Redszone Community Prospect Vote: #9

[M2]

I sent a long email to them. Lots of inaccurate information in that article.....

Brad Salmon is the Reds #4 pitching prospect.... that is all you need to know about that list.

Now be kind. I've seen Miguel Perez listed as the Reds #4 prospect before.

Good people can make mistakes.

[dougdirt]

Now be kind. I've seen Miguel Perez listed as the Reds #4 prospect before.

Good people can make mistakes.

Miguel Perez wasn't a 28 year old reliever in AAA either.... I still like me some Miguel Perez though.

[M2]

Miguel Perez wasn't a 28 year old reliever in AAA either.... I still like me some Miguel Perez though.

Miguel may yet be a 28-year-old reliever in AAA.

[dougdirt]

Miguel may yet be a 28-year-old reliver in AAA.

Touche.

But I doubt it.

[Kc61]

Isn't this poll over yet? I'm anxious for the Dorn/Mesoraco square off to complete the top ten. I'm going for Devin with the high ceiling.

[*BaseClogger*]

Yeah I feel bad for Carlos Fisher so lets move on to 10 so I can vote for him!

[dougdirt]

Isn't this poll over yet? I'm anxious for the Dorn/Mesoraco square off to complete the top ten. I'm going for Devin with the high ceiling.

Tomorrow morning a new one goes up.

[camisadelgolf]

Brad Salmon doesn't even qualify as a rookie anymore, iirc.

[camisadelgolf]

Certainly I get that end of it. However I am just not as convinced on Dorn, Wood or even Roenicke reaching the bigs and doing those things you said above more than I am Viola. I mean for example Dorn right now seems to be projecting to be a LF who is the RHP hitting part of a platoon. If that's the case he's not going to help us much or anytime soon what with having Dunn out there. Sure he could come off the bench but if that were too happen where do we get more than say 150 PA's for him. Wood has to shake that injury bug just to move forward and Roenicke at times seems to resemble Luke Hudson, Viola has had a some BB's himself but it's not at that rate.


But I guess that's just my opinion so there it is.

I weigh the likelihood of a player reaching his ceiling in how I rate prospects. Juan Francisco is obviously one of the most physically gifted prospects the Reds have, but I really doubt he'll get over his lack of plate discipline, and therefore, I would barely rate him in my top 25. I think Travis Wood is a higher ceiling than Matt Maloney, but as a prospect, I'd put Maloney slightly ahead of Wood right now. If Wood has a successful 2008, depending on how successful it is, I think he could shoot into the Reds' top five prospects.