except for Main and Inoa. Main is better than Inoa.

What a great idea for a post. Can someone do some other head to heads? Maybe a bracket of all 30 teams??

Also the A’s have graduated Suzuki, Barton, Buck, Devine, Eveland, and Sweeney to the majors and all will be in their 25 or under season in 2009. Texas has Davis.

I’d definitely take Rodriguez over Beavan, but any such calls are judgment calls.

It does show the Rangers have a better future overall, although it’s closer than you make it seem.

But you said, “Rangers’ system dominates the Athletics’. Not even close.” The Rangers do have a better system, but it’s not domination. Domination would be the Rangers over the Astros.

I’ve made Michael Main > Michael Inoa.

So much fail in it.

Some of the matchups and the players he are comparing make no sense. I bet I could do the same thing, but switch around the players and matchups, and come out with the A’s dominating.

That’s why I just leave it at this – the Rangers definitely have more top-tier talent, but the A’s have far better depth. It’s close, but I’d give it to the Rangers.

I’ll be a hypocrit and join in

C Taylor Teagarden vs Josh Donaldson – Winner: Texas

1B Justin Smoak vs Sean Doolittle – Winner: Texas

2B Jose Vallejo vs Jemile Weeks – Winner: Oakland

3B Johnny Whittleman vs Adrian Cardenas – Winner: Oakland

SS Elvis Andrus vs Jason Christian – Winner: Texas

OF Julio Borbon vs Aaron Cunningham – Winner: Oakland

OF Engel Beltre vs Corey Brown – Winner: Texas

OF Greg Golson vs Rashun Dixon – Winner: Texas (its close)

OF Chad Tracy vs Matt Sulentic – Winner: Texas

DH Max Ramirez vs Chris Carter – Winner: Texas (also close)

SP Neftali Feliz vs Trevor Cahill ((better matchup)) – Winner: Oakland

SP Derek Holland vs Brett Anderson – Winner: Oakland

SP Michael Main vs Michael Inoa – Winner: Texas

SP Martin Perez vs Gio Gonzalez – Winner: Oakland

SP Neil Ramirez vs Vin Mazzaro – Winner: Oakland

SP Kasey Kiker vs James Simmons – Winner: Oakland

CL Blake Beavan vs Henry Rodriguez – Winner: Texas

FINAL SCORE: 9-8 (Rangers Win)

but I’m low on Andrus and a few others and I think that the As edge the Rangers out just barely in the large scheme of things

Jon game the Rangers 3 A’s and 8 B’s to the rangers system and 2 A’s and 13 B’s. Looks pretty even to me.

That’d be interesting to see.

I think I can safely say that this is the worst Dewey post yet. Worse than the random Howie Kendrick one, even. The ranking system is incredibly, incredibly flawed (as anyone who takes more than 5 seconds to think about it can see), and once again, the actual post contains nothing of substance, or worthy of discussion.

And, hell, most of the edges that Dewey gives here are complete B.S. Seriously, you give “Borbon vs. Cunningham” to Borbon, which would be fine if you gave any explanation. But, you didn’t- you just gave it to Borbon without any explanation, even though only one of these two will likely get onto top 100 prospect lists come spring (hint: it’s not Borbon). Just some explanation here would be nice. Although, I assume that any explanation you did have would contain some ridiculous hunch that Cunningham will have the world’s first male pregnancy and have to retire from the game because of complications from said pregnancy, thereby making him a worse prospect than Cunningham. Or some such similar nonsense, as most of your other “analysis” has contained.

If this comes off as pissy, it’s because I’m frustrated. I’m frustrated that Dewey continually posts nonsense, I’m frustrated that people are reccing it, even as a joke, and I’m frustrated that his moronic posts are actually generating discussion (albeit mostly discussion related to how moronic his posts are).

On topic, in my completely unbiased opinion, I think the A’s do have the better farm system. They have a larger base of high-talent players, and a ton of depth that our pro-analyst here didn’t even get to in his awesome comparisons.

In AAA, Oakland’s affiliate, Sacramento, beat the Rangers affiliate, Oklahoma City. In AA, Oakland’s affiliate, Midland, tied the Rangers affiliate, Frisco. In High A, Oakland’s affiliate, Stockton, beat the Rangers affiliate, Bakersfield. Oakland has the better system. Hah!

or is this minorleageball’s version of sex sells? This thread is nothing more than Tex-Oak-spoiltation

as far as i’m concerned. Like some of the other posters, i’m not sure I’d rank Cahill over Feliz. We might have a better indication after this year. Holland has more potential to be a frontline starter, imo, but also has a higher chance of busting versus but Anderson has more likelihood of becoming a solid mid-rotation pitcher. Edge for ceiling goes to Holland, however, Anderson reaching his is more likely. I’d call that one a draw.

IF Beavan regains his velocity i’d take him over Rodriguez, but until then give me Henry.

All and all an interesting post Dewey. I have to agree with most of your assessment.

Why are people saying he’s a closer? Is he going to make the switch or something?

but looked it up.

Q: JAYPERS from IL asks:
What led you to put Beavan in the Closer’s spot on the 2012 lineup card? Also, how close was he to the Top 10?
 
 A: Aaron Fitt: Mostly it was a numbers game — there’s just no room for him in the projected rotation. But I also know some knowledgeable baseball people who think Beavan winds up in the pen, partly because of his questionable secondary stuff, and partly because his ability to pound the strike zone with that heavy fastball, combined with his mean streak and intimidating size, seem tailor-made for the back of the pen.

So it seems like it’s more an industry thing, than just a BA concoction.
 

“Simply put: Star Power vs Mediocrity”
“You mean a long list of mediocre prospects? You’re right, the Athletics do have a lot of those. Fortunately for the Rangers, they have a long list of TALENT.”

Yeah, we understand that you’ve got a little thing for the Rangers but could you please give some evidence to back up some of the shit that you say on here? I actually agree with you that the Rangers have a better system than the A’s. Probably more talent in the majors, too. I love me some Chris Davis.

But give me a break. Mediocrity? Back it up with something other than “well I just don’t think he’s got the talent.” Well why the hell not? Quit making up your own scouting reports on players. It’s getting old.

but the discussions/comments in it are much worse. Not a proud moment for fans of either team.

This entire thread is dumber than a sack of hammers.

Stu (Dallas, Tx): Hey Jim, a group of us are having a huge argument over the Rangers and A’s prospects. Which one right now would you take head to head? Also, which out of Cahill/Anderson or Feliz/Holland would you take?

SportsNation Jim Callis: (2:27 PM ET ) Anderson/Cahill.