Ivan Melendez

[Yuma]

Ivan Melendez named Fall Star

Thought I would start a thread on our eighth ranked farm system player who is starting to get recognized within baseball for his slugging.

 

[Yuma]

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[Yuma]

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[Ronin]

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[Yuma]

Lord knows we need some power from third base on this team!

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Lord knows we need some power from third base on this team!

He's 1B / DH only.

 

[PDXChris]

He's 1B / DH only.

Over 50% of his games have been at 3B in the minors. The Dbacks appear to be converting him to play both 1B and 3B.

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[Chris_Sanders]

Over 50% of his games have been at 3B in the minors. The Dbacks appear to be converting him to play both 1B and 3B.

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He's a 40 field. It's going to be like Max Muncy at 3rd.

 

[PDXChris]

He's a 40 field. It's going to be like Max Muncy at 3rd.

I'm not saying he's going to be any good, it just looks like they are trying.

 

[Yuma]

He's 1B / DH only.

The summary box I posted above has him as 1B/3B?

 

[Chris_Sanders]

The summary box I posted above has him as 1B/3B?

It's about ability. He doesn't have the range or instincts to play 3rd. His arm isn't particularly strong either.

You can live with that if you have a Pablo Sandoval / Max Muncy bat. That's very rare though

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Also he is a right handed bat. Kung Fu Panda and Muncy were/are power lefties.

The only poor defense power right handed hitting 3B I can think of is Patrick Wisdom. Wisdom smashed 23 home runs this year and had a .789 OPS for the Cubs. His WAR was 0.3. So barely above replacement

 

[Ronin]

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[overseascardfan]

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Depending how season is going by trade deadline, Walker could be dealt and Melendez brought up. Melendez could also DH and cover 1B. I think Lawler makes the most sense at 3B long term. They could use De Los Santos as center piece in trade to land big SP.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

Also he is a right handed bat. Kung Fu Panda and Muncy were/are power lefties.

The only poor defense power right handed hitting 3B I can think of is Patrick Wisdom. Wisdom smashed 23 home runs this year and had a .789 OPS for the Cubs. His WAR was 0.3. So barely above replacement

Can he be more like Justin Turner? 1B/DH (mostly DH)?

 

[outcent13]

I think you need to have him get hyper focused on being a great 1B . Lot of the same questions as Goldy had so if he can work on plate discipline, 1B defense and bat speed he could be special there.

 

[AZCB34]

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