BP's Brewer's Top 11 Prospects

Four-Star Prospects
1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Brett Lawrie, C
3. Mat Gamel, 3B
4. Jeremy Jeffress, RHP
5. Angel Salome, C
Three-Star Prospects
6. Lorenzo Cain, CF
7. Jake Odorizzi, RHP
8. Jon Lucroy, C
9. Cutter Dykstra, CF
Two-Star Prospects
10. Wily Peralta, RHP
11. Caleb Gindl, RF

Just Missed: Evan Frederickson, LHP; Taylor Green, 3B; Seth Lintz, RHP

Ranking Challenges: There is no true, classic top prospect in the system, but a set of five very good prospects that are hard to separate, as they all combine much to like with significant issues. The dropoff from the first five is sizeable, as the system's become rather mediocre quickly due to graduations and trades.

There was nothing earth shattering in any of their comments. I'm a bit surprised on how high they were on players from the recent draft instead of current players like Taylor Green.

about 1 year ago Supertramp 2 comments 0 recs |

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thanks

for posting that and giving your impression of the subscriber only stuff. Like you, I find the inclusion of all the recent draftees surprising. Salome also surprises me. Seems like the talk was how raw he was defensively and how his stature meant he had to play C or DH. What about his “pop time” or throwing accuracy? I remember Simmons showing him how to frame a pitch. Perhaps that was a nuance rather than something basic though.

Goldstein seems like the Jim Rome of prospect blogging. Plenty of loud noise and broad pronouncements. Executive editor Chris Kahrl’s preview included great suggestions like signing Bartolo Colon, I’m thinking that they don’t have much interest in the Brewers outside of needing to say something for the publication.

by ol Pete on Dec 9, 2008 10:07 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

To expand a little bit

I agree your comments regrading BP. Kahrl’s preview was a joke, and I could probably write Sheehan’s Brewer articles for him. I guess that’s to be expected from a national website, though I always hope for more since a lot of them are based out of Chicago.

A few tidbits on the article that I thought were interesting:

I believe he ranked Gamel third based solely on his defense. Goldstein projected him to hit .300 with 25 HRs in the majors.

Jeffress – fastball consistently hitting 95-97, occasionally 100.

Ordorizzi – fastball consistently hitting 89-92, occasionally 94. Slider is second best pitch, curve and change need lots of work. Very athletic.

Dykstra- I learned that Lenny pushed him to be a professional golfer early on before he focused on baseball. Adjusting to hitting breaking balls.

Salome – comment made that he threw out 25% of baserunners, saw as a sign he is improving behind the plate.

by Supertramp on Dec 9, 2008 10:58 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs