Archive for February 2009

BP Top 11 Prospects Oakland A's

Five-Star Prospects
1. Michael Ynoa, RHP
2. Trevor Cahill, RHP
3. Brett Anderson, LHP
4. Chris Carter, 1B
Four-Star Prospects
5. Adrian Cardenas, SS
Three-Star Prospects
6. Aaron Cunningham, OF
7. Gio Gonzalez, LHP
8. Vin Mazzaro, RHP
9. Jemile Weeks, 2B
10. Sean Doolittle, 1B
11. Rashun Dixon, CF
Just Missed: Corey Brown, OF; Tyson Ross, RHP; James Simmons, RHP

BA 2009 Top 100 Prospects

1 Wieters, Matt

 2 Price, David

 3 Rasmus, Colby

 4 Hanson, Tommy

 5 Heyward, Jason

 6 Snider, Travis

 7 Anderson, Brett

 8 Maybin, Cameron

 9 Bumgarner, Madison

 10 Feliz, Neftali

 11 Cahill, Trevor

 12 Alvarez, Pedro

 13 Moustakas, Mike

 14 Posey, Buster

 15 Fowler, Dexter

 16 Stanton, Mike

 17 Anderson, Lars

 18 Morrison, Logan

 19 Escobar, Alcides

 20 Beckham, Gordon

 21 Porcello, Rick

 22 Tillman, Chris

 23 Smoak, Justin

 24 Hosmer, Eric

 25 Matusz, Brian

 26 Santana, Carlos

 27 Laporta, Matt

 28 [...]

Sot Trade Announcement

Soxin7 Trades :  D. Dejesus
Tillman USA Trades:  A. Beltre
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BP Top 11 Prospects New York Yankees

Five-Star Prospects
1. Jesus Montero, C
2. Austin Jackson, CF
Three-Star Prospects
3. Dellin Betances, RHP
4. Austin Romine, C
5. Arodys Vizcaino, RHP
6. Andrew Brackman, RHP
7. Jeremy Bleich, LHP
8. Alfredo Aceves, RHP
9. Zach McAllister, RHP
10. Phil Coke, LHP
11. Mark Melancon, RHP
Just Missed: Brad Suttle, 3B; Kelvin De Leon, RF; Wilkins De La Rosa, LHP

Andy Marte DFA?

This is hilarious!  You sure you really need CC.  Looks like a position player may be in order.  What went wrong with Marte?

BP Top 11 Prospects Minnesota Twins

Five-Star Prospects
1. Ben Revere, CF
2. Aaron Hicks, CF
Three-Star Prospects
3. Danny Valencia, 3B
4. Angel Morales, CF
5. Wilson Ramos, C
6. Shooter Hunt, RHP
7. Kevin Mulvey, RHP
8. David Bromberg, RHP
9. Carlos Gutierrez, RHP
Two-Star Prospects
10. Deolis Guerra, RHP
11. Jeff Manship, RHP
Just Missed: Steven Tolleson, 2B/SS; Anthony Swarzak, RHP; Jose Mijares, LHP

BP Top 11 Prospects Los Angeles Angels

Four-Star Prospects
1. Jordan Walden, RHP
2. Nick Adenhart, RHP
Three-Star Prospects
3. Hank Conger, C
4. Trevor Reckling, LHP
5. Peter Bourjos, CF
6. Tyler Chatwood, RHP
7. Will Smith, LHP
8. Mark Trumbo, 1B
9. Manuarys Correa, RHP
10. Luis Jiminez, 3B
11. Sean O’Sullivan, RHP
Just Missed: Robert Fish, LHP; Kevin Jepsen, RHP; Alex Torres, LHP

With the 2nd pick in the 2009 SOT Draft, JMaf selects…

With C.C. off the board, who does JMaf go after?
Pat Burrell? Justin Smoak? Gordon Beckham? Eric Hosmer? Tim Beckham?
I lean towards Burrell, with Smoak and Beckham also in consideration.

WTNY Top 100 > Baseball Prospectus Top 100

As you can imagine, my personal list looks a lot different than this one:

http://sonsoftheo.wordpress.com/bp-top-100-2009/
Guys who wouldn’t sniff WTNY’s Top 100:
Brandon Erbe – Future reliever with inconsistent stuff and inconsistent performance to date.
David Cooper – Limited upside bat at a position with some plus plus bats on the way (Lars, Morrison, LaPorta, Freeman, etc.).
Engel Beltre – [...]

Josh Fields Signs with the Seattle Mariners

Finally!  I have no idea how the signing of picks works, so if anyone can please explain to me what transpired here I’ll be forever indebted.  We certainly don’t have a lot of data to rummage through, but last year stats in the SEC, albeit a whopping 37 Innings were dominant.  Let’s put it this [...]