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Buster rated as #19 on the top prospect list...I'm surprised to see so many recent draftees on the list...is that normal?
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Nice Name.
by FairweatherFan on Dec 4, 2008 1:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
guesses on where MadBum will be...
I say #9
by FluLikeSymptoms on Dec 4, 2008 1:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Alderson #10 MadBum #5
The bases were drunk, and I painted the black with my best yakker. But blue squeezed me, and I went full. I came back with my heater, but the stick flares one the other way and the chalk flies for two bases. Three earnies! Next thing I know, skipper hooks me and I'm sipping suds with the clubby.
by Mike Hawk on Dec 4, 2008 1:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I'd be surprised to see Alderson in the top 10
I’m guessing he was a close shave on making the list, maybe somewhere around 55th
by FluLikeSymptoms on Dec 4, 2008 1:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think he has to be on there.
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by camwoody on Dec 4, 2008 1:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
...and, he's not on there
like I said, he is probably around 55th or so, which I think is pretty fair (and by the way, if we assume he is somewhere in that range, the Giants have 4 of the top 55 prospects in baseball, how great is that?)
by FluLikeSymptoms on Dec 5, 2008 9:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The idea fact that Samardzija, Miller, and Adenhart are on this list and Alderson is a true sign of how stupid this list is.
I am not sure Alderson is top 10 material but I know he is better than those guys. Not to mention the fact that guys like Alonso, Hosmer, and Posey have hardly played and they are on the list. Stupid.
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by camwoody on Dec 5, 2008 7:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m thinking…
1. David Price
2. Matt Wieters
3. Travis Snider
4. Jason Heyward
5. Mad Bum
6. Colby Rasmus
7. Cam Maybin
8. Rick Porcello
9. Tim Alderson
10. Pedro Alvarez
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by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 4, 2008 1:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
That’s why I think Alderson should be on there, I can’t think of who else would be left off of that list
The bases were drunk, and I painted the black with my best yakker. But blue squeezed me, and I went full. I came back with my heater, but the stick flares one the other way and the chalk flies for two bases. Three earnies! Next thing I know, skipper hooks me and I'm sipping suds with the clubby.
by Mike Hawk on Dec 4, 2008 2:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Neftali Feliz or Jhoulys Chacin were about the only other players I could think of instead of Alderson or Porcello that might be as deserving.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 4, 2008 2:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe Pedro Alvarez as well.
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by Anticon23 on Dec 4, 2008 3:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t think of the missing player, but there’s no way Alderson is a top-ten prospect. Cahill and Anderson and Parker and Hanson and some others are clearly better pitchers.
by Evan on Dec 5, 2008 6:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
bumgarner 4th
behind Price Wieter and Vitters
maybe.
"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."
by i did my job on Dec 4, 2008 1:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah,Vitters. He seems like a stretch in the top ten as well, but it must be him.
by Evan on Dec 5, 2008 6:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It was a really good draft this year?
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 4, 2008 3:30 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
At the time everyone was saying it was a weak class. But they seem to say that every year.
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by jcb9 on Dec 4, 2008 6:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah they do that. I counted five 2008 draftees on the list. Hosmer being ranked was sort of a “buh?” to me since he had 11 pro at bats, but I know they heavily weigh ceiling for guys like him. Same with Matusz. Matusz should be great once he actually starts playing. But right now to me I just see them as big walking question marks.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 5, 2008 8:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hosmer's
11 pro AB’s are just as meaningless as Posey’s 44 or Alonso’s 19, so I don’t really see the differnce.
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Dec 5, 2008 9:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
wait
aren’t his 11 ABs exactly 4 times as meaningless as Posey’s 44?
"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."
by i did my job on Dec 5, 2008 11:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
0 X 4 = 0
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
by Cookyman on Dec 5, 2008 12:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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