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Help rank 7 High-A and Low-A sleepers

Here is a list of six Low A or High A prospects:

Daniel Nava, OF

Sean Doolittle, 1B

Jim Negrych, 3B

Kevin Randel, 2B

Brian Dopirak, 1B

Mitchell Moreland, 1B

Eric Fryer, LF

Please rank order these prospects in order.  Things to consider, power potential, age for level, prowess for position, etc.

Can Randel produce above average offense for a 2B?  Will Randel move quickly (he's either 27 or 28)?  Will Negrych stick at 3B?  Are Fryer and Nava capable fielders?

Thanks for the help!

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Apparently I missed the fact that Dopirak, Nava and Randel are OLD. Presumably this means they aren’t really prospects. However, the other 4 all seem age appropriate for their levels.

Any idea on the rest of them?

by stickpiano on Oct 3, 2008 6:29 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Once upon a time

Dopirak was a serious prospect, but he’s pretty much fallen off the radar at this point.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Oct 3, 2008 9:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But let's just put it this way

The fact that he’s still in A-ball four years after hitting 40 HR in low-A isn’t a good sign….

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Oct 3, 2008 9:43 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Now those are sleepers (other than Doolittle and Negrych).

I can say that some people are fairly high on Moreland. Jamey Newberg ranks him in the top 20 in a deep Texas system:

18. MITCH MORELAND, 1B/RF, Low A Clinton (15)

A college closer, Moreland mopped up two Clinton losses late in the season, striking out three in two innings of work. But it was his bat that led the Rangers to draft him in last year’s 17th round, and he made the decision look great in 2008. Moreland led the Midwest League with a .936 OPS, 250 total bases, and 99 RBIs in 123 games, and he hit 18 home runs, fifth-most in the league.

http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080911&content_id=3455999&vkey=news_tex&fext=.jsp&c_id=tex

by Brett Perryman on Oct 3, 2008 7:46 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Isnt Dopirak like 30?

Never, Never, NEVER give up

by hero66 on Oct 3, 2008 11:43 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's nothin'

In prospect years, he’s like 80.

by slurve on Oct 4, 2008 9:38 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Doolittle got promoted mid year to AA Midland

although he struggled quite a bit there.

facepalm.jpg

by Zonis on Oct 4, 2008 5:21 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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