Community Prospect List #32

by marcello on Feb 10, 2011 12:24 PM PST

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And Juan Perez makes the list at #31. Will he be this years Belt? In this writers unbiased opinion: very obviously yes. Here is our list so far:

1. Brandon Belt
2. Zack Wheeler
3. Thomas Neal
4. Gary Brown
5. Francisco Peguero
6. Brandon Crawford
7. Charlie Culberson
8. Chuckie Jones
9. Ehire Adrianza
10. Jose Casilla
11. Jorge Bucardo
12. Tommy Joseph
13. Eric Surkamp
14. Mike Kickham
15. Jarrett Parker
16. Hector Sanchez
17. Heath Hembree
18. Roger Kieschnick
19. Conor Gillaspie
20. Rafael Rodriguez
21. Seth Rosin
22. Jason Stoffel
23. Nick Noonan
24. Michael Main
T25. Brock Bond
T25. Jake Dunning
27. Chris Dominguez
28. Ryan Verdugo
29. Reinier Roibal
30. Clayton Tanner
31. Juan Perez

For #32, we have the following options:

Dan Burkhart - FYI, the first link has his age wrong, it's right in the 2nd link

Each player should have a link to Baseball Cube in their first name and a link to FanGraphs in their last name, unless one wasn't available. The poll will close Friday at noon, unless it's clear enough to call before then.

Poll

Who is the Giants #32 prospect?

Dan Burkhart

18 votes

Jacob Dunnington

3 votes

Edwin Escobar

4 votes

Kendry Flores

4 votes

Darren Ford

18 votes

Matt Graham

7 votes

Carter Jurica

11 votes

Chris Lofton

3 votes

Johnny Monell

29 votes

Ydwin Villegas

1 votes

Carlos Willoughby

3 votes

101 votes | Poll has closed

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For me, it’s still between Willoughby and Burkhart. I went Willoughby; gotta love those speedy 2Bs.

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by Lyle on Feb 10, 2011 12:34 PM PST reply actions

just curious

why no Ryan Cavan on this poll? He did get 10 rec’s in the last thread. I would probably go with him next, but since he’s not here I suppose I’ll vote Monell.

Currently trying to come up with my own prospect list (hitters only for now, pitchers later) and…wow. Ydwin Villegas in Augusta last year. .189/.215/.242 in over 200 ABs. Why wouldn’t they send him down? He’s only 19, he should be spending the year in S-K.

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by free f.p. #14 on Feb 10, 2011 12:51 PM PST reply actions

I completly screwed up, sorry

I’ll have him on the next poll. I even remember being happy that he was going to be on the list finally, but I somehow missed him when I was adding the new names.

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by marcello on Feb 10, 2011 2:57 PM PST up reply actions

Dan “The Man” Burkhart. Willoughby next.

Quietly hoping Brandon Belt develops into John Olerud, circa 1993.

by AndOnTheDrums... on Feb 10, 2011 12:51 PM PST reply actions

I may go catcher, catcher, Will’oby

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by foothillsfan on Feb 10, 2011 1:32 PM PST reply actions

Monell

Burkhart’s SSS issues scare me. If the defense is legit then he’ll jump up next year, but I’d like to see what he does in full-season ball before putting him ahead of a guy who’s already had a pretty good minor league career.

Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.

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by quincy0191 on Feb 10, 2011 2:46 PM PST reply actions

Burkhart

we are way past where he should be in the rankings, SSS aside.

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Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?

by nvsfg on Feb 10, 2011 2:49 PM PST reply actions

That's true of a lot of these guys, though

The issue with our system right now is that we’ve got a clear No. 1 prospect, but 2-10 aren’t great, and something like 15-30 are all about equal. I mean, is Jarret Parker that much better than JCP? Parker’s certainly got the draft status backers, but JCP’s already had a good year in San Jose. Parker may not even get that far. Burkhart and Monell aren’t even on the list, and there’s debate about whether they’re as good or better than #16 Hector Sanchez. For the last several votes, I’ve personally had a hard time deciding because IMO there should be about six or seven prospects tied for #25. Inevitably, there are going to be players who are ranked too low when you have a bunch of guys with some imperfect combination of upside and results. There something to like and some serious questions about pretty much everyone after Belt, and once you hit 15 there are just about as many negatives as positives until probably almost 40. It’s great to have all this low minors depth, but it does make the voting hard.

To illustrate, Sickels had Flores as his #13 prospect, and he may not make our top 35.

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by quincy0191 on Feb 10, 2011 6:03 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Inevitably, there are going to be players who are ranked too low when you have a bunch of guys with some imperfect combination of upside and results.

Absolutley correct quincy. The 2-10 are those that stand out the most with a largely unproven bunch. Going this deep into the list leaves us with votes based more on our particular preferences as than projectable proven talent.

Just driving the Burkhart bandwagon.

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Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?

by nvsfg on Feb 10, 2011 6:32 PM PST up reply actions

I’m so completely undecided here that in the time it took between my voting and coming down here to comment I forgot who I voted for.

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by Roger on Feb 10, 2011 2:57 PM PST reply actions

I am voting Matt Graham until he gets selected. I think he will have a huge year and move up this prospect list next year. He has a good arm and after the Giants help straighten out his mechanics so that his K rate will increase to go along with his really nice GB/FB rate.

by krukkuipandclint on Feb 10, 2011 3:19 PM PST reply actions

Escobar

Young lefty w/ good stuff. Plus, he came from the Rangers’ system, and as everybody who follows prospects knows, the Rangers’ system is unbelievably, incredibly, otherworldly full of awesomeness, while ours is pitiful.

Hector Sanchez: Underrated. Fighting body bias since the 2009 off season. I still love you, son, even if you're fat.

by tedfordfan on Feb 10, 2011 3:59 PM PST reply actions