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Minor Leaguers with Power

I'm drafting in a power heavy fantasy league and was wondering how you guys rank the power hitters in the minor leagues. I see everyone's top 100 lists, but if you were STRICTLY looking for power, in what order would you draft these guys? Thanks in advance for any help.

 

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Travis Snider
Lars Anderson
Mike Stanton
Matt LaPorta
Chris Carter (OAK)
Tyler Flowers
Kyle Blanks
Chris Marrero
Michael Burgess

by soxkid on Jan 19, 2009 11:15 AM EST reply actions  

Lars

in terms of shear power I’m having a hard time believing Lars is up there, although the rest of the list seems fine.

by Navi's_Navy on Jan 19, 2009 3:45 PM EST up reply actions  

scouts

would strongly disagree with you.

by alskor on Jan 19, 2009 3:55 PM EST up reply actions  

they probably

slightly disagree with him. scouts love lars’ power potential, since he is a pretty big guy with a pretty swing, but he certainly isnt a power hitter yet. there are a couple of other kids on that list that fall in that category as well.

as for the list: snider (though i dont think he is a minor leaguer going forward), stanton, carter, laporta, and possibly burgess are your best bets if you are focusing on purely now power, with guys like lars, flowers and marrero being more power potential types (with some current production)

by skiinginNJ on Jan 19, 2009 5:32 PM EST up reply actions  

#1

and Alvarez fits in there close to the top as well.

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by doublestix on Jan 19, 2009 5:08 PM EST up reply actions  

weglarz

I think he comes on this year, might be a late draft bargain.

by FRANCHISEv2 on Jan 19, 2009 1:00 PM EST reply actions  

Justin Smoak

Max Ramirez

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by octoberty on Jan 19, 2009 1:01 PM EST reply actions  

So is this how you would have it:

Travis Snider
Lars Anderson
Mike Stanton
Matt LaPorta
Chris Carter (OAK)
Tyler Flowers
Kyle Blanks
Chris Marrero
Michael Burgess
Eric Hosmer
Nick Weglarz
Justin Smoak
Max Ramirez
Logan Morrison

by LinceCainGarnerSon on Jan 19, 2009 1:16 PM EST reply actions  

Pedro Alvarez?

I’d have him near the top. Villalona and Montero probably should be up there as well.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Jan 21, 2009 2:05 PM EST up reply actions  

Others to consider

Angel Villalona
Pedro Alvarez
Mike Moustakas (First teen to lead his league in homers since Prince)
Jesus Montero (Supposedly an 80 on the rating scale for power)
Gordon Beckham (Great Power from a middle infielder)

by brok515 on Jan 19, 2009 1:47 PM EST reply actions  

Heres my list

Mike Stanton
Chris Carter
Jesus Montero
Nick Weglarz
Gordon Beckham
Lars Anderson
Mike Constanzo (anyone hear from him lately?)

"Sometimes Joe (morgan) doesn't like facts to get in the way of his opinions."- billy beane
"That was a great pick...if this was 2002" Me, to guy who selected Barry Zito in a fantasy draft

by harendaman365 on Jan 19, 2009 2:24 PM EST reply actions  

depends if you are ranking pure, raw power

or the ability to do anything with it. On a pure raw power level, Francisco is a beast. When it comes to actual in game situations, a little less so. He’ll run into a home run every so often, but his .496 slugging isnt exactly elite.

"Sometimes Joe (morgan) doesn't like facts to get in the way of his opinions."- billy beane
"That was a great pick...if this was 2002" Me, to guy who selected Barry Zito in a fantasy draft

by harendaman365 on Jan 19, 2009 6:12 PM EST up reply actions  

Rank

Here is how I would rank the top 10 prospects based strictly on power:

1. LaPorta
2. Stanton
3. Hosmer
4. Alvarez
5. Montero
6. Burgess
7. Smoak
8. Snider
9. Chris Carter (Oak)
10. Wieters

I did not account for positions, which is why Wieters is 10th and not 1st.

by guru4u on Jan 19, 2009 4:13 PM EST reply actions  

this is pretty good

i’d move Laporta down to about 4, the others up according.

also, my homerism says Moustakas should be there…first teenager to win the HR title since Prince Fielder in the midwest league.

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by doublestix on Jan 19, 2009 5:12 PM EST up reply actions  

What about this…

How would you pick if say you had 10 rounds in a minor league fantasy draft. You are STRICTLY drafting for power. Who would you pick in the 1st, 2nd, etc? Of course assuming everyone is still available.

by LinceCainGarnerSon on Jan 19, 2009 4:53 PM EST reply actions  

Are we forgetting

That Colby Rasmus hit 29 home runs including 2 more in the playoffs at double A in 2007?

by CoolCat23 on Jan 19, 2009 5:56 PM EST reply actions  

Greg Halman / Michael Wilson

Halman posted a .304 ISO in High Desert. Not particularly surprising given the hitting friendly confines. Kept it up in AA West Tennessee with a .204 ISO. In his previous years, Halman has shown improvement when he gets more time at a particular level (.250 ISO first year in A- ball, .290 the next), so you can probably expect he’s going to put up some power numbers even in the more talented AA leagues.

After all, the second guy on my list, Michael Wilson, has done exactly that. In AA last season, Wilson put up a .273 ISO, and there’s no way Wilson has more power then Halman does. Wilson should move up to AAA Tacoma where it can be argued that the pitching gets worse in the PCL. Even if it doesn’t, most big time pitching starters are called up by May, which leaves a full 3 months worth of “bad” pitching for a power monster to feed off.

Of the two, Halman is the bigger risk since his success is limited by his ability to make contact, so he could just as easily flounder.

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by The Typical Idiot Fan on Jan 19, 2009 6:11 PM EST reply actions  

In a keeper league....

Sean Ratliff wouldn’t be a bad pickup at the end of a draft.

by METSMETSMETS on Jan 19, 2009 6:27 PM EST reply actions  

Michael Taylor

Another guy that I’d throw in the power hitter category. He had 19 HR’s and 39 2B’s playing in the SAL/FSL both of his home fields favor pitchers pretty heavily. He’ll be moving up to AA this year where it’s much hitter friendly.

by Southwest on Jan 19, 2009 10:51 PM EST reply actions  

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