Stephenson at 13 (down from 8).
Winker at 32
Lorenzen (surprisingly to me) didn't make the top 75.
http://www.minorleagueball.com/2014/...e-2014-sickels
My personal rankings would have Stephenson ~15, Winker ~25, and Lorenzen in the 40-50 range.
Stephenson at 13 (down from 8).
Winker at 32
Lorenzen (surprisingly to me) didn't make the top 75.
http://www.minorleagueball.com/2014/...e-2014-sickels
My personal rankings would have Stephenson ~15, Winker ~25, and Lorenzen in the 40-50 range.
Last edited by Benihana; 07-14-2014 at 06:55 PM.
Go BLUE!!!
How about a link?
Interesting, he has Lively ranked 135 and Lorenzen NR. Or is that last years rankings?
Rankings coming into the year.
I am a big Jesse Winker fan. Hopefully he gets a shot to win the LF battle next season.
Hamilton, Votto, Frazier, Bruce, Mesoraco, Winker, Phillips, Cozart
2015 lineup.
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
I've been saying this as well. The good news is that it sounds like Lorenzen is a ground ball machine who gets a lot of easy outs early in counts. The scouting report on him is good control, but nasty enough stuff to strike you out when need be.
I still love Lively's K rate though. And yes, I know K rate is not the end all, be all. But with Lively, it's just just his K rate. He was dominant at Bakersfield in a hitter's league. Absolutely dominant. And his early numbers at Pensacola aren't all that far behind Stephenson's.
Bottom line: We're loaded with good pitching prospects. That's a good feeling.
Doesn't matter much at this point. He's got elite level stuff and is literally learning to pitch every time he steps on the mound. He's still learning finer points of things that most of the other guys around him have known about for 4+ years.
The biggest thing against Lorenzen in my opinion is the complete lack of a workload to build upon. We don't know how the stuff holds up for 120+ innings. We don't know if the control holds up for that many innings.
At the end of the article there is a list of other players considered. Lively, Ervin and Lorenzin all are in that group.
I'm no scout, but I have a hard time seeing Winker as an everyday LF next year just based upon experience. I'd be very happy with him arriving Opening Day 2016 and that may be pushing it. Then again, I didn't think Billy would be ready Opening Day this year either....
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