For those interested, my Mariners top prospect list.  Links are below:

Mariners Top Prospects, No's 1 - 5

Mariners Top Prospects, No's 6 - 15

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For those interested, my Cardinals top prospect list.  Links are below:

Cardinals Top Prospects, No's 1 - 5

Cardinals Top Prospects, No's 6 - 15

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For those interested, my Orioles top prospect list.  Links are below:

Orioles Top Prospects, No's 1 - 5

Orioles Top Prospects, No's 6 - 15

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For those interested, here is my White Sox top prospect list.  Links are below:

White Sox Top Prospects, No's 1 - 5

White Sox Top Prospects, No's 6 - 15

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For those interested, here is my Giants top prospect list.  Links are below:

Giants Top Prospects, No's 1 - 5

Giants Top Prospects, No's 6 - 15

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I wasn't sure whether to make a FanPost or a FanShot of this since I'm not offering a lot of actual content here, but for anybody interested, I'm in the middle of publishing my top-15 prospect lists and I recently published Tampa's top prospect list, which ended up going 30-deep...

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Hey everybody.  I run the website Baseball-Intellect, a site dedicated to player scouting and mechanical analysis.  Some of you will remember my interview with Kurt just prior to the start of the season.

In any case, I wanted to provide Bless You Boys with a breakdown on one of my favorite hitters from the 2010 draft class: Nick Castellanos.

A shortstop in high school, Castellanos will move to third base as a pro.  He's not a great athlete, but he's a decent one, with soft hands, sound footwork, and a good arm, all of which suggest he'll have no problem sticking at third base even as he fills out his 6-foot-4 frame.

Castellanos is an advanced hitter for his age with good strike zone judgement and plate discipline.  For his age, Castellanos picks up on pitches pretty well, but every once in a while, you'll catch him out in front on something off-speed.  However, that should improve with experience.

Castellanos has the potential to hit 25-30 home runs annually.  His power translates to all fields and as he gains strength and fills out, you should see many of the doubles he hits early in his career turn into home runs.

Castellanos' power comes from strong hands and many quick-twitch muscle fibers in the forearms that enables him to generate excellent bat speed.

In addition, Castellanos has a swing that should be conducive to power.  He's able to generate considerable torque between his torso and hips.  The below clips are synchronized to contact.  If they happen to get off track, try refreshing your browser.

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Alex was kind enough to offer his take on Mets prospect Ike Davis in the form of a guest post. Hope you all enjoy it.

Hey guys, my name is Alex Eisenberg and I run the website Baseball-Intellect.  Long story short, I have a background in Kinesiology and biomechanics and at my site I breakdown player mechanics and combine traditional scouting methods with sabermetric analysis to evaluate players.

Right now, I'm publishing each team's top-15 prospect list and I recently published the Mets top prospect list (click here to see Prospects 1 - 5 and click here to see Prospects 6 - 15).  However, I wanted to share my report on Ike Davis with some of the Mets' more avid fans.

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This scouting report is a part of Baseball-Intellect's Los Angeles Angels Top-15 Prospect List.  The report is on Angels pitching prospect Garrett Richards, who was ranked the organization's fourth best prospect.  You can see reports on prospects 1 - 5 by clicking here and reports on prospects 6 - 15 by clicking here.

Body Type - Good pitcher's frame at 6-foot-3 and around 200 pounds

Stuff -  

- Fastball - Can be electric at times, sitting at 93 or 94 as a starter and touching 98 in shorter stints. There is some sink to the pitch.

- Slider - Clocked in the mid-80's with a two-plane break

- Curveball - A power type curve that can throw hitters off balance if he effectively mixes it into his repertoire

- Change-Up - Has the arm speed to make the change-up work and it flashes above average potential

Scouting Report... 

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