Comments on: Prospect Q/A with Kevin Goldstein http://phuturephillies.com/2009/07/02/prospect-qa-with-kevin-goldstein-2/ Phillies Prospects Sun, 27 May 2012 05:30:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: DPhrey http://phuturephillies.com/2009/07/02/prospect-qa-with-kevin-goldstein-2/#comment-50655 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:47:44 +0000 http://phuturephillies.com/?p=3387#comment-50655 I think what he’s saying about Gose is that he’s getting his hits by beating out the throws. He doesn’t make frequent contact, but when he does put it in play he’s able to use his legs to get on base.

A very fair and balanced QA. It’s good to hear from people that are a little more objective than we are as Phillies fans. KG is not a hater, he’s just trying to be fair. Same thing for K Law.

]]> By: DPhrey http://phuturephillies.com/2009/07/02/prospect-qa-with-kevin-goldstein-2/#comment-50651 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:11:16 +0000 http://phuturephillies.com/?p=3387#comment-50651 Thanks PP and KG!

]]> By: Jay Ballz http://phuturephillies.com/2009/07/02/prospect-qa-with-kevin-goldstein-2/#comment-50579 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:58:47 +0000 http://phuturephillies.com/?p=3387#comment-50579 Nice Q&A session. Touches on all the right guys.

]]> By: kruker http://phuturephillies.com/2009/07/02/prospect-qa-with-kevin-goldstein-2/#comment-50572 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:56:57 +0000 http://phuturephillies.com/?p=3387#comment-50572 Good stuff. Thanks to Kevin and James.

]]> By: PP Fan http://phuturephillies.com/2009/07/02/prospect-qa-with-kevin-goldstein-2/#comment-50570 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:20:34 +0000 http://phuturephillies.com/?p=3387#comment-50570 great post. maybe the best one ever. kudo’s.

the answers were well thought out and helped us understand why he says what he says. the one or two liners from scouts without the explanation leave us thinking some guys are “haters.” but the back up explains it all.

to that end, a few thoughts i had reading this:
1. i was encouraged to hear his thoughts on taylor, but still a bit perplexed. i genuinely don’t understand what a kid has to do to show star potential. it seems that the only knock on him is that he doesn’t swing for the fences more. but don’t we teach our kids to focus on solid contact. to not try to hit homeruns. i mean his stats are like video game numbers. every day i look forward to seeing how many hits or xbh he has. i think that bill conlin has it right on taylor with the 2 pieces that he has written recently. to me, this guy has star written all over him and is a true 5-tooler.
2. i was surprised to hear him say “Marson was always a guy I saw as a bit underrated.” i mean, i agree with him, but i didn’t know he was so high on him. personally, i think that marson is probably the #2 prospect that other teams would want (drabek #1). a catcher that is young, athletic and can hit is so rare. my bet is by the end of the season marson is hitting near .300 with an ob% north of .400. his numbers are really climbing. another 2 hits and a walk last night. hitting .419 over his last 10 games with 5 more walks.
3. i pretty much agree with him on everything else he said. i am pretty down on carrasco and would gladly trade him to land a pitcher. i don’t think that he has the head to make it in the bigs and i don’t know why he hasn’t developed that over the years. he is dead on that we have been talking about the same thing with CC for years now. it is long past time he steps up and becomes a man. he might end up like gavin floyd. it takes a trade and a lot of failure at the mlb level before he toughens up. and we don’t have the time to deal with that right now.

great get James!

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