Monthly Archives: January 2013

Baseball Prospectus Phillies Top 10

Around the System, Asche, Cody, Aumont, Phillippe, Diekman, Jacob, Franco, Maikel, Galvis, Freddy, Joseph, Tommy, Martin, Ethan, Morgan, Adam, Pettibone, Jon, Pullin, Andrew, Quinn, Roman, Tocci, Carlos, Watson, Shane

I have to run to work so I will fill in some details later, but BP released their Phillies Top 10 today, you can read it here, http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19360#131023.  For now I will leave the names and projection (OFP and what it means) and tools (if there is a * it is a potential not an actualized tool)

1. Jesse Biddle (6, #3 starter, moderate risk)

Tools: 5+ FB, 6* CB, 5+ CH

2. Maikel Franco (6, first division player, high risk)

Tools: 5+* hit, 6 raw power, 6+ arm

3. Adam Morgan (6, #3 starter, moderate risk)

Tools: 5+ FB, 6 SL, 5+* CH, 5* CB

4. Roman Quinn (6, first division player, high risk)

Tools: 8 speed, 5+* hit, 5+ arm

5. Tommy Joseph (hi 5, solid-average regular, moderate risk)

Tools: 6 power, 6+ arm Continue reading Baseball Prospectus Phillies Top 10 →

Reader Top 30 #5 – Maikel Franco

2013 Reader Top 30, Franco, Maikel

Tommy Joseph takes the #4 spot, Sebastion Valle added to new poll.

Reader Top 30 #4 – Tommy Joseph

2013 Reader Top 30, Joseph, Tommy

Adam Morgan takes the #3 spot, Watson and Greene have both been added by request.

Reader Top 30 #3 – Adam Morgan

2013 Reader Top 30, Morgan, Adam

Roman Quinn takes the #2 spot, Tyson Gillies has been added to the poll for #3.

Reader Top 30 #2 – Roman Quinn

2013 Reader Top 30, Quinn, Roman

Jesse Biddle easily was voted #1, Carlos Tocci was added to the list as the leading outside vote earner.

Reader Top 30 #1 – Jesse Biddle

2013 Reader Top 30, Biddle, Jesse

Welcome to the Reader Top 30, I will be releasing a new poll every day Monday-Friday until we are done.  Each poll will contain the names of nine prospects and a space for a write-in answer.  The top write-in vote receiver (or popular request from the comments) will be added to the next day’s poll to replace the winner.  For the initial poll I have used the Top 9 from Baseball America’s Top 10 (the order should be randomized every time the poll appears).  Feel free to give a reason for your choice and please post if you added a write-in vote.  I will post the winner in the next day’s poll as well as update the title of the poll to reflect the winner.

So without further ado your first Reader Top 30 poll.

General Discussion – Pre-Reader-Top-30-Weekend Edition

Other Stuff, Weekly Discussion

Just a fresh discussion thread for all of you who are itching for somewhere to talk about Brett Myers passing his physical in Cleveland.

Head to Head – Young Infielders

Green, Zach, Other Stuff, Pullin, Andrew, Walding, Mitch

And so, we’ve come to the last of these head to head comparisons.  I wanted to look at a couple interesting names in the infield.  Obviously we’ve all been through discussions of Roman Quinn, Maikel Franco and Cody Ashce, and we know a lot about some of the older guys like Cesar Hernandez and Darin Ruf, (if you want to call him a 1B still, which I guess you could).  The rest of the top 30-ish infielders are young guys, drafted in 2011 or 2012.  So let’s talk about Zach Green, Mitch Walding and Andrew Pullin.

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Head to Head – Young Pitchers

Gueller, Mitch, Other Stuff, Vargas, Franklyn, Watson, Shane

Today I wanted to very briefly discuss the three young starters in the system I think have the highest upside.  That’s two 2012 draftees, Mitch Gueller and Shane Watson, and recent international signing Franklyn Vargas.

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Head to Head – Advanced Level Outfielders

Collier, Zach, Dugan, Kelly, Gillies, Tyson, Other Stuff

Just a couple days away from the crowning of the Reader #1.  I have a guess who it might be…(cough Biddle cough cough)…Jesse Biddle.  Sorry for the coughing.  I’ve been sick.

So today, I’m going to take a brief look at Kelly Dugan, Zach Collier and Tyson Gillies, and where they appear on my top 30.

Continue reading Head to Head – Advanced Level Outfielders →