Brew Crew Ball Community Prospect Rankings: Vote For #8

by Kyle Lobner on Jan 25, 2012 2:00 PM CST in Minor League Coverage

Logan Schafer won easily yesterday, so here's where we stand:

Wily Peralta
Taylor Jungmann
Tyler Thornburg
Taylor Green
Jed Bradley
Scooter Gennett
Logan Schafer

And the nominees for the #8 spot are:

Michael Fiers
Caleb Gindl
Jorge Lopez
Jimmy Nelson
Cody Scarpetta

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

Michael Fiers, RHP
Age: 26
Top Level Reached In 2011: MLB

2011 Stats:

Huntsville (AA): 61.1 IP, 2.64 ERA, 0.913 WHIP, 14 BB, 63 K
Nashville (AAA): 64.2 IP, 1.11 ERA, 0.974 WHIP, 22 BB, 69 K
Milwaukee (MLB): 2 IP, 0.00 ERA, 2.500 WHIP, 3 BB, 2 K

Other Rankings:

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

Caleb Gindl, OF
Age: 23
Top Level Reached in 2011: AAA

2011 Stats:

Nashville (AAA): 538 PA, .307/.390/.472, 15 HR, 6 SB, 5 CS, 63 BB, 93 K

Other Rankings:

Source	Rank	Out Of
John Sickels	12	20
FanGraphs	9	45
Baseball America	NR	10

Jorge Lopez, RHP
Age: 18
Top Level Reached in 2011: Rookie

2011 Stats:

Arizona (Rookie): 12 IP, 2.25 ERA, 1.333 WHIP, 3 BB, 10 K

Other Rankings:

Source	Rank	Out Of
John Sickels	6	20
FanGraphs	8	15
Baseball America	9	10

Jimmy Nelson, RHP
Age: 22
Top Level Reached in 2011: A

2011 Stats:

Wisconsin (A): 146 IP, 4.38 ERA, 1.445 WHIP, 65 BB, 120 K

Other Rankings:

Source	Rank	Out Of
John Sickels	19	20
FanGraphs	7	15
Baseball America	10	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

Poll

Who should be #8 in our Community Prospect Rankings?

Michael Fiers

69 votes

Caleb Gindl

46 votes

Jorge Lopez

68 votes

Jimmy Nelson

2 votes

Cody Scarpetta

23 votes

208 votes | Poll has closed

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A tight race between Fiers and Lopez

I give Lopez the edge because he’s much younger, has TONS of room to grow, and have tons of potential.

Go ahead, make my day.

by ilikeburritos on Jan 25, 2012 5:26 PM CST reply actions

Fiers has never failed.

Every level he’s been at hes been around 9k/9 and 2.5bb/9. Plus he’s been a starter. He was older when he was drafted so he hasn’t been in the system forever.

by jmag043 on Jan 25, 2012 8:58 PM CST reply actions

The problem with Fiers

Is that Minor League stats are less important than development and tools already in place.

Fiers is already as his ceiling as a #5 starter/Long Reliever/AAAA type player, whereas Lopez, although very raw, has upper half of the rotation potential.

Just as burrito says above, being a prospect is all about potential and growth.

by backtocali on Jan 26, 2012 8:32 AM CST up reply actions

Prospect is a subjective term.

Fiers may be at the top of his upside right now, but there’s still a significant percentage chance (50-75%?) that he will eventually play significant time in the big leagues.

Lopez has a chance to be a much better major leaguer, but as an 18 year old with 12 pro innings that chance is probably closer to 25-30%.

In the end the question becomes which investment you want: The larger shot at a smaller payoff or the smaller shot at a bigger return.

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Jan 26, 2012 10:20 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

All depends on your definition of prospect. I am more of the type that wants a little of both, and will side on the upside/tools part of a player when determining which player is more worthy of the term.

by backtocali on Jan 26, 2012 10:53 AM CST up reply actions

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