Who Was The Biggest Hitting and Pitching Prospect Of AllTime

[Brett Keith]

Andruw Jones and Mark Prior. Andruw was a teenage sensation with the tools of Willie Mays and the performance to back it up(back to back Minor League Player Of The Year). Mark Prior was the bionic pitcher, assembled by scouts/scientists in a dungeon somewhere, who dominated at every level.

I think that Prior could have been one of the five dominant pitchers of our generation.

I have little doubt he'd have at least one Cy Young by now, and probably a top 5 nearly ever year.

 

[leatherman]

Hitter: Gregg Jefferies or Andruw Jones (both won back to back Minor League Player of the Year Awards). Jefferies was always compared to Mickey Mantle; Jones was always compared to Willie Mays.

Pitcher: Tough to say, but Brien Taylor, Ben McDonald, and David Price were all big enough prospects at one time to warrant the #1 overall draft pick. Rick Ankiel was once a huge prospect too.

Biggest prospect bust of all time (any sport): Ryan Leaf.

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[Dazed]

Rotoworld’s 2002 Top 25 Prospects
1. Josh Beckett
2. Hank Blalock
3. Sean Burroughs
4. Nick Johnson
5. Mark Prior
6. Wilson Betemit
7. Juan Cruz
8. Ryan Anderson
9. Joe Borchard
10. Mark Teixeira
11. Nick Neugebauer (Career 2W 8L 4.99 ERA Hasn't played since 2002)
12. Carlos Pena
13. Jon Rauch
14. Dennis Tankersley
15. Drew Henson
16. Josh Hamilton
17. Joe Mauer
18. Austin Kearns
19. Chris Snelling
20. Hee Seop Choi
21. Carlos Hernandez
22. Marlon Byrd
23. Jerome Williams
24. Kenny Baugh
25. Jack Cust

I took this from their Top 100 Prospects from 2002. It's always interesting to look back and see how they did.

Also, they had Morneau at #28, Peavy at #30, Miguel Cabrera at #41, Carl Crawford at #48 and Grady Sizemore at #88.

 

[kdailey4315]

[quote="Brett Keith":23rh8v3o] Mark Prior was the bionic pitcher, assembled by scouts/scientists in a dungeon somewhere, who dominated at every level.

Except in the majors where it counted.

Really? Before the flukey injuries he posted a pretty impressive rookie year as a 21 year old. Then in his first full season he went 211.3 IP, K'd 245, BB'd only 50, had a 2.43 ERA, was an All-Star, finished 3rd for the Cy Young and 9th for MVP. Even in the following two seasons when he never seemed fully healthy, he K'd over a batter per inning, didn't BB many, and had ERA's of 4.02 and 3.67. That's the saddest thing about Prior, he DIDN'T dissapoint, he was living upto his hype, but got taken down by flukey injuries, and eventually arm problems.[/quote:23rh8v3o]

Exactly: He didn't dominate in the majors. It sucks, he was a good pitcher and injuries definitely played the biggest role in it. I was just commenting that he didn't dominate at the pro level and he didn't, injuries or not.

 

[Brett Keith]

[quote="Brett Keith":3bys3wdp] Mark Prior was the bionic pitcher, assembled by scouts/scientists in a dungeon somewhere, who dominated at every level.

Except in the majors where it counted.

Really? Before the flukey injuries he posted a pretty impressive rookie year as a 21 year old. Then in his first full season he went 211.3 IP, K'd 245, BB'd only 50, had a 2.43 ERA, was an All-Star, finished 3rd for the Cy Young and 9th for MVP. Even in the following two seasons when he never seemed fully healthy, he K'd over a batter per inning, didn't BB many, and had ERA's of 4.02 and 3.67. That's the saddest thing about Prior, he DIDN'T dissapoint, he was living upto his hype, but got taken down by flukey injuries, and eventually arm problems.

Exactly: He didn't dominate in the majors. It sucks, he was a good pitcher and injuries definitely played the biggest role in it. I was just commenting that he didn't dominate at the pro level and he didn't, injuries or not.[/quote:3bys3wdp]

Yes he did.

 

[abncollectsautos]

ben grieve came up and was a hit early.