There are no can’t-miss, once-in-a-decade talents on this Top 10 list, but there are a number of players who have the opportunity to really explode in 2010. You also have to love the fact that all 10 players on the list were drafted or originally signed by the Red Sox organization. You can’t fake good scouting and development.
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I think Hulet being down on Ryan Kalish
Is more a matter of not being able to closely follow the minor league seasons of all these guys. For as much as Kalish’s AA stint was mediocre in its whole, he noticeably improved as the year went on.
USG
+1
His monthly splits are pretty obvious. On the other hand, I like the Gibson love :)
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
Wow, no Iglesias
Kinda surprising.
So is Tazawa being so high and Kalish so low, but I guess there are several scouts out there who question Kalish’s ultimate ceiling. His “tweener” status isn’t helping him any, but it’ll be all the better when he proves those claims wrong.
DFA Beckett
by South Coast Ghost on Jan 25, 2010 3:33 PM EST reply actions
It's not surprising
Fangraphs’ Prospects lists uses advanced stats: K rate, BB rate, ISO and wOBA for hitters, FIP, WHIP and batted ball data for pitchers. MH don’t use scouting reports. So the fact that Iglesias didn’t had many ABs make him a out of their ranking (Most of his value is in his glove and there’s no data to qualify his defense)
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
He wasn't eligible.
"Ninety percent [of my salary] I'll spend on good times, women, and Irish whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste."
-Tug McGraw
Yeah, well, uh....
….Er, that needs to be bigger so people like me will actually read it!
DFA Beckett
by South Coast Ghost on Jan 25, 2010 5:19 PM EST up reply actions
High on Tazawa.
Which is good. Hulet says in the comments that numbers 3-9 could go in almost any order and I agree with that. A lot of these guys are kind of on the fringe of “Top Prospect” status, meaning one big year we’ll know a lot more.
"Ninety percent [of my salary] I'll spend on good times, women, and Irish whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste."
-Tug McGraw
Video of the Annual Rookies development Program
Link
2 things:
Casey Kelly likes my people (at 2.00 minutes)
Mike Hazen is the illegitimate father of Jose Iglesias :)
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
Kelly kinda looks like Matt Leinhart.
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
by CasanovaWong on Jan 26, 2010 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
Hey, now, that sounds like a jinx to me.
USG
by Ben Buchanan on Jan 26, 2010 1:09 PM EST up reply actions
That's okay...
Derek Jeter looks kinda like “The Situation”
Rock me, sexy Jesus...
by nuthinboutnuthin on Jan 26, 2010 7:35 PM EST up reply actions
10 points loss in the next OTM Posters Awards
A 2nd felony will be severely answered (50 to 100 points loss): You are now warned sir!
"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur
Hahah
I was actually gonna throw in “hope he plays like him too”. Now I’m glad I didn’t cuz I really want that prestigious “Yankee fan we hate a little less than all other Yankee fans” award.
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
by CasanovaWong on Jan 26, 2010 2:30 PM EST up reply actions
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