MLB.com Top 50
by gobruins12345 on Jul 29, 2011 1:21 PM EDT
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Some very strange rankings that almost indicate they haven't followed prospects this year, but here' s the list (http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/watch/y2011/)
1. Mike Trout
2. Bryce Harper
4. Matt Moore
8. Jacob Turner
9. Martin Perez
10. Jameson Taillon
11. Manny Machado
12. Desmond Jennings
13. Brett Lawrie
14. Brandon Belt
15. Jurickson Profar
16. Tyler Skaggs
17. Manny Banuelos
18. Casey Kelly
19. Wil Myers
20. Jake Odorizzi
21. Jarrod Parker
22. Anthony Rizzo
23. Mike Montgomery
24. Devin Mesoraco
25. Dee Gordon
27. Wilin Rosario
28. Dellin Betances
29. Nick Franklin
30. Aaron Hicks
31. Carlos Martinez
32. Drew Pomeranz
33. Zach Wheeler
34. Kyle Gibson
35. Brett Jackson
36. Yonder Alonso
37. Jarred Cosart
38. Jonathan Singleton
40. Gary Sanchez
41. Matt Dominguez
42. Miguel Sano
43. Guillermo Pimentel
44. Chris Archer
45. Wilmer Flores
46. Jose Iglesias
47. Tanner Scheppers
48. John Lamb
49. Tyler Matzek
50. Gary Brown
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Some thoughts
Casey Kelly, Wilmer Flores, and Jose Iglesias all seem way too high
Some players that have been popping up a lot that aren’t here:
Taijuan Walker, Travis D’Arnaud, Matt Harvey, Hak-Ju Lee, Goldschmidt, Zach Lee, Cuthbert, Peacock, etc
Flores doesn't belong anywhere near this list.
He’s young for his level, but regardless of age he still hasn’t done much there to warrant a top 50, or probably even a top 100 spot.
Harvey should be in there. Last night’s start doesn’t count in this but how does 7IP 10K 1BB 1ER look to you?
"It don't make you a bad person" - Ron Bennington
so the argument is
-Not enough of the guys who show up on everybody else’s list
-Too much of the guys who don’t show up on a lot of other lists
Unless you have concrete proof that there are only 50 good prospects in MiLB, I think a little more liberalism is warranted . . .
by mrkupe on Jul 29, 2011 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
How about 44-49?
Archer – huge control problems, poor performance
Flores – poor performance, probably won’t have the bat to play where his defense will let him
Iglesias – atrocious at the plate
Scheppers – reliever
Lamb – broken
Matzek – biggest disappointment in minors this year until last two starts?
The whole second half of this list looks like they wrote it in February. Shit like this on MLB’s own web page is embarrassing.
Aside from Matt Moore and Jurickson Profar moving up, it looks exactly like a February list would
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by Imperialism32 on Jul 29, 2011 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah this list
is utter shit. Maybe the worst I’ve ever seen from a major publication
Brandon Jacobs of Lowell > Brandon Jacobs of NYG
sorry
lol i said on top it was bad, more sharing it because of that
by gobruins12345 on Jul 29, 2011 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
no need to be sorry
don’t kill the messenger….not sure why I came back to check this.
I guess I was hoping for more distaste
Isn't this Mayo's top 50 before the season started?
He updates his list every month to show how each prospect is progressing. Did we confuse the update to an actual updated top 50 list?
weird list
Top half is alright, but bottom half is pretty ridiculous.
How do you guys generally rate Jonathan Mayo in comparison to other prospect evaluators? I’ve seen him on the MLB Network a few times and he kinda comes across as a dummy who tries to make it appear he knows what he is talking about, but really is full of shit.
by John Black on Jul 29, 2011 3:44 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Mayo is very knowledgeable
And his “lists” are usually just an averaging of lists that he receives from scouts.
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Im pretty sure
This is a preseason list isnt it? How come there isnt a professional evaluator who (communal) we don’t crap all over?
impossible, lol
Since we all have personal favs, and when certain guys are omitted (or placed low), there is an uproar (me included). Its just impossible to make everyone happy. However, this list above did a great job of making a lot of people unhappy. So I guess it is somewhat effective.
by John Black on Jul 29, 2011 4:15 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
This is terrible. Absolutely terrible.
McGee was rated higher than Archer on the Rays top 10 list, but Archer is ahead on this list? What???
Then, the commentary is absolutely awful. Jennings stock is down???
their lists always suck
i cant believe they let this stuff get through
Pimental at 43
and Walker not on the list.
Pure craziness
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