He has outstanding power – do you just ignore college production?

i still don’t understand the posey hating that is on this board

1.9 pop is below ML average. I agree with everything else you said about Posey.

I still see Tim Beckham, Pedro Alvarez, and Eric Hosmer ahead of him. And Justin Smoak right alongside, and Gordon Beckham close behind. And that’s just the hitters. And I can even see where some might see Shipworth’s upside as being higher, though I would still take Posey there.

This is sort of like the discussion you were having here recently with the guy who thought Gordon Beckham should be in the top 3 picks. It’s debateable. I think some are questioning Posey just because of recent reports that he could go #1. Whether he’s a good pick there is different from whether he’s in the top 10.

You did a good job of listing the positives for Posey. I think the questions raised will be that many think his power projects more as doubles power in MLB, and that he is naturally still going to be raw defensively. A good arm helps, but there’s more to defense behind the plate than a good arm. How high he goes is going to depend in part on how confident scouts are in his defense and makeup, as he still will have some work to do to be an MLB catcher. But, given the scarcity of talent at the position, if they really like him enough behind the plate, maybe he’s even worth a #1 pick.

And if Sheppers has the better 1/2 puch, he has the better “stuff.” If you’re getting into the third pitch, then it’s more about repertoire. Matusz not only has the better repertoire, he’s a lot more polished overall, better command, knows how to pitch. Scheppers is relatively inexperienced, as a converted SS, and ranked highly in good part based on raw stuff.

Overall, I’d say I have a pretty good idea at this point of roughly who the top 15 are, but putting them in exactly the right order, and especially guessing what teams will actually do, is another matter. It’s too soon for me to say for sure who should be #1

You mean Posey CAN definately stay at Catcher? I agree with that, but to think he’s some defensive stud is saying a bit much. He’s def. a work in progreess.

Oh, great he’s hitting .450 this year…wow, why don’t just put him in the Hall of Fame considering that will def. translate to the MLB…He’s got a short compact swing that will allow him to hit for an average, but not for power. And with that said, I don’t understand why he’s a top 10 prospect.

Sure, Skipworth might not be able to stick at C, but I think he will…He’ll never be elite defensively, but he’s got a plus arm and a nice power swing from the left side of tha plate.

I suppose why have different definitions of “stuff” then, I’ll take a guy with two plus pitches over a pitcher with 2 average pitches and a potentially plus pitch everytime.