Just a question. Do you think he will be a bust?
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I am not saying he will nor am I trying to get people to say he will be. Just looking for some good discussion.
I think it is fair to say that thus far, he's been disappointing. Particularly for where the Reds drafted him. Thankfully, he is still young and did show some positive signs this year. I fully hope that he does turn it around...I am rooting for him. I'm just not sure at this point.
Whatever happens, he should be repeating Sarasota next season. I expect him to get leapfrogged by Alex Fleury.
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His secondary skills at the plate look fine to me.
11.8% walk rate
19.8% strike out rate
.140 isolated power
Those are solid numbers for a 20 year old in the Florida State League. I think its going to come down to whether his defense makes strides forward. After tonight he has thrown out 21% of the batters that have attempted to steal against him. Its up from last year, but still not where you want to see it.
I believe his arm is plenty strong enough, but I haven't liked his footwork behind the plate in the past. Its slowed down everything from the point to where he catches the ball to when he releases it. He is young though, if his footwork can get better, I believe he will be fine.
I don't have much faith in him. I'd love to be wrong. He just turned 21 so there's time.
Im actually pretty optimistic about him behind the plate. Hes a young guy and is probably on a long track to the majors anyways. I expect his defense to improve.
The offense on the other hand is a big question mark. One thing I will say is that he has improved his walk rate. The BA is low but he did hit .260 last year. The improvements are there so its a good sign.
Really? I was thinking he was younger than that.Originally Posted by GOYA
He turned 21 three days ago.
Huge disappointment to me so far. And I realize he is still very young and isn't a complete disaster looking at his stats. However, I fear Buckley put WAY TOO MUCH STOCK in a hot streak from Mesoraco his senior year in high school... when he just so happened to be a year older than all the seniors he was playing against (got held back early in life -- so he was almost 19 when he graduated high school).
I hope I'm wrong and then some. But yes, I think we're going to look back on Mesoraco as a bust considering where he was drafted. At this point, I bet he will be a Craig Tatum type that is a AAA catcher at best but never makes the majors for a long period of time.
I won't make a decision on him until he is 24. He has the tools just needs to put it all together. Catchers generally take longer than usual to develop. From the reports I have heard he has good strike zone judgment and good feet. You can't that. He may be a late developer, but it isn't all that unusual for catchers.
He's been disappointing so far, but I always looked at him as a 5 year project from the day he was drafted, so I'm not going to get too worried at this stage.
He's a catcher, and a high school catcher at that. They take forever to develop.
Yeah, this pretty much sums it up.
Let's wait 4 more years, because it's going to take that long for him to develop.
Just wanted to bump this thread up. Devin is now going to finish his third straight month with an OPS north of .700. While it's certainly nothing worthy of a comparison to Johnny Bench, it illuminates the progress he is making. Especially considering that his season line still reads .223/.310/.371, Devin has made some real progress. Furthermore, this proves that season stas are skin deep. One could look at that line and think that Devin hasn't made much progress this year until they look at his monthly splits. .261/ .327/.420 is his July line right now and if we keep on seeing that line, I think he will maintain his prospect status. They always say that catchers take longer to develop, so let's hope that Devin keeps his OPS going the right way.
Its the FSL. Worry more about the peripherals than the slash lines.
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