Now it can be told: my slurve list

Maybin: I need more line drives.

Longoria: I was high on him, then I soured on him, now I'm coming back around.  It's been a wild ride.  A wild ride.

Mets:

Pelfrey: Like John, I think Pelfrey's breaking ball problems are overrated and he'll figure something out.  And people don't appreciate his fastball enough.  It's not just about speed, it's a quality fastball in every respect.  That might almost be enough to make him an ace by itself.  

Gomez: Right now Gomez is a tools player who's displaying no particular power, no particular discipline and no particular contact ability.  I normally hate this kind of player.  And yet, strangely, as a sorority girl drawn to the scorpion bowl, I love him.  It's probably the scouts using mind control on me again, but I have a feeling.  I think it's because he got jumped a level, was terrible, and then (apparently) adapted.  I love to see adjustments made.  Best possible sign in a player.  If he has those tools, plus the ability to adapt and develop his skills, he could be, I don't know, Carl Crawford or something.  Or, maybe the whole thing is a mirage.  Who am I.

Martinez vs. Tabata: Really, I have no idea.  They're a unit right now.  

LaRoche: I think he's still toting some overrate from the "40-homer" tag he got a couple years ago.  I'm not buying that.  He'll be solid.  

Betances: If Kershaw can be in the 20s, I don't see why Betances can't be 44.  Same ridiculous ceiling.  And again, they say, he came into pro ball and started making huge adjustments right away.  Smart + adjustments + 6'9" + 97 mph at 18 = on my list.  Name me somebody else like that.  There is nobody.

Garza: Major league innings, I don't really care.  Long-term, I see him as a pitcher, but not a special pitcher.

Gallardo: I like him.  I don't know.  Pitchers.  They float around.  You look at a BA top 100 from 8 years ago, you see all the hitters who are starring in the league now and a bunch of pitcher names that you don't even recognize.  It makes you want to take all of the pitchers off your list, if you have one.  Gallardo looks awesome.  

Upton: I would have him even higher, actually, but after scoping him on the web I have one or two little concerns about his swing.  I know nothing about swings; these are other people's expert concerns which I have co-opted as my own for the time being.  If they prove baseless I will disavow all knowledge and re-rank.  Some tweaks will probably turn him into Griffey.

Braun & McCutchen: My list is heavily biased towards guys that can Just Hit.  Braun and McCutchen can Just Hit, so they are high on my list.  Respectfully, I am going to leave them where they are.

Saltalamacchia: same principle.  Despite the off year, I believe that Saltalamacchia can Just Hit.  I don't think the off year had anything to do with his ability.  I'm not sure exactly what it did have to do with.  But I don't think it was that.  And then he's a catcher.  So, good.

Dukes: You are all going to be sorry.  Or I am.  Or possibly both.  

Lincecum: I don't think the walks matter.  We'll see.

Adam Miller too high: You might be right.  He's such a good pitcher.  But I hate guys who have "recovered" from injuries, especially if it's not just TJ but something they "rehabbed".

Adenhart too high: Again, maybe.  But I feel like he's got more.  If he has another level to reach in his gradual TJ comeback - they say the second year is all the way back.  This was the first.  Before the injury he was rated up with Bailey.  

Loney too high: Just Hit.  I think he's better than people realize.

Conger too high: I've got swing analysts loving him over on BTF, and I've got all kinds of scouts saying they just got a feeling.  Plus he's Korean.  I'm white, but I like Korean baseball players anyway.  I grew up in Torrance.

Tulowitzki too low: You're probably right.  I go back and forth on him.  I'm not quite sure yet if he can Just Hit or not, is the major problem.  

Rasmus too low: Interesting.  Most people would say he's too high, I would have thought.