Comments on: Reader Top 30; #3

By: 3up3kkk

3up3kkk — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:58:49 +0000

Don’t forget that everyone’s favorite R.J. Swindle dominated at AAA this year!!!

By: Jim Kaat

Jim Kaat — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:44:02 +0000

I voted for him for #1 prospect so he’s my vote here #3- Kyle Drabek.

By: nowheels please

nowheels please — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:33:20 +0000

Happ is a high ball pitcher modern players cant handle high pitches. Guess we will see. As for experts they…… oh never mind this is a clean website

By: Skunky

Skunky — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:44:14 +0000

I’m not blaming him for having too small of a sample! Just saying that what you said about “pulling up his box scores in 08″ is fairly irrelevant because it is a very small sample. You could make an argument that his good AAA numbers combined with that small sample suggest to you that he is a good pitching prospect… but I would argue right back that success is not the only way to evaluate a prospect. Brian Mazone had a fairly successful year at AAA by comparison and I don’t see him making the team anytime soon. Sometimes you have to rely on scouting reports made by experts- people that get paid big money to rate these players- in order to make a proper evaluation of talent. Those people say Happ will probably be a #5 starter and they are probably right. And in light of that, it does not make any sense to rate him higher on a prospect list than a play who’s projected MINIMUM would be the equivalent of a #5 starter.

You can’t have the argument both ways and then declare yourself right by invoking Eaton and declaring a woulda shoulda coulda.

By: 3up3kkk

3up3kkk — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:26:28 +0000

Happ was injured and struggled most of the season the Phillies had Garcia (remember, the Phillies overworked him coming back off of those injuries) so he wouldn’t have taken his place. That is why Kendrick got the job instead.

Either way, Happ will get his shot at a rotation spot this year assuming he isn’t traded before ST but the point remains that a potential #5 starter shouldn’t be the #3 prospect in any organization…