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Jaypers

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Obviously a typo to be corrected later -- they have Jason Castro at both 41 & 61. Wonder which one is accurate.
 

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Jeff N. said:
phillyfan0417 said:
Travis D'arnaud #81. He was the phillie i hated losing most...

Srsly? More than Drabek, Taylor, Lee, or even Marson?


Yep because the other players were known commodities and needed to make a halladay trade. I am not devastated over what we got for lee.



D'arnaud was underrated and if his bat continues to develop will be a pretty good ML catcher.
 

Jaypers

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Looks like I only got 3/30 right :benson: :lol:

I got 2/30 right, and was only 1 off on Lars Anderson - he was # 87 (I had him at 88).

Incidently, # 41 is supposed to be Kyle Gibson, not Jason Castro.
 

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Notable omissions from this list, IMO:

Wil Myers
Trevor Reckling
Jose Tabata
Bobby Borchering
Wilin Rosario
Ben Revere
Zach Stewart
Ethan Martin
Alex Liddi
Eric Arnett
Jaime Garcia
Brent Morel
 

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Jaypers said:
Notable omissions from this list, IMO:

Wil Myers
Trevor Reckling
Jose Tabata
Bobby Borchering
Wilin Rosario
Ben Revere :cry:
Zach Stewart
Ethan Martin
Alex Liddi
Eric Arnett
Jaime Garcia
Brent Morel

Shocked that so many players have jumped Revere, at least in BA's eyes.
 

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Jaypers said:
Notable omissions from this list, IMO:

Wil Myers
Trevor Reckling
Jose Tabata
Bobby Borchering
Wilin Rosario
Ben Revere
Zach Stewart
Ethan Martin
Alex Liddi
Eric Arnett
Jaime Garcia
Brent Morel


No respect for Liddi and Peguero due to the league they play in ::facepalm::

hope that changes in 2010.
 

andyduke86

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Jaypers said:
Notable omissions from this list, IMO:

Wil Myers
Trevor Reckling
Jose Tabata
Bobby Borchering
Wilin Rosario
Ben Revere :cry:
Zach Stewart
Ethan Martin
Alex Liddi
Eric Arnett
Jaime Garcia
Brent Morel

Shocked that so many players have jumped Revere, at least in BA's eyes.

Revere would be ridiculously overrated if he was Top 100. He is the epitome of an "empty batting average" and those guys almost never make it in the majors. It's tough to get excited about hitters who post isolated power of .058 in the low minors. That's pretty much non-prospect territory. If you can't even hit that well in the minors theres very little chance you'll hit well in the majors.
 

Jaypers

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Ok, here are my observations.

- Very pleased to see my man DJ as high as he is. I sure hope he performs.

- Feliz is Top 5 material in my eyes.

- Parker fell more than I thought he would. I thought he would still crack the Top 20.

- BA is leading the Martin Perez bandwagon. Great ceiling, yes, but I have a hard time buying the Johan comps.

- Wade Davis all the way down at 34? No sale. He's in the 20's easily for me, if not higher.

- After all the hoopla, I'm surprised to see Montgomery as low as he is. Callis called him a potential #1-2 starter.

- Pretty bold of BA to rank Kelly that high. He's got a lot to live up to.

- Of all the omissions I mentioned above, Wil Myers is the biggest shocker to me. Not sure why he didn't rank.

- Storen, a guy who packs bigtime heat and is near ML ready, is all the way down near the bottom?

- I'm a Saunders fan, but I think he's over-ranked here. Naturally Adam will disagree.

- Reckling is another omitted shocker. He deserved a spot.

- Gamel's stock continues to fall. He needs to show off that bat in Milwaukee this year.

- Very pleased to see a certain young Rays' arm ranked. I didn't have him on my Top 100.
 

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Thanks. I was jsut about to write how shocked I was not to see Gibson making the list

Jaypers said:
bballcardkid said:
Looks like I only got 3/30 right :benson: :lol:

I got 2/30 right, and was only 1 off on Lars Anderson - he was # 87 (I had him at 88).

Incidently, # 41 is supposed to be Kyle Gibson, not Jason Castro.
 

Jaypers

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Here's their breakdown.


Top 100 Prospects By The Numbers

Staff Report
February 23, 2010


Top 100 Prospects By The Numbers

BY ORGANIZATION

7: Rays
5: Cubs, Indians
4: Braves, Giants, Mets, Orioles, Padres, Rangers, Red Sox, Reds, Royals, Twins
3: Angels, Astros, Athletics, Blue Jays, Mariners, Marlins, Nationals, Phillies, Rockies, Tigers, White Sox
2: Brewers, Dodgers, Pirates, Yankees
1: Cardinals, Diamondbacks

BY ORIGINAL ORGANIZATION

7: Rays
6: Phillies
5: Braves, Cubs, Red Sox
4: Dodgers, Giants, Mariners, Mets, Padres, Reds, Royals, Twins, Yankees
3: Angels, Astros, Marlins, Nationals, Orioles, Rangers, Rockies, White Sox
2: Brewers, Cardinals, Indians, Pirates, Tigers
1: Athletics, Diamondbacks
0: Blue Jays

BY PRIMARY POSITION

30: Righthander pitchers
21: Outfielders
13: Lefthanded pitchers
12: Catchers
9: Shortstops
8: Third basemen
6: First basemen
1: Second baseman

BY NATION OF BIRTH

78: United States
9: Dominican Republic
6: Venezuela
3: Canada, Cuba
1: Colombia

BY WHERE THEY SIGNED FROM

43: High school draft picks
28: College draft picks
18: International free agents
5: Junior college draft picks
4: Draft-and-follows
2: Independent league draft picks

BY DRAFT ROUND

44: First
6: Supplemental first, second
5: Fourth, fifth
2: Third, eighth, 10th
1: Sixth, ninth, 11th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, 33rd, 36th

BY OPENING DAY AGE

20: 22, 23
19: 21
16: 20
12: 19
8: 24
3: 18
1: 16, 25
 

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Top 10 is just about what I expected, and I'm happy to see Montero right up there (MLB.com's list had him too low IMO)

I also think Parker fell a bit too far considering that if it hadn't been for the surgery, he likely would have been a top 10 guy this year.

The two most surprising no-shows for me were Myers, as JP has mentioned, and Alex Liddi who had one of the best years of any minor leaguer in 2009.

Happy that Logan Morrison made the top 20.

And lastly, everyone I've been buying who I expected to see on the list was, and they all were about where I expected them to fall. The main three I'm talking about are in the 15-40 range, which proves that there are some great value buys available if you buy the right guys at the right time. I'm pumped about the prices I was getting on these guys last season and during the offseason.
 

DaveH

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can't access their site right now.... too much traffic?

looks like they consulted my list when they needed to place Rays prospects though :D

Jennings was identical, Beckham identical, I had Brignac at 52 to their 54... lol

how are you shocked about Tabata JP? he kind of sucks.... he didn't make my top 150 you might recall.

biggest omission to me is Rondon... don't get it. and Wil Myers.
 

pigskincardboard

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I think he was talking about Moore.. blargh.

Their site's getting hammered.

There are quite a few "guh?" moments in the list. Michael Saunders is the "GUH, GUH?" moment for me.

There doesn't seem to be any consistency ranking ceiling vs. floor.
 

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