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
I’s slide in Anthony Slama and push off Manship.
Ugly system, although I’m not a Revere guy, so maybe if I was it would look a little better. Gutierrez? Wasn’t a fan of the pick at the time and still not a fan today. To me, this guy has to be considered a top 11 guy in a weak system:
AGE – 2/24/88 (OF) – Midwest League, former 1st rd pick
220 AB, 14 HR, 881 OPS, 18 BB%, 28.7 K%, .257 ISOP
By comparison, the guy below is considered a top 25 prospect in all of baseball. I’m not comparing the two, because it’s obvious Moustakas is the better prospect. But it looks like an oversight to not find a spot in a top 11 Twins list when you look at the two numbers. Moustakas is also seven months younger, which works in his favor.
AGE – 9/11/88 (3B/OF) – Midwest League, former 1st rd pick
496 AB, 22 HR, 805 OPS, 7.8 K%, 15.7 K%, .196 ISOP
We’re talking about some serious contact concerns with Parmelee. Repeated MWL in 2008 got hurt, and showed no signs of increased contact rate. Even so, i do agree he should be listed somewhere on this list, how about a “just missed”?
He’s listed as a sleeper, but still, in a list of 11, where anyone listed after #2 is filled with questions, it looks like a huge oversight to me.
Yup, contact issues are a problem with him (huge), hence the low average, but there are plenty of minor league prospects with contact issues, and his high BB% at least helps the OBP. And while he repeated the league, he was still only 7 months older than Moustakas and still young for the league at 20, so I don’t see that as a concern. Angel Morales, who I like, worse than Parmelee though, and has been over 30% both years as a professional. That again is the issue I’m having with KG. Where’s the consistency?
that should read, Angel Morales has a worse K% than CParm.
Sounds like you are only accounting for sheer numbers. KG talks to plenty of scouts it seems. I’m assuming the scouting reports is the difference maker here.
But here’s my issue with that statement. Parmelee was a 1st round pick, so at some point, the scouting community had to like him. Then he backs up that 1st rd selection with a fantastic debut (2006), followed by an ok season in the MWL (2007), then repeated the league last year and pre-injury was on his way to a fairly strong season (2008). The contact issues are well documented, but how often is it that scouts don’t like a 20-year-old former 1st rd pick with an 880 OPS in the MWL? And I’m not arguing that he should be #1 in the system, I’m just saying it looks like a big oversight to keep him out of a very weak top 11.