Odds And Ends: Delcarmen, Jays, Perez

I hear ya, Neyer. I came back after leaving the top of the first and to my horror finding the 7 underneath BB instead of SO. I do like Ollie when he's on but I think he's mentally broke.

4 Phils in the top 50, NICE!!

ALright Jays you can have two of them (preferably Drabek and Brown) and then a couple other pieces (Savery, Donald, Marson) for Halladay.

Deal??

Here are my surprises from that new Top 25:

Justin Smoak at #4 seems awfully high for someone who is sure to play a non-premium defensive position.

Freddie Freeman coming in at #11 is far higher than I ever would have imagined. An .841 OPS at high A is good for a 19 year old, for sure, but over Jarrod Parker, Neftali Feliz and Alcides Escobar?

And I really never thought that Jason Castro would come in at 19, or that Taylor would come in at 23.

A lot of these guys have been called up recently, so it'll be interesting to see how each of them reacts to playing against increasingly better competition.

The mets would make that deal for rios asap

ha where is 661dodgerblue.....We were discussing yesterday how I thought Montero was the better catching prospect over Posey. Funny the new list came out and Montero is now 3 spots above Posey at #3....makes me look good.

Hmmmm who would you rather have the #3 overall ranked prospect in baseball or the #6? Who cares any team would be happy as hell for either. Just personal opinion at this point.

4 Phillies in the Top 50.
Hmm...Drabek, Taylor, Donald & maybe 1 more? Is that reasonable?

Congrats to Montero for cracking the top 5. I'm a little curious as to why Austin Jackson couldn't crack the top 25? Great defensive CF'ers w/ speed, at age 22 who's hitting .316/.383 in his first full year @ AAA. Maybe it's his lack of power (only 4 hrs this year) and his 77 strikeouts?

"Maybe it's his lack of power (only 4 hrs this year) and his 77 strikeouts?"

Lack of plate discipline like that will do it every time YFS78. If his strikeout totals are that high in 1/2 season of AAA, look for him to repeat AAA again.

Some teams were without prospects in the top 50 even so take the top 5. Bucholz does not qualify anymore and pretty sure why he is not on the list and Tazawa at AA not even on the top 50, yet is pitching in the Futures game this Friday and has been brilliant at AA in his 1st pro season.

scribbletone,

People get way to caught up like things with OPS in the minors, without really looking at the context of those numbers. Sure, Freeman's .840 OPS might not seem that impressive, but its the 7th best in the Carolina League among qualifying players. He's also 6th in AVG and 3rd in OBP, all at just 19 years old. The contact ability looks very good, he's improved his ability to take walks, he's apparently quite good in the field, and the scouting reports and 6'5" 220 lb frame at just 19 point to him developing more power as he progresses. 11 does seem a bit on the high side, but I think its perfectly justifiable given what he's done the past year and a half.

As for Feliz, I'm assuming he's getting knocked because he hasn't improved at all on his previous weaknesses. His lack of command was a big problem as a starter, and despite the huge fastball his lack of secondary pitches kept his K rate below 9. Now that he's been moved to the bullpen for the time being, there will be little need (or chance for that matter) for him to further refine those pitches. If he doesn't, he might not make it as a SP, and RP just don't get ranked that highly.

One freakin Cub, and he is number 49? :(

Hendry, please do us a favor and just quit now! You have not addressed the system at all while you buried the ML team in horrible contracts. You did get us a couple playoff berths, but you did it the easy way, and the worst way possible - purchased teams with no depth at all.

Our sale is still unresolved, and the earliest they would make front office decisions would probably be next season, or possibly even the year after. Just please, do us all a favor and throw in the towel before then! We need someone who will put the best interest of the club first, not someone throwing endless cash at players hoping to buy the central so they somehow look like they are doing a good job!

Please Hendry, you will save more face bowing out now!

Posey will be a GG caliber catcher in the bigs, Montero will not. I also said Montero was a elite hitter, I never said he was a bad prospect.

I woke up too reading that comment.

nixa, HELL YEAH. Freeman is just 19 too. Both of those young men will be very helpful pretty soon. I like to compare Heyward to B.J Upton. Both are speedy, good with the leather and they've both got pop. I know i'm gonna catch hell for sayin that, but I DON'T CARE! I also like the comp to Chipper, run producers and SUPER fan favs.

wow, expected a little more love for Martin Perez...I guess dominating the South Atlantic League as the youngest player doesnt get you very high

Posted by: JH32 | July 09, 2009 at 03:21 PM
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Hahaha...thinking the same thing about Banuelos. He's about 1 month older than Perez but posted better numbers in the SAL (14 starts, 7-3, 2.20 era, 73 IP, 66 ko vs 16 bb, 2 hrs allowed and a 1.00 whip. But it's single A so both could easily flame out right? But they are both 18 and it should be interesting to watch them develop.

On another note, what a bad year for Betances and Brackman. Neither can find the plate this year. Seems like their freakis 6'8 and 6'10 height might take them a couple of more years to get it together.

If he finished the year with a line around .315/.370 vs AAA pitching then I'm not sure how they could not bring him up. I think he has a better chance learning with professional hitters like Jeter, Swisher, etc than watching other AAA guys. We'll see...