Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
Originally posted by Rubberneck36:
you cant give away Stratton. We just picked him and he looks solid. He was a college pitcher, so he is a few years older. It also means he potentially can go through the minors faster.
Keep Krick. Work a deal. Get me a SP and a bullpen pitcher Sabean. At this point I would be Ok with giving up Brown since the Gs dont plan on giving him a shot. But I would rather give up Peguero.
I think the Giants told us what they really thought of Gary Brown when they were willing to give Angel Pagan a 40 million dollar deal. If they thought Brown was a stud they never would have done that. I do think he will be part of a trade for a starter and I am fine with that at this point. I'd rather trade a singles hitter who cant steal bases than a power arm.
To think the Mets wanted Gary Brown first...
The Giants should just not put any stock into a hitting prospect unless they are on the Posey level of "cant miss". Their track record of developing hitters is so bad its mind boggling. They put way too much faith in Brown for the level he was playing in at the time. Now he probably would barely get us Bud Norris, if that.
At some point we need to go outside the organization and hire someone with a track record of developing good hitters to be an assistant GM or assistant scouting director. We obviously have nobody in the building who knows how to scout hitting. Even if they werent directly in charge of their former team, just someone who comes from an organization that knows what to look for, who was involved in the process directly, and saw fruitful results.
We put way too much emphasis on an aggressive hitting approach in our system. We look for guys who swing early and often, and we teach our minor leaguers to do so as well. While its not totally a bad thing, I think its too extreme. The Giants seem to shun hitters who are patient. I can easily see why we liked Hunter Pence. Hes our type of guy. He swings early and often. I just want to stress getting on base more. Our style of development tends to produce alot of free swinging busts.
To be fair, the Giants are always in the bottom 5 for team strikeouts, but the lack of ability to make the starter work for his outs is KILLING us. Especially in an era when pitch count is such a factor. Bullpens are generally bad, get into them early! Make the pitcher sweat to get his outs. We have too many guys swinging at the first pitch and making easy outs. Its one thing if the opposing pitcher has it going, there isnt much you can do. But we bail pitchers out too often imo. Id like to see a more balanced approach starting in the farm system.