..466 with 19 BB, 70 K, 17 2B, 6 3B, 7 HR

Sean Ratliff (A, Savannah): .265/.302/.422 with 15 BB, 74 K, 17 2B, 5 3B, 6 HR

Discuss the merits of their promotion candidacy...starting...now.

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He hit his head on the glass ceiling

by All Shook Down on Jun 29, 2009 12:03 AM EDT reply actions

Come again?

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jun 29, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions

Nicely done

All of these guys have earned promotion consideration in my mind, the former two out of what they’ve accomplished, the latter two simply because leaving them at their current levels isn’t really telling us anything useful.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on Jun 29, 2009 12:36 AM EDT reply actions

And really, Nieuwenhuis should make the jump easily, no problem at all.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jun 29, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions

Yup

Interesing how similar the MLE’s think the FSL is to the EL for hitters. I imagine its just the opposite for pitchers.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on Jun 29, 2009 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions

Absolutely, which is why we need to be patient with Holt and Mejia.

Holt had a rough time of it this week, but he’s been injured and made only his second AA start. And in that league…yikes.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jun 29, 2009 1:38 AM EDT up reply actions

Yup

The most impressive thing about what Mejia’s done so far in Double-A has been that it seems like he might have already made a legit adjustment. He didn’t give up any homers in the FSL, but it quickly became clear that wouldn’t be the case in the EL. So he started relying a bit less on contact it seems, and he’s really upped his strikeout totals the last few games. If that holds, man, that says some crazy, crazy things about this kid. If he can maintain it for 10-15 starts or so, he might give F! a run for his money even if F! doesn’t graduate.

As for Holt, the one start doesn’t worry me too much. He hadn’t pitched in a few weeks, and if you’ll remember, his first start of the season in the FSL was similarly brutal, and after that he settled in an pretty much dominated in every start he made after. If he has a few bad ones in a row I’ll start to worry, but for now its fine.

Otherwise, I think it would be an interesting case study in terms of the “jump” from Hi-A to Double-A. It seems like going from FSL to the EL, that might not be a huge jump for hitters, but it might be an even larger one that we’d realize in most cases for pitchers.

"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Mark Himmelstein on Jun 29, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions