just from the 2008 draft, in which the Braves didn’t have a selection until #40. Wow.

Is Heyward’s ceiling still in the Willie McCovey range that you said last year. BA has said that he could be the next Dave Parker which they may have stole from me since I said it in March on a prospect list.

Is Barnese another Hellickson in the making?

2 guys off the top of my head that I’d love to see included. Deunte Heath and Dimaster Delgado. Heath is an enigma because of his command but has a lot of potential. I don’t think Dimaster Delgado is too far behind Randall, who you have ranked #11.

I’d leave off Cabrera, and maybe Cofield and Gearrin even though I like both of them. Also, what about Ernesto Mejia? He put up some impressive offensive numbers at Myrtle Beach this year.

Only the long ball really keeps him from an A in my book. I guess I’m quibbling.

I really like Medlen too.

Glad to see Edgar Osuna getting some love. He’s put up terrific numbers for two years in a row now, and I’ll be interested to see how he does when he starts facing higher-level competition next year.

given John’s general policy on young players. I don’t know if it’s overoptimism or what the deal is. Odds are of the 5 guys in the 9-13 range, 2 of them will never even sniff the majors and 2 more will be mediocre to average. That’s not B- material. There really isn’t any of those guys I’d give more than a C+ to unless he had an absolutely knockout scouting report, and I doubt all five of them have that… although I’m willing to be proven wrong if someone has something at their fingertips…

That might be C+/B- at this point.

Luis Avilan, 19, LHP

2.58 ERA, 38.1 IP, 31 H, 15 BB, 47 K, .217 AVG

Robert Brooks, 20, 2B(GCL)

.329/.426/.497, 7 2B, 5 3B, 3 HR, 15 BB, 27 K in 155 AB. Also 12 SB - 1 CS

I curious to know why Homser got an A- and Freeman got a B+? Freeman has actually proved he deserves and A- with his on field performance. Homser is still basically all scouting report and high school numbers.

- Im guessing the Brian Cofield is actually Kyle Cofield. (Though maybe he goes by Brian for some reason.)
- Cody Gerrin is actually Cory Gearrin correct?
- You list Tyler Stovall. There is a Tyler Stovall in the Reds organization. There is a Robert Stovall in the Braves organization. Not sure that Robert deserves the C+ as Tyler would, so you may have the two confused.

They are both called Tyler

Any change in his scouting report from 2007 to 2008? How hard was he throwing in 2008 once he was back in the saddle?

Rays!!!!!

I generally like the list and I thought that I would give you a few more names to consider.

Johnny Venters, John Mark Owings and Conception Rodriquez all stand out (in addition to those that other posters have added). Angelo Paulino, Steven Kent and Brett Oberholzter (as does Cory Rasmus—if healthy)from the lower minors stand out as pitchers in the lower minors. The Braves also have two young catchers—Matthew Kennelly and Daniel Elorriaga-Matra. Between Rome and Myrtle Beach the Braves have Yeliar Castro (notice his improvement over two years), Ryne Renoso ( a converted OF), Carlos Rivas and Brett Butts. At AA and above Stephen Marek, Carlos Sencion and Jon Gunderson are worth a look.

Teheran’s numbers are actually terrible—right now he is all hype. Still, it says something about a 17 year old that he could start at Danville….

I meant Kevin Gunderson….

why is redmond getting so little love? He gets a straight C grade but Medlen gets a B-? Now I haven’t read detailed scouting reports on them lately, but a look at the performance last year doesn’t show much difference. Redmond is 5 months older and they both spent the whole yea at AA.

                 ERA BAA SO/BB GO/AO
Medlen 3.52 .268 4.44 0.99
Redmond 3.52 .257 4.03 0.63

With the exception of Medlen being better at keeping the ball on the ground is there that much difference? So is Medlen (whose grade I like) being overrated, Redmond being underrated, or am I missing something?