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First Cards sighting in the Futures Game. Wong with a line-drive single off Yankee's Rafael De Paula, then steals 2nd.

Petree 5 innings 1 run 5 K's.

Inside Baseball: Who are Cardinals best shortstop prospects?
Posted in [ST LOUIS CARDINALS] By Rob Rains

http://www.robrains.com/CARDINALSBASEBA ... pects.aspx

I'm rooting against Peoples-Walls because, goddamn, that's gonna be an annoying name to type in the GDTs.

I will refer to him as Pee Wall

Pee-Wall it is

I know we've talked about him somewhere, but a pretty cool article about Petrick from yest...

http://m.mlb.com/stl/news/article/2013072254348322/

I noticed that 2012 1st round pick James Ramsey has been on fire at AA. He's been playing CF. Does anybody know if he's got the tools to stick in center? If he does, we might have something pretty good going on there.

from PHINS write up last offseason

Looks more like he might be one of those guys with inflated numbers at springfield. I would be curious what phins had to say about him now

http://gatewayredbirds.com/forum/viewto ... 11&t=50945

17. James Ramsey, OF- 6’, 190, 12/19/1989.
Season overview: The 5th draftee from the 2012 class, was a 1st round pick and carried high expectations and a reputation as a polished bat. The Cardinals pushed Ramsey to high-A Palm Beach and he struggled to the tune of .229/.334./.314 and a 90 wRC+ and a .309 wOBA.
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Tools: Ramsey is a player that the Cardinals feel is a sum of the parts type, rather than a toolsy player. He doesn’t have an elite tool, and the one plus tool- speed- is not more than a 55. His hit tool is good in the sense that he has great bat control and can make contact, but the contact is normally weak and just guided, rather than driven. His hitting approach is similar to Ichiro with no power, often loads on his back foot and then slaps the ball with a toe tap you can see in the first photo above. He will struggle to be an above average CF’er and does not profile as a corner OF’er at all.

What could go wrong: Ramsey is a gritty player that relies on contact and the ability to stay in CF to be a major leaguer. He has next to no power, is already aging, and has the pressure of being a 1st round pick. If he loses a step as he ages and with it a tick of speed, he’ll be Skip Schumacher without the ability to play 2B. I think he will struggle mightily against good left-handed pitching as well.

Future: I feel the same way as I did the day we drafted him; Ramsey is just not a prospect to be excited for and doesn’t profile as a starter for me. If he stays in CF, his character and work ethic will make him an ideal 4th OF’er who can move a runner, play adequate defense, make consistent contact at the plate and not hurt your team off the field.

Why do you say his numbers are inflated, a_smith?