its time for the large grouping of young lottery tickets to take their turn at the podium. I went with Grullon to start it off. Encarnacion, pujols, sandberg, hernandez, pullin in no particular order.
I keep going with Knapp too as he is borderline top 10 for me. Probably Sandberg after that as I do not know where to put either Morgan or Encarnacion. I think Knapp moves quickly once he is healthy (and probably DH’s from the beginning of the season).
I’m going with Watson here. I don’t think his surgery is that bad and he’s due back mid season and expected to pitch. If that’s true, he has considerable upside.
Grullon – most likely (due to defense) of the short season guys IMHO.
Really all these guys are just scouting lottery tickets with SSS data if any at all.
I will say that I do not think much of Pullin anymore. 2B with avg d, avg bat, a at best avg power does not exite me.
Sandberg is much like the other athletes Phillies hasve takend. He could be great but I will need to see it to believe it.
It is time to add Kevin Munson to the ballot. He’s about as good as anybody else. With a good spring training, he’s in the majors. He has a good fastball and a hard slider. He just needs better control, and last year he made strides in the direction, bringing his BB/9 down to 3.6 while keeping his K/9 around 11. Are his chances of closing someday that much less than Giles or Martin?
Phuture Phillies 
Sandberg again, for reasons stated earlier.
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I agree. I’m sticking with Sandberg as my pick as well
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its time for the large grouping of young lottery tickets to take their turn at the podium. I went with Grullon to start it off. Encarnacion, pujols, sandberg, hernandez, pullin in no particular order.
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I also went with Grullon, but agree with your assessment that maybe one or more of these youngins’ can really explode out.
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Went with Andrew Knapp again but there are a whole bunch of defensible picks at this stage, including Grullon, Sandberg, Morgan, Rupp and Mecias.
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Encarnacion and Perkins too.
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I keep going with Knapp too as he is borderline top 10 for me. Probably Sandberg after that as I do not know where to put either Morgan or Encarnacion. I think Knapp moves quickly once he is healthy (and probably DH’s from the beginning of the season).
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Me too. Knapp
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I’m going with Watson here. I don’t think his surgery is that bad and he’s due back mid season and expected to pitch. If that’s true, he has considerable upside.
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Going with rupp here again. Close proximity to majors. Although he is a backup he is going to be there for awhile and has some pop in the bat
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Grullon – most likely (due to defense) of the short season guys IMHO.
Really all these guys are just scouting lottery tickets with SSS data if any at all.
I will say that I do not think much of Pullin anymore. 2B with avg d, avg bat, a at best avg power does not exite me.
Sandberg is much like the other athletes Phillies hasve takend. He could be great but I will need to see it to believe it.
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I will go with Rupp again. He will be in CBP this year.
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I’m still voting Rupp, for the 4th time.
It is time to add Kevin Munson to the ballot. He’s about as good as anybody else. With a good spring training, he’s in the majors. He has a good fastball and a hard slider. He just needs better control, and last year he made strides in the direction, bringing his BB/9 down to 3.6 while keeping his K/9 around 11. Are his chances of closing someday that much less than Giles or Martin?
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Yes, worse fastball, and worse secondary pitches
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There is nothing lower than the word “worse” not a great comment:(
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Jon Mayo, MLB has Munson at 20 on his list with the following:
Current/Projection
Fastball: 60/60 | Slider: 50/50 | Control: 40/40 | Overall: 40/50
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