They wanted to break in Fedko slowly. The callup was much more about the long term than the short term. Fedko has consistently struggled when first promoted. Give him a few at-bats now, get the nervousness and excitement out of the way and he might help the next time you need him.
One thing that limits how often the bench players get at-bats is the switch hitting of Lee, Caratini and Bell. Most teams do not have three switch hitters in the lineup.
I keep hearing Realmuto and Posey as comps for Lackey. The best comp for Jenkins is Kyle Tucker. Tucker is a multiple time All Star but the catchers are the best at their position in their generation.
Culpepper doesn’t have the upside of either.
Glad the Twins have all of them.
Highest drafted catchers in this century
Joe Mauer (#1 2001)
Henry Davis (#1 2021).
Mike Zunino (No. 3 overall, 2012)
Vahn Lackey (No. 3 overall, 2026)
Buster Posey (No. 5 overall, 2008)
Matt Wieters (No. 5 overall, 2007)
Kaelen Culpepper is potentially better than the players on the 26-man roster.
I think we are more likely to play the waiver game than to call CJ Culpepper up. Danny Coulombe is available right now.
Ross has no shot. They will grab a waiver claim or bring back Arcia rather than add him to the 40-man roster.
Jack Anderson could make his debut. He is on the 40-man roster.
The AA season ends a week before the AAA season. I would like to see Houston get that extra week in September.
Culpepper played 59 games for Wichita last year. Houston will reach 60 games at that level about September 6 with one week left in the schedule for Wichita.
Ok. Baseball Reference hadn’t updated yet. Still, people seem to be getting excited based on the good games while ignoring the games where he struggles. The entire body of work is saying he spends the remainder of the season at Wichita.
Looking at how this draft has gone, I don’t know why a high school pitcher would give up Round 2 money to go to college. Best case scenario is they get drafted in Round 2 in three years. They get to free agency 3 years earlier if they’re drafted out of high school. Teams are actively avoiding pitchers in Round 1.