Adam Foster's top 10 prospects..scratching my head.

aminors said:

http://projectprospect.com/article/2011/06/14/top-10-prospect-list

1 Bryce Harper (eBay) RF Easily leads all minor league teenagers in wOBA with an eye-popping .422 18.7 WAS A 1 ?
2 Mike Trout (eBay) CF He's broken out as a power hitter this year, also on pace for career-high BB% 19.9 LAA AA 2 ?
3 Manny Machado (eBay) SS Missed most of May due to injury (knee); hasn't done much in 7 games back 18.9 BAL A 3 ?
4 Shelby Miller (eBay) RHP Pitching in Double-A in his 2nd full season and blowing away the competition 20.7 STL AA 6 ?
5 Jameson Taillon (eBay) RHP Elite command, especially for a hard-throwing teenager (2 BB in last 36.0 IP) 19.6 PIT A 7 ?
6 Matt Moore (eBay) LHP Talked to a scout who said he's easily the best SP prospect he's seen this year 22.0 TB AA 12 ?
7 Danny Duffy (eBay) LHP He has room to sharpen his command, but he'll be just fine going forward 22.5 KC MLB 13 ?
8 Jesus Montero (eBay) C Something's wrong; on pace to hit 9 HR this season after hitting 21 last year 21.5 NYY AAA 5 ?
9 Martin Perez (eBay) LHP Fresh off an outing where he gave up 12 hits, but only 4 BB in his last 24.2 IP 20.2 TEX AA 14 ?
10 Jurickson Profar (eBay) SS May someday surface as an all-star shortstop if he can keep hitting for power 18.3 TEX A 20 ?


Honorable Mention: Dustin Ackley, Brandon Belt, Zach Lee, Wil Myers, Neil Ramirez, Wilin Rosario, Tyler Skaggs, Julio Teheran and Zack Wheeler

Duffy and Profar a bit high? Moore a bit high? Hmm. No Ackley in top 10 or any mention of Moustakas? Skaggs as an HM?

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stevezimmer22 said:

People seem to love this Foster character, nothing he says makes sense to me. I followed him on twitter and then had to get rid of it because of the nonsense that was appearing on my timeline.

"AdamWFoster Adam Foster
Pinch runner on a championship team RT @hdrubin: Dee Gordon ceiling?

I don't think he knows what celling is because that sounds a lot like a "floor" to me. Baseball America ranked Gordon as the Dodgers number one overall prospect with 4+ tools and has the ability to hit the ball hard to all fields. I am not saying Gordon has the potential to hit 30 home runs and I understand not all number one prospects make it, but Gordon's celling is higher than a pinch runner. He has the defense to contend for a gold glove at short and will hit enough and steal plenty of bases to be a starting shortstop on a championship team that would be the definition of celling.


Note, I am not a Dee Gordon defender just one example of numerous things that have been written that don't make any sense to me.

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Nick1190 said:

aminors said:

http://projectprospect.com/article/2011/06/14/top-10-prospect-list

1 Bryce Harper (eBay) RF Easily leads all minor league teenagers in wOBA with an eye-popping .422 18.7 WAS A 1 ?
2 Mike Trout (eBay) CF He's broken out as a power hitter this year, also on pace for career-high BB% 19.9 LAA AA 2 ?
3 Manny Machado (eBay) SS Missed most of May due to injury (knee); hasn't done much in 7 games back 18.9 BAL A 3 ?
4 Shelby Miller (eBay) RHP Pitching in Double-A in his 2nd full season and blowing away the competition 20.7 STL AA 6 ?
5 Jameson Taillon (eBay) RHP Elite command, especially for a hard-throwing teenager (2 BB in last 36.0 IP) 19.6 PIT A 7 ?
6 Matt Moore (eBay) LHP Talked to a scout who said he's easily the best SP prospect he's seen this year 22.0 TB AA 12 ?
7 Danny Duffy (eBay) LHP He has room to sharpen his command, but he'll be just fine going forward 22.5 KC MLB 13 ?
8 Jesus Montero (eBay) C Something's wrong; on pace to hit 9 HR this season after hitting 21 last year 21.5 NYY AAA 5 ?
9 Martin Perez (eBay) LHP Fresh off an outing where he gave up 12 hits, but only 4 BB in his last 24.2 IP 20.2 TEX AA 14 ?
10 Jurickson Profar (eBay) SS May someday surface as an all-star shortstop if he can keep hitting for power 18.3 TEX A 20 ?


Honorable Mention: Dustin Ackley, Brandon Belt, Zach Lee, Wil Myers, Neil Ramirez, Wilin Rosario, Tyler Skaggs, Julio Teheran and Zack Wheeler

Duffy and Profar a bit high? Moore a bit high? Hmm. No Ackley in top 10 or any mention of Moustakas? Skaggs as an HM?

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But I thought that Lawrie was better than Trout?

Hmmm...

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Russ S. said:

Looks good to me.

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gr5 said:

Nick1190 said:

aminors said:

http://projectprospect.com/article/2011/06/14/top-10-prospect-list

1 Bryce Harper (eBay) RF Easily leads all minor league teenagers in wOBA with an eye-popping .422 18.7 WAS A 1 ?
2 Mike Trout (eBay) CF He's broken out as a power hitter this year, also on pace for career-high BB% 19.9 LAA AA 2 ?
3 Manny Machado (eBay) SS Missed most of May due to injury (knee); hasn't done much in 7 games back 18.9 BAL A 3 ?
4 Shelby Miller (eBay) RHP Pitching in Double-A in his 2nd full season and blowing away the competition 20.7 STL AA 6 ?
5 Jameson Taillon (eBay) RHP Elite command, especially for a hard-throwing teenager (2 BB in last 36.0 IP) 19.6 PIT A 7 ?
6 Matt Moore (eBay) LHP Talked to a scout who said he's easily the best SP prospect he's seen this year 22.0 TB AA 12 ?
7 Danny Duffy (eBay) LHP He has room to sharpen his command, but he'll be just fine going forward 22.5 KC MLB 13 ?
8 Jesus Montero (eBay) C Something's wrong; on pace to hit 9 HR this season after hitting 21 last year 21.5 NYY AAA 5 ?
9 Martin Perez (eBay) LHP Fresh off an outing where he gave up 12 hits, but only 4 BB in his last 24.2 IP 20.2 TEX AA 14 ?
10 Jurickson Profar (eBay) SS May someday surface as an all-star shortstop if he can keep hitting for power 18.3 TEX A 20 ?


Honorable Mention: Dustin Ackley, Brandon Belt, Zach Lee, Wil Myers, Neil Ramirez, Wilin Rosario, Tyler Skaggs, Julio Teheran and Zack Wheeler

Duffy and Profar a bit high? Moore a bit high? Hmm. No Ackley in top 10 or any mention of Moustakas? Skaggs as an HM?

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But I thought that Lawrie was better than Trout?

Hmmm...

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But I thought Allen Webster was a top 25 prospect?

Hmmm.....

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boxbreaker44 said:

What gives this guy any credibility anyhow?

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frzg said:

Hell he had Wilin Rosario #8 on his rankings in May lol.

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