1) Billy Hamilton
2) Robert Stephenson
3) Tony Cingrani
4) Daniel Corcino
5) Jesse Winker
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Tucker Barnhart
Amir Garrett
Jeff Gelalich
Ismael Guillon
Ryan LaMarre
Dan Langfield
Kyle Lotzkar
Donald Lutz
Seth Mejias-Brean
Tanner Rahier
Henry Rodriguez
Yorman Rodriguez
Chad Rogers
Gabriel Rosa
Bryson Smith
Neftali Soto
Nick Travieso
David Vidal
Kyle Waldrop
Ryan Wright
Other (Please name)
1) Billy Hamilton
2) Robert Stephenson
3) Tony Cingrani
4) Daniel Corcino
5) Jesse Winker
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Nick Travieso.
Would like to see Josh Fellhauer added to the list next time.
Duplicate post.
Last edited by texasdave; 12-23-2012 at 04:15 PM.
Out of 48 picks in slot number 14 of the first round, 16 (or a third) have failed to make it to the majors. Of course, some of these players are still making their way through the minors. Another 13 have negative career WAR values (per baseball-reference).
Notable number 14 picks:
Derrek Lee
Tino Martinez
Cliff Floyd
Jason Varitek
Tom Brunansky
Scott McGregor
Don Gullett
Jason Heyward
Lee Mazzilli
Jeff Weaver
Ron Karkovice
Billy Butler
Yep.
My pick is with the guy who has a 100% chance of making the majors and a better than average chance of putting up a positive WAR. Travieso is too far away for my liking. I'll take Henry Rodriguez. He's being under rated this year due to his supposed 'low ceiling' just like Todd Frazier was under rated last year.
Last edited by Steve4192; 12-24-2012 at 06:35 AM.
I'll take the upside of Travieso over the proximity of HRod. HRod is still a good prospect, but I am not sure he will ever have a chance to make a big impact with Phillips locked into 2B. Travieso has ace stuff. I will go with ace stuff over a guy who could be a legit bat, but may not have a chance to play somewhere regularly in the bigs.
I think its pretty clear at this point. Hamilton and Stephenson are A- guys. Corcino and Cingrani are B's. I had Didi as a B- along with Travieso and Winker. After these guys we're looking at a bunch of C prospects IMO. I hope we could find a C+ or two out of the group that includes H-Rod, Y-Rod, Soto, Lamarre, Rogers, Lutz, etc. I'll be anxious to read the discussion because I think the prospect ranks are only 6 deep. We're into "interesting" from there on IMO.
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I don't think their thoughts were the same. While I am sure there were some who thought he was more utility guy, plenty thought he could start too. Rodriguez, I haven't heard the same kind of things about. Most people think he will hit for a good average, but the whole package isn't really something that gets talked about with him.
Would it be fair to say Rodriguez's ceiling is similar to that of Martin Prado?
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