Favorite DD “Prospect” card that never really panned out
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Wander Franco, that one didnt work out very well
obligatory ''tough break, good kid'' post
But he hit it hard and to all fields. He’d fit into the presidential cabinet. Look for him to be exonerated
SDS could have him back on a presidential conquest map theme
Oh they don’t do conquest maps anymore
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@JenkinMeyer_PSN Send him back down to accomplish what? He is coming along just fine. The minors hold nothing for him. He needs to see big league pitching. Hitting .221 right now is not the end of the world. He can easily get to .238
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@JenkinMeyer_PSN Send him back down to accomplish what? He is coming along just fine. The minors hold nothing for him. He needs to see big league pitching. Hitting .221 right now is not the end of the world. He can easily get to .238
Yeah you’re right. I just want him to be good I guess. Me even saying it had him hit a bomb off of our tater bronze pitchers
Anyway I just want a lasting good Pirates team in the NL to compete in the cellar with us Cardinals
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@JenkinMeyer_PSN Send him back down to accomplish what? He is coming along just fine. The minors hold nothing for him. He needs to see big league pitching. Hitting .221 right now is not the end of the world. He can easily get to .238
Yeah you’re right. I just want him to be good I guess. Me even saying it had him hit a bomb off of our tater bronze pitchers
Anyway I just want a lasting good Pirates team in the NL to compete in the cellar with us Cardinals
Well, we are not in the cellar yet. In fact as of right now we are the third wildcard team (way too early). Now we could still end up in the cellar but I like the fact that the offense never gives up. According to Fangraphs the Cardinals Offense is 6th in WAR (8th in Offense and 6th in Defense).
We just have to hope that some of those pitchers we traded for, which there were a bunch, pan out. Why? Because Fangraphs has our pitching staff currently at 28th in War. Only 4 teams have a worse ERA and that says a lot when you have one of the better defenses in the league.
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A while back, I was a little bored and did some analysis of the Future Stars from 17-19. I compared how good their cards were compared to the other future stars released that year then looked at their career WAR to see how Future Star-y they actually ended up being.
One day, I'll get around to doing the rest of the years. But for now...
2017 Future Stars:
Best Careers:
43.1 - 89
Alex Bregman (#16 of 42 Future Star cards)
29.8 - 90
Byron Buxton (11)
28.4 - 88 Dansby Swanson (22)
26.7 - 90 Rafael Devers (8)
25.4 - 90 Luis Castillo (9)Best Cards:
96 Yoan Moncada (14.9 WAR)
95 Andrew Benintendi (16.5)
94 Julio Urias (13.8)
93 Alex Reyes (2.6 OOPS)
92 Walker Buehler (12.3)Future Stars who weren't Stars:
87 Lewis Brinson (-3.8 WAR)
86 Willi Calhoun (-2.1)
86 Nick Williams (-1.8)
88 Jose DeLeon (-1.6)
88 Frances Martes (-0.9)Future Stars that didn't get cards:
Matt Chapman (41.8)
Cody Bellinger (30.5)
Max Fried (28.4)2018 Future Stars:
Best Careers:
43.1 - 91 Shohei Ohtani (#1 of 38) -- hey, they got one right!
28.6 - 91 Ronald Acuna Jr (2) - hey, they got another one right!
27.3- 86 Kyle Tucker (6)
25.1 - 85 Willy Adames (11)
20.1 - 83 Sandy Alcantara (15)Best Cards:
91 Shohei Ohtani (51.5)
91 Ronald Acuna Jr (28.6)
87 Gleyber Torres (18.7)
93 Alex Reyes (2.6 OOPS)
92 Walker Buehler (12.3)Future Stars who weren't Stars:
81 Tomas Nido (-1.6 WAR)
83 Dustin Fowler (-1.4)
80 Sam Travis (-1.2)
81 Dawel Lugo (-1)
81 Socrates Brito (-0.8)Future Stars that didn't get cards:
Juan Soto (42.6)
Jeff McNeil(23)
Corbin Burnes (19.2)
Framber Valdez (18.8)2019 Future Stars: -- they kind of abandoned the project this year only to come back strong in 2020 with Prospects
Best Careers:
27.2 - 90 Fernando Tatis Jr (3 of
25.9 - 95 Vlad Guerrero Jr (1)
22.5 - 87 Austin Riley (8)
21 - 90 Bo Bichette (5)Future Stars who weren't Stars:
-3.1 - 90 Nick Senzel (4)
0.9 - 88 Keston Hiura (7)
5.3 - 90 Eloy Jimenez (2)
5.9 - 89 Brendan Rogers (6)Future Stars that didn't get cards:
Yordan Alvarez (24.3)
Pete Alonso (23.3)
Will Smith (23)
Nico Hoerner (21.8)
Logan Webb (21.3)
Bryan Reynolds (21.1)
Zac Gallen (20.8)
Tommy Edman (19.2) -
Ryan Fernandez went back to old ways the other day, and they touted it on the broadcast but I love our lively bunch. We’re surviving somehow even with Svanson and Stanek and Bruihl.
I love this team
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A while back, I was a little bored and did some analysis of the Future Stars from 17-19. I compared how good their cards were compared to the other future stars released that year then looked at their career WAR to see how Future Star-y they actually ended up being.
One day, I'll get around to doing the rest of the years. But for now...
2017 Future Stars:
Best Careers:
43.1 - 89 Alex Bregman (#16 of 42 Future Star cards)
29.8 - 90 Byron Buxton (11)
28.4 - 88 Dansby Swanson (22)
26.7 - 90 Rafael Devers (8)
25.4 - 90 Luis Castillo (9)Best Cards:
96 Yoan Moncada (14.9 WAR)
95 Andrew Benintendi (16.5)
94 Julio Urias (13.8)
93 Alex Reyes (2.6 OOPS)
92 Walker Buehler (12.3)Future Stars who weren't Stars:
87 Lewis Brinson (-3.8 WAR)
86 Willi Calhoun (-2.1)
86 Nick Williams (-1.8)
88 Jose DeLeon (-1.6)
88 Frances Martes (-0.9)Future Stars that didn't get cards:
Matt Chapman (41.8)
Cody Bellinger (30.5)
Max Fried (28.4)2018 Future Stars:
Best Careers:
43.1 - 91 Shohei Ohtani (#1 of 38) -- hey, they got one right!
28.6 - 91 Ronald Acuna Jr (2) - hey, they got another one right!
27.3- 86 Kyle Tucker (6)
25.1 - 85 Willy Adames (11)
20.1 - 83 Sandy Alcantara (15)Best Cards:
91 Shohei Ohtani (51.5)
91 Ronald Acuna Jr (28.6)
87 Gleyber Torres (18.7)
93 Alex Reyes (2.6 OOPS)
92 Walker Buehler (12.3)Future Stars who weren't Stars:
81 Tomas Nido (-1.6 WAR)
83 Dustin Fowler (-1.4)
80 Sam Travis (-1.2)
81 Dawel Lugo (-1)
81 Socrates Brito (-0.8)Future Stars that didn't get cards:
Juan Soto (42.6)
Jeff McNeil(23)
Corbin Burnes (19.2)
Framber Valdez (18.8)2019 Future Stars: -- they kind of abandoned the project this year only to come back strong in 2020 with Prospects
Best Careers:
27.2 - 90 Fernando Tatis Jr (3 of
25.9 - 95 Vlad Guerrero Jr (1)
22.5 - 87 Austin Riley (8)
21 - 90 Bo Bichette (5)Future Stars who weren't Stars:
-3.1 - 90 Nick Senzel (4)
0.9 - 88 Keston Hiura (7)
5.3 - 90 Eloy Jimenez (2)
5.9 - 89 Brendan Rogers (6)Future Stars that didn't get cards:
Yordan Alvarez (24.3)
Pete Alonso (23.3)
Will Smith (23)
Nico Hoerner (21.8)
Logan Webb (21.3)
Bryan Reynolds (21.1)
Zac Gallen (20.8)
Tommy Edman (19.2)I don’t know if you’re a bot or a person who cares like Dolenz but you are the man who can stat. Always appreciated. You just chime in with facts.
Good stuff
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Would a bot have Cut & Pasted Walker Buehler to 2018 and forgotten to replace him with 87 Michael Kopech?
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Haha
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A buddy and I were just talking about the Tim Tebow Prospect card ('20) the other day. That card absolutely raked for us.
