Myself and Jones! were having a discussion the other night about the Pirates out field. Now, Garrett Jones is someone I cautiously recommend in the later rounds of the draft he was an amazing value off of the waiver wire last year. And my view of him is only slated to go up if he keeps up the spring training shenanigans like a three run homer yesterday off of C.C. Hit fit every criteria of a “flash-in-the-pan-half-season-fluke” but some how I believe in the kid err … middle aged man. Now I know Jones! doesn’t like him. He didn’t buy it last year and he doesn’t feel he is going to come anywhere near his torrid pace in either homers or stolen basses. And to be honest searching his minor league record reveals traces of power, (30 home runs in AA in 2004 in only 450 at bats. ) So there’s value there for sure.
Lastings Millidge - Then there’s Willie Mays of the the Auto Tune era who had a record label and a rap sheet before he had a major league hit. If Lastings Milledge reaches his ceiling he could be a re-donk-ulously cheap Carl Crawford, but he carries with him a burdensome history of disrespecting coaches and doing his best Easy E impression.
He seems to have landed in a more stable and supportive environment in Pittsburg. Finally, batting around the .300 that he had consistently displayed through his promising minor league career. The stigma associated with Lastings is, well, lasting and its doing to take a few YEARS of solid production to wash out that bad taste.
I'm guessing Baby David doesn't like taste of lasting after taste of Milledge Cola.
So for now look to snag him very late, we talking second to last round of the draft late. This is the year the boy either grows up or fades out of fantasy relevance. Andrew McCutchen – In this rare case his minor league total BA matches his major league BA at .286. Jones! is convinced this is a break out year for the kid and some how he is going have 20/30 potential. I like the value going on here but I don’t see where the power is going to come from. Just another guy in the mold of Rajai Davis, Dexter Fowler, and Lastings Milledge. Speedy guys you can steal late who have the very real capability to hit for average. Jones! is way higher on McCucthen than myself. CASTAWAYS – Former Pirate Outfielders. (I Guess they were tired of life of the High Seas.)
Nate McLouth - Jones! was totally soured by this guy last year as he traded him before his decline, but he was a heady pick for 25/25 going into last season. Yes his minor league numbers do not scream ‘home run king’ but they do indicate speed and a .291 average. If he clears even 20 homers then he's pretty much a shoe in for the 20/30 pretty nice for a 4th outfielder most captains have jettisoned over board.
Nyger Morgan - Our final mutinous traitor is Nyger Morgan. He kinda gets lost in the shuffle with all the new speedsters emerging and with stolen bases the "I'll-just-wait-till-the-late-teens" category de jour. Nyger Morgan did not skip a beat in Washington and there no reason to think he WONT give you the speedy production you expect in him.
-Johnny Utah
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