Kansas City Royals Top 5 Prospects
The Royals have had, to a lesser degree, the same ‘advantage’ that the Rays have had in terms of building a farm system: They’re perennially among the first few picks in the draft. Unlike the Rays, most of the Royals’ recent high draft picks are in the majors and producing - to varying degrees. This […]
Top 100 Prospects Review (30-21)
30. OF Jason Heyward (Atlanta Braves)
Year In Review: I’m such a fan of this guy. He just turned 18 this year, so it’s as if a guy was drafted out of high school, placed in full-season baseball and hit .340/.400/.497. Obviously a BA like that requires some luck with BABIP, and he has a very […]
Top 100 Prospects Review (40-31)
Now we’re really going to get into the big hits and big disappointments.
40. RHSP Homer Bailey (Cincinnati Reds)
Year In Review: Bailey may be a poster-boy for big disappointments. He just isn’t the uber-prospect he was touted to be a couple of years ago. He will have a big league career as a starter, I’m certain; […]
Top 100 Prospects Review (50-41)
50. LHSP Frank Morales (Colorado Rockies)
Year In Review: A combined 57 walks and 41 strikeouts (not a typo, unlike the rest of the things on this site) is not the way to go. Morales has all the stuff you’re looking for, but when your control is this terrible, I don’t care.
Prospect Status: Way down, graduated.
49. […]
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Top 100 Prospects Review (90-81)
90. RHSP Aaron Poreda (Chicago White Sox)
Year In Review: One of my prospect pet peeves is when a supposed power pitcher is unable to strike batters out. (Deolis Guerro anybody?). At High-A, Poreda struck out only 15% of batters he faced, and for some reason that earned him a promotion to AA. A good start […]
Top Ten Drafts
To wrap things up, here are who I think had the best drafts:
1. Colorado Rockies
2. Tampa Bay Rays
3. Kansas City Royals
4. Minnesota Twins
5. Arizona Diamondbacks
6. Texas Rangers
7. Oakland Athletics
8. Cincinnati Reds
9. Houston Astros
10. Milwaukee Brewers
NL Central Draft Review
Chicago Cubs
Best Pick: Chris Carpenter, who’s just now started to fully recover from Tommy John surgery. With a mid-90s FB and a mid-80s curveball which allowed him to strike out 88 in 73.2 IP, Carpenter could just be some improvement in his command to be as good as any pitcher in the draft.
Worst Pick: Ryan […]
NL East Draft Review
Atlanta Braves
Best Pick: Brett DeVall, who has three potentially plus pitches with the ability to command all of them.
Worst Pick: Ezekiel Spruill, who throws a hard fastball… inconsistently… with a weird delivery… and not much besides that.
Highest Risk/Reward: Spruill.
Overall: Their first three picks were high school pitchers. Even though I really like DeVall, how can […]
AL West Draft Review
I love the Angels for taking a bunch of high school and small school players I’ve never heard of. Really making my job easy, guys.
Los Angeles Angels
Best Pick: Ryan Chaffee, because he’s cool. Apparently he throws from 3 different arm slots. So there’s a lot of breaking balls right there, a decent fastball, and an […]
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