Adam Jones

by tait644 on Jul 23, 2007 2:13 PM PDT

Is in Tacoma's lineup, and hit number 24 today.

Veteran leadership and chemistry RULE!!!!!!!!!

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How long until someone just uses

the diary title "Adam Jones", just to grab people's attention? LOL!

Wasn't #24 a game winner as well?

"I'm not familiar with this type of... thing I'm seeing"

by Thingray on Jul 23, 2007 2:15 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah from now on when people make

a diary about adam jones could we please make the title clear that you just want to give him a bj and that he hasn't been sent up to the club. I can't take the constant suspense anymore.

by Edgar for Pres on Jul 23, 2007 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions

There weren't any

!!!!!!!!!!!! or caps lock on...so no worries.

I can't wait until he does get called up..I'm giving props to the post with the least fanfare.

ie "Side note, RRS sent down"

and inside it says ADAM FU#*(*D JONES IS UP!)

by kentroyals5 on Jul 23, 2007 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions

ADAMROLLED!

by Gomez on Jul 23, 2007 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Sorry, guys

Didn't mean any harm.

If we were called up or traded, you would have known it in the title.

by tait644 on Jul 23, 2007 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Figured as much

There would've been !!!!! in the title if he was called up. Bah.

"You guys should be in every major city. This is some heavy shit. This is, like, Lone Ranger heavy, man."

by AZSEAfan on Jul 23, 2007 2:17 PM PDT reply actions

At this point

The fact Adam Jones isn't in Seattle has gone from stupid to comical.

by nfreakct on Jul 23, 2007 2:26 PM PDT reply actions

I don't know about you

But I'm not laughing.

Felix, you magnificent bastard.

by Double06 on Jul 23, 2007 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions

comical like Schindler's List is a laugh riot

by Matthew on Jul 23, 2007 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions

You just know...

...that when he does come up, he'll either get injured, or be a big let down. It's fate.

by EnglishMariner on Jul 23, 2007 2:46 PM PDT reply actions

You are that guy

who asks a double amputee in a wheelchair how cool your new shoes look, huh

by kentroyals5 on Jul 23, 2007 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Jeremy Reed says hello.

So does the recently demoted Carlos Quentin.

I want Adam Jones to be a great ballplayer. I just get a little crazy at the amount of expectation heaped on the guy. He's not going to be called up and single-handedly change the M's fortunes.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Jul 23, 2007 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions

We're only expecting AJ to be decent,

which would improve the club dramatically, compared to poor Raul's total sucktitude.

"I'm not familiar with this type of... thing I'm seeing"

by Thingray on Jul 23, 2007 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions

The recently demoted Quentin is destroying

AAA.....

These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Jul 23, 2007 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm guessing there isn't any way we could get him?

by Edgar for Pres on Jul 23, 2007 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Exactly my point.

Adam Jones is also destroying AAA. Carlos Q had a horrific start to his season that only got worse, and it ruined his confidence. Lots of guys can destroy AAA pitching, but can't crack the bigs - this is why I try not to get all squeeeeeeee! over AAA kids.

Adam Jones may turn out to be the next great hitter, or he may turn out to be Jeremy Reed. Nobody knows.

That said, he definitely deserves the chance to show which one he is; I just like to play down the hype.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Jul 23, 2007 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Understandable

But with Ibanez playing like a single-A hitter, a no-hit outfielder with speed and a canon already means he's an upgrade.

by kentroyals5 on Jul 23, 2007 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Absolutely.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Jul 23, 2007 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions

CQ

Is also a very young hitter with a bright future who may have been led astray by the recently fired hitting coach Kevin Seitzer. I'm rarely one to blame coaches for on-field performance but that guy turned a former AAA All-Star team of prospects into little league hitters.

"You guys should be in every major city. This is some heavy shit. This is, like, Lone Ranger heavy, man."

by AZSEAfan on Jul 23, 2007 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions

There's no doubt in my mind that idiot Seitzer

had alot to do with the Baby Backs failure. He made things WAY too complicated for those guys. And IMO it's no coincidence that after they fired him, all of a sudden Drew is hitting, Snyder is hitting, and Q is hitting in AAA away from him.

These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Jul 23, 2007 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Jeremy Reed wasn't destroying AAA.

Reed's AAA OPS's for his career:

.777 in Charlotte in 2004
.821 in Tacoma in 2004
.776 in Tacoma in 2007

Basically, Reed stopped developing as a hitter after his monster 2003 in AA.

Reed's a crappy comp for Jones, who is KILLING pitching at a higher level and showing far more power than Reed ever did. Please also note that Jones is not yet 22. Reed was 23 in 2004.

Finally, a lot of reason kids "can't crack the bigs" is that teams overvalue veteran hitting and will tolerate slumps from "proven" hitters and not from AAA rookies, even though they've "proven" a certain level of hitting ability themselves- or they have injury problems. Basically, this is the story of Ken Phelps, Bucky Jacobsen, Mike Easler, and a number of hitters who were trapped in AAA as "AAA hitters". Minor league stats DO project performance, when used in conjunction with scouting.

by eponymous coward on Jul 24, 2007 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions

Hey, that's good enough for another A

That makes him a AAAA... oh.

by Gomez on Jul 23, 2007 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm not sure that applies to Q...

He's still pretty young if I remember correctly.

"I'm not familiar with this type of... thing I'm seeing"

by Thingray on Jul 23, 2007 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions

And also suffering from a partially torn labrum

by Trent on Jul 23, 2007 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions

That sure doesn't help!

"I'm not familiar with this type of... thing I'm seeing"

by Thingray on Jul 23, 2007 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Also suffering from a new afliction known as

"D-Back prospect overrateditis"

Alot of us are beginning to think that the "Baby Backs" were vastly overrated due to the parks they played in through their entire minor league careers. Quentin,Drew,Jackson,Snyder,Montero, and to some extent Young, are all suffering from it.

It's one of these reasons the D-Backs have been getting the hell out of these places over the last few years.

These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Jul 23, 2007 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions

I was just joking

I don't think that lowly of Carlos Quentin.

by Gomez on Jul 23, 2007 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Jones

is also 2-2 in the second game, with a HBP. he's scored 2 runs and driven in 1.

sheesh.

by jimmimoose1 on Jul 23, 2007 2:53 PM PDT reply actions

The hype

A lot of Mariners are going to be let down if this boy comes up and doesn't wave a magic wand to change our offences' problems. I just hope he doesn't feel too much pressure when he comes up and lets it effect his performance.

I hope he is amazing. But I am not expecting miracles from him like some people appear to be.

by EnglishMariner on Jul 23, 2007 2:58 PM PDT reply actions

I have yet to see anybody, anywhere at LL

say that they expect Adam Jones to be good. We just expect him to be better than Ibanez.

These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Jul 23, 2007 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions

My bar is set a bit higher

Even Willie and Turbo are outperforming Raul.

"You guys should be in every major city. This is some heavy shit. This is, like, Lone Ranger heavy, man."

by AZSEAfan on Jul 23, 2007 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Well...

...the solution to that would have been to bring him up early and spot start.

I mean, what's their plan NOW to get him into the lineup? Just give him the job out of spring training?

by rtang on Jul 23, 2007 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Everyone

expects him in the bottom of the order...like, very bottom.

I'd rather have him in the box right now swinging than Ibanez. And his defense and arm are undoubtedly an upgrade. Thats what we are looking for

by kentroyals5 on Jul 23, 2007 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Nick Green

mashing in AAA right now

.322 14 HR 39 RBIs

Threaten Yuni or something

by kentroyals5 on Jul 23, 2007 3:19 PM PDT reply actions

Isn't he 30 years old or something?

He SHOULD be killing AAA !

"I'm not familiar with this type of... thing I'm seeing"

by Thingray on Jul 23, 2007 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Can't take a walk to save his life

3-4 other teams have powerflushed him once they saw he couldn't hit MLB pitching.

by Gomez on Jul 23, 2007 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Mind you...

I'm in no way advocating this guy...I just want someone to light a fire under Yubet to get things going. Be subtle about it..ya know...show Yubet tapes of Green hitting...add some pressure by putting some Cuban flags in the background while Green is batting..ya know?

by kentroyals5 on Jul 23, 2007 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions