Future Redbirds

Kevin Goldstein, author of the Future Shock column has his rankings out for the Cards prospects, without further adieu:

Excellent Prospects
None
Very Good Prospects
1. Colby Rasmus, cf
Good Prospects
2. Jaime Garcia, lhp
3. Adam Ottavino, rhp
4. Bryan Anderson, c
5. Daryl Jones, of
Average Prospects
6. Chris Perez, rhp
7. Blake Hawksworth, rhp
8. Mark McCormick, rhp
9. Cody Haerther, of
10. Tyler Greene, ss

Just a heads up, I’m currently going through a pretty objective approach coming up with my own top prospect list, be on the lookout for it shortly. I’ve already completed the hitters, barring some minor tweaks.

As far as Goldstein’s list goes, I agree with his top three as far as hitters go with Rasmus, Anderson and Jones. The common denominator among all three is their youth, all three players were 19 at the start of the season, all three were in A ball, with Rasmus finishing the season in Palm Beach and the other two for the Swing.

His bottom two, Haerther and Greene I don’t see eye to eye on, especially Greene. While I won’t write him off, his 155 k’s in 491 at bats is troubling to say the least, and then there’s that thorny issue of his defense.

Unfortunately, I also agree about that no excellent prospect thing…