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Community Prospect Question - F-Bomb?

Personally, I'd like to participate in this community prospect poll again at some point, so I was wondering how much of the Fukudome non-voting is based on "principle", instead of a measuring of his prospect value.  If the "I'm not going to vote for this guy, ever" people make up a big enough % of the voting base, I'm going to stop voting for him, too.  As I said in another post, I don't think we can have split opinions on this issue and generate a true "consensus" list.

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Fukudome?
Eww - 30+ is even worser than not drawing walks! Maybe in the 70-100 range.
9 votes
I haven't voted for him, but I may soon. Others are over-rating him a bit.
29 votes
I have voted for him (at least once).
52 votes
I don't think he should be on the ballots. (Not in a MiLB system or other reason)
43 votes
I don't think anyone over 30 can possibly be a top-100 prospect.
24 votes

157 votes | Poll has closed

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This argument has been hashed out like 4 times
Can't we just leave it be?  No one is voting for him anyway in the list.  

by cubsfan2883 on Dec 24, 2007 11:04 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

As a vocal critic
He is a prospect, I don't care about whether he is from Japan on not.

but the fact that he's 31 and will only be valuable for a handful of years knocks him down significantly in my book.

He's probably in 60 range for me.  There are just way too many guys who are in the 20-22 age range with success in A/AA that I think should have a little less value for a lot longer timeframe which would make them more valuable than Fukudome.

by Galt on Dec 24, 2007 12:57 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I pretty much agree with this, FWIW
I haven't been voting for Fuku, but I see no reason why he shouldn't be on the poll.

Even the fact that he has not yet been placed on the list is helpful to me, when considering where to rank him in my fantasy league.  If he were not eligible for this list, I'd have to go elsewhere to to figure out his value, then try to slide him into this list somewhere.  Much easier if he just already being considered in here.

Yes, this site is pretty much my main place to gather info on prospects.

by siddfynch on Dec 24, 2007 1:17 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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