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Ivan Melendez: Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Year

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On 7/18/2022 at 9:50 AM, LTtxfan said:

 

Go get paid Kid. Thanks for all you did on the 40 Acres. Hook Em! 

I always forget El Paso is closer to PHX than Dallas or Houston. Had to be   “His” team growing up there, right?

Two great picks with Druw Jones at 2

people from EP are mostly doyers fans with a good bit of cubbies thrown in. 

2 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

how does a guy like that get paid $400k below slot?

Because his projections were at least a round later

3 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

how does a guy like that get paid $400k below slot?

He went decent bit above where most people had him on the board and I don't think he really had all that much leverage already being 22.5 years old. 

4 minutes ago, 40acredropout said:

He went decent bit above where most people had him on the board and I don't think he really had all that much leverage already being 22.5 years old. 

so as i understand it, the stance from MLB teams is that ivan may have already peaked? 

1 minute ago, shadow_operative said:

so as i understand it, the stance from MLB teams is that ivan may have already peaked? 

Basically. 

I have two friends in scouting community and up to the draft they told me he was a 3rd-5th rounder.  I thought that was insane when looking at his actual production relative to recent draft comps. 

They would mention his age, no position versatility and concerns over his bat speed.  I thought age was dumb-  he improved dramatically year over year and is a kid who came from JUCO and lost a season to COVID;  if anything, I think that would mean he may still have room to develop.  I think he can be serviceable at 1B and if his bat is what it looks like, who gives a fuck-  that guy can DH.  Re- bat speed,  I have no idea, just what was relayed.   Looked pretty good to me though and I wouldn't bet against him.

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38 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

i've never understood the age thing. jose abreu debuted at 27. ichiro was 28. if you can hit you can hit.

You’re probably more of a basketball guy so think about the reasons why so many more youngsters , particularly at the top, are drafted by the NBA versus seniors. There will be a few clues there. 

Edited by TonyTexas

1 hour ago, 40acredropout said:

and concerns over his bat speed.

Lol what. 

2 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

how does a guy like that get paid $400k below slot?


he’s a sr ?

43 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Lol what. 


I saw this too in pre draft reports 

41 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Lol what. 

Sometimes you see 'bat speed' thrown around meaning different things.

In Ivan's case, they're just referring to him having a longer swing.  By longer, think time from starting his swing to contact.  The concern is that against better pitching (more deceptive, higher velocity) a guy with a longer swing has to get going earlier and as a result doesn't have quite as much time to recognize spin/location.  It's not damning-  plenty of guys out there with long powerful swings that get by with elite early pitch recognition. 

8 minutes ago, 40acredropout said:

Sometimes you see 'bat speed' thrown around meaning different things.

In Ivan's case, they're just referring to him having a longer swing.  By longer, think time from starting his swing to contact.  The concern is that against better pitching (more deceptive, higher velocity) a guy with a longer swing has to get going earlier and as a result doesn't have quite as much time to recognize spin/location.  It's not damning-  plenty of guys out there with long powerful swings that get by with elite early pitch recognition. 

That makes more sense. Thanks.

10 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

 

 

Ouch... Glad Ivan is happy he was selected by Dbacks

 

  • 1 year later...

Melendez will be in the Fall League HR derby this Saturday. Believe it'll be streamed on MLB.com

 

 

  • 7 months later...
the definition of “easy power”.

That’s as pure as an Ernie Els 9 iron.

I pulled their roster, and while he’s having a decent yr his teammate is absolutely crushing even more so. Same number of HR in half the AB type stuff. That lineup is just shit show power

 

  • 2 weeks later...

And first pitch ground rule double to center. Prolly gets out any other night. Pretty windy blowing in. 

Edited by hobbes2702

14 hours ago, Derka said:

 

I'd like to see one in AAA next.

  • 1 month later...

It just looks effortless when he swings, and then it goes 400 feet. 

2 hours ago, markstanco said:

It just looks effortless when he swings, and then it goes 400 feet. 

Just like my best golf drive!

1 hour ago, Native Horn said:

Just like my best golf drive!

Thats certainly a bomb at 400 feet.  

On 8/19/2024 at 10:32 AM, markstanco said:

It just looks effortless when he swings, and then it goes 400 feet. 

When he actually makes contact. He looked like shit the other night. Clueless in his approach.

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