http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2010/07/wednesday-dish-may-fans-14-altoonas-20-not-enough/ Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:43:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2010/07/wednesday-dish-may-fans-14-altoonas-20-not-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-60553 james Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:49:14 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=9784#comment-60553 awesome question- id love to hear JCs answer to that....my answer is, of course.  perez and chapman have probably the best natural arsenal in the minors, but both are young, and, as u said, out of their element.  Look at Carlos Carrasco- hes still 23 and hes already failed, rturned, and failed again in MLB.  hes not done.  if we were talking a 25-26 year old like Cohoon, or D Price, or any college guy- yeah- the time is about now for them.  But Martin perez??  Unless he has arm damage, file him under "work in progress," with the ultimate result being hes a 1 or 2 starter.  some guys get it- Cahill, bumgarner, strasburg.  Some guys get it at 25!  Josh Johnson....Garza.....even the eric pattersons and trevor crowes of the world.  casey mcgahee.  1 more good one- Votto.  So eventually, yeah, Perez has to put up or shut up- but thats a LONG WAY AWAY! James awesome question-
id love to hear JCs answer to that….my answer is, of course.  perez and chapman have probably the best natural arsenal in the minors, but both are young, and, as u said, out of their element.  Look at Carlos Carrasco- hes still 23 and hes already failed, rturned, and failed again in MLB.  hes not done.  if we were talking a 25-26 year old like Cohoon, or D Price, or any college guy- yeah- the time is about now for them.  But Martin perez??  Unless he has arm damage, file him under "work in progress," with the ultimate result being hes a 1 or 2 starter.  some guys get it- Cahill, bumgarner, strasburg.  Some guys get it at 25!  Josh Johnson….Garza…..even the eric pattersons and trevor crowes of the world.  casey mcgahee.  1 more good one- Votto.  So eventually, yeah, Perez has to put up or shut up- but thats a LONG WAY AWAY!
James

]]> http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2010/07/wednesday-dish-may-fans-14-altoonas-20-not-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-59809 ecp Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:21:09 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=9784#comment-59809 I know that Perez is really young for AA, and I know that scouts still love the makeup and stuff, but is there a point when performance needs to start more closely approximating expectation? I know that Perez is really young for AA, and I know that scouts still love the makeup and stuff, but is there a point when performance needs to start more closely approximating expectation?

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