Comments on: Midseason Top 50 Prospects List

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:34:12 +0000

I like the "choose-your-own-adventure" nature of the responses JJ… Enough of the answers don't specify which player you're talking about that most of the whiners above can console themselves with the belief that their suggestion was the one "not far off but didn't make the Top 50" or is "doing a lot to rekindle his prospect status this year."

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:59:28 +0000

I understand taking from preseason rankings, but how is JD Martinez not warranting this list? Or Altuve?

By: Marty

Marty — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:09:19 +0000

After finally getting to see Moore pitch in the Futures Game, Aaron Boone gave him the best nickname, "Easy Cheese". Can we all agree that he has the most effortless looking upper 90's FB? Wow! I have no problem placing him above Teheran. Shields, Price, Niemann, Hellickson, and Moore next year…..ummmm, yikes!

By: Bluebirdz

Bluebirdz — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:25:35 +0000

@Geo007 How could you possibly compare Anthony Gose to Carlos Gomez. Gomez doesn't have Gose's power, nor does he have his arm or speed. Gose was throwing over 90+ when he was pitching in high school. As well he has been compared to Ricky Henderson in terms of speed. Finally I see how you could be calling out his .260 average, but Gose walks alot and therefore has a leadoff level OBP at .356. When you have 4 above average tools its not that bad to have 1 average one.

By: Russ

Russ — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 06:48:07 +0000

Love it. Great list! Thanks for the work.

By: stuart

stuart — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 05:01:53 +0000

The Rangers have four in your top 50; and two that could be if it werent for injuries- Olt and Scheppers. Neil Ramirez, Ross, Weiland and Buckel may be on the list soon. Do the Rangers have one of the top system again?

By: Geo007

Geo007 — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:12:27 +0000

How on earth did Anthony Gose rise on your top 50 mid-season list when he struggled the entire first half of AA baseball? Gose is on pace to have 150 strikeouts as a leadoff hitter? He is likely to turn into Carlos Gomez, not Carl Crawford! Leadoff hitters need to get on base and with a .260 AVG or worse, he will not succeed!!

By: Mick and Wayne

Mick and Wayne — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:58:01 +0000

Did someone just say Matt Adams? Even a caveman couldn't come up with something more ridiculous! Now, what about Stetson Alie? Or Keon Broxton?

By: J.J. Cooper

J.J. Cooper — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 01:00:12 +0000

Also, Robinson’s strikeout rate is a concern, 100 Ks in just over 300 ABs.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:48:27 +0000

How close was Brandon Guyer of the Rays to making this list? One amazing stat with him is 15 OF assists in 78 games. He also homered in his very first big league AB.

By: J.J. Cooper

J.J. Cooper — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:21:34 +0000

Robinson’s a good prospect, but you do have to temper the enthusiasm a little bit. Albuquerque is a very good place for hitters, just ask John Lindsey, who flirted with hitting .400 there last year. And not only does Robinson play his home games in Albuquerque, much of his road schedule is at places like Reno, Colorado Springs and Las Vegas, other parks where the ball flies out. We ran our list by roughly 10 scouts/front office officials. None of them suggested that Robinson should be a top 25 prospect.

By: J.J. Cooper

J.J. Cooper — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:17:37 +0000

Crawford was never a top prospect because there are serious concerns about his bat. Belt did not qualify for the list because at the time the list was compiled he was on the major league disabled list on minor league rehab.

By: Robb

Robb — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:42:42 +0000

You guys really missed this one! Brad Peacock no 42 is a travesty. His #'s in a tough eastern league ar stupid. He is leading the minors in k's and his hits to innings pitched are off the charts. Just because he was a late round pick doesn't mean he's not a dominant player in the minor's. He should be a top 5! I mean he's touching 96 with a hammer curve ball. Watch him in the future's game on sunday. I would think he will be called up to the show or at least triple A right after the future's game he has nothing more to prove at double A. I don't get this one!

By: Future Daydream

Future Daydream — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 07:11:46 +0000

Yeah! And what about all those utility infielders and fourth outfielders

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 06:11:06 +0000

Hello from Thailand. I am enjoying this baseball season on my computer through your site and MLBTV. My favorite team is the Giants and I see that they are right about average given each team should have 1 and two thirds players on it. The Giants have two listed so I am encouraged, even though the Giants are ranked pretty low as a farm system. Funny because they are very successful ML teams. But I would like to know if Brandon Belt was not considered a prospect any more because he was called up briefly… and if that is the case how about the other rookie Brandon… Brandon Crawford. I never saw him rated as a very high prospect and yet he had to jump several levels, arriving at the show as an emergency fix because of the tremendous amount of Giant injuries. So is he still a prospect? He might stick as a good glove no hit guy or then again he might go back to AA to resume his development. Would he be rated then?

By: Andy T

Andy T — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 05:19:11 +0000

Where the hell is Evan Lernak!?!

By: Wow

Wow — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:30:00 +0000

The fact that Trayvon Robinson isn't on this list really makes you have to scratch your head — let alone not being in the Top 15 or so.
Disappointing list to say the least. No list that places Hak-Ju Lee at #22 and leaves off one of the best all around talents in the game in Robinson is one that should be all that respected.
Like BA 99% of the time, but this is one poorly constructed list.

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By: scott

scott — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 02:27:44 +0000

always wonder why relievers who fly up to the majors are never on these list hardly shrug

By: J.J. Cooper

J.J. Cooper — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:57:05 +0000

Was in consideration, but ended up probably in the 60-70 range.

By: J.J. Cooper

J.J. Cooper — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:54:29 +0000

Moore’s curveball is better, his fastball is just as good (and his changeup is not far behind Teheran’s) and he’s doing it from the left side. They’re 1A and 1B as a scout said in our Scout’s View, but that’s why Moore ranks ahead of Teheran.

By: J.J. Cooper

J.J. Cooper — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:53:22 +0000

Here’s the answer I gave in the chat today: We initially had Kelly in the Top 50, but in the end, the consensus was that at some point he has to start missing more bats. The stuff is every bit as good as it was in our preseason scouting reports, but we are talking about a player who has posted a 1.50 WHIP and a near 5.00 ERA in 38 Double-A starts. And he’s done it in reasonable parks for pitchers. He still has the stuff to be a No. 2 starter, but there’s a long ways to go to get there.

By: J.J. Cooper

J.J. Cooper — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:52:44 +0000

We were being pretty aggressive with him. Once scouts have seen more than 150 U.S. at-bats from him he could climb even higher.

By: J.J. Cooper

J.J. Cooper — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:51:12 +0000

Jacobs would have made the Wait And See list. Like him as a prospect, he’s coming along nicely, but yeah I wouldn’t comp him to Gose, one is a plus-plus runner, the other runs well for his size.

By: J.J. Cooper

J.J. Cooper — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:50:20 +0000

Walk rate is one concern, defensive position is another. But he is doing a lot to rekindle his prospect status this year.

By: J.J. Cooper

J.J. Cooper — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:49:45 +0000

Wouldn’t be surprised at all to see Parker climb the list as he gets further away from his Tommy John surgery.

By: J.J. Cooper

J.J. Cooper — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:49:21 +0000

Well aware of the stats, but not really a Top 50 guy.

By: J.J. Cooper

J.J. Cooper — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:48:16 +0000

Yeah Belt didn’t qualify for the list by one day. He would have been Top 20 at least by my estimate.

By: J.J. Cooper

J.J. Cooper — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:47:40 +0000

Strikeout rate is still a concern.

By: J.J. Cooper

J.J. Cooper — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:47:22 +0000

Not far off, but didn’t make the Top 50.