Community Prospect List #28

by marcello on Feb 3, 2011 12:16 PM PST

Please do not rec these, we don't want to have them cluttering up the recommended fanposts. Thanks!

Moving right along, we've got P&C reporting soon, it's Dominguez with the win. 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

For #28, 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 Saturday at noon, unless it's clear enough to call before then.

Poll

Who is the Giants #28 prospect?

Dan Burkhart

8 votes

Darren Ford

20 votes

Johnny Monell

9 votes

Juan Perez

17 votes

Reinier Roibal

18 votes

Clayton Tanner

21 votes

Ryan Verdugo

42 votes

Carlos Willoughby

6 votes

141 votes | Poll has closed

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Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.

by marcello on Feb 3, 2011 12:17 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

Stop at 30

Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.

by marcello on Feb 3, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions 9 recs

Go to at least 40

Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.

by marcello on Feb 3, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions 13 recs

I vote for this option as long as Brute and Roger and Fla and all those who actually know something about these guys promise to keep filling the rest of us in. We’re already into the zone of “players I’ve just barely heard of.”

by Evan on Feb 3, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

I’m with this.

by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Feb 3, 2011 3:19 PM PST up reply actions

I’m in – although I think we should go to #44. This is the McCovey Chronicles, after all.

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by Fla-Giant on Feb 3, 2011 7:03 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs

I also think we should start speeding things up though. 24-36 hours per prospect should be long enough at this point – unless there’s a runoff.

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by Fla-Giant on Feb 3, 2011 7:05 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah

I’m trying to keep it to 24 hours unless it’s reasonably close. 36 hours ain’t going to happen because I’m sleeping and, honestly, it’s easiest to put polls up at lunch on work days.

Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.

by marcello on Feb 3, 2011 10:36 PM PST up reply actions

would seem appropriate

I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?

by nvsfg on Feb 4, 2011 9:00 AM PST up reply actions

Crap..freaking auto format

that should say number forty four would seem appropriate

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Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?

by nvsfg on Feb 4, 2011 9:01 AM PST up reply actions

Hmm

I like this idea

Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.

by marcello on Feb 4, 2011 10:09 AM PST up reply actions

That's a dangerous request...

I know people mock SFDugout for having a premium section, but we do have pretty good scouting reports of our Top 50.

I don’t know if I should be the cow that gives away milk for free…

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by BruteSentiment on Feb 3, 2011 8:18 PM PST up reply actions

until we’ve ranked every player in the entire system.

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by nostocksjustbonds on Feb 3, 2011 1:33 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs

LOL

We’ll have to redo it midway through when we add a bunch of draft picks.

Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, future CF for the World Champion San Francisco Giants.

by marcello on Feb 3, 2011 1:50 PM PST up reply actions

Go to 35

Aaron King, please pitch better.
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by baetown415 on Feb 3, 2011 6:54 PM PST up reply actions

I like 69

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by stealth snail on Feb 3, 2011 9:00 PM PST up reply actions

Voting Darren Ford because I like fast dudes.

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by xanthan on Feb 3, 2011 12:33 PM PST reply actions

TWSS

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by lame-o on Feb 3, 2011 1:42 PM PST up reply actions

Tangetially related to this comment, I was flipping through the Baseball Almanac at Barnes and Noble today, and came across a page on Major League Debuts in 2010, and checking the Giants, found that Darren Ford was the only player in their system who made his major league debut last year. Didn’t they have like 11 or 12 players make their debut (just as quickly followed by “Final Game” in several cases, like the immortal hitting rabbi Brian Horwitz) in 2008? Just another prism through which to view the crazy leap taken in two years.

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by Roger on Feb 3, 2011 5:33 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Willoughby

Seemed to have a nice debut.

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

by AndOnTheDrums... on Feb 3, 2011 12:50 PM PST reply actions

Carlos Willoughby belongs now or soon

in Arizona Rookie, about to turn 20, he hits 295 372 432, that’s OPS 804. Steals 23, CS 4
switch hitter, BB’d 10% of the time, K’d about twice that.
second baseman with speed and pop.

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by foothillsfan on Feb 3, 2011 2:01 PM PST up reply actions

I've heard of the players faking their ages, but not the fans faking it

…about to turn 20…

I agree that he belongs in the conversation now, but let’s get his age straight. Carlos the Jackal was born on November 12, 1988. He was 21 all last season, and will be 22..5 when the season starts this year. He was slightly old for the AZL, and I’d like to see the Giants start to challenge him by promoting him quicker in the future.

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by Fla-Giant on Feb 3, 2011 7:11 PM PST up reply actions

That’s too old (in the AZL) for me. Especially when there are Verdugos, Burkharts and Tanners still on the list. He needs to pushed and prove himself at a higher level.

"Don't trust anyone under the age of 30" - Brian Sabean

by Smotheredinhugs on Feb 4, 2011 9:48 AM PST up reply actions

He’s another of that group that is hard to rate highly now but I’d really like to see take a huge leap in 2011.

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by Roger on Feb 3, 2011 5:34 PM PST up reply actions

Monell

He’s a solid hitter and a catcher.

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by Gobroks on Feb 3, 2011 1:12 PM PST reply actions

Still going with Roibal

Does anybody know what his signing bonus was? All I could find was this SFDugout article:

“No details about the contract or bonus were released, but the Herald’s source indicated that Roibal’s signing bonus is ‘more than decent for the times.’ Recent Cuban signees include the $30 million pitcher Aroldis Chapman with the Reds, $10 million for shortstop Adeinys Hechevarria from Toronto, $7 million from the Royals for pitcher Noel Arguelles, and $3.75 million from Tampa Bay for outfielder Leslie Anderson.”

They make it sound like he might’ve cost us a pretty penny…

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by stealth snail on Feb 3, 2011 1:58 PM PST reply actions

Nevermind, just found it

$450,000, according to this site.

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by stealth snail on Feb 3, 2011 2:05 PM PST up reply actions

It’s nearly impossible to get a hard answer from anyone on stuff like that, but the $450K is closer to what I’ve heard than any seven-digit number.

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by BruteSentiment on Feb 3, 2011 8:19 PM PST up reply actions

I believe another site reported that it was 1M

by Gobroks on Feb 3, 2011 2:29 PM PST up reply actions

It was reported as > $1M on the baseball-reference site, but I’m beginning to doubt that a bit.

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by Fla-Giant on Feb 3, 2011 7:13 PM PST up reply actions

Is Rohlinger qualified for this list?

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by GiantPain on Feb 3, 2011 2:50 PM PST reply actions

He still has prospect eligibility

by Gobroks on Feb 3, 2011 3:07 PM PST up reply actions

In that case

I know he’s old, but he did OPS .900 last year in the minors while playing reportedly decent defense. I think he could slip into my top 30.

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by GiantPain on Feb 3, 2011 4:02 PM PST up reply actions

Verdugo

Can’t pass up that strikeout rate any more.

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by EliminateMe on Feb 3, 2011 5:33 PM PST reply actions

I'm Verdugo'd

No decision on his move to starter will come until we see how he does this spring, but I believe in him. I really like his stuff.

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by BruteSentiment on Feb 3, 2011 8:21 PM PST reply actions

Definitely misses bats. Now if he can just find a way to stop missing the strike zone as well, he’ll definitely be an interesting arm.

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by Roger on Feb 4, 2011 2:56 PM PST up reply actions

Hmm I wonder how many Giants prospects can we apply this too

Ed Concepcion
Aaron King
Edwin Escobar
Jose Valdez

Others too, but I’m feeling lazy

by Gobroks on Feb 5, 2011 11:52 PM PST up reply actions

Don’t know about the others, but King’s mechanics are awful in addition to walk issues.

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by quincy0191 on Feb 6, 2011 12:21 AM PST up reply actions

True, but I mean he had a BB/9 of 12.6 (!!!) in SK this year

by Gobroks on Feb 6, 2011 12:32 AM PST up reply actions

Has to be Burkhart for me

/ looks around for Lyle and Fla-Giant.
This article ranked him in the top 30 picks of all College Catchers in the draft.

26. Ohio State JR C Dan Burkhart

Despite being a legitimate pro prospect in his own right, his biggest claim to fame may be convincing best friend and potential first rounder Alex Wimmers to join him for three years in Columbus. Burkhart is yet another good defensive catcher with a good batting eye and a questionable power ceiling. His scouting reports and his numbers come very close to Kevan Smith’s, but Burkhart’s higher probability of contributing gives him the edge over Smith’s higher upside. Burkhart also receives high marks for being one of the few catchers in the college game trusted to call his own pitches.

Chosen in the 10th round of 2010, Burkhart, is a 5-11, 205-pound catcher out of Ohio State who hit .354 with 15 doubles and 29 RBIs in his last NCAA season. He also threw out 22 of 28 would-be base stealers and was a second-team, preseason All-American by the NCBWA. Here is a link to a short MLB scouting video. Burkhart plays above average defense, was one of the few college catchers allowed to call his own game, and hits well though is a little light on power.

Jump on the Burkhart Bandwagon, I’m driving.

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Where is Dan Burkhart going to play ?

by nvsfg on Feb 4, 2011 9:26 AM PST reply actions