Daily Archives: September 29, 2008

Michael Taylor in BA Top 20 for FSL

Top Prospect Lists

Coming in at 10th.

Nothing really new in the scouting report. Impressive tools, breakout performance, etc etc. Keeping things up to date.

GCL

4. Jason Knapp
7. Sebastian Valle
8. Zach Collier
13. Anthony Hewitt

NYPL

5. Travis D’Arnaud

SAL

15. Michael Taylor

FSL

10. Michael Taylor

And the nail in the coffin, Adrian Cardenas came in at #5. This was the most damaging part

The biggest question with Cardenas centers around his best defensive position. His struggles turning the double play limit his potential at second base, and his lateral movement and footwork probably won’t allow him to play shortstop. His arm is strong enough for his third base, and his bat would fit there as well.

bah.

My biggest surprise/disappointment of 2008

Other Stuff

You’ve given your opinion on biggest surprise and biggest disappointment, now I’ll go ahead and give my take. I gave this a good deal of thought, and I tried to distinguish between guys I wasn’t that high on (Carpenter and Golson), guys I expected to struggle (Galvis, Mattair) and focus more on guys that I had real high hopes for. I’ll give my biggest disappointment/surprise as well as two runners’ up for each, and then a little bonus at the end. So, lets get to it.

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