Reader Top 30; #25

2009 Reader Top 30

We’re approaching the finish line, with only 6 more spots left. Anthony Gose edged out Andrew Carpenter for the 24th spot, taking 95 of the 283 votes cast. Correa, Naughton and Harman each received one write in vote, so I’ll add Naughton to the voting as he’s been there before. We’re getting down to the end, and there are still a bunch of really interesting prospects that haven’t even been mentioned yet. Should make the voting interesting. As a reminder, when we’re done voting for the collaborative Top 30 I’ll be taking individual top 30’s from everyone and putting them into a sheet again like last season for comparison purposes. I’ll make a separate post about that when the time comes. So, here we go on #25…

01. Carlos Carrasco, RHP
02. Lou Marson, C
03. Jason Donald, SS
04. Kyle Drabek, RHP
05. Michael Taylor, OF
06. Dominic Brown, OF
07. JA Happ, LHP
08. Travis D’Arnaud, C
09. Joe Savery, LHP
10. Zach Collier, OF
11. Jason Knapp, RHP
12. John Mayberry Jr, OF
13. Edgar Garcia, RHP
14. Antonio Bastardo, LHP
15. Julian Sampson, RHP
16. Drew Naylor, RHP
17. Mike Stutes, RHP
18. Anthony Hewitt, 3B
19. Sebastian Valle, C
20. Vance Worley, RHP
21. Freddy Galvis, SS
22. Travis Mattair, 3B
23. Damarii Saunderson, OF
24. Anthony Gose, OF
25.

42 thoughts on “Reader Top 30; #25”

  2. I’m writing in Leandro Castro. Probably a little too early for him, but I wanted to get his name out there for this.

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  4. Voted Carpenter.

    My thinking is he will be motivated to put last year behind him. Who knows though.

    We’re getting to a point in the list where most of my info comes from this site and what the people who comment say about a player. I can only get my eyes on people when they get to Lakewood.

    I did see Carpenter pitch last year but I spent more time watching how poorly the Delmarva Shorebirds were at throwing the ball back to the pitcher after the pitch. 4 times the ball had to be chased down. not only couldn’t their pitcher catch, the infielders couldn’t throw.

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  6. Wrote in Chance Chapman. Old for his level, but has put up good numbers in pro ball. Saw him pitch and has good movement on his pitches. Will need to pitch well and be promoted to Reading this year to still be considered a prospect. #25 is fringy prospect territory.

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  8. I’ve been voting for Mattair and then Gose for so long, I’m not prepared for who comes next… I’m still only looking for guys who can either play everyday, be in the rotation, or be a set up man or closer. After last year, I no longer see Carpenter, Myers or Correa in that role and I never saw Berry as a starter. I think Cisco and Shreve are definitely propsects by my definition but I’m going to select a write in who I assume won’t win. I’m voting for Tyson Brumett. He didn’t do well at AA last year but if he had stayed at Clearwater, his stats would have been terrific. Was he rushed or is his stuff just not good enough? We’ll find out if he falls into my Carpenter pile or if he stays a prospect sometime this year.

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  9. Shreve again, but Carpenter would have been my next choice. As mentioned in an earlier thread, I do think he’s going to have a big-league career, though probably not one of great significance. Still, that’s better than most, and probably better than a third of the guys ahead of him…

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  16. James mentioned some interesting prospects that haven’t been mentioned or mentioned in a while. Here’s some pitchers with something to them. Either they have real potential or they had a good year last year. You decide which is which:

    Andy Cruse, Brian Rosenberg, Carlos Montasterios (just because he’s the last of the Abreu trade), Chapman (mentioned above), Chris Kissock, Darren Byrd, Freddy Ballestas, Jacob Diekman, Jon Pettibone, Jordan Ellis, Joe Bisenius (remember him. Is he stillaround?), Kyle Slate, Rob Roth, Swindle (I think he’s still in the organization), Tyler Cloyd, Tyson Brummett (I was very high on him last year), Vance Worley and Yohan Flande.

    These are just the pitchers. I could see 2 or 3 of these guys popping up on the radar with a few good outings. There’s also a few position players left too. Maybe next vote I’ll mention some of these.

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  18. Bellman – just FYI Swindle is gone (I forget where) and Worley is #20. The names that you mention who jump out at me are Brummett (shelled in AA last year but jumped a few levels), Diekman (struggled in full-season ball but clearly the Phils saw something in him to push him to Lakewood to start the year) and Pettibone (big-time bonus baby).

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  19. Bellman, Another interesting name is Mike Zagurski. He technically still qualifies as a prospect and is on the 40 man roster. He is recovering from TJ surgery, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he is on the Phils’ active roster at some point this season. If Sergio Escalona is going to be in the discussion, so should Zagurski.

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  22. Voted for Carpenter again… i tend to take experience over upside. I think last year was a rough one for him and i can see him getting into shape and rebounding with a solid year this year. Im not saying he is going to be a stud, but i think he is servicable and he will pull himself together. Some of the names Bellman mentioned are going to come into play next week as well. I can really see jumping on the pettibone bandwagon. Slate, Roth, Cloyd and Brummett entice me. Flande is also an interesting name to throw out. Im having an internal debate over Rosenburg because he dominated life, but he is an older college player that overmatched young competition. I can’t see him as top 30 unless he continues to be viscous against better opponents this year.

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  26. Five in a row for #46 in your Major League programs, #1 in your hearts, and #25 in your Reader Top 30, Mr. Andrew Carpenter.

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  28. Thanks for the updates. Sorry about missing Worley. I have some position players to possibly think about. Some are past favorites and some …

    Leandro Castro is a favorite of mine. He’s got a write-in vote now. Derrick Mitchell was mentioned a time or two. How about Steve Susdorf. Cody Overbeck has a bat but where can he play. TJ Warren I like. I was skeptically optimistic about D’Arby Myers last year. 2008 wasn’t good for him. Others: Harold Garcia, Gus Milner (prospect?), Fidel Hernandez, Clay Harris (is he still a prospect?), Yonderman Rodriguez, Arlon Quiroz, Matt Rizotti, James Murphy, Jesus Villegas Andin, Troy Hanzawa, Micael Durant, Tim Kennelly, Fabio Murakami and Jeremy Hamilton.

    I can’t see most of these guys getting any votes for the top 30 but a couple of them have or will surprise.

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  30. It should be interesting to see how the championship GCL Caribbean guys do up north in Williamsport or Lakewood this year. That will be the “tail of the tape”. Several of them were listed on the Fall Florida Instuctional League roster so the Front Office must consider them prospects to watch: Listed on the FIL roster were pitchers Yohan Yande, Julio Rodiguez, Reginal Simon and position players right fielder Thomas De Los Santos who was listed as a first baseman on the FIL roster, second baseman Harold Garcia, centerfielder Leandro Castro and Valle. Other than Valle who is already ranked here, how these guys do up north this year will go a long way to determine if they ever become top 30 prospects or not.

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  32. Another write-in for Slayden – he’s never going to be a star, but I think he’s in the top 25 of the team’s prospects. Has an outside shot of being a pretty nice player and should make the majors, something a lot of the guys who are ahead of him on this list will not do.

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  33. Going with Cosart again basically on potential and ceiling. He and Shreve need to be on the back end of the list. I would probably vote for Carpenter after those 2.

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  35. Squire has posted BA’s Phillies’ top 31 over on PhilliesPhans. I can’t imagine how BA decided to put Overholt on the list, and not at the very end of the list, either.

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  36. I wrote in Slayden as well – hadn’t been thinking about him previously, but I’d put him around 50% to make the bigs for over a year. That’s got to compensate for his age and limited ceiling when we’re down here in the mid-20s.

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  38. The one thing Slayden has going for him is that he hit lefties
    better than righties and managers are so anal that he may become a good dh,pinch hitter type at least.

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  40. NEPP —
    Every nonprospect shows flashes of potential. I’m not saying that is all that Overbeck is and it certainly takes a lot of guys some time to get used to would, but flashes of potential is an awful way to assess a player. I remember Machado coming to Reading at the end of a season and flashing a lot of potential with the bat — actually looked like a real hitter. Next season in a full year at Reading, it was back to the same crapppy bat. Jeff Jackson also flashed multi-week flashes of good performance. Sustained performance over a season is what is needed, not a good week, 2 weeks, or month. Overbeck’s OPS was almost .800, so not awful for first season. He hit a lot better with guys on base and in scoring position. Only really one good month though and ended on a down note. Still, if he can handle 3B D, there is promise there.

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  41. ****Still, if he can handle 3B D, there is promise there.****

    He was a butcher at 3B at Williamsport. I saw him in person for 3 games and he was brutal…no range, bricks for hands, didn’t look comfortable at all. I’d be surprised if he can stay at 3B as a pro.

    Granted he could drastically work on his defense and turn that weakness into a strength but I’m gonna wait and see on him for that.

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