Corey Brock Discusses Former, Future Wizards
Padres reporter, Corey Brock, recently posted some of his spring notes. He talks about Chase Headley having a bat that is Major League ready, but a glove that isn’t quite there yet. There are many indications that he’ll head to Triple-A Portland to begin the season. Friar Forum seems to agree with that sentiment. Matt Antonelli will join him.
Brock also discusses the three-times-a-Wizards, and 2004 number one overall draft pick, Matt Bush. He notes that “Bush has been throwing off flat ground for the last three weeks, though don’t expect him to get any time in a professional game anytime soon. He’ll likely face live hitters during instructional league.” Maybe we’ll see him in the Fort before 2008 is up. Poor guys should just take up residency here.
Speaking of shortstop’s (where Bush began his career), a supplemental-round pick last June, Drew Cumberland could open the season in Fort Wayne. That would likely make him one of the youngest players in the Midwest League in 2008. Cumberland was the 46th overall pick out of Pace High School in Pace, Fla., hit .310 last summer with the Padres’ the Arizona League entry level squad and then hit .333 at Eugene.
So, if you are keeping score, I expect to see Nick Schmidt [if he plays at all (Tommy John Surgery)], Drew Cumberland and Mitch Canham this summer. Yes . . . I’m anxiously awaiting the 2008 roster announcement.
[tags]Chase Headley, Matt Bush, Nick Schmidt, Drew Cumberland, Mitch Canham, Matt Antonelli, Corey Brock, Baseball in Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne Wizards[/tags]
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We’d love to see Headley’s bat in the lineup, but given the overall offensive weakness of the club, it probably does make sense to get Chase enough repetitions in left field to be comfortable and not be the next Ryan Klesko, Terrmell Sledge or Kory Robinson. One interesting aspect that we at Friar Forum are always baffled by is the organization’s quasi-Moneyball approach. The minor league system is clearly being set up to follow the bulk of these practices, but at the major league level, the Padres don’t trade off fielding ability for a strong bat. This is a primary tenet of the Moneyball approach and the team would certainly look pretty strong with Xaviar Nady and Jack Cust still in the lineup. In fact, that may have obviated the need for the Kevin Kouzmanoff trade altogether… Keep up the good work over here at Baseball in Fort Wayne!
Thanks for commenting Ryan. I understand what you are saying about the quasi-moneyball approach. Why Cust and Nady never really got chances have always baffled me too.