Despite being a bit old, he has put up some very solid ratios in AAA, striking out over 9/9IP, and seems to have finally figured out how to command the strike zone. His fastball and curveball are both plus pitches. He seems to me to be a late bloomer. Although he has been roughened up in his first 2 starts, his 3rd in the big league was promising. I think he will be a league average starter once he learns not to beat himself.

Age isn’t the concern with pitching prospects that it is with hitters. Good stuff and minor league pedigree combined with recent minor league dominance give him a good chance of being a mid-rotation starter. That’s worth a B.

Purcey’s a month younger than Dustin McGowan.

Bouncing back nicely from a miserable campaign last year. Has a sweet lefty swing but is still a bit of a 1-tool player, his only plus skill has been his ability to hit for average. Was bad/terrible at base running and defense coming out of high school and has shown steady improvement for a year and a half and is now seen as average to above average at both skills with room for further improvement. Still not a great natural athlete but playing more instinctive now with a pretty good arm in the outfield. At the plate Sulentic still has a mediocre BB/K rate but it is not terrible and has hit a decent amount of doubles but is still lacking in power for a corner outfielder.

Now that he is hitting again Sulentic is at least worth keeping an eye on but unless he can start to show more power or improve his plate discipline he still profiles as not much more than a 4th outfielder. The positives are that he is still young and has demonstrated a strong work ethic during his struggles so there is still a decent amount of potential there.

The guy still has a ton of talent. Ok, he’s 19 and struggling in AA. Is it troubling? A little, but talent is talent, and the kids still got tools, and a pretty good track record before this season.

Still young and projectable. I’d cut some slack for a 19 year old in AA.

jseiner and I agree on this one.

Tabata failed to show any power and couldn’t even adjust to the new conditions in Trenton. He didn’t even hit for average. I doubt any meaningful power will show up, but I think he’ll be able to hit .280 in the majors, at least. I honestly think Tabata should focus on being more of an extreme-contact guy, a la Ichiro, instead of hitting for power, because he would then be more valuable in the majors. He just doesn’t have the frame for 30 homers. That said, he is still young and he could get much better.

In AA this year, he had a 44:42 K:BB in 76 IP. His last 41 IP has been the first time in his entire career where he struck out more a large amount of batters. I’m not saying he doesn’t have potential, but I want to see a lot more

That fastball isn’t to be ignored. He can probably survive the bigs with that great fastball and bad breaking ball. He could be great when he improves that breaking pitch.

Power has been there all along, but now average has started to climb

No position and horrible strikeout rate. Great power at .260 average in the Cal league doesnt project well…imo.

freaking amazing hitter.

B-. I’m tempted to drop him even more, but this seems to be a case of a guy forcing patience and thus hurting his natural instincts. Willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Doing what people expected last year in AA, but at this stage, he needs to show more improvement. Potentially inching towards a move to the pen, where as a power pen arm, he could build a long career. That said, I think you give him until the end of the year, and maybe early next year.

Needs to show that his constantly improving minor league contact skills can translate to the big leagues. He’s walking more, striking out less, and hitting for more power in his second run at AAA, and there’s no reason for him not to be playing for the Mariners right now. He could easily be putting up a .300/.400/.600 line in Tacoma if it weren’t for bad BABIP luck.

The only reason he doesn’t keep the B+ is because I don’t trust the M’s to give him the ABs he needs to make the next step.

Big improvement in K/BB this year, but the gopheritis is concerning.

High risk/high reward.

Always struck out a lot of people. His control is a bit iffy, but he still looks like a very good pitcher

Rowell gets a C. Scouting reports on him aren’t very good in just about every way possible, and the numbers have gone from decent to sucktacular.

Right now, his age and pedigree are basically all he has going for him. And while those will give him opportunities galore, I’m skeptical at this point that it’ll all translate into a useful major leaguer in the end.

Defense is still a major question mark. Elite batting eye (53BB:49K in 87 games) and constantly improving power.

After putting a .279/.390/.397 skipped a level to AA and putting up a .343/.436/.489.

B+. Kid can clearly hit and he’s got elite speed. Solid eye at the plate too.

I think he’d be a good candidate to skip the FSL next year.