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Originally Posted by Swaggs
Pirates make a couple of significant minor league moves.
C Tony Sanchez promoted to AAA yesterday. He was the guy that they took #4 overall, somewhat surprisingly, due to sign ability a few drafts back (as an overall strategy that allowed them to draft and pay overslot to a number of prep players in later rounds). He was supposed to be a catcher with ready-made, big league defense and good power potential. He has demonstrated neither and began the season repeating AA, but had a recent hot streak (although 0 homers on the year) and "earned" the promotion.
More significantly, the team announced that Stetson Allie (who they took with the #1 pick in the 2nd round two seasons ago) is moving from pitcher to 3B. He got a $2.25M signing bonus due to his velocity, but his control has been horrendous. Now he is a 21-year old that hasn't played the field/hit since high school. Looks like another spectacular draft dud from the Bucs.  |
I don't blame them. The Pirates were going for upside after the Littlefield / Bonifay era, and those are the risks. That being said, for all the money they spent, the actual draft talent has not been that great.