This is a post about Adam Moore. I was wanting to write something that conveys my optimism for his major league career. It would say something to the affect that he’s still relatively young and that despite his age there still remains the possibility of making adjustments to the big league level.
Optimism! YAY!
With Olivo going on everyone is going to be talking about Moore … not that I really know what everyone talks about because I don’t live in Seattle and I have to make an effort to A) Listen to 710 or B) Read the paper.
Anyways, this is the point where I show you his Minor League track record.
Year Tm Lg Lev G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2006 2 Teams 2 Lgs A-A- 60 253 29 64 15 0 7 33 16 48 .281 .344 .439 .782 2006 Everett NORW A- 16 66 8 20 9 0 0 9 2 10 .317 .348 .460 .809 2006 Wisconsin MIDW A 44 187 21 44 6 0 7 24 14 38 .267 .342 .430 .773 2007 High Desert CALL A+ 115 491 74 133 30 3 22 102 41 84 .307 .371 .543 .913 2008 West Tenn SOUL AA 119 490 60 137 34 2 14 71 40 77 .319 .396 .506 .902 2009 2 Teams 2 Lgs AAA-AA 118 484 55 125 24 0 12 56 42 72 .287 .352 .425 .777 2009 West Tenn SOUL AA 27 116 14 25 5 0 3 13 16 21 .263 .371 .411 .781 2009 Tacoma PCL AAA 91 368 41 100 19 0 9 43 26 51 .294 .346 .429 .775 2010 Tacoma PCL AAA 36 142 18 43 8 1 3 15 7 24 .321 .359 .463 .822 5 Seasons 448 1860 236 502 111 6 58 277 146 305 .303 .368 .482 .850 AA (2 seasons) AA 146 606 74 162 39 2 17 84 56 98 .309 .391 .489 .880 AAA (2 seasons) AAA 127 510 59 143 27 1 12 58 33 75 .302 .350 .439 .789 A (1 season) A 44 187 21 44 6 0 7 24 14 38 .267 .342 .430 .773 A- (1 season) A- 16 66 8 20 9 0 0 9 2 10 .317 .348 .460 .809 A+ (1 season) A+ 115 491 74 133 30 3 22 102 41 84 .307 .371 .543 .913 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original TableGenerated 3/6/2011.
Numbers! YAY!
Look, good numbers! Check out his total number of at bats and then compare it to his overall
Here is more knowledge: did you know he was the #83 best prospect according to Baseball America at this time last season? Seriously check his Baseball-Reference page. It’s funny how quickly we(I) forget those types of things. Don’t get me wrong I knew he was a solid prospect I just quiet often forget how other organizations view him.
It just seems Moore never got much love from John Sickles or Adam Foster. Not that I generally really put a lot of stock in those guys. It’s just their stuff is more freely available and gets passed around a lot more.
This is the point where I would then weigh some of the other internal options within the organization. But lets face it, Josh Bard (as much as I like him as a backup) and Chris Gimenez aren’t real starter options. The coaching staff will all empress upon everyone in the media that Adam Moore will still have to “earn” the spot and but that’s all talk.
Moore ended the season pretty positively and hit the ball pretty hard all season with unfortunate results. I think in general that the Olivo move was a pretty spazy move by the front office. Don’t get me wrong I can see some good coming from it, but generally you can find something good in just about anything that happens ask a bleeding optimist (that’s me).
Moore is now the starter as it should have been and Olivo will come back and play the back-up role. Game over Miguel. You lose.
Original Story:
http://sodomojo.com/2011/03/06/adam-m...
