Sickels on Friday

by themurph on Jul 20, 2009 7:57 PM EDT

Prospect Smackdown: Mike Stanton vs Jason Heyward

I'm looking forward to this on Friday over on www.MinorLeagueBall.com - I've seen both of these guys in person this season so I'm going to put some stuff down here real quick. Now, I'm a Braves fan of course, but I still think Heyward is going to be better. Can't wait to see Sickels use all the stats/numbers like he does...

Stanton - Saw him play twice in a road game. Huge dude that is not quite the fluid athlete that Heyward but is more like a EARLY Matt Holliday. Stance looks like McGwire (with the Cards). Low hands but really quick to the ball. He hit one homer (to LC) that left the stadium, yes, the stadium. Has a hole inside on the hands bc of his setup. He'll get that worked out though.

Failed twice hitting behind the runner which pretty much tells me that is trying to knock the shit out of the ball and let it fall wherever. At the plate, this guy is a righty Prince Fielder (right now) but I think he will be a really good pro based on my personal projection/comp of middle-of-the-order bat EARLY Matt Holliday with a more athleticism..

Heyward - Saw him play 6 times, all home games. Great athlete that is never off balance defensively. Freakin web gem two nights ago diving on the foul line in right. Night before he hosed a guy at third and Greg Creek never moved his glove. Ya'll already know that shit though.

The cool thing is his head is always in the game. Bases loaded with no outs, guy throws him a changeup first pitch and he hits it SO hard through the right side no one really moved. He didn't take a few pitches bc he knew the guy was scared to throw him anything hard first pitch, so he was looking off speed. Picked up two RBIs. He can really run the bases too. Cut his turn at third and made a close play at the plate one where he could go in standing up. All that "so mature" talk looks to be spot on too.

He's our starting RF out of ST next season and he will hit 4th or 5th and move to 3rd when Chipper leaves. Looking forward to the next 10 years of him in the lineup.

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Heyward is gonna win

Stanton may have the raw power edge but he is striking out 32% in AA, Heyward is striking out 4% in AA, and they are almost the same age.

by was385 on Jul 20, 2009 8:32 PM EDT reply actions

well obviously 32 is a bigger number than 4 so Stanton is the better prospect.

by yondaime4 on Jul 20, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Yea. Especially if he was a Yankee or Red Sox prospect.

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by Scott Coleman on Jul 20, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions

You seem to be forgetting that BA doesn’t have biases like that. Try again.

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by bigjoe on Jul 21, 2009 7:44 AM EDT up reply actions

who would you rather have?

Adam Dunn or Albert Pujols?

i know it’s too early to say Heyward is Pujolsesque, but he’s making a believer out of me.

by apoxonbothyourhouses on Jul 21, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions

no one

is pujolsesque. The man is a pure freak of nature

by was385 on Jul 21, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions

I think I read somewhere that Sickels likes Heyward better. Guess we’ll see on FRI.

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by VivaLosBravos on Jul 20, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions

I asked Sickels in his Futures game open thread about Stanton and Heyward and that was when he said he couldn’t fathom Heyward being less than a star player.

by yondaime4 on Jul 20, 2009 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions

the smackdown is THursday

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2009/7/20/955315/upcoming-schedule

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by GoBravesNY on Jul 20, 2009 9:40 PM EDT reply actions

I really don’t see how he could select Stanton over Heyward, especially right now with the apparently holes in his swing that Stanton has. But we’ll see, I suppose.

by soup du jour on Jul 20, 2009 11:49 PM EDT reply actions