Comments on: Behind Enemy Lines: The All NL Central Prospect Team http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/01/behind-enemy-lines-the-all-nl-central-prospect-team/ Baseball's Future in the Gateway City Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:30:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: siddfynch http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/01/behind-enemy-lines-the-all-nl-central-prospect-team/#comment-12950 siddfynch Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:04:39 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/01/behind-enemy-lines-the-all-nl-central-prospect-team/#comment-12950 Hi Erik, Nice work. How close was Herron to making your list? I spent quite awhile this weekend tracking how guys with different numbers tended to to in the following season, and from 2005 to 2006, and again from 2006 to 2007, guys with numbers like Herron tended to do much better the next year than guys with numbers like Ottavino's, regardless of level. Also, I think Shhhh is just pointing out that rookie eligibility is what prospect rating sites usually use as their cutoff, just to try to keep things standard. Here's my stab at the rotations, FWIW: *Team 1* Bailey Cueto Parra Jeffress Veal *Team 2* Garcia Brad Lincoln (injured, wild card) Gallagher Mortensen Herron Garcia's elbow makes me choose Veal over him. Otherwise, the two would be swapped. Tough to put Lincoln on there, but the division is shallow for prospects, and the recovery from TJ is usually good now. Paulino and Ottavino don't excite me much. I could see Ottavino turning it around, though. Hi Erik,
Nice work. How close was Herron to making your list? I spent quite awhile this weekend tracking how guys with different numbers tended to to in the following season, and from 2005 to 2006, and again from 2006 to 2007, guys with numbers like Herron tended to do much better the next year than guys with numbers like Ottavino’s, regardless of level.

Also, I think Shhhh is just pointing out that rookie eligibility is what prospect rating sites usually use as their cutoff, just to try to keep things standard.

Here’s my stab at the rotations, FWIW:
*Team 1*
Bailey
Cueto
Parra
Jeffress
Veal

*Team 2*
Garcia
Brad Lincoln (injured, wild card)
Gallagher
Mortensen
Herron

Garcia’s elbow makes me choose Veal over him. Otherwise, the two would be swapped. Tough to put Lincoln on there, but the division is shallow for prospects, and the recovery from TJ is usually good now.

Paulino and Ottavino don’t excite me much. I could see Ottavino turning it around, though.

]]> By: erik http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/01/behind-enemy-lines-the-all-nl-central-prospect-team/#comment-12945 erik Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:12:27 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/01/behind-enemy-lines-the-all-nl-central-prospect-team/#comment-12945 Shhh...Everyone has their own interpretation of the rules, i don't really know of some sort of official amount of innings or games a player has to play in order to be considered a prospect or not. I put him on their because it's my list, feel free to quibble, that's cool. it's all done in fun and whatnot. you are right, pie could be considered an oversight according to the same logic. i guess he'd be one team one alongside rasmus and bruce, and bumping laporta down to team 2. Shhh…Everyone has their own interpretation of the rules, i don’t really know of some sort of official amount of innings or games a player has to play in order to be considered a prospect or not. I put him on their because it’s my list, feel free to quibble, that’s cool. it’s all done in fun and whatnot. you are right, pie could be considered an oversight according to the same logic. i guess he’d be one team one alongside rasmus and bruce, and bumping laporta down to team 2.

]]> By: fewgoodcards http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/01/behind-enemy-lines-the-all-nl-central-prospect-team/#comment-12943 fewgoodcards Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:04:19 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/01/behind-enemy-lines-the-all-nl-central-prospect-team/#comment-12943 pretty solid looking list, i don't see how you can really complain with anyone on there. pretty solid looking list, i don’t see how you can really complain with anyone on there.

]]> By: Shhh http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/01/behind-enemy-lines-the-all-nl-central-prospect-team/#comment-12942 Shhh Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:20:28 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/01/behind-enemy-lines-the-all-nl-central-prospect-team/#comment-12942 Because those are the rules? Felix Pie only has 177 ABs wheres he? Because those are the rules?

Felix Pie only has 177 ABs wheres he?

]]> By: erik http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/01/behind-enemy-lines-the-all-nl-central-prospect-team/#comment-12941 erik Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:25:32 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/01/behind-enemy-lines-the-all-nl-central-prospect-team/#comment-12941 i don't see why he wouldn't be considered a prospect, he's only thrown 80 innings i don’t see why he wouldn’t be considered a prospect, he’s only thrown 80 innings

]]> By: Shhh http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/01/behind-enemy-lines-the-all-nl-central-prospect-team/#comment-12939 Shhh Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:37:37 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/01/behind-enemy-lines-the-all-nl-central-prospect-team/#comment-12939 One minor quibble and I should have mentioned this in the Reds one, but Volquez isn't considered a prospect anymore. Also, I'm not so sure Alcides Escobar doesn't deserve a mention here, scouts love him. While I personally don't love him, everything I judge him off is purely statistically. One minor quibble and I should have mentioned this in the Reds one, but Volquez isn’t considered a prospect anymore.

Also, I’m not so sure Alcides Escobar doesn’t deserve a mention here, scouts love him. While I personally don’t love him, everything I judge him off is purely statistically.

]]> By: cariocaguy1 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/01/behind-enemy-lines-the-all-nl-central-prospect-team/#comment-12935 cariocaguy1 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:08:44 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2008/01/01/behind-enemy-lines-the-all-nl-central-prospect-team/#comment-12935 Hmmmm.... the Cardinals are supposedly lacking in middle infield prospects yet 2 of the 4 MIF´s are from our system and on top of that, many would argue that Greene and Hoffpauir would be as good as Kozma and Martinez. Hmmmm…. the Cardinals are supposedly lacking in middle infield prospects yet 2 of the 4 MIF´s are from our system and on top of that, many would argue that Greene and Hoffpauir would be as good as Kozma and Martinez.

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