- Rasmus
- Garcia
- Anderson
- Perez
- Ottavino
- Herron
- Mortensen
- Barton
- Boggs
- Craig
- Kozma
- Jose Martinez
- Walters
- Hoffpauir
- Maiques
- Mather
- Motte
- Jay
- Hamilton
- Todd
- Hooker
- Edwards
- McClellan
- Steve Hill
Here’s one where I disagree with the wisdom of the crowds. Hill is a hitter, no doubt about that. And the early returns were nifty, .303 BA, .487 SLG in A ball. I really liked him as a pick, and if he can catch then great. I just couldn’t put him above Haerther or Norrick, who have done more over the long haul. One big red flag for me was in 273 plate appearances in A ball, Hill walked 9 times. That’s my big hang up. But if he can keep coming with the thunder, learn to walk and catch, then you really have something. Just call it a case of Stavinohaitus.
Since the turn out was good already for #24, let’s wrap this up and vote for #25. Some decent candidates here would be Tyler Norrick, Cody Haerther, Brad Furnish, Mark McCormick, Daryl Jones, Luis de la Cruz, D’Marcus Ingram, Mark Worrell and I’ll throw in a wild card for your consideration- Ryde Rodriguez.
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McCormick
McCormick
McCormick
Ingram
Now that the top 25 is rounding up, can we do a Sleeper post? I think it’d be interesting to see who your readers have a feeling will start burning bright on the radar next year, and there’s likely to be more variation than we saw in the T25.
In the face of compelling evidence, supporting data, and educated assessments on the likes of Norrick, Haether, McCormick, et al., I’ll still exercise my Ralph Nader vote and go Arnoldi Cruz. Chalk me up as naive…I think the kid has serious potential.
interesting list and it leads one to wonder how these guys were rated at draft time, i.e., in which round were they acquired? regardless of how the details of that rank vs. draft round comparison go, it also begs the question: do other teams do a better job of development? there was a little discussion of dyar miller’s new responsibilities, but it would be interesting to know a bit more about who the cards entrust these players to. likewise, does their developmental structure differ much from other clubs
I’ll go back to voting for McCormick.
I still want Solano to get more love though……….
I’ll take Cory Rauschenberger here. I think he may surprise in the next year and a half.
Haerther.
I will continue to be the only person to drink the Eddie Degerman kool aid.
Norrick.
Luis de la Cruz
Degerman and Kopp both have a shot.
I know Kopp didn’t do great this year, but I think he’s got more upside (e.g. starter vs. reliever) than his draft-mate Todd at least.
Hopefully the success of Okajima will make Degerman look less radical.
McCormick
McCormick
McCormick. D.GOOCH
norrick!!!
Kopp
Jones, purely on potential. And he is still quite young.
Ingram. I’ll go down with the ship on this one. His numbers — particularly the strong OBP as a 19-year-old — make me think his ‘07 season wasn’t a fluke.
Among the other guys who made a splash in their ‘07 debuts, most are older (Derba and Hill are 22; Tony Cruz is 21), several have OBP concerns (Nick mentioned Hill’s low walk rate; Riportella is another), and several (Hill and Cruz) are defensive ciphers.
That’s not to disparage any of those guys, just to note that Ingram has the fewest question marks at the youngest age. (In fairness, he also played at the lowest level and his sample size is as limited as all the others.)
Derba. Low ceiling but he’ll make the majors. I also like the idea of doing the sleeper vote as well as a long shot, high ceiling vote.
Norrick
Tyler Henley aka Lenny Dykstra 2.0
Derba
Liam-very good idea, I’ve actually been kicking that idea around. We’ll have something like that I’m sure soon.
Furnish