Farmers Only Featured Farmhand: Adam Rosales

by BK on Apr 28, 2009 7:00 AM EDT in Farmers only Comment 41 comments

This week's Featured Farmhand is the talk of Reds Nation lately, infielder Adam Rosales. Some fun facts:

Adam Rosales was a 12th round pick by the Reds in the 2005 draft, out of Western Michigan University. The only other Red to reach the majors out of that draft? First round pick Jay Bruce.
The year he got drafted, he hit a ton in Billings and Dayton. Between Dayton and Sarasota in 2006, he wasn't as good. In 2007, he brought his slugging up big time.
Last year in AAA, he hit .287/.339/.463 in 117 games.
Defensively, he was exclusively a SS in his first two years. In 2007 between A+ and AA, he started moving around the field, playing 1B, 3B, SS, and OF.
He added 2B to his repertoire in 2008, although has played the vast majority of his games at 1B since 2007.
He had 10 errors in 179 chances at 3B last year in Louisville. Last year in 330 chances, Edwin Encarnacion had 23 errors, for a slightly worse fielding percentage. (My point: Not much of an upgrade.)
His numbers reflect his scouting report, that he has some pop in his bat, but he's more of a doubles hitter than a home run hitter. He also doesn't walk much.
Rosales batted .260/.345/.480 in Spring Training this year, but didn't make the team, with Paul Janish getting the nod over him for the utility infielder spot.
The most important thing: he's picked up right where he left off in Louisville so far this year. In his 61 AB in 16 games, he's batting .426/.471/.770, with 7 doubles, 4 HR, and 13 RBI.

On to the games:

Louisville beat Indianapolis 6-3, as Featured Farmhand Adam Rosales continued his hot hitting. Rosie went 3-for-3 to boost his average to .426. He won't be in Louisville much longer. Drew Stubbs had two hits to boost his average over the Mendoza line, and Wes Bankston hit his 6th HR of the year to tie the IL lead. Daryl Thompson started and was one out away from a quality start, and Carlos Fisher, Robert Manuel, and Josh Roenicke combined for 3 1/3 innings of hitless relief. Up next: The Bats close out the series with a day game, as Ramon Ramirez takes the hill in an 11:05 start.
Carolina won their game by scoring two in the 9th to win 6-4. Justin Mallett got his first start for the Cats, but didn't go 5 innings. Federico Baez pitched two hitless in relief to get the win, his second of the season, and Sean Watson pitched a scoreless 9th for his first save. Logan Parker was 4-for-5 for the Cats, and Chris Heisey and Juan Francisco were 3-for-4. Lots to like in Carolina tonight as well. Up next: Misael DeJesus takes on Tennessee in a day game, 11:30 ET.
Yonder Alonso hit a grand slam to bring he Sarasota Reds back from a 6-0 deficit to win 8-7. Zach Stewart gave up 6 R in 3 2/3 innings, but only 3 ER, and Luis Montano got the win in long relief. Logan Ondrusek pitched a hitless inning, and Canadian Sensation Phillippe-Alexandre Valiquette pitched the 9th for his second save of the season. Denis Phipps led the way for the Sarasota offense, going 3-for-4 with a triple, and Justin Reed and Alex Buchholz both had two hits. Up next: Jeremy Horst takes on Charlotte, 7 PM.
Dayton was rained out. Up next: Curtis Partch and Josh Ravin go for the Dragons in a doubleheader, starting at 5 PM.

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Call him up

Call. Him. Up.

Call him up. CALL him up. call HIM up. call him UP. Send down Blinkin’ Lincoln.

Play him 4 days a week, rotating across the 3 IF spots, and LF.

I write like a sports columnist.

Awesome.

by riverfront76 on Apr 28, 2009 7:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm all for bringing Rosales up

but even if he’s not brought up, I’d like to see the Reds use some of the guys on the bench a little more. EdE and BP are terrible right now. Give them a freaking mental day or something. Stop hoping they’ll fix it all of the sudden and do something…anything!

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Apr 28, 2009 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Although Rosales is not 'the answer' to the Reds offensive woes

he should have been brought up a week or so ago…you know while he’s so friggin’ hot. the Red’s will wait around until he starts to cool down and then bring him up and he’ll be his card back. then Jocko and Dusty will smugly shake their heads and say -Well we gave him a shot…

I want to be there when a trailer full of coffins slams into a an ambulance full of terminally ill Bolivians. Or when the Reds win a WS..whichever comes first....

by Madville on Apr 28, 2009 9:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

To be fair

there really is no way to predict whether a player will remain “hot”. Statistically, hot players are just as likely to play to their normal levels as any player on any given night. Basically that means that they are typically only identified as being on a hot or cold streak after the fact. And given that Rosales is hot in Triple-A, I think we’re even more likely to see him come up and go “cold” than your typical player on a hot streak, unless there is something that has truly changed about his game. But if that were the case, I suspect that he’d be up here by now.

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Apr 28, 2009 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Leave it to Slyde..

..to take a look at someone who’s clearly hot and then tell you, “Eh. Not so much.”

"I wanna listen to Elephants Gerald."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 28, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think she could write some more things on her shirt

by Brendanukkah on Apr 28, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but you don't want too much.

Some people try to put goddamned everything on their shirts.

"I wanna listen to Elephants Gerald."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 28, 2009 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He almost has to get called up at this point

Regardless of arguments about whether or not he’d stay hot and whether or not he’s the savior (obviously he’s not)

He played well in ST, arguably should have come north with the team, and has done more than could be asked of him in AAA. With the guy who plays his position on the big club sucking so incredibly hard, what message does it send that he can’t get a call up?

Besides the fact that he’d be the only legitimate sub for Votto at 1st (I refuse to count McFlurry—he’s not a 1B)

Isn't there a slanket somewhere you should be filling with your farts?

by nycredsfan on Apr 28, 2009 10:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'd like to see....

1. Rosales called up, but only if he’s going to get some playing time. Janish has been good in limited action, but he hardly ever gets any AB’s. Why take away his chance to play everyday and get better if he’s going to play once a week?

2. Cozart bumped up to AAA. We know he’s not going to hit for power, but he’s been on a nice run the past season and a half. If his glove is as good as its supposed to be, and he can maintain anything close to .320/.400/.480 in AAA, then there’s our future at SS.

Hello, by the way. I’ve been out of town for a while, and I missed my RR.

by D-Rock on Apr 28, 2009 10:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I've been waiting for you to show up in game threads

I’ve got some Catherine Bell pictures that need posting.

by Brendanukkah on Apr 28, 2009 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

if Cozart can OBP .400

he’s not only our SS of the future, he’s likely a HOF.

Consider the Eskimos.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 28, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

True

HOF’d

But even if he could maintain a .280/.360/.450 line in AAA, I’d take him on the big club. We haven’t had that kind of production from a (true) SS since Larkin’s prime. I think he needs to prove himself some more in AA before that happens, though.

Isn't there a slanket somewhere you should be filling with your farts?

by nycredsfan on Apr 28, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

right

we have to remember that we arent even a month into the season. and Cozart completely skipped A+ ball, and he probably should have, but he’s already on an accelerated schedule.

Consider the Eskimos.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 28, 2009 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

True enough

We’re all assuming Dusty is going to have the balls to bench EdE or spell BP with Rosales for a little while, but his handling of Janish screams to me that if Rosales comes up, he’d better get real comfortable pinch hitting.

by chesirecat on Apr 28, 2009 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah..

Janish hasn’t played much since the 20th.

"I wanna listen to Elephants Gerald."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 28, 2009 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know, I know

I was defending A-Gon in last night’s game thread. And hopefully the same thing happens with EdE. Gonzalez was allowed to suck it up for the first week and a half of the season till he got it on track. Odds are the same thing happens to BP and EdE. Dusty’s not going to change. He plays favorites, and those guys (veterans) that are on his good side will play every single night. It’s worked pretty damn well for him in his career, I’ll give him that.

by chesirecat on Apr 28, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And yes, I basically contradicted myself over the span of 4 minutes.

I think we’re stuck with BP and EdE at 4 and 6 in the batting order for the time being. I’d love for Rosales to get called up and spell EdE, but that’s not the way Dusty rolls.

by chesirecat on Apr 28, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just so we're clear..

Most of ya’ll who want Rosales called up want him called up and put in the lineup at least semi-regularly. And most of the time he’d play 3B?

"I wanna listen to Elephants Gerald."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 28, 2009 1:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What's the point otherwise?

I am definitely not in the camp that believes EdE is the second coming of The Beast, but he can’t be allowed to work out of this slump while it is costing the team games.

by chesirecat on Apr 28, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm trying hard not to give up on EdE.

I think the only reason I haven’t is that he’s… 26.

It’s funny that we so often call for Dusty to play younger guys more often. He is playing young guys:

Edwin 26
Votto 25
Bruce 22!

Cueto 23
Volquez 25
Micah 26

And our veteran Gold Glover clean-up hitting “face of the franchise” is only 28.

It’s a tough call because this is obviously a young team with another wave of even younger prospects on their way so the logical thing to do would be to try to chase down 80-84 wins this season and then start tweaking things for 2010 and 2011. But everyone is so understandably hungry and bitter that they want the Reds to be within three or four games of the Cubs and Cards in July when Walt can push the Big Red Button and have a contender.

"I wanna listen to Elephants Gerald."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 28, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ive been one of the most ardent defenders of EdE over the past few years

but even my patience is wearing thin with the guy. we know he’s a streaky hitter, and history tells us he is going to start destroying the ball before too long, but gosh. he doesnt seem to be making any strides on defense like we all had hoped. he’s popping the ball up in the infield at least once a game. my secret hope is that he comes out of it and finishes with another EdE-like season and we trade him in the winter. then he goes to San Francisco and becomes and All-Star.

i think the switch finally flipped for me last night when he struck out looking in the 9th for the second out. he walked back to the dugout with that same hang-dog expression and the crowd really let him have it. i usually cant stand when a home crowd boos a guy, any guy, but at that moment i just didnt feel like defending him anymore. and i think that is the beginning of the end.

Consider the Eskimos.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 28, 2009 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Switching sides, eh?

/Specter’d

by ken on Apr 28, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i dont know if im switching sides

just yet. im just really frustrated with the way he’s playing. i still have faith that he can do it, but my faith is beginning to waver.

Consider the Eskimos.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 28, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was super quiet during my athletic years, and it took a long time for me to grow into a more vocal role

So i can empathize with EdE a little bit. I know he’s trying, I don’t believe a word of that “he actively tries to fail” bullshit, it’s just he’s seemingly regressing right now. And that sucks, because the kid has the talent to do great things.

by chesirecat on Apr 28, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

of course it seems like he's regressing right now

because he flat out sucks right now. It’s time to be frustrated by him, but I think it’s still early to be talking of dumping him and bringing up a youngster. Many of those youngsters are just players whose flaws have not been exposed to Major League pitching yet. I’d put Janish at 3B for a game or even two. Tell EdE to slow down and let the game come to him, or whatever witchcraft you need to try.

It should be noted that Dusty sat EdE after just 8 games last year when he was hitting .083/.333/.208. EdE came back and mashed to the tune of .351/.390/.675 for the rest of the month. I’m not sure why it hasn’t occurred to Dusty to try it again. He may not be tired right now, but he sure could use a break.

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Apr 28, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, Dusty finally did something about EdE today

He’s batting 7th tonight, with Ramon batting 6th.

"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley

by BK on Apr 28, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Progress!

Actually much improves the offense, if Ramon keeps making solid contact.

by chesirecat on Apr 28, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We love to bitch about Dusty

But aside from his unwillingness to bench EdE and/or BP, and a few questionable HAVOC-related decisions, I like the way he’s running the team. there, I said it.

by chesirecat on Apr 28, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dusty has been pretty good this year

I especially liked how he doesnt use Rhodes just against LF and that he didnt bury Herrara after a couple shaky outings.
I do believe Dusty understands that the worse thing you can do in baseball is to overreact after a couple weeks of baseball. But the downside is he can stick with a player like Niefi Perez or Corey Patterson beyond anyone sane reason.
On the down side today- the on bright spot in the Cincy media scene C-Trent has been laid off today. Positive Alan Cuttler also laid off. Sideways move Lance McCalister taking over for P-Doc.

by davidmac84 on Apr 28, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damn, C Trent's gone???

Christ, newspapers aren’t gonna be around in a year…

by chesirecat on Apr 28, 2009 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Trent hasn't worked for a newspaper in a year and a half

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Apr 28, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And I am a fucking idiot

So it makes sense, really.

by chesirecat on Apr 28, 2009 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

McAllister taking over for PDoc is a positive move for him

700WLW gets a MUCH larger audience than 1530.

It’s also a positive move for the listener, since Lance is much more practical than Daugherty.

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Apr 28, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

True, C. Trent's the only casualty of all this that I'll miss

"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley

by BK on Apr 28, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lance is a loud mouthed boring moron

There I said it

I want to be there when a trailer full of coffins slams into a an ambulance full of terminally ill Bolivians. Or when the Reds win a WS..whichever comes first....

by Madville on Apr 29, 2009 3:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes you did

Made from 100% recycled awesome,

by chandrathan on Apr 29, 2009 8:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's interesting you say that...

look at StL’s roster. The only batter on the 25 man over 30 is our old buddy Jason LaRue, who has all of 8 PAs. As much as I want to keep on saying “This is the year to overtake the Cards,” FUCK everyone on that team is in their prime-age seasons and is hitting like it.

Even their pitchers are all 30 or younger. They seem really primed for this year in a way that is difficult to understand just how they did it.

Drinking Slyde's haterade since 2009.

by Cy Schourek on Apr 28, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs