BA PROSPECT HOT SHEET - 8/21

[Jaypers]

WOW...I knew I'd see them in plenty of BA Hot Sheet's but I never figured I'd see Jason Heyward & Freddie Freeman in the "Not-So-Hot" section!!! :shock:

Interestingly enough, a raw Heyward Sterling Black Ref Auto sold for almost $650 just recently (a new high, I believe).

 

[DaveH]

anyone else doing the chat?

my Q's were the best so far

 

[ahill1]

Colvin on the list. Maybe a sign that he's making a move.


Duffy could have waited a bit to start making the list.

How far Colvin has fallen....A RED ref of his just sold for $70.....Ouch, I was offered $350 for mine back in the day.

skrip

at 70 bucks, i think that's a buy. at 50 I know it is.

I paid more for my Gold Colvin then the last Orange just went for... I think he is a good buy right now..I mean he is a Cubs prospect so he could blow up again

 

[Jaypers]

anyone else doing the chat?

my Q's were the best so far

I think the one in my sig was the best. :mrgreen:

 

[ballerskrip]

Colvin on the list. Maybe a sign that he's making a move.


Duffy could have waited a bit to start making the list.

How far Colvin has fallen....A RED ref of his just sold for $70.....Ouch, I was offered $350 for mine back in the day.

skrip

at 70 bucks, i think that's a buy. at 50 I know it is.

I paid more for my Gold Colvin then the last Orange just went for... I think he is a good buy right now..I mean he is a Cubs prospect so he could blow up again

If anyone is interested, i have a buddy that has 2 red refs, 3 1/1's, 2 golds and 2 oranges of his....

Let me know

skrip

 

[HoustonTeams4Me]

I am definitely glad I held back some D.Brown's, the way BA is talking him up you can tell they are definitely "on-board"!

 

[baseballguy350]

Maybe a Kalish red will get listed now...

three already have been and sold. I have the 9.5 one.

Looks like I'll be sticking to Oranges and worse!

 

[Jaypers]

I am definitely glad I held back some D.Brown's, the way BA is talking him up you can tell they are definitely "on-board"!

Nice job getting your question answered.


David Beach (Houston, Texas): Hey there J.J., first off thank you for taking your time to answer these question's! I have to ask since I just read your answer on Dominic Brown, what makes Brown better than Michael Taylor? I ask this because if anyone were to write in & compare Taylor with Stanton & Heyward, you would probably laugh them on the chat room board; but when you look at everything EXCEPT for a few years age difference- Taylor is just as good if not better than Brown! Please explain, as Taylor has all the tool's that Brown does except Taylor has shown much better plate discipline & more power! Thanks again, Dave.

J.J. Cooper: But the problem with that is that when you're looking at prospects age is one of the biggest factors in their ceiling and potential. As a 21-year-old, Taylor was hitting 12 home runs at Stanford while Brown is hitting home runs in Double-A. One of the big reasons that Jason Heyward is the best hitting prospect in baseball is because he has shown that he can hit Double-A pitching as a teenager. You can't discount age when looking at prospects, because studies going back to Bill James have shown that one of the biggest predictors to a players chances of stardom is reaching the majors at a young age. Of the 10 most recent Hall of Fame inductees as hitters, nine of them were younger than Michael Taylor is right now when they made their big league debuts, and seven of them were 21 or younger. But one other point I will quibble with, Brown is a potential Gold Glove right fielder while Taylor is a solid left fielder who could slide over to right if needed.

 

[HoustonTeams4Me]

I've asked this EVERY week & FINALLY I get answered (& yet that wasn't really what I was asking of him...I wanted to get something other than the "age over production" answer/theory)..But hell, it was finally answered!!! :lol:

Edit: & I understand not to discount age, but IMO there is a varying degree when it comes to viewing one's age with production & level (& I am a firm believer that prospect's should NOT be "punished" in this sense for going to college, as Taylor & many before him have shown that it is not detrimental to one's maturation & learning process)!

I am definitely glad I held back some D.Brown's, the way BA is talking him up you can tell they are definitely "on-board"!

Nice job getting your question answered.


David Beach (Houston, Texas): Hey there J.J., first off thank you for taking your time to answer these question's! I have to ask since I just read your answer on Dominic Brown, what makes Brown better than Michael Taylor? I ask this because if anyone were to write in & compare Taylor with Stanton & Heyward, you would probably laugh them on the chat room board; but when you look at everything EXCEPT for a few years age difference- Taylor is just as good if not better than Brown! Please explain, as Taylor has all the tool's that Brown does except Taylor has shown much better plate discipline & more power! Thanks again, Dave.

J.J. Cooper: But the problem with that is that when you're looking at prospects age is one of the biggest factors in their ceiling and potential. As a 21-year-old, Taylor was hitting 12 home runs at Stanford while Brown is hitting home runs in Double-A. One of the big reasons that Jason Heyward is the best hitting prospect in baseball is because he has shown that he can hit Double-A pitching as a teenager. You can't discount age when looking at prospects, because studies going back to Bill James have shown that one of the biggest predictors to a players chances of stardom is reaching the majors at a young age. Of the 10 most recent Hall of Fame inductees as hitters, nine of them were younger than Michael Taylor is right now when they made their big league debuts, and seven of them were 21 or younger. But one other point I will quibble with, Brown is a potential Gold Glove right fielder while Taylor is a solid left fielder who could slide over to right if needed.

 

[sheetskout]

I've asked this EVERY week & FINALLY I get answered

Don't sweat it.....although they have answered a bunch of mine they snub me all the time.

Especially since JP and I seem to have ESP on some hitters and ask the same questions sometimes.

 

[soccerman034]

I am liking the Kirk Nieuwenhuis mention....He has been truly excellent this year.

 

[DaveH]

only one of mine not answered was about the big 3 SAL pitchers... Moore, Lyles, Perez [now in AA i know]... but i guess it was too specifically related to their 2010 top 100

 

[chrome_ball]

Nice to see Duffy make the list after missing a few starts!

High five Mandog!