for me this was a close list, the deciding point was who KBR and Dewey picked as their no.1 OF. i like how KBR included Brown, but thought he overrated Westmoreland and made a mistake by not included Decker. For Dewey i was surprised to not see Brown.

I voted for KBR b/c i really don’t see how Stanton can be rated above Heyward. Heyward isn’t just an “Excellent all-round player that can do a little of everything.” he’s an excellent all-round player that can do a lot of everything. while so far all stanton has shown he can do is hit home runs, and his high k’s, low ba is looking a lot like adam dunn.

you would really like to have austin jackson over Dominic Brown??

One for Center Fielders and one for corner outfielders…

I read up until #1 and then voted for KBR. All of the other position rankings between you guys were close, but I don’t think this one is really close. I think DF missed the call on #1, missed D Brown, and overrated both Jackson and Tabata. Of course, this is just my opinion, and my opinion doesn’t matter :-)

Just to echo the comment above, I would have preferred to see say Top 5 CF and Top 10 COF lists. A top 10 for 3 starting spots just doesn’t seem like enough to me, a top 15 would have been ok, and would still be interesting to see the next from both KBR and Dewey. On to the lists….

This is probably the first time I read KBR’s list and said to myself “If Dewey’s list doesn’t take a wrong turn somewhere, I’m absolutely voting for him.” The top 4 in KBR’s list is fine with me, I think Brown and Jennings are kind of interchangeable at this point so I could buy them in any combination of 3/4. Number 5 is where things start to go off the rails a bit for me. I like Westmoreland. I like him a lot. I don’t think I can put him ahead of Michael Taylor at this point though. Yeah, I know Taylor is 4 years older and Westmoreland has huge upside, but Taylor destroyed AA and is hitting well in AAA.
While I don’t buy into VD’s assertion that Taylor could be the best hitter in baseball, I do think he’s going to be a very, very good hitter. He’s proven he can hit advanced pitching, has big time power, and controls the zone well. I’d flip those two, and while it’s only one spot, I think it’s a pretty important difference.

I can’t really see Austin Jackson in the top 10 of all outfielders. He’s been young for league the last two years, but not so drastically that you can give him the FMart pass for ARL. The guy hasn’t hit that well, he doesn’t show much power and he K’s a fair amount. If LaPorta counts for this(and I’ll say I’m not totally sure how you guys determined eligibility, but would love to know) there is no way he can be behind Jackson, and I’d strongly consider slotting him above Westmoreland too. Revere isn’t a guy I’m overly excited about, he doesn’t belong in the top 10 IMO either. Neal is an interesting guy I’ll admit, one that I might be underrating a bit, but I want to see him hit well outside of the Cal League before I consider him this high. I could buy him in the top 15 maybe, but it would be those last couple of spots. So what guys would I rather see on this list? Well, again since I don’t know how eligibility was determined I don’t know if he’d count, but I’d have Josh Reddick on there is eligible, right in the LaPorta/Westmoreland range-I could see ranking any of the three in any order there. Nick Weglarz should be on there too, excellent discipline, big power potential. The raw number don’t look good, but I think we’ve covered his low BABIP enough here in various posts to consider that done. The other guy that I think should be on here is a glaring omission from KBR’s list in my opinion, Jaff Decker. His exclusion was probably the biggest problem for me with KBR’s list, and why I figured if Dewey didn’t throw a crazy name/ranking at me, my vote was his.

Then I read Dewey’s list. On first glance, I didn’t catch Stanton over Heyward. I guess it’s like that test where if all the letters are there you can read a word even if it’s misspelled. The K’s are too much for me to put Stanton over Heyward, but if Stanton can cut those down….I can see someone reversing the order of the two. Jennings is fine where he’s at. Then in Dom Brown’s spot sits Thomas Neal, big problem for me, as explained above. There is Taylor and Decker, both in good spots as far as I’m concerned, but I’d still have Brown above them. Here is Grant Desme at #7….as an A’s fan I’d love to buy that, but like with Neal, let me see it at AA before I buy this high. Jackson has been discussed, Westmoreland too(I can see him anywhere from 6-10 honestly). Tabata…..that’s an interesting one. He’s only been at AAA for a short time, so SSS and all, but he’s very young for the level(turned 21 less than 2 weeks ago). He doesn’t walk a ton, but he doesn’t strikeout much either. He seems like he can mantain a fairly high average, and he’s shown a little more pop since moving to AAA. He wouldn’t have been my choice to make this list, but I can at least buy into the idea that he could be ready next year to do what FMart did this year.

So I’m left with both guys leaving off a different player I feel absolutely belongs(Decker for KBR, Brown for Dewey). They both put on Jackson who I don’t think belongs at all. KBR has the top 2 in my preferred order, but it’s not impossible to see where Dewey is coming from. Dewey has Taylor correct in my mind, KBR has one spot off, but it’s a big difference to me in this case. Both have a different player on the list I don’t think belongs(Revere for KBR, Desme for Dewey). On the 3B list, Dewey forgot Wallace and later posted he totally spaced it. Had he posted that before I voted there, I would have gone with Dewey’s list. So I’m giving Dewey a chance here before I vote, did you forget LaPorta was eligible for the list and did you forget Dom Brown altogether? If both were forgotten, it’s Dewey’s list for me. If Brown was forgotten, I probably still go with Dewey. So let me know man, so I can cast an accurate vote.

I asked it above in this longer than anticipated post, but can you guys let us know how you determined eligibility here. Mostly because Reddick is a big miss for both of you in my book if he was eligible.

Thanks for the early morning laugh. Greg Desme, a 23 year old playing in the Cal League at No. 7…. Stanton over Heyward and no DomBrown. Yeah, you pretty much just post this shiat for controversy. At least you get what you set out for, gotta hand it to you bro!

He’s another controversial guy. Honestly, I think KBR has him a little too low and Dewey has him a little too high. Neal has really crushed the ball this year, and there just comes a point where he no longer just came out of nowhere. He has performed this well all year long - this isn’t just a two month hot streak that has inflated his totals. He’d be something like #6/7 on my list. I’d rather have Heyward, Stanton, Jennings, Brown, and Taylor in my system for sure. The rest? I think you can make a solid argument that Neal is better than all of them.

although he’s had a rough go of it since returning from injury.

I really don’t want to hijack your post, but through the cracks it looks like some people really like Brown and others really like Taylor. What are everybody’s thoughts on each. Which has a better future? Higher ceiling? Higher floor?

Top 15?

I think he really contributes a heck of a lot of most things. Also, Jennings is the next Matt Kemp

That is all.

Seriously though, I’ve been to two SJ Giants games this year where he was playing. Both times he hit home runs, and both were shots. Last night at the game he went 3-4 with a homer to center and the one out he made should have probably been a walk. Not only that but he’s actually pretty quick, especially for his size, and he’s got a very strong arm too. I’m really loving this guy.