Comments on: Mariners Sign Pimentel

By: Jay Yencich

Jay Yencich — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:02:03 +0000

They could have done better, sure enough, but with these wacky self-imposed budget restrictions on what they were doing it was enough. The day two picks were great. The day one picks could have been better.

I’d put us about middle of the pack too, but it’s been a weird and kind of nasty year for us. Our top guys were injured (Triu, Tui, Saunders, Raben, Pineda) or came down with a nearly crippling case of The Suck (Halman, pre-demotion), but other guys have stepped forward like Liddi and Dunigan and Diaz, while the early draft picks from last year (Pribanic, Lorin, Hensley) have gotten their reps in and really hit the ground running. I expected the younger high ceiling guys to establish themselves more, but instead we’ve had earlier draft picks and a series of former nobodies coming in to do their thing. It’s been a bizarre season.

By: rjfrik

rjfrik — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:23:07 +0000

timandren,

Yes!! In the middle. We got the 2nd pick but really screwed up on the next two. Got a great 2nd and 3rd round pick though. But they could of done better

By: timandren

timandren — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:38:45 +0000

So we get #2 in the this years draft in Ackley and a top 5 guy from the international circuit.

Where does that leave our system overall? Still in the middle of the pack?

By: Jay Yencich

Jay Yencich — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:08:33 +0000

Some very poor video of Pimeentel can be found here.

If that is our guy, then his swing is a bit better than what I expected. He repeats it pretty well for a kid his age and it doesn’t have a pronounced uppercut to it. Nor does he seem to have any damning timing mechanisms, he just seems to see the ball and put the bat on it. The arm is a little whippy in the defensive play, nothing bad though.

By: Jay Yencich

Jay Yencich — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:03:52 +0000

I haven’t heard any links between the two just yet. The big players for Cuban defectors are usually the Yankees, Sox of both colors, and the Braves occasionally. With an arm like his, it would not surprise me in the slightest to see the Yankees throw an insane amount of money at him and blow everyone else out of the water. The Mariners would have to present themselves as a more appealing option to get it to work. I don’t know how much of a factor plus or minus that Yuni would play in that.

By: Matt the Dragon

Matt the Dragon — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:01:53 +0000

Some very poor video of Pimeentel can be found here.

By: DarkKnight1680

DarkKnight1680 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:51:47 +0000

good to see that they continue to restock the system.

I have to ask, any work about the Mariners pursuing the Cuban defector? 100mph from the left side, strasburg comparisons…is he a target?