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by John Sickels on Sep 30, 2005 11:22 AM EDT in News

Saturday: Sleeper Feature
Sunday: Andruw Jones Prospect Retro
Monday: Guess the Prospect!
Tuesday: Prospect Tidbits; Chase Utley Prospect Retro
Wednesday: Brandon McCarthy Crystal Ball
Thursday: Lance Berkman Prospect Retro
Friday: Paul Konerko Prospect Retro
Make your suggestions in the comment thread.

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Prospect Retro

Paul Konerko

Lance Berkman

by CrossCyed on Sep 30, 2005 11:47 AM EDT 0 recs

another vote..

for a berkman retro

by smt on Sep 30, 2005 11:53 AM EDT up 0 recs

Brad Lidge Retro

would be interesting. Interesting numbers in college and the minors.

by smt on Sep 30, 2005 11:48 AM EDT 0 recs

Brandon McCarthy Crystal Ball

That would be interesting, especially the way he has pitched recently.

by maggsmaggs on Sep 30, 2005 11:55 AM EDT 0 recs

how about

can we get some prospect tidbits for Brett Harper on the Mets? The guy came out of no where and tore it up at single A on the Mets and then double A. Has he been in many minor league organizations because he isn't that young

by wright5reyes7 on Sep 30, 2005 12:25 PM EDT 0 recs

Jonathan Papelbon Crystal Ball

Please I would be very interested in this as he has become so key to the Red Sox stretch run.

by thehitcat on Sep 30, 2005 12:30 PM EDT 0 recs

Mark Teixiera or Miguel Cabrera

crystal ball

by buckos2k on Sep 30, 2005 12:58 PM EDT 0 recs

also

a retro on miguel tejada

by buckos2k on Sep 30, 2005 12:59 PM EDT up 0 recs

How about

a Crystal Ball on Huston Street, Rich Harden, Joe Blanton, Danny Haren or Dan Johnson? Maybe a prospect retro on "The Big Three" of Hudson/Mulder/Zito or Danny Haren?

How about a feature on pitching prospects traded by the Braves? Marquis, Moss, Capellan, Meyer, Schmidt, etc. Why, with the exception of Schmidt, have the Braves been so successful at picking the right guy to deal at the right time? It's kind of uncanny they hit on right guys in what seems like every move.

by gatling on Sep 30, 2005 1:08 PM EDT 0 recs

To be fair

The jury is still out on Meyer and Capellan, and Jason Marquis has been pretty decent in Stl.

That said, we can bring up Jung Bong, Adam Wainwright and Bubba Nelson as guys who really just seem to deteriorate away from the Atlanta system.

by sasquatch83 on Sep 30, 2005 1:12 PM EDT up 0 recs

Maybe I came off wrong.

I'm not calling any of those guys busts. Take Meyer for example, I believe he'll be a solid #3 starter for my A's by 2007 at the latest. But, the Braves deal Capellan and Meyer, and keep Davies, who I would say has had more success so far. That's more what I'm getting at. I forgot about Wainwright, and while Marquis has been decent, I always thought there was "more" to him by most accounts.

by gatling on Sep 30, 2005 1:42 PM EDT up 0 recs

Good point about Davies

There might be something to that - are the Braves just really good at keeping the prospects that make it? While people would stop dealing with them if they were witholding injuries, one does have to wonder if the Braves might hype guys in their farm system - i.e. label one guy a stud prospect at AA while keeping the guy they really like on the downlow.

by sasquatch83 on Sep 30, 2005 2:58 PM EDT up 0 recs

Marquis

Well, J.D. Drew was huge in keeping Atlanta's division title streak alive. Since Marquis is good but not top of the rotation good... I think the Braves did very well in that trade.

Only fault might be that they miscalculated in not offering Drew arbitration to get the draft pick compensation. I know Maddux burned them with that recently, but being in the prime of his career Drew was going to go somewhere for multi-year $$$.

by natsfan2005 on Sep 30, 2005 3:13 PM EDT up 0 recs

Prospect Retro

As a bit of a follow up to the Abernathy retro, how about one for Ron Belliard? For some reason, I feel they're quite similar. Can't quite figure out why though.

by sasquatch83 on Sep 30, 2005 1:09 PM EDT 0 recs

Crystal Ball

Joel Guzman, BJ Upton, Carl Crawford (I really want to see Crawford). Maybe even a Crawford Prospect Retro

by UncleMiltie on Sep 30, 2005 3:31 PM EDT 0 recs

comparison

How about Alex Gordon and Ian Stewart
to
Miguel Cabrera and David Wright

by bobcat on Sep 30, 2005 4:10 PM EDT 0 recs

How about something on David Wright

100 RBIs in his first full season is nothing to scoff at. The left side of the Mets IF is going to be fun to watch

by mtk52983 on Sep 30, 2005 4:17 PM EDT 0 recs

Seconded

I'd love to see a David Wright crystal ball. Considering with a bat, he looks to be almost Rolen's equal already. Defense still needs a little work, but a lot of it's there already...

by sasquatch83 on Sep 30, 2005 4:29 PM EDT up 0 recs

Crystal Ball

On the Jacksonville Suns if they were to - as a team - replace the actual Dodgers next season. Would they win the NL Worst? (For the purposes of this exercise, I still consider Delwyn Young, Jon Broxton, and Edwin Jackson as part of the Suns...I think every advantage needs to be taken.)

by count sutton on Sep 30, 2005 4:37 PM EDT 0 recs