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2002 San Bernadino:
Offensive average - .265/.340/.405
Pitching line: 3.83 ERA, 9.1 K, 3.4 BB, 8.3 H
2012 High Desert
Offensive average - .303/.362/.496
Pitching line: 5.17 ERA, 8 K, 3.3 BB, 10.3 H
You can pitch in the Cal League, or hit there, and still have it mean something. You just can't do it at High Desert.
Landry's team stats for the year, btw (Rancho):
Offensive average - .270/.333/.429
Pitching line: 4.65 ERA, 8.2 K, 3.6 BB, 9.2 H
Those numbers aren't outrageous. And even if they were, it wouldn't exclude him as a prospect. I'm not huge on Landry, but this is one time where I'm gonna have to take a scouts word for it, because all I know about him is that he's done what he needs to do in the Cal League to be considered a prospect. His BABIP is a little high this year, and was low last year.
*shrugs* I want to see him in AA. I still think he's a 4th OF type but there are worse things. He's good in the field and on the basepaths. I'm surprised he's not a better base stealer, but that may just be technique. Same with his walk rate - he's a two-sport guy who's been getting by on athleticism. He'd be a Randy-Winn-esque CF complete with noodly arm, or if you prefer, Carl Crawford. That was another multi-sport guy who went with baseball, and his walks are closer to Landry's type.
Landry is a "hoping for Crawford or Mookie Wilson, but probably a scrub or defensive 4th" kinda guy. Nothing he's done in the Cal League has disproved that, so we need to get him to AA for a better look.
~G