Who is the most overrated prospect in baseball?

soccerman034 · Sep 7, 2009

Two categories: Price (card wise) and Preformance.

Price wise I think Montero are overrated at the current buy in the prices; its hard for me to justify paying nearly $400 per raw gold for a guy who doesn't have a true position yet. He does have a large upside with that bat in that organization, just a bit too risky for me. Stanton is another prospect who worries me....LARGE strikeout numbers.

Performance: Brandon Erbe. Sure, he has a great ERA in AA at 22 year of age, which is good, but he's a flyball pitcher who pitches to contact....what do you think will happen when he meets a player with legit ML power?

matty07 · Sep 7, 2009

Fernando Martinez

hive17 · Sep 7, 2009

What's the most overrated word in baseball?

I'll say "overrated." Seriously, it's not THAT great a word.

blitzerlover · Sep 7, 2009

Brett Lawrie for both.

donrusscrusademan · Sep 7, 2009

hive17 said:
What's the most overrated word in baseball?

I'll say "overrated." Seriously, it's not THAT great a word.

Its used so much in sports that I think it will be official soon.

GAbballplayer148 · Sep 7, 2009

donrusscrusademan said:
hive17 said:

What's the most overrated word in baseball?

I'll say "overrated." Seriously, it's not THAT great a word.

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Its used so much in sports that I think it will be official soon.

Kinda like swagger... ::facepalm::

Jays_Cards · Sep 7, 2009

blitzerlover said:
Brett Lawrie for both.

Ill agree with Lawrie for potential. Pricewise, I think it is Moustakas.

blazers091 · Sep 7, 2009

hive17 · Sep 7, 2009

GAbballplayer148 said:
donrusscrusademan said:

hive17 said:

What's the most overrated word in baseball?

I'll say "overrated." Seriously, it's not THAT great a word.

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Its used so much in sports that I think it will be official soon.

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Kinda like swagger... ::facepalm::

or "intanglible" and "clutch"

clutch now equals: doing what you're supposed to be trying to do every play, just when more people are looking.

AKA Coastal · Sep 7, 2009

Tillman was really expensive. Hasn't been very impressive in the bigs thus far.

Stanton is very pricey for K'ing so much. I know he's young ,but he still K's a lot.

jbone17 · Sep 7, 2009

Lars Anderson. The dude has sucked it up this year.

bballcardkid · Sep 7, 2009

jbone17 said:
Lars Anderson. The dude has sucked it up this year.

If his Chrome Autos were still $60-$70 per I would agree, but his prices have fallen like a rock. A lot of these guys mentioned in this thread are solid buys to me right now considering every prospect mentioned has either had a down year or is currently hurt.

jbone17 · Sep 7, 2009

bballcardkid said:
jbone17 said:

Lars Anderson. The dude has sucked it up this year.

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If his Chrome Autos were still $60-$70 per I would agree, but his prices have fallen like a rock. A lot of these guys mentioned in this thread are solid buys to me right now considering every prospect mentioned has either had a down year or is currently hurt.

Based on performance I meant obviously. Not for both. Price wise I would have to say Stanton as well. The man has the power, but he needs to be economical and not try to hit the ball out of the park every time.

bballcardkid · Sep 7, 2009

jbone17 said:
bballcardkid said:

jbone17 said:

Lars Anderson. The dude has sucked it up this year.

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If his Chrome Autos were still $60-$70 per I would agree, but his prices have fallen like a rock. A lot of these guys mentioned in this thread are solid buys to me right now considering every prospect mentioned has either had a down year or is currently hurt.

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Based on performance I meant obviously. Not for both. Price wise I would have to say Stanton as well. The man has the power, but he needs to be economical and not try to hit the ball out of the park every time.

Ah, my bad. I have difficulty seperating the prices with actual baseball production when I make comments.

MTBright · Sep 7, 2009

rashon dixon......

jbone17 · Sep 7, 2009

bballcardkid said:
jbone17 said:

bballcardkid said:

jbone17 said:

Lars Anderson. The dude has sucked it up this year.

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If his Chrome Autos were still $60-$70 per I would agree, but his prices have fallen like a rock. A lot of these guys mentioned in this thread are solid buys to me right now considering every prospect mentioned has either had a down year or is currently hurt.

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Based on performance I meant obviously. Not for both. Price wise I would have to say Stanton as well. The man has the power, but he needs to be economical and not try to hit the ball out of the park every time.

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Ah, my bad. I have difficulty seperating the prices with actual baseball production when I make comments.

No prob. :lol:

Brett Keith · Sep 7, 2009

soccerman034 said:
Performance: Brandon Erbe. Sure, he has a great ERA in AA at 22 year of age, which is good, but he's a flyball pitcher who pitches to contact....what do you think will happen when he meets a player with legit ML power?

Really? Nobody ever talks about Branon Erbe. Who's rating him?

soccerman034 · Sep 7, 2009

Brett Keith said:
soccerman034 said:

Performance: Brandon Erbe. Sure, he has a great ERA in AA at 22 year of age, which is good, but he's a flyball pitcher who pitches to contact....what do you think will happen when he meets a player with legit ML power?

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Really? Nobody ever talks about Branon Erbe. Who's rating him?

Not on these boards, but people on Sickels blog as well as a few Oriole message boards were touting him as the best prospect in the system. Britton is light years ahead in my opinion.

jbone17 · Sep 7, 2009

soccerman034 said:
Brett Keith said:

soccerman034 said:

Performance: Brandon Erbe. Sure, he has a great ERA in AA at 22 year of age, which is good, but he's a flyball pitcher who pitches to contact....what do you think will happen when he meets a player with legit ML power?

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Really? Nobody ever talks about Branon Erbe. Who's rating him?

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Not on these boards, but people on Sickels blog as well as a few Oriole message boards were touting him as the best prospect in the system. Britton is light years ahead in my opinion.

I like Arrieta a smidgen better than Erbe, but that is just my opinion. :lol:

Brett Keith · Sep 7, 2009

soccerman034 said:
Brett Keith said:

soccerman034 said:

Performance: Brandon Erbe. Sure, he has a great ERA in AA at 22 year of age, which is good, but he's a flyball pitcher who pitches to contact....what do you think will happen when he meets a player with legit ML power?

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Really? Nobody ever talks about Branon Erbe. Who's rating him?

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Not on these boards, but people on Sickels blog as well as a few Oriole message boards were touting him as the best prospect in the system. Britton is light years ahead in my opinion.

Has anyone that wasn't an O's fan said that?

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