John Sickels Live Chat, Today at 2pm EDT

by Eric Simon on Jul 7, 2009 10:39 AM EDT Comment 22 comments

Just a quick programming note to announce. John Sickels, prospect guru extraordinaire from Minor League Ball, will be taking your questions at 2pm EDT ~~on Tuesday~~ TODAY, right here at Amazin' Avenue. The format will be as follows:

You will post your questions in the comments.
John Sickels will reply to your comments with his answers.

Pretty straight-forward. John will stick around for as long as his schedule and his interest permits, so start thinking of your questions now and don't embarrass us or he'll never come back and it'll be all your fault.

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Dude, NICE.

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

by squid92 on Jun 29, 2009 1:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This is grade-A awesome

thanks, eric

Jerry Manuel...stop being....stupid...

by MetsGeek on Jun 29, 2009 1:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Awesomeness

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

What a fool I was to defy him"

-HST

by Meddler on Jun 29, 2009 2:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I just found out I have a commitment tomorrow.

So…can I put a couple of questions here that you can choose between to maybe consider asking during the chat?

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

by squid92 on Jul 2, 2009 12:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Go for it

I’ll make sure they’re in the thread tomorrow

by James Kannengieser on Jul 2, 2009 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks. Though, I'm sure some of these would have been asked regardless.

- Biggest prospect risers since the beginning of the season?
- How does Davis project as a future 1st baseman? Does it look like he has the most power? Out of the three corner infield/outfield guys who are the most highly regarded/closest to big league level (Evans, Murphy, Davis), who if any of them could possibly hold down a full time job at the position i.e. not need a platoon partner?
- A defensive scouting report on F! Is he most likely to be moved to LF, or does he have the range to be in a more premium defensive position?
- Any interesting scouting information on guys we picked up in the draft
- Nieuwenhuis. He seems to be quietly putting some stuff together this year, and I was wondering what sort of ceiling/development would be possible for him.

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

by squid92 on Jul 2, 2009 1:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

answering some of this....

I think Davis has the most upside of the first base/corner guys.

I think FMart will end up in left field eventually. He’ll lose enough speed as he gets older to spend the majority of his career there.

by John Sickels on Jul 2, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Still rather have Wilmer than Fartinez?

Martinez IIRC whips Wilmer at the same age in Sally League

Nothing can get by him; especially in a small room: Mike Francessa

by GenJackRipper on Jul 2, 2009 4:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah

Yeah, he does…obviously, I’d rather have Fmart than Wilmer now.

by John Sickels on Jul 2, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Uhh

For whatever reason I just realized that this chat is going to collide with today’s Mets game. I have an email out to John to see if we can reschedule for next week sometime. I’ll post an update when I hear back.

by Eric Simon on Jul 2, 2009 9:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs