Re: BA Reds Top 10 Prospects
Re: BA Reds Top 10 Prospects
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pahster
No love for Dorn.
or Travis Wood.
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Benihana
or Travis Wood.
I didn't think either of them would make it. Not that I agree with it exactly, although Dorn didn't make my top 10 either.
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Mine would have gone like this:
1. Bruce
2. Bailey
3. Cueto
4. Votto
5. Frazier
6. Roenicke
7. Maloney
8. Wood
9. Stubbs
10. Dorn
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Just don't get the love for Maloney.... unless he has his fastball in the 90s now, I don't get the love for him. A sinker ball guy who allows a ton more fly balls than ground balls just worries me.
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BA almost always honors rcent first rounders -- thus the love for Stubbs and Mesoraco. Not a surprise at all.
I encourage folks to go to the BA site and ask questions for today's chat about the Reds system.
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lollipopcurve
BA almost always honors rcent first rounders -- thus the love for Stubbs and Mesoraco. Not a surprise at all.
I encourage folks to go to the BA site and ask questions for today's chat about the Reds system.
You have to have a subscription to do so, so I am not sure there are a ton of guys on here that could do that. I wish they had smaller subscriptions available to purchase.
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lollipopcurve
BA almost always honors rcent first rounders -- thus the love for Stubbs and Mesoraco. Not a surprise at all.
Yeah, it's almost like they're too lazy to really dig deep. Just pencil in whatever high draft pick from the year before.
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Benihana
Yeah, it's almost like they're too lazy to really dig deep. Just pencil in whatever high draft pick from the year before.
Or because those players for the most part have higher upsides and better skills....
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Or because those players for the most part have higher upsides and better skills....
I think that's partly true, but I also think that BA is an industry insider that wants to maintain good relationships within the game. Blasting teams' 1st round choices would not accomplish that.
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dougdirt
Or because those players for the most part have higher upsides and better skills....
Well when B.J. Szymanski is listed as the Reds 4th best prospect in the organization (as he was in 2005), I think they begin to lose some credibility. Is Devin Mesoraco, the 18-year-old catcher who has yet to hit a lick at the professional level, really the 6th best prospect in the entire Reds organization? Or is it just that he was their 1st round pick from last year, and thus he must be one of the first guys mentioned? Stick around for a few years Doug, you'll start to get a better understanding for how things work. Your dedication to the Reds minor leagues is quite admirable, but you are still quite new to this.
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Benihana
Well when B.J. Szymanski is the Reds 4th best prospect in the organization (as he was in 2005), I think they begin to lose some credibility. Is Devin Mesoraco, the 18-year-old catcher who has yet to hit a lick at the professional level, really the 6th best prospect in the entire Reds organization? Or is it just that he was their 1st round pick from last year, and thus he must be one of the first guys mentioned?
Szymanski had 81 at bats when he was rated the 4th best prospect in the organization. The 2005 list was released post seaason 2004.
Mesoraco is 19 and yeah, I would say he has a solid argument for being the Reds 6th best prospect. He played with two injured thumbs all season. He has all the tools you would want out of a catcher is excellent defensively. The hitting will come around.
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dougdirt
Szymanski had 81 at bats when he was rated the 4th best prospect in the organization. The 2005 list was released post seaason 2004.
My point EXACTLY