Brew Crew Ball Community Prospect Rankings: Vote For #4

by Kyle Lobner on Jan 19, 2012 2:02 PM CST in Minor League Coverage

Tyler Thornburg was the clear choice for #3, so here's where we stand:

Wily Peralta
Taylor Jungmann
Tyler Thornburg

And the nominees for the #4 spot are:

Jed Bradley
Scooter Gennett
Taylor Green
Cody Scarpetta
Logan Schafer

Follow the jump for more on the candidates, then vote in the poll below.

Jed Bradley, LHP
Age: 21
Top Level Reached In 2011: (none)

2011 Stats:

Peoria (Arizona Fall League): 8.1 IP, 6.48 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, 4 BB, 8 K

Other Rankings:

Source	Rank	Out Of
John Sickels	4	20
FanGraphs	4	15
Baseball America	3	10

Scooter Gennett, 2B
Age: 21
Top Level Reached in 2011: A+

2011 Stats:

Brevard County (A+): 601 PA, .300/.334/.406, 9 HR, 11 SB, 10 CS, 27 BB, 69 K
Peoria (Arizona Fall League): 100 PA, .411/.470/.556, 2 HR, 2 SB, 0 CS, 10 BB, 15 K

Other Rankings:

Source	Rank	Out Of
John Sickels	7	20
FanGraphs	6	45
Baseball America	5	10

Taylor Green, 3B
Age: 25
Top Level Reached in 2011: MLB

2011 Stats:

Huntsville (AA): 13 PA, .364/.385/.455, 0 HR, 0 SB, 0 CS, 0 BB, 3 K
Nashville (AAA): 487 PA, .336/.413/.583, 22 HR, 1 SB, 0 CS, 55 BB, 72 K
Milwaukee (MLB): 37 PA, .270/.270/.351, 0 HR, 0 SB, 0 CS, 0 BB, 6 K

Other Rankings:

Source	Rank	Out Of
John Sickels	5	20
FanGraphs	5	15
Baseball America	8	10

Cody Scarpetta, RHP
Age: 23
Top Level Reached in 2011: AA

2011 Stats:

Huntsville (AA): 117 IP, 3.85 ERA, 1.376 WHIP, 61 BB, 98 K

Other Rankings:

Source	Rank	Out Of
John Sickels	9	20
FanGraphs	11	15
Baseball America	7	10

Logan Schafer, OF
Age: 25
Top Level Reached in 2011: MLB

2011 Stats:

Brevard County (A+): 41 PA, .306/.390/.306, 0 HR, 1 SB, 1 CS, 5 BB, 4 K
Huntsville (AA): 211 PA, .302/.368/.392, 0 HR, 10 SB, 5 CS, 17 BB, 25 K
Nashville (AAA): 194 PA, .331/.401/.521, 5 HR, 5 SB, 3 CS, 17 BB, 18 K
Milwaukee (MLB): 5 PA, .333/.500/.333, 0 HR, 0 SB, 0 CS, 1 BB, 1 K

Other Rankings:

Source	Rank	Out Of
John Sickels	10	20
FanGraphs	14	15
Baseball America	6	10

Poll

Who should be #4 in our BCB Community Prospect Rankings?

Jed Bradley

81 votes

Scooter Gennett

17 votes

Taylor Green

123 votes

Cody Scarpetta

5 votes

Logan Schafer

8 votes

234 votes | Poll has closed

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a thought

Can we talk about scooter gennett? Although his performance has been outstanding, I have to be Mindful of what his ceiling is. his arizona fall league performance was Excellent, but what are Realistic expectations Of his performance considering his size? the guy is only 5’9" and is listed as 165. that doesn’t speak much more than a Nimble Gamer. while he does have major league Ambitions, let’s be Real. his power is not in the pedroia class, and I don’t see him as anything more than bench Fodder. and for all the Innovative performance stats out there, he’s still a shrimp whose body limits his potential. i guess we could get Enthusiastic about it, but i guess i am Lagging behind on this. so i’ll Decline to vote vor him at this point.

"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."
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by Hyatt on Jan 19, 2012 3:03 PM CST reply actions 7 recs

Along with 98% of the rest of us.

As of this posting.

by mpbMKE on Jan 19, 2012 3:21 PM CST up reply actions

He's not worth voting for yet.

I just don’t see a reason to vote for him yet. I don’t know what he has done to earn a vote this early, so I agree with you. Maybe sometime next week, we will see what he did last season to earn his spot in the poll up there.

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by -JP- on Jan 19, 2012 3:24 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs

I Might neeD to Use More critical analysis is my comprehension of future posts on this topic, for fear of once again appearing dumB.

by mpbMKE on Jan 19, 2012 3:50 PM CST up reply actions

I call this acrostic poem "Rebuttal."

Big problem with your post.
Although I see your point, I think you’re hiding a
Non-negligable and
Noteworthy personal agenda.
Even if your points are worth acknowledging, I see a
Danger in allowing you to lead the conversation.

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Jan 19, 2012 3:45 PM CST up reply actions 6 recs

I need to close this post.

People are starting to wonder why I’m laughing so hard. (It’s not really that hard, but it’s noticeable.)

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by -JP- on Jan 19, 2012 3:52 PM CST up reply actions

and here is where I take the bow

I feel the acrostic was the opus and thus I have nothing left to give in ways of poking the dragon. Smiles all around.

by Hyatt on Jan 19, 2012 4:09 PM CST up reply actions

I knew we peaked too soon.

Now what am I supposed to do with the next 13 days of this series?

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Jan 19, 2012 4:11 PM CST up reply actions

there are a finite amount of literary devices.

I’ll see if I have anything left in the tank for you tomorrow.

by Hyatt on Jan 19, 2012 4:11 PM CST up reply actions

Definitely not an impact kind of guy

Id say at worst he has the potential to be an average every day player along the lines of Jonathan Lucroy.

You are definitely onto something though regarding his height and the likelihood that his best bet is as a bench player.

That being said, I would have been voting for him ahead of Taylor Green simply because of ceiling and positional value. But Green probably will win this spot over the better prospect in Bradley.

by backtocali on Jan 19, 2012 3:59 PM CST up reply actions

Psychology

We need to believe in SOMEbody who’s potentially fewer than 2+ years away from being a major league contributor.

by mpbMKE on Jan 19, 2012 4:02 PM CST up reply actions

Jungmann's your best bet

If that is your outlook.

Contributing and making an impact are definitely different things, and contributors rarely really play a special type of role on contending clubs.

by backtocali on Jan 19, 2012 4:08 PM CST up reply actions

Yup. I understand the difference.

And I don’t really see a very impactful player any closer than the 2+ year window. Maybe Jungmann will prove me wrong, but we already voted him #2.

by mpbMKE on Jan 19, 2012 4:17 PM CST up reply actions

the whole "prospect" thing is an entire measure of that

a “prospect” is just a measure of potential, and these guys are alllll full of potential, but in RL guys like Mark Rogers fizzle the heck out and guys like John Axford make the majors. (And guys like Brandon Kintzler have the same MLB impact as Rogers, but Kintzler was a 40th round draft pick)

by morineko on Jan 19, 2012 6:39 PM CST up reply actions

I'm not sure it's even appropriate to call Green a prospect anymore.

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jan 19, 2012 7:01 PM CST up reply actions

He's still only 25, and he certainly hasn't had enough big league time to be considered a major leaguer.

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Jan 19, 2012 7:08 PM CST up reply actions

Gamel hasn't had much experience either.

Is 26 the cut off point? Or is the cutoff 175 PA? Or have we just not gotten to him yet?

Not a huge deal either way though as this is all pretty subjective. I wouldn’t have put Green on the list, but 26yrs of age is as good a place to cut it off as any. The fact that we’re talking about two 25 year olds and we’re not out of the top 5 yet says plenty about the Brewers system, imo.

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jan 19, 2012 7:34 PM CST up reply actions

Gamel has accumulated enough MLB service time to no longer be considered a rookie.

He’s not an established major leaguer either, though, so I guess he’s just trapped in no man’s land.

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Jan 19, 2012 8:57 PM CST up reply actions

by Supertramp on Jan 20, 2012 10:55 AM CST reply actions 1 recs

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