re: DAT 8/26 beat Yankees & 8/27 off day

Buxton has only played 17 games, hitting .239/.271/.313

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Buxton has only played 17 games, hitting .239/.271/.313

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Right. He's considered the top prospect in baseball right now (Correa, Bryant, Duffy, others that are in majors excluded), and he's playing pretty decent, and he's supposed to be a good talent, so he's worth noting. I'm not saying he's doing better or Correa better watch out, but he could be very good in years to come.

In fact, Twins haven't lost since he's been back in the lineup.

LINK

MLB Prospect Rankings

List actually includes Bryant, Correa etc.

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# Player Pos Organization
1. Kris Bryant 3b Cubs
2. Byron Buxton of Twins
3. Addison Russell ss Cubs
4. Carlos Correa ss Astros
5. Corey Seager ss Dodgers
6. Joey Gallo 3b Rangers
7. Lucas Giolito rhp Nationals
8. Joc Pederson of Dodgers
9. Francisco Lindor ss Indians
10. Julio Urias lhp Dodgers
11. Noah Syndergaard rhp Mets
12. Jorge Soler of Cubs
13. Miguel Sano 3b Twins
14. J.P. Crawford ss Phillies
15. Carlos Rodon lhp White Sox
16. Tyler Glasnow rhp Pirates
17. Blake Swihart c Red Sox
18. Daniel Norris lhp Blue Jays
19. Kyle Schwarber c Cubs
20. Alex Jackson of Mariners
21. Rusney Castillo of Red Sox
22. David Dahl of Rockies
23. Robert Stephenson rhp Reds
24. Jon Gray rhp Rockies
25. Archie Bradley rhp Diamondbacks
26. Braden Shipley rhp Diamondbacks
27. Aaron Sanchez rhp Blue Jays
28. Raul A. Mondesi ss Royals
29. Jameson Taillon rhp Pirates
30. Dalton Pompey of Blue Jays
31. Mark Appel rhp Astros
32. Michael Taylor of Nationals
33. Steve Matz lhp Mets
34. Matt Wisler rhp Padres
35. Luis Severino rhp Yankees
36. Jose Berrios rhp Twins
37. Steven Souza of Rays
38. C.J. Edwards rhp Cubs
39. Aaron Nola rhp Phillies
40. Aaron Blair rhp Diamondbacks
41. Austin Meadows of Pirates
42. Andrew Heaney lhp Angels
43. Jake Thompson rhp Rangers
44. Henry Owens lhp Red Sox
45. Brandon Nimmo of Mets
46. Dilson Herrera 2b Mets
47. Jesse Winker of Reds
48. Dylan Bundy rhp Orioles
49. Reynaldo Lopez rhp Nationals
50. Marco Gonzales lhp Cardinals
51. Alex Reyes rhp Cardinals
52. Tyler Kolek rhp Marlins
53. Aaron Judge of Yankees
54. Jose Peraza 2b Braves
55. Brandon Finnegan lhp Royals
56. Maikel Franco 3b/1b Phillies
57. Yasmany Tomas 3b/of Diamondbacks
58. Raisel Iglesias rhp Reds
59. Eduardo Rodriguez lhp Red Sox
60. Kyle Freeland lhp Rockies
61. Nick Gordon ss Twins
62. Alex Meyer rhp Twins
63. Kevin Plawecki c Mets
64. Josh Bell 1b/of Pirates
65. Trea Turner ss Padres
66. Daniel Robertson ss Rays
67. Jorge Alfaro c Rangers
68. Hunter Harvey rhp Orioles
69. Jeff Hoffman rhp Blue Jays
70. Sean Newcomb lhp Angels
71. Touki Toussaint rhp Diamondbacks
72. Manuel Margot of Red Sox
73. Hunter Renfroe of Padres
74. Grant Holmes rhp Dodgers
75. Kyle Zimmer rhp Royals
76. J.T. Realmuto c Marlins
77. Eddie Butler rhp Rockies
78. Jake Lamb 3b Diamondbacks
79. Stephen Piscotty of Cardinals
80. Michael Conforto of Mets
81. Sean Manaea lhp Royals
82. Brian Johnson lhp Red Sox
83. Billy McKinney of Cubs
84. Willy Adames ss Rays
85. D.J. Peterson 3b/1b Mariners
86. Franklin Barreto ss Athletics
87. Nomar Mazara of Rangers
88. Andrew Susac c Giants
89. Alex Gonzalez rhp Rangers
90. Erick Fedde rhp Nationals
91. A.J. Cole rhp Nationals
92. Tim Anderson ss White Sox
93. Tyrone Taylor of Brewers
94. Orlando Arcia ss/2b Brewers
95. Ryan McMahon 3b/1b Rockies
96. Joe Ross rhp Nationals
97. Reese McGuire c Pirates
98. Amed Rosario ss Mets
99. Rafael Devers 3b Red Sox
100. Spencer Adams rhp White Sox

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Just saying pay attention to his play.

Correa > Buxton right now.

In light of the offday, decided to unscientifically mess around with some numbers on baseballreference. If you take Reed and especially White's numbers from all competition this year, they outperform basically our entire team in plate discipline. I may try to post an image later of the data when I get home, idk.

But basically, I ranked our entire relevant team by K% and BB% and included the two minor leaguers for grins. Then sorted by their composite ranking (just adding the two rankings together). Basically it goes:

1. White
2. Lowrie
3. Reed

14. Castro
15. Rasmus
16. Marisnick

While it's obviously not an Apples-Apples comparison due to them being minor leaguers, still pretty noteworthy if you can suspend disbelief. If these guys can replace Carter and maybe someone like Gattis, the dynamic of our team changes dramatically.

Few other interesting notes to consider:
- Correa is #4 on these rankings, meaning that he's #2 irl. Springer is also not far behind
- Carter has an unbelievably putrid K rate at over 33%, which is not even on the scale of Fangraphs (way below "Awful"), but is one of our best guys at drawing walks (ranks 3rd among current players)
- Altuve is ridiculous at not K'ing

Disclaimer: left off Villar because he sucks, but included Lowrie and Conger

tl;dr: Astros stacked, AL West fricked...fire Ludlow

Who's the jackass that anchored the thread? They really want a new thread for an off day?

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@darenw 2h2 hours ago
The #Astros seem to be drafting a lot of patient power hitters... Farm system is leading in walks by 197 and 32 in HR

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we stacked. Those walks though. Nearly 200 more walks than the next closet organization.

Looks like the Rangers and Angels are both gonna win today.