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Florida Marlins Top 20 Prospects in Review

This list was first published December 16, 2007. THIS IS NOT A NEW LIST!!! THIS IS A REVIEW OF THE OLD LIST WITH OLD GRADES!!!!!!!

1) Cameron Maybin, OF, Grade A-
     .273/.368/.462 with 18 steals for Double-A Carolina. Power/speed remain strengths, draws walks, but strikeout rate is very high. Could he develop into a Mike Cameron type? Cameron Maybin...Mike Cameron...interesting name parallel.
2) Ryan Tucker, RHP, Grade B
    1.38 ERA with 64/31 K/BB in 78 innings for Carolina, 8.39 ERA with 26/22 K/BB in 34 innings in the majors. Great stuff but command was not ready for the Show.
3) Aaron Thompson, LHP, Grade B
     6.15 ERA with 34/36 K/BB in 60 innings for Carolina, 83 hits allowed. Ineffective at the Double-A level.
4) Chris Volstad, RHP, Grade B
     3.36 ERA with 56/30 K/BB in 91 innings for Carolina, 2.67 ERA with 24/15 K/BB in 34 innings for the Marlins. I was concerned about low strikeout rate but ground ball tendency might save him.
5) Gaby Hernandez, RHP, Grade B
     Crushed in Triple-A, 7.24 ERA with 54/26 K/BB and 94 hits in 65 innings for Albuquerque. Sent back to Double-A, then traded to Mariners. Stock has dropped.
6) Chris Coghlan, 2B, Grade B
     .305/.395/.440 for Carolina with 27 steals. Good contact hitting ability. Adam Kennedy or Todd Walker type?
7) Matt Dominguez, 3B, Grade B
      .285/.346/.419 for Class A Greensboro in the Sally League. OK numbers, not spectacular.
8) Eulegio De La Cruz, RHP, Grade B-
      4.70 ERA with 93/51 K/BB in 113 innings for Albuqueque, 109 hits allowed, 2.00 GO/AO. These are pretty good numbers for Albuquerque.
9) Brett Sinkbeil, RHP, Grade B-
      4.78 ERA with 57/40 K/BB in 124 innings for Carolina, 147 hits allowed. Stock is dropping. Don't like the low strikeouts and excessive hittability.
10) Gaby Sanchez, 1B, Grade B-
      .335/.422/.547 with 16 homers, 17 steals, 58 walks, 58 strikeouts for Carolina. I like this guy.
11) Kyle Winters, RHP, Grade C+
      3.86 ERA with 58/41 K/BB in 100 innings for Jupiter. Rated as a sleeper pre-season, but I don't like the low strikeouts.
12) Sean West, LHP, Grade C+
       2.85 ERA with 63/47 K/BB in 73 innings for Jupiter. Needs better command but an interesting pitcher.
13) Dallas Trahern, RHP, Grade C+
       6.70 ERA with 53/31 K/BB in 83 innings for Albuquerque, 105 hits allowed. High ground ball rate with decent control but everything else is weak.
14) Scott Cousins, OF, Grade C+
       .304/.370/.513 for Jupiter, just promoted to Carolina where he's at .192/.250/.308 the first week. Interesting speed/power player worth watching.
15) John Raynor, OF, Grade C+ 
       .319/.402/.492 with 10 homers, 42 steals for Carolina. Another player with multiple skills having a good year, though already 24.
16) Hector Correa, RHP, Grade C+
       On disabled list at Greensboro.
17) Logan Morrison, 1B, Grade C+
       .351/.414/.536 for Jupiter. Massive breakout season vaults him into elite category.
18) Burke Badenhop, RHP, Grade C
       6.08 ERA with 35/21 K/BB in 47 major league innings, 55 hits allowed. Unimpressive.
19) Steve Cishek, RHP, Grade C
       4.59 ERA with 63/25 K/BB in 65 innings for Greensboro, 61 hits allowed. Not a lot to get excited about.
20) Mike Stanton, OF, Grade C
      .281/.362/.577 with 29 homers for Greensboro, 128 strikeouts in 388 at-bats. Excellent power but other hitting skills look rather raw.

The biggest news here is the huge breakout from Morrison. I rated him as a sleeper prospect and breakthrough candidate in the book, but didn't expect a line like that in the Florida State League. I've always been a bit lukewarm on Volstad, feeling that he was overrated by some folks, but that appears misplaced now. Maybin continues to generate some passionate disagreement among prospect followers.

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the Marlins have some solid hitting prospects

by Ramp on Aug 8, 2008 3:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

west

so what does the future hold for West. His controls been off but he has put up good numbers coming off arm surgery. anyone have an idea on ETA or upside?

by znyfan on Aug 8, 2008 3:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

West

I’m not sure about ETA, but the upside is huge. Front of the rotation starter kind of upside. He has pretty much been getting better with every start, and even his good full season numbers don’t reflect justly what he has been doing as of late.

by bucklin12 on Aug 8, 2008 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Stanton

I think you’re way underplaying what Stanton has done, John. An 18 year kid with 29 HRs and a .939 OPS in the Sally League? And he’s just recently gotten really hot. Last 10 games: 353/ 500/ 794/, with 5 HRs 10 BBs and 9 Ks. Add in his speed, arm, and athleticism and he looks like a special player to me

by rogero on Aug 8, 2008 4:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

he has been impressive

but keep in mind that Greensboro is a really easy park to hit in.

by nms on Aug 8, 2008 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sally League

The Sally isn’t exactly a pitcher league. Still, I agree that what Stanton is going is impressive and should get more attention from John.

by deezle on Aug 9, 2008 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Splits

His home/away splits are nearly identical. He has hit 15 HR in Gboro, and 14 away HR. He’s actually slugging a little more away, but it’s only a .009 difference, so basically no difference at all.

by bucklin12 on Aug 8, 2008 5:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that doesn't mean

the park isn’t helping his numbers out.
home/road splits are always kind of flakey, especially when you’re just taking 2/3 of a season’s worth

by nms on Aug 8, 2008 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Greensboro

Of course the park could be helping his numbers out, but his splits reflect that his number would basically be the same across most parks in the SALLY. I’m definitely weary of Greensboro sluggers as so many seem to fade in the FSL. But none of them have put up these kind of numbers at this young of an age.

by bucklin12 on Aug 9, 2008 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Question

Why is Maybin at this point widely considered much better than a player such as…say, Austin Jackson? Or is he not anymore.

Consider this:

1) Jackson is only two months younger.
2) Jackson has proven that last year was not a fluke
3) Their 2008 numbers:

Maybin (AA): .273/.375/.448 13-HR 12-2B 6-3B 18-6 stealing 104K in 333 at-bats
Jackson (AA): .295/.375/.448 9-HR 27-2B 5-3B 15-5 stealing 79K in 417 at-bats

http://yankeesmtom.blogspot.com/

by hallofamer2000 on Aug 8, 2008 9:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Edit

Should say “Jackson is only two months older.”

http://yankeesmtom.blogspot.com/

by hallofamer2000 on Aug 8, 2008 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Raw Talent

Maybin is rated so high because of his raw talent is through the roof, If he polishes a few things like his K rate, . His tools don’t come around very often. He’s has never had an outrageous statistical season; not as much of his spec star is based on numbers.

by Flasportsfan88 on Aug 9, 2008 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Answer

John, you ask if Cameron Maybin could develop into a Mike Cameron type. My answer would be a definite Maybin (ba-BOOM).

by sharksrog on Aug 9, 2008 2:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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