Rotoworld Top 10 Prospect Analysis

by MeSoKrabby on Apr 10, 2008 10:22 AM PDT Comment 34 comments

Matthew Pouliot breaks down the top prosepects for each team in the NL West. Here's a link to the Giants Prospect page: Rotoworld Giants Prospect Breakdown

#1 is, obviously, Villalona. Money line:"He doesn't take wild swings at breaking balls, and he shows some willingness to take pitches the other way."

A disciplined hitter? In the Giants farm system?

#2-4 are Sosa, Alderson, Bumgarner, followed by Noonan and Schierholtz.

For some reason Velez is number seven even though he's with the big club. If you take him out Tanner would be #10.

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P.J. Phillips last #1 position player?

Who?

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by WalrusMan on Apr 10, 2008 10:29 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe J.R.Phillips?

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by MeSoKrabby on Apr 10, 2008 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is it REALLY so hard to get right? It's two freakin' letters!

"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Apr 10, 2008 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

apparently RJ

by wilriv21 on Apr 10, 2008 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know about anybody else

But I'm really good at remembering things in that 3-8 letter range, but anything more or less than that is a total crapshoot.

He is Vengeance. He is the Knight. He is Dave Righetti. PRAY TO HIM!

by howtheyscored on Apr 10, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree, howtheysdrgklsd.

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by groug on Apr 10, 2008 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's not like there's a million two-letter combinations!

JR, RJ, JP, PJ, MJ, AJ, DJ, BJ, CJ, JC, OJ, VJ, LJ, L Ron... But those are the only ones I can think of!

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by JRPhillips on Apr 10, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can I get a JT?

And don't forget about Kruk's pal Q.V. Lowe, aka Qonly Vonly.

2008: My previous assessment may have been overly optimistic.

by EliminateMe on Apr 10, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, and TJ! Like Thomas John.

"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Apr 10, 2008 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also JD, JJ, CC, and our buddy FP.

Moving into the more exotic: TR, RA, FC, JA, RE, CV, TE, RC, CB, JB are all initials to be found at Baseball-Reference.com. There was even an O.F. who once played for the Cardinals.

2008: My previous assessment may have been overly optimistic.

by EliminateMe on Apr 10, 2008 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And with so few initial combinations available, how the HELL does one stupidly screw up JR?

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by JRPhillips on Apr 10, 2008 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

OF did not play CF..

I'm dissapointed.

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by WalrusMan on Apr 10, 2008 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're disappointed?

Imagine how Sabean felt. Born in 1881 - that's a whole lot of veteran savvy!

2008: My previous assessment may have been overly optimistic.

by EliminateMe on Apr 10, 2008 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How do you seperate tags?

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by MeSoKrabby on Apr 10, 2008 10:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think by using a comma

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by xanthan on Apr 10, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks.

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by MeSoKrabby on Apr 10, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Velez still did have...

"Rookie" status coming into the season, that's why he's on a prospect list. Usually the lists use the same status as rookie.

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by WalrusMan on Apr 10, 2008 10:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought it strange...

...that they describe Noonan as a "rare true second baseman", even though he was a shortstop in high school and split time between SS/2B equally last season.

Also, they identified Bumgarner as an RHP, but that's apparently just a typo, since the writeup correctly describes him as a lefty.

2008: My previous assessment may have been overly optimistic.

by EliminateMe on Apr 10, 2008 10:53 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs