My Top 50 Prospects

are A’s for me. I have never liked Dom Brown and before this year he would not have even been in my top 25, but I have to give him the credit he deserves.

2. Freeman and Morrison are interchangeablem but I like Morrison’s hit tool better and feel that he will be the better overall hitter when they reach the majors.

3. Shelby Miller was an H.M, but it mostly has to do with the fact that Matzek is a power lefty who has control. He has better current overall stuff than Miller does. Miller would have been in the 50-53 range though.

4. With Minor’s increase in velocity and his pitching know-how I feel like he could be a dominant starter. I really love power lefites also, so I will always rate the pwer lefty higher when two prospects are close.

the struggles certainly played a part, but I don’t believe in the tools as much as some others do. I like his season last year and the beginning of this season, but I want too see more from him. I know it may seem like asking for too much, but I like some of the other guys enough to not have him in the top 50. He probably would have been 51.

and Delgado has not done that MUCH more for me to move him ahead.

I’d rank the Braves pitchers…. 1) Teheran, 2) Minor, 3)Randall Delgado, 4)A. Vizcaino, 5)Probably Hoover 6) probably DiMaster Delgado….

just got called up yesterday. I have no other reason than that. lol

Bryce Harper is going to have Stephen Strasburg like hype… only it will probably play out even longer

Because Stras made the majors pretty darn quickly. Not Mike Leake fast but still quick. – no setbacks

Many have compared him to Travis Snider. The guy can just kill the ball. His power is not on Haprer’s level, but he is one of the few who can sniff it. Also, the order of the draft is not a good way to rank players. Most believe the Rays got an absolute steal with the pick. Houston was considering taking him at 9, but they just like Deshields better for some reason.

SteveHoffmanSlowey’s top 50. There is a really good debate on there regarding Schepers that I also contributed too. It shows my concerns about him and it also shows why many believe he will be a good starter. It is a good argument with well thought out responses on both sides.

F-Mart is probably in the 60-65 range and Crow somewhere in the top 75 also. The Royals have toooo many arms. Not that it is a bad thing though.

Don’t really like that kind of player in general. No defense, good power, tons of strikeouts, and low average. Adam Dunn is actually one of my least favorite players in the league and I never liked Chris Davis(looked how that has been going).

Chris Carter is too boring of a name and there’s a few other Chris Carters lurking in the sports world. If his name was Zeke Tisdale I’m fairly certain he’d be a top 15 prospect in some circles.

but he is one of the pitchers you have to wait until they get to at least double A to judge because he will dominate the lower levels with his fastball alone. I do like him though.

he may eat third base if he stays there.

he has discipline. He’s Pedro Alvarez with a better batting eye

But the absolutely terrible plate discipline and lack of athleticism are huge issues. I’m not a fan.

me, redsoxfaithful, and casejud all had a good argument on this subject on redsoxfaithful’s top prospect list.

Pretty valuable even if he only slugs .400-.450

Allie might make the back end of the top 100. Some have called his fastvall as even better than Taillon’s. They were constantly ranked 1-2 in the draft in pure stuff. I could see him as a front end starter who takes 4-5 years to make the majors. Outstanding stuff, but he has a lot of work to do. Could make it in 2-3 if they bring him along as a reliever.

I see Bryan Morris on the timeline you listed above. He had a rough start last night, but that doesn’t bring him down for me at all. It was only a matter of time before he had the rough start this year. I really wnat to see how he responds in his next start. That should be more telling than anything he has done this year. He should make it to Triple A by the end of the year with a possible September call-up. Then he will likely start next year in Triple A and make it to the majors sometimes around late June.

Tony Sanchez is the best catching prospect in the minors in my opinion. Myers and Montero are both ranked higher, but niether projects to stay at catcher. Sanchez should put up a line around 280/350/450 every year.That would be good for a 800 OPS which would make him one of the better catchers in the majors. To go along with his good defense, he should be a potential all star. I find it almost laughable that people underrated him so much last year. He is really making the Pirate’s FO look really smart.

Barring something unexpected over the next few months, I’d be surprised if he isn’t a near-unanimous #1, especially considering how weak the overall prospect group is.