Project Prospect's Midseason Top 50 List

by RougeGorrila on Jul 26, 2008 9:52 PM PDT

I just posted this on my blog, but I don't see it posted here yet. Project Prospect has put out its Midseason Top 50 Prospect list, and it features Madison Bumgarner at #14, Tim Alderson at #20, and Angel Villalona at #46. Three prospects in a top 50 list is certainly a welcome sign after years of farm system mediocrity. I’ve always been very high on Bumgarner, but I think Alderson is an over-rank here. I like Angel at #46.

The list also has Tim Beckham at #18 and Kyle Skipworth at #47, so Buster Posey-- if he had signed-- would be what? Mid 20s? And how do you think this list compares to Rotoworld's?

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Good stuff

I think your analysis of the Giants’ top three prospects is pretty good, as well as your feeling that Buster Posey would be in the top 25 or so if signed. And yes, it is quite nice to have four Giants prospects who rank in the top 50 of all 30 teams.

In addition to the three named and Posey, Tim Lincecum also was obviously a top 50 prospect virtually from the moment he was drafted. So assuming they sign Posey, which is highly likely by almost anyone’s calculations, they will have added five different top 50 prospects in just 26 months. Particularly given that Lincecum almost certainly ranks in the top five or ten among players drafted the past three years, that is an impressive feat.

by sharksrog on Jul 27, 2008 12:22 AM PDT reply actions

Another...

Lincecum lovefest by SharksRog…Now there is a shocker!!!

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by Mordy From Monsey on Jul 27, 2008 6:50 AM PDT up reply actions

be that as it may...

...Sharksrog is right to include Tim in this discussion. If this cadre of homegrown players actually pans out, I’m sure we’ll talk about Lincecum’s drafting as the beginning Sabean’s post-Michael Tucker Draft Philosophy era.

by sularz on Jul 27, 2008 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions

Perhaps we should be calling it the John Barr Era.

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by Lyle on Jul 29, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Everyone should learn from sharksrog

If you aren’t heaping praise upon this kid, you aren’t a Giants fan. Period. Dry humping aside, the Giants haven’t had a pitcher this phenomenal in decades, and we should all be overwhelmingly loving of Tim.

Proud pappa of....STEVE HOLM!!

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 28, 2008 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Mordy is afreud to love.

"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 Jul 28, 2008 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions

I mean,

I am genuinely afraid of what will happen when Tim hits the free agent market. If he is not re-signed, I really don’t know what I am going to do with myself. He is my favorite player in baseball by far, and the idea of the Giants low-balling him and having him go to the Red Sox scares the living crap out of me. It has the potential of making me lose interest in baseball altogether.

Proud pappa of....STEVE HOLM!!

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 28, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions

Meet me around back, I’ll be happy to load you and as many people that will fit into my car and we’ll just drive off a cliff.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 28, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions

I want to ride on top of the car

...and go out Slim Pickens style.

by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 28, 2008 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Sharksrog thinks about Lincecum more than I think about sex.

Adoptive father of howtheyscored. The beatings will begin momentarily.

by Goofus on Jul 29, 2008 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions

That’s just because he has the uncanny ability to combine the two.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 29, 2008 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Alot of experts think that Posey was the best player in the draft, so it would probably depend on the opinion of the person who made this list. He could be up there near Bumgarner.

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by rxmeister on Jul 27, 2008 5:24 AM PDT reply actions

Wait…there is a future????

by ACgiant97 on Jul 27, 2008 9:57 AM PDT reply actions

Beatrix Kiddo to Elle Driver:

Bitch, you haven’t got a future!

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by hairball on Jul 27, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions

nice

by CB30 on Jul 27, 2008 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions

Rich Porcello?

I know he’s a good prospect and I was hoping the Giants would have drafted him with one of their picks last year, but why is this guy always ranked so high? Is it just me, or does he have a lot more to prove before earning a top 10 ranking?

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by NeifiChicken on Jul 28, 2008 10:37 AM PDT reply actions

the fact that I called him Rich, clearly denotes my respect for him

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by NeifiChicken on Jul 28, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions

He ain't Poor-cello

Well he is rich now…

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 28, 2008 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions

How about that pitcher we drafted number 1 a couple of years ago, out of the U of Washington? Anybody think he might amount to anything? I notice he hasn’t made it to Conn (AA) yet.

by allfrank on Jul 28, 2008 11:30 AM PDT reply actions