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My Top 5 Boston Prospects For 2009

rdf8585 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:13:22 -0000

My Top 5 Boston Prospects For 2009

My Top 5 Indians Prospects for 2009

rdf8585 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:25:56 -0000

My Top 5 Indians Prospects for 2009

My Top 5 TB Prospects For 2009

rdf8585 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:13:29 -0000

My Top 5 TB Prospects For 2009

My top 5 TB Prospects For 2009

My NYY Top 5 Prospects

rdf8585 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:12:09 -0000

My NYY Top 5 Prospects

My top 5 Yankee prospects for 2009.

milb.com 2009 Top 50

rdf8585 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:00:21 -0000

They're releasing 10 per day, here's #41-50 in order. These rankings are usually controversial, but are worth a read. Lou Marson being 43 will probably result in another controversy over him. Recall that there was enough arguing when he was given a C+ by John :)

Adam Miller
Brett Wallace
Lou Marson
Jeremy Jeffress
James McDonald
Derek Holland
Kyle Blanks
Angel Villalona
Matt Dominguez
Jeff Samardzija

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/minorleagues/prospects/y2009/

My Jays top 5 prospects

rdf8585 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:52:14 -0000

List with comments:http://bleacherreport.com/articles/85843-toronto-blue-jays-top-five-prospects-for-2009/

1. Snider

2. Arencibia

3. Cecil

4. Cooper

5. Jackson

Apparently, the only difference between my top 5 and the one here is that I have 2 and 3 flip-flopped... though I can't blame anyone for having them switched as I was tempted to the same myself, but I like Arencibia a smidge more.

The system isn't as strong as I thought - the top 4 were easy, but it seemed to thin out a bit after that. I'm not big on Jackson, but thought he still was worth slotting 5 due to upside.

I said in my article that Snider will "likely' begin 2009 at AAA, but a couple people have told me I was nuts for saying that.

Also shocked that about 30% of people thought someone other than Snider was the #1 prospect (there's a poll).

Anyone have any feedback?

My top 5 Orioles prospects

rdf8585 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:44:43 -0000

About two weeks ago, I began doing a series consisting of the top 5 prospects per team. The O's were the first one I did and I came up with -

1. Wieters

2. Tillman

3. Matusz

4. Arrieta

5. Erbe

List w/ comments here: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/83590-baltimore-orioles-top-five-prospects-for-2009

Any thoughts on those top 5?

I could see someone flip-flopping Tillman and Matusz... you could probably also argue for David Hernandez over Erbe. What about the timetables I gave - reasonable?

BA Twins Top 10

rdf8585 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:47:09 -0000

1. Aaron Hicks, of
2. Ben Revere, of
3. Wilson Ramos, c
4. Jose Mijares, lhp
5. Danny Valencia, 3b
6. Anthony Swarzak, rhp
7. Shooter Hunt, rhp
8. Kevin Mulvey, rhp
9. Carlos Gutierrez, rhp
10. Angel Morales, of - Didn't expect Mijares to be that high on the list, but he did have a good year. - Morales seems low. - Hicks/Revere is close, could see arguments either way. I'd agree with Hicks - higher ceiling, I believe. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-top-10-prospects/2009/267227.html

BA KC Top 10

rdf8585 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:27:28 -0000

www.baseballamerica.com

1. Mike Moustakas, ss
2. Eric Hosmer, 1b
3. Daniel Cortes, rhp
4. Mike Montgomery, lhp
5. Tim Melville, rhp
6. Danny Duffy, lhp
7. Danny Gutierrez, rhp
8. Carlos Rosa, rhp
9. Kila Ka'aihue, 1b
10. Blake Wood, rhp

- Kila should be higher. As far as how much higher, that's a tough one, but 9th is just too low.

- Rosa is intriguing, but he had a lot of problems staying healthy this year (elbow I believe) and he's had Tommy John surgery in the past as well. Did look good when on the mound though.

- Montgomery was BA's top ranked prospect in the AZL. Big fan of his.

- Would likely put Duffy over Melville. Big Duffy fan, has very good # in the minors, and we haven't seen a thing out of Melville yet.

John's 2009 KC Top 10

1) Mike Moustakas, 3B, Grade A-: I put him ahead of Hosmer right now since he’s played pro ball and performed well.

2) Eric Hosmer, 1B, Grade A-: Nothing wrong with Hosmer, I think he’ll be excellent.

3) Kila Ka’aihue, 1B, Grade B: A tough grade, but I think his breakthrough this year was mostly for real. Could rank anywhere from 3 to 8 depending on how you value pitching vs. hitting.

4) Daniel Cortes, RHP, Grade B: A solid all-around pitching prospect.

5) Carlos Rosa, RHP, Grade B: A solid all-around pitching prospect.

6) Daniel Duffy, LHP, Grade B: Great stats. Worried about fly ball tendency and perhaps durability.

7) Michael Montgomery, LHP, Grade B: Strong debut.

8) Tim Melville, RHP, Grade B: Want to see some pro numbers before ranking higher.

9) Johnny Giavotella, 2B, Grade B-: Good numbers right out of college.

10) Dan Gutierrez, RHP, Grade B-: Sleeper.

My BAL/BOS/NYY/TB Top 5s

rdf8585 — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:46:09 -0000

So, I've decided to do a top 5 list (with comments/notes) for the Rays. Nothing fancy, but it's an interesting system, and my top 5 ended up being a bit different than the two I've seen.

See it in full here: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/84420-tampa-bay-rays-top-five-prospects-for-2009 (also have done similiar lists over there for BOS, NYY, BAL)

1. Price (1st on all)

2. Beckham (2nd BA, 4th on Sickels)

3. Hellickson (3rd on Sickels, 7th on BA)

4. Davis (3rd on BA, 2nd on Sickels)

5. Barnese (7th on BA, Sickels)

I seem to be lower on average with Davis and higher with Barnese. Between the three lists, I was the only one with Desmond Jennings not in the top 5 but he wasn't far off.

Thoughts/feedbacks, either on this one and/or the other three? Did I overrate/underrate one of the guys above?