Braves Top 50 Mid Season Prospect List

My list didn’t contain players that are currently in the majors. But this is my take on yours.

I love your placing of Montero. He’s definitely put himself in top 2 consideration when the year ends.
Disagree with Tillman over Bumgarner, but maybe you like the improved secondary pitches and distance to the majors.
Lyles is looking good, but he’s in Low A ball. He’s maybe top 30 now, but move him up to high A with good results and I’ll let him surge. Same with Moore.
Thank you for placing the three Phillies top 30. They 100% deserve it and I can see each of them in the top 20 this year.
Feliz has totally underwhelmed me. As of now he looks a bit like Henry Rodriguez when he’s in the bullpen. Control problems with amazing velocity.
Freeman is easily underrated. I know you’re a Braves fan but below Blanks? No thanks.
McAllister over Latos? Disagree do to the lack of stuff. Although pitchers like McAllister might be ranked higher this year due to the success of “He who shall not be named”
Alderson is a pitcher I don’t like, but dominating at AA at his age deserves a top 20.
Villalona is 19. In A+ ball. And doing well. And has huge potential. He’s going to bust out next year for sure. Top 30 at least for me.
Finally, Marrero isn’t showing enough power for me. It’s kind of concerning the loss of power this year. I need to see a bit more of him before going top 50.

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Would haved liked to see Jemile Weeks sneak in somewhere, but I know it’s still early since he came back from injury.

..but I think Cardenas, Carter and Weeks all have good shouts to make the top 50.

Marrero still has a high ceiling and Feliz IMO is going to be a relief pitcher.

Just because he got hurt doesn’t mean that he shouldn’t be in the top 50. Why isn’t he in there. However I think your list for the most part was correct.

Nice list overall. Most of my quibbles with it are relatively insignificant.

I like the aggressive rankings of Moore and Lyles, though they may be a bit more aggressive than I would do myself; but I’m curious why they have such helium, but Jason Knapp doesn’t make the top 50. It seems he’s tied to the same comet as Moore and Lyles: great ceiling, great performance, tons of ks. I would also slot Alcides Escobar in the 25-30 range.

Chris Carter I think is a top 30. And Jemile Weeks is wildly variable, from 25 to 75 (hard to get a read on him this early). I also like Weglarz as a top 40 guy.

I suppose I would boot McCallister, Saunders, Marrero, Norris, Flowers to make room for Escobar, Carter, Weeks, Knapp, Weglarz.

I don’t think Lyles or Kelly have any business being this high . . .both of them have decent stuff, but I’m not sure either projects as more than a No. 3 pitcher at this point. The comparison between No. 17 Moore and No. 18 Kelly, for example, is not even close for me. I’d gladly take No. 30 Kyle Drabek and No. 41 Martin Perez over the Lyles/Kelly combo.

Alvarez isn’t this good. His raw talent is huge, but the contact problems have been an issue since college. He draws walks and his power is still elite, but those are his plus skills and there’s a not-inconsiderable number of minuses cropping up.

I could go on . . .but basically I think your ranking system is very skewed towards “what have you done for me lately” (not that this is uncommon for this site . . .), and more towards safety rather than upside with the exception of a few personal favorites (Flores?).

Oh, and if you think Neftali Feliz is a reliever, he’s not No. 21 on your list.