I don't think he's a highly touted player, but Jered Stanley is quietly (?) putting together an interesting season. He's top 3 amongst the
organization's minor leaguers in quite a few categories (BA, OBP, OPS, SLG, wOBA) and his home run ratio is now at 1 every 13.7 at bats. So what do we have
in him? Is his ceiling Sandy Madera or Brad Correll? Is he lacking defensively? Would he need to be putting these numbers up in Portland to be considered a
prospect?
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Posts: 12758 07/02/08 10:34 AM Moderator |
He is also 23 years old in Low A hitting against less advanced pitching. Let's see him do this at a higher level before we can even get excited.
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Posts: 104 07/02/08 10:54 AM |
The guy is a monster. He's 6-3 and about 230. He flat out rakes and I think he has a great deal of upside potential. He hit 28 HR last year in NAIA....Beau
Mills hit 37, and was first team NAIA All-American. I don't know how the guy never got drafted. So far I've watched 2 Drive games on Milb.tv and in
those games Stanley is like 8-9 with 3 HRs and 3 doubles. I think he needs to move up to see what he can do.
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Posts: 4670 07/02/08 11:32 AM Moderator |
Stanley is beginning to play LF and RF as opposed to DH'ing. My guess is that he will spend the remainder of the year in Greenville and have a chance to
double jump to AA (ahead of Engel) next year.
Given his age and pedigree, you would need to see him doing this in AA next year to jump him to the prospect list. Having said that, nine HRs in 125 PAs is pretty impressive. A 34/12 K/BB is less impressive. |
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Posts: 4 07/02/08 11:03 PM |
This is his first full year in milb, hitting 380 - with impressive power. How many guys would not be considered a top prospect with those numbers. Compared to other players with the same amout of experience in milb and playing in the same league against the same pitching, give the kid a break. |
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Posts: 12758 07/02/08 11:06 PM Moderator |
Welcome to Soxprospects.com, aitf.
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Posts: 826 07/02/08 11:10 PM Veteran Member |
There isn't an undrafted 23 year old in single A that is going to be considered a top prospect. No one needs to "give him a break". Like amfox
said, if he does it next year in AA then he'll have earned it.
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Posts: 4 07/02/08 11:35 PM |
So you're issue is he's undrafted. I bet a lot of scouts who are watching him play now can't beleive he went undrafted. Hopefully he does well
the rest of this year and next year also.
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Posts: 321 07/03/08 1:12 AM |
aitf wrote: The issue is he's going to be 24 in September and only in A ball. And scouts watching him now are surely taking that into consideration...
Free Chris Carter...
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Posts: 21 07/03/08 1:51 AM |
Okay, if age is the issue, how does Jered Stanley compare to Mike Jones. Jones is 9 months younger, on the same team, is having a good season, and is
considered a prospect on this board. BTW I do like Jones as a player, but if you only had room to promote one right now, which would you promote?
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Posts: 271 07/03/08 8:55 AM Veteran Member |
IIRC, Jones is a slightly different situation in that he is relatively new to baseball. He's age is weighted slightly differently because of this.
Don't get me wrong, I'm rooting for Stanley and I hope he keeps raking. There seems to be a logjam at 1B/OF/DH these days. I'm not sure if either move up before next year though they both seem to deserve a promotion. |
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Posts: 4670 07/03/08 9:39 AM Moderator |
BTW I do like Jones as a player, but if you only had room to promote one right now, which would you promote?I love the question and won't fight the hypothetical, but unfortunately the answer you get may not be the one you want. If there was room to promote either Jones or Stanley (and no one else), and positionality was not a factor in the decision, the right (and, frankly, the only) answer is to promote ... neither of them. Mike Jones had a great April and probably set the bar too high for himself. The league has obviously adjusted to him. Since April, he has basically been a .285/.350/.375/.725 player. While I'd like to see if he can show his power at CCH, he does not merit a promotion. Jered Stanley has played 30 games in low-A. 30. While he is knocking the tar out of the ball, he does not have a statistically significant number of PAs. What he needs is to play every day and he needs to go through what Jones went through - he needs to have pitchers start to get a book on him and see if he can adjust. It would be one thing if he were putting up his numbers with a 12/12 K/BB ratio, but he's not. It looks like he is feasting on mistakes and otherwise getting beat. If he can put this line up for another month, then I reconsider moving him to CCH for August. |
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Posts: 4 07/04/08 6:14 PM |
grabsmaine.. to answer the question regarding defensive skills.. gloden glove defensive player in college playing center field.. for his size he has
excelent speed and good instincts on getting to the ball. based on the prospect advancement scale -- college players and coaches need to know they should get
out of college as soon as possible.
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Posts: 4168 07/04/08 6:25 PM The Dude |
Stanley is a nice player, and I don't disagree that he has nice speed for his size and good instincts. But the majority's point is pretty much on -
being an undrafted player out of the NAIA, and a player who is almost 24 playing at Low-A, he's going have to go above and beyond at every level to prove
himself. The Sox know what there doing, and there's likely a reason they have him playing at Greenville, rather than at Lancaster or Portland with other
players his age. Nonethless, he's getting a good amount of playing time in the last month, and he's certianly made the most of it. Hopefully he keeps
it up.
Also, FYI, its gold glove, not golden glove. Golden gloves is boxing. And the numbers you're reading in the prospect advancement scale thread are NOT the actual settings for the scale. Those were numbers suggested by one of the Mods on the fly, and the actual ages for the scale are significantly different. |
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sorry about the typo. i don't question how the sox's are working with Jered. they know the pitching difference between who faced in college and who he is facing now. i just think that based on how he has performed to date he deserves some notice. |
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Posts: 21 07/04/08 6:55 PM |
aitf wrote: aitf - Looks like he got some notice today. He cracked the prospect list on this site, I think for the first time. Hey, it's a start. So far in the first few games of July he's 7 for 12. It will be interesting to see to what extent he can sustain this momentum. As an undrafted guy I agree that he has to do more to make the organization notice. |
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Posts: 23 07/05/08 11:57 AM |
I saw Stanley this spring. His bat has a different sound to it. Smooth power. He will have his
up and downs,like all hitters,but I am keeping my eye on him. |
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Posts: 2890 07/05/08 12:37 PM Veteran Member |
As long as the sound you hear isn't cork ......
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....or aluminum. (Is that why he's hitting so well?)
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