tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718554.post1609195712578688358..comments2023-10-10T03:21:23.580-04:00Comments on Motown Sports Revival: Detroit Tigers top 40 prospects in 2007Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208921021297172480noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718554.post-85198419981259405882007-06-05T15:19:00.000-04:002007-06-05T15:19:00.000-04:00Matty Blue,The Baseball Cube is, indeed, a fantast...Matty Blue,<BR/><BR/>The Baseball Cube is, indeed, a fantastic site. In fact, that is where I got all of the pre-2007 information for the post. I would have linked the player pages from that site but it does not update statistics until after the season is over. Since 2007 statistics are most prudent for the post, I decided to go with minorleaguebaseball.com’s player pages. I will go back and include a link to The Baseball Cube home page in the post. <BR/><BR/>As for Raburn, if there is one position that a player can afford to be average or slightly below average, it’s second base. He is blowing up right now. Here is how he ranks in a number of categories in the International League:<BR/><BR/>OPS 5th<BR/>HR’s 3rd<BR/>RBI’s 2nd<BR/>TB’s 3rd<BR/>BB’s 3rd<BR/>SB’s 12th<BR/>OBP 6th<BR/>SLG. 2nd<BR/>Runs 3rd<BR/><BR/>I’m not sure a minor leaguer can do much more than that in terms of producing across the board. I understand the defensive concerns but I am shocked that there aren’t teams around the league that are willing to take that kind of production from the second base position. Plus, he just turned 26. It’s not like he’s an old man. You might be right about him being a spare part down the road but a guy with those kinds of numbers at AAA deserves a shot at starting somewhere.<BR/><BR/>I appreciate the comments.<BR/><BR/>Take care and go Tigers!Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16208921021297172480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13718554.post-54143950826002053802007-06-05T11:35:00.000-04:002007-06-05T11:35:00.000-04:00raburn is a classic bill james type...multi-dimens...raburn is a classic bill james type...multi-dimensional offensive skills but nothing spectacular. he's got some pop, draws walks, steals bases, but nothing that really, really jumps out at you. he's a good offensive player at second base. unfortunately, he came up as a third baseman, and has been...oh, what's the word? brutal. beyond brutal, actually, but i can't think of a worse description...at oneonta - 23 errors in 42 games. at west michigan - 12 errors in 17 games. he's a sub-.900 fielder at third, which made him a dh for a few years, and he just doesn't have enough pop for that. <BR/><BR/>moving him to second has been a possible career-saver - he turned 63 dp's in 99 games there at toledo in 2005 and fielded .959, which is in the "we can live with it if he keeps hitting" category. he might have a future as a spare part in an other organization.<BR/><BR/>also - baseballcube.com is the place to look for minor league stats. they've got full career totals for everyone in organized baseball. a wonderful, dangerous site...<BR/><BR/>nice rundown, tho.Matty Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191353690200572540noreply@blogger.com