Guess the Prospect!
I am currently working on the Washington Nationals Top 20 list. The next team on the list is the Cleveland Indians. After that I am undecided. It needs to be a National League team, but I will let the winner of the following Guess the Prospect! contest pick which organization.
The first person to Guess the Prospect! in the thread below wins.
I was drafted by an American League team in the 1990s, between the fifth and tenth rounds, from a four-year college with a long-standing baseball tradition. I started and relieved in college, but converted to the rotation full-time in the minor leagues. I had a good-but-not-excellent year in Low-A, then jumped to Double-A in my second full season and had a similar season. I reached Triple-A in my third full season, pitching OK, then converted to relief and reached the majors in my fourth full season. It took me a year in the majors to fully find my footing, but once I did I pitched extremely well in a relief role for two years before backsliding somewhat due to command issues and injuries. My minor league track record was good-but-not-excellent, and my peak major league performance has been much better than anything I did in the minors. I am still in the major leagues.
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poor John
His diversion post held up for 12 minutes.
by mrkupe on Nov 23, 2025 9:36 AM EST up reply actions
yes
yes, they did back in the 70s and 80s.
by John Sickels on Nov 23, 2025 4:18 PM EST up reply actions
Ouch
I spent a while trying to find the real answer, as I was convinced Michigan has not been much in the way of baseball tradition for at least 20 years.
A team with zero 20-win seasons in the nineties and well-known for football is pretty tough. I think Another Know It All got lucky to not exclude Michigan from his list of baseball tradition schools.
But I will cede to John’s point that Michigan was quite good in the Eighties.
by jalopy37 on Nov 23, 2025 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
he said long-standing
not recent. learn to read and you’ll one day be like me.
by another know it all on Nov 23, 2025 5:06 PM EST up reply actions
Chris Sabo played there
need I say more?
by another know it all on Nov 23, 2025 4:21 PM EST up reply actions
And
So did the future Hall of Famer who played directly to Sabo’s left.
by drwmsu1 on Nov 23, 2025 5:24 PM EST up reply actions
yes
but a Sabo reference is impossible to pass up. Larkin Schmarkin.
by another know it all on Nov 23, 2025 5:27 PM EST up reply actions
Just helping our friend who didn't know u-m had a decent baseball history
by drwmsu1 on Nov 23, 2025 5:29 PM EST up reply actions
I see
as if the 30+ big 10 championships didn’t help.
by another know it all on Nov 23, 2025 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
putz
Putz is correct.
I have to find a way to make these harder.
OK, know it all, what National League team should I do after the Indians?
by John Sickels on Nov 23, 2025 4:18 PM EST up reply actions
Matt Guerrier
kinda fits, but he reached the majors in his 5th full season, and he pitched extremely well for 3 seasons before backsliding a bit.
by garry maddox on Nov 23, 2025 9:25 AM EST reply actions
LaTroy Hawkins?
’91 7th round by Twins - damn - no college tho.
by VladiHondo on Nov 23, 2025 9:41 AM EST reply actions
drafted in the 38th round
not bad value for a 38th round pick though, shoot…11.7 WAR out of a reliever
by PrincetonCubs on Nov 23, 2025 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
Umm…. I don’t know why I want to say Mike Timlin?
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by Marisa on Nov 23, 2025 9:55 AM EST reply actions
Derek Lowe?
Not sure where he went to college. I know he was a mid round pick by Seattle though.
by guru4u on Nov 23, 2025 11:51 AM EST reply actions
That's because he didn't go to college.
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by Wonko on Nov 23, 2025 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe not a perfect fit
But LaTroy Hawkins comes to mind. I think he’s still bouncing around in the majors somewhere
by EZEebs on Nov 23, 2025 12:26 PM EST reply actions
Drat, looks like someboodey beat me to it
plus I’m wrong
by EZEebs on Nov 23, 2025 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
Randy Choate?
I can’t find a perfect fit, he’s reasonably close.
by OccamsRazor on Nov 23, 2025 2:00 PM EST reply actions
Oh
On the subject of wild guesses…Mike Hampton?
by OccamsRazor on Nov 23, 2025 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
Nevermind
He was drafted out of high school
by OccamsRazor on Nov 23, 2025 2:09 PM EST up reply actions

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