KG is doing his updates for all 30 MLB teams, going division by division, just giving a brief overview of the systems, and picking out one prospect he likes more than the consensus, and one he dislikes more than the consensus, as well as handicapping who the team’s #1 prospect will be the following season. The article is subscription content, so I won’t post all of it, but here are the snippets
Pivotal Season: After missing most of last season recovering from Tommy John surgery, Kyle Drabek will likely miss the first half of 2008, putting him well behind the development curve, which is confounded by the fact that he wasn’t especially impressive before the procedure.
I Like Him Better Than Most: A slow recovery from a minor shoulder procedure dropped Joe Savery to the No. 19 overall pick last year. If he can have a full return to form this year, that will look like a steal.
Don’t Believe The Hype: After 173 strikeouts against just 23 walks, including a 49-2 ratio at Double-A, Greg Golson is looking like nothing more at this point than a more expensive version of Reggie Abercrombie.
He pegs Carrasco at 2.5:1 and Savery at 3:1 to be the top prospect at this time next year.
If you don’t have a Baseball Prospectus subscription, you really should. The wealth of information trumps any other baseball site on the interweb. I’m still hoping to do another Q/A with KG in the near future, so keep an eye out for that.