similar ceilings

by bkmhoxx on Feb 6, 2008 12:13 PM EST Comment 4 comments

im trying to figure out the highest ceilings on yet a few more players that John has given similar grades or upside type comments.
Can anyone offer any information on any of the floowing players?
Im looking for highest upside.

Brandon Hicks
Danny Worth
Kellen Kulbacki
Brad Suttle
Austin Romine
Corey Brown
Sean Doolittle
Caleb Gindl
Jamie Skelton
or some others that my be just off of prospect charts

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I only know A's prospects

but Corey Brown is considered to have a much higher ceiling than Doolittle. Doolittle tops out as a Casey Kotchman type. (High average, good glove, not more than 20 HR or so a year.) Corey Brown could be Swisher with better power, speed and arm strength.

by PaulThomas on Feb 6, 2008 3:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

That is the problem with the toolsy guys.

They all could be .300+.420+.580+/1.000+ type players with 30+ steals. I actually like your Doolittle reference but I have a hard time saying Brown could turn into Swisher with more power/speed personally.

by jfish26101 on Feb 6, 2008 3:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

In Derek McKamey (sp?)'s system

Brown scored a 9D (elite ceiling, 30% chance of reaching ceiling) and Doolittle scored, I believe, an 8C (solid ceiling, 50% chance of reaching it).

I don't think anyone thinks Brown will ultimately be a high-average hitter (strikes out too much) but he rates as good as or better than Swisher did at his age in both stats and tools.

Adam Morrison could tell you that college stats aren't the be-all and end-all of anything, but Brown's numbers at OSU were batshit insane.

by PaulThomas on Feb 6, 2008 8:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs