The Orioles showed interest earlier and just waited for the Giants to make a move so they could get him without losing a potential prospect of equal or lesser value. Agree with Orioles GM Dan Duquette that Francisco needs more of an opportunity than the Giants seemed to be willing to give him. But given the lack of plate discipline -- combined with the absence of similar power numbers that Panda produces -- it is really hard to fault the Giants for giving up on Pegeuro.
from MLBTradeRumors.com:
Orioles Sign Francisco Peguero: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com:
Rosquete and Vallin did a nice job securing a Major League deal for their client given his scant MLB experience. The Orioles have been aggressive in securing players of this nature, having also given MLB deals to Kelvin De La Cruz and Edgmer Escalona. Indeed, Baltimore could be a nice landing spot for Peguero. As Kubatko reports, executive vice president Dan Duquette said that Peguero has big league talent. "He just needs an opportunity," said Duquette. "I'm glad we could add him to the organization."
Prior to the 2013 season, Baseball America ranked Peguero eighth among Giants prospects, noting that he had perhaps the best combination of power and speed in the Giants' system. BA called Peguero a "hyper-aggressive" hitter, likening his approach to that of his now-former teammate, Pablo Sandoval. BA also noted that he has the tools to profile as a regular in the Majors if he can improve his recognition of the strike zone.'via Blog this'
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Except that.......hmmm let's think about this for a moment.
Pegeuro could develop into a 50+ SB guy, but he doesn't seem like he will develop into anything more than a 15-20 HR guy under a best case scenario. The low-OBA, high K numbers that his lack of plate discipline produces will actually inhibit him from developing his top tool, which is speed. It will also tend to keep him away from the top of the lineup, further retarding the development of his key asset. Pegeuro seems trapped between deciding whether he wants to be a power guy or a speed guy. Once he decides where his bread is buttered, he should speed up his developmental process.
This is something the Giants organizational developmental staff -- if they even have any on the hitting side -- should have been working with him on. Maybe much like Belt's knuckles, this was missed as well. I'm beginning to believe that there may not be an organization in baseball that does as good a job at developing quality pitchers, while simultaneously doing such an inept job of developing major league ready, quality hitters.
I mean, we let Belt go about his business with his knuckles blissfully out of alignment until he hits a speed bump that almost runs him out of SF. These hitting prospects must go through the organization thinking this is the Giants theme song or organizational philosophy or IDK what?
It's a really good tune, but it's a really bad organizational philosophy. It projects a certain feeling of lost-ness or helplessness or something. See what I mean, I can't even think straight to write about it?
I mean, we let Pegeuro wander through the minor league chain contemplating his navel like some sort of Buddhist monk of a prospect wondering "what am I, who am I, what is my purpose here in this organization?" Until he finally gets run out of said organization, after never finding the answers he so desperately and fervently seeks in order to find his place in said organization.
Isn't that the job of a player development staff, to develop a player? It seems like our staff just winds 'em up, tosses 'em out there and lets 'em try to figure things out for themselves. Which kind of begs the question, "Why do we need a player development staff in the first place?"
Holy Hot Hanna!!! Get Sabs back on the line!!!
Hello, Slav? Didn't you just tell me I was doing a good job?
Hey, Sabs. Lemme ask you something. Exactly what kind of a slipshod organization are we running here? Letting these prospects like Pegeuro wander through the wilderness without any guidance? Can we get some hitting coaches that can teach hitting better so we can develop hitter into something more than 5-25-.235 type hitters before they get released and go onto other organizations?
Please, just once? Maybe you can ask Santa to put some hitting coaches under the Christmas tree for the organization? That would be nice. Thanks, Sabs. And hey, I'm not asking for me, it's for these kids who you guys keep grinding through the organization like some really bad meat processor. You know how that turns out. A lot of crushed dreams and some really, really bad meat.
Anyway, Thanks Sabs. I don't want to take up anymore of your time, I'll let you get back to your Christmas shopping and family and junk. Happy Holidays, Sabs.
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