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Post by mackenzie45220 on Jul 8, 2014 8:54:59 GMT -5
You don't play minor league games to win, right? You play them to develop prospects. With that in mind, why do teams like us and other NL teams frequently use a DH in the minors? I want our starting pitching prospects to practice their batting, and I don't feel like we should use any of our legitimate prospects to DH, because they are going to need to know how to field in the majors. I feel like if our starting pitchers took at bats all the way through the minors, they could be .180 hitters that are outstanding bunters when they reach the majors, but, from what I have seen, starting pitchers almost never bat below AA, and even in AA and AAA they don't bat most of the time. Why not forfeit the right to a designated hitter, or, if two national league teams are playing, both intentionally forfeit the designated hitter?
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Post by kinsm on Jul 8, 2014 13:08:58 GMT -5
Less chance to get injured if you don't bat. And you don't have to bat in a game to learn how to bunt.
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Post by darryl1757 on Jul 8, 2014 22:00:41 GMT -5
You don't play minor league games to win, right? You play them to develop prospects. With that in mind, why do teams like us and other NL teams frequently use a DH in the minors? I want our starting pitching prospects to practice their batting, and I don't feel like we should use any of our legitimate prospects to DH, because they are going to need to know how to field in the majors. I feel like if our starting pitchers took at bats all the way through the minors, they could be .180 hitters that are outstanding bunters when they reach the majors, but, from what I have seen, starting pitchers almost never bat below AA, and even in AA and AAA they don't bat most of the time. Why not forfeit the right to a designated hitter, or, if two national league teams are playing, both intentionally forfeit the designated hitter? It gives them more opportunities to give more at bats to prospects, with some playing at the same position and the same level. |
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Post by mackenzie45220 on Jul 9, 2014 9:07:22 GMT -5
You don't play minor league games to win, right? You play them to develop prospects. With that in mind, why do teams like us and other NL teams frequently use a DH in the minors? I want our starting pitching prospects to practice their batting, and I don't feel like we should use any of our legitimate prospects to DH, because they are going to need to know how to field in the majors. I feel like if our starting pitchers took at bats all the way through the minors, they could be .180 hitters that are outstanding bunters when they reach the majors, but, from what I have seen, starting pitchers almost never bat below AA, and even in AA and AAA they don't bat most of the time. Why not forfeit the right to a designated hitter, or, if two national league teams are playing, both intentionally forfeit the designated hitter? It gives them more opportunities to give more at bats to prospects, with some playing at the same position and the same level. I would agree with that argument for the AZL and maybe Billings. At those levels, it's too early to tell which players are really prospects. But once you get to Dayton, you have players who have almost no real shot of making the majors. Take Jamodrick McGruder for example. Released by Seattle last year, will be 23 years old next month and still in Dayton. Wouldn't it make more sense if we just let him stay on the bench most games, and let guys like Travieso and Garrett get practice hitting. Daniel Pigott is another guy in Dayton who is clearly just roster filler. Any at bats he receives is better used giving a pitcher practice with the bat. Marquez Smith, a 29 year old in Bakersfield, is just roster filler. Same goes for Bryson Smith. Travis Mattair is a good example in Pensacola. Lots of guys in AAA fit the example. Bottom line: the 9th best position player on your roster past Billings probably has no chance of being a major leaguer. |
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Post by kinsm on Jul 9, 2014 15:37:41 GMT -5
For the most part the guys you just named aren't DH'ng regularly, they actually start.
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Post by kinsm on Jul 9, 2014 15:38:26 GMT -5
IF NL minor league teams played in minor leagues with only other NL teams you might have something but they don't.
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Post by mackenzie45220 on Jul 10, 2014 7:26:10 GMT -5
For the most part the guys you just named aren't DH'ng regularly, they actually start. Well, in the case of McGruder, Avain Rachal's natural position is second base, but he usually plays DH because of McGruder. Move Rachal to second and no DH. Also, frequently in AA and AAA, when two national league teams are facing each other, they don't use the DH. I just wish they would do that in A and A+ |
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