As reported by Buster Olney via Twitter, the deal is going through after the completion of the Halladay trade.  This makes thing much more confusing.

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Question is pretty straight forward.  Which would you want to build your franchise around?

To fill the rest of this, I just want to say that Anthony Randolph is far and away the most fascinating figure I have ever seen.  He looks like a Greek God, but has the mentality of a prepubescent girl who just got her period.  He's like a mixture of a car accident and a russian model orgy: no matter what aspect you're watching, you just can't look away.

I love projections.  For whatever reason, despite their arbitrary nature, they are fun to read and help gauge multplie opinions of players.  So, I've decided to write this post.  This is an open form for people to post projections for promising players for their 2010 seasons.  I will start with a few of my favorites.  Feel free to critique, alter, debate, etc.

Matt Wieters

.305/.350/.500

85 R 25 HR 90 RBI 5 SB

Clay Buchholz

3.30/1.28

16 W 170 K 20 QS

Neftali Feliz

3.75/1.35

12 W 180K 15 QS 5 Holds

Billy Butler

.310/.370/.530

95 R 32 HR 105 RBI 3 SB 

Clayton Kershaw

3.20/1.30

18 W 210 K 22 QS

Justin Upton

.290/.360/.550

100 R 33 HR 100 RBI 20 SB

Joey Votto

.320/.400/.600

90 R 37 HR 120 RBI 2 SB   

Tommy Hanson

3.65/1.32

14 W 185 K 17 QS

Ian Stewart

.265/.340/.490

80R 30 HR 90 RBI 10 SB

These are just a few fun ones to throw out.  Go ahead, give it a try

I know this community is home to many fantasy players, so I decided to go and ask you guys to contribute your own versions of this idea.  Granted, a player does not need to have been undrafted, per se to make your list, but more so, it is about players who greatly surpassed their projected values.  My "Undrafted All Stars":

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C: A.j. Pierzinski

1B: Mark Reynolds

2B: Aaron Hill

SS Jason Bartlett

3B: Ryan Zimmerman

OF: Michael Bourn

OF: Jason Werth

OF: Andre Ethier

DH: Adam Lind

SP: Chris Carpenter

SP: Josh Johnson

SP: Ubaldo Jiminez

SP: Jair Jurjens

SP: Scott Feldman

CL: Heath Bell

CL: Andrew Bailey

I'd love to see everyone else's version.  Let's have some fun here.  And remember, WE PLAY TO WIN THE GAME 

Ok, I can't seem to figure out why this guy is still a pitcher.  His numbers as a pitcher are pretty terrible, whereas his career line is .296/.328/.538.  Granted it is in only in 169 at bats, but that is still something.  At the very least, I don't see why putting him in left field would be a terrible idea.  I mean, come on, is Wladimir Balentien much better?  I know Dusty Baker loves his draconian line ups, but the whole Owings pitching thing isn't working.  Plus, he has good size (6' 5'', 220), and was regarded as a very good hitter when drafted.  Am I crazy, or is this something that should be happening?

Now how much do we think he'll sign for next year?

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I know he's not a prospect, but he's 21, which is as old as many of the guys we hype everyday.  He has allowed 5 runs in his past 9 starts, which is an astronomical stat for anyone, especially a 21 year old who is still developing his control and is not allowed to pitch very late into games.  As it is, he has one of the most impressive arsenals of pitches in the majors (his curveball is just dirty).  But as much as we talk about Price, Hanson, Anderson, et. al., perhaps we should realize that Kershaw is the most promising pitcher of all of the prospect-esque (I know I'm going to get killed for that phrase, but I'm not really sure how else to classify Kersh and all of these recent call up guys) pitchers in the league.  What do you all think?  What is his upside?  Any comps?  Or would you just like to join in on my gigantic man crush on him?

He was recently promoted from the GCL after posting a line of .330/.388/.614 , and is only 18 years old.  His 6' 1'' 225 frame is a bit short, but he seems like a very good athlete (had a football scholarship lined up at Alabama, if I'm not mistaken).  Is he all tools no performance?  Or could he develop into a good MLB player.  He strikes out a bit too much, but what kind of player do you think he will be?

We all get so caught up in top 25s and what not, how about we as a community try to make our own ultimate prospect team.  Pick a full nine fielders (including a DH, who can play any position), a full 5 man starting rotation, and two bulpen guys.  Use only the top prospects, in your opinion of course.  I'll give it a try

C: Buster Posey

1B: Justin Smoak

2B: Jemile Weeks

SS: Alcides Escobar

3B: Brett Wallace

LF: Matt Laporta

CF: Mike Stanton

RF: Jason Heyward

DH: Yonder Alonso

P: Strasburg, Bumgarner, Tillman, Feliz, Latos, Perry, Schlereth

I know by making something like this, I am essentially throwing myself to the wolves, but I figured it might be fun for the community for people to make their own ultimate prospect team.  This is just meant to, as John says, stimulate and create a discussion.

How is it possible we are this bad?  We have a payroll of $138,187,639, and Fernando Tatis is our #5 hitter?  Really?  Did Minaya not think that maybe we'd get a few guys hurt (like the 36 year old Delgado, and the reckless Beltran out there in center)?  Did he maybe consider that instead of paying Oliver Perez $12 million a year, perhaps signing Adam Dunn for $8 million and using that $4 to sign quality backups?  Has anyone ever, EVER, considered Perez to be worth $12 million?  It's like giving a recovering addict an all expense paid weekend to Vegas and saying, "Stay sober and clean!"  As I watch yet another defensive "masterpiece," I can't help but compare this team to an overmatched highschool team.  Even my mom commented the other day, saying, "It's not even their fault.  The guys they have out there are playing as well as they can.  They are just terrible."  And that's basically where it starts and ends.  We are terrible.  To think that we could have Dunn playing for us now, instead of trying to acquire him (in vain of course) instead of Oliver "I love to walk 7 guys in a game!" Perez.  If we're trying to win now, why not trade some of our system, such as Flores, to a team like Oakland, who clearly loves to build young and has many attractive players we could be using, instead of Angel Fucking Pagan. Even David Wright, who is like a fucking eager Golden Retriever with an insanely effeminate voice of course, seems to just not care.  Even Manny Ramirez gets pissed when he strikes out.  And I think Manny doesn't even realize he's playing in a real game!  Wright strikes out (often), and just walks off with this, "would it even matter if I got a base hit?" look on his face. I honestly feel like I would rather  hit myself in the head with a Keith Hernandez Just for Men hairgrowth bottle until I am in a vegetative state than watch Fernando Nieve try to prove to us that it's cool that the guy couldn't get a starting job in the Majors before this, because he won his first two starts.  Thank you for indulging in my rant, and God Save the (mets in) Queens