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| This picture makes me feel the way this mug makes Keith Law feel. |
As I have previously mentioned, I have a pretty firm policy of not really paying any attention at all to prospects until they are totally MLB ready and then are, I guess, not exactly prospects anymore, but instead, dudes. I do this because there are only so many hours in a day, and, I mean, where does it end? Where does it end? But I manage to make up for a lot of my ignorance by simply accepting everything Keith Law has to say about prospects. Well, about everything, really, but especially about prospects. Keith Law's chats at espn.com go too much into cooking and literature and board games for my liking (I actually really like all of those things, but that's not why I am at espn.com reading baseball chat transcripts, you know?) but on the whole I admire Keith Law's work immensely. He's a really good writer in a snarky internet kind of way, and I have enjoyed his work at every stage of his career, be it Baseball Prospectus, or the Blue Jays front office, or ESPN, or as the best guy they ever have on the Fan 590 in Toronto. He has also said some pretty cutting things about J. P. Ricciardi from time to time so he is squarely and firmly my dude.
Anyway, prospects. Here are the first twenty-five, with the rest after the jump. All of this has been lifted from the comment section at Drunk Jays Fans, naturally.
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01. Mike Trout - Angels
02. Bryce Harper - Nationals
03. Domonic Brown - Phillies
04. Jesus Montero - Yankees
05. Eric Hosmer - Royals
06. Julio Teheran - Braves
07. Dustin Ackley - Mariners
08. Wil Myers - Royals
09. Shelby Miller - Cardinals
10. Aaron Hicks - Twins
11. Zach Britton - Orioles
12. Manny Banuelos - Yankees
13. Kyle Drabek - Blue Jays
14. Jeremy Hellickson - Rays
15. Aroldis Chapman - Reds
16. Matt Moore - Rays
17. Brandon Belt - Giants
18. Martin Perez - Rangers
19. Casey Kelly - Padres
20. Desmond Jennings - Rays
21. Michael Pineda - Mariners
22. Jacob Turner - Tigers
23. Mike Moustakas - Royals
24. Tyler Matzek - Rockies
25. Jarrod Parker - Diamondbacks
26. Manny Machado - Orioles
27. Jonathon Singleton - Phillies
28. Mike Montgomery - Royals
29. Miguel Sano - Twins
30. Jameson Taillon - Pirates
31. Devin Mesoraco - Reds
32. Kyle Gibson - Twins
33. Derek Norris - Nationals
34. Jarred Cosart - Phillies
35. Juan Segura - Angels
36. Zack Wheeler - Giants
37. Brett Lawrie - Blue Jays
38. Anthony Rizzo - Padres
39. Lonnie Chisenhall - Indians
40. Chris Archer - Rays
41. John Lamb - Royals
42. Jordan Lyles - Astros
43. Freddie Freeman - Braves
44. Zach Stewart - Blue Jays
45. Jose Iglesias - Red Sox
46. Jeff Decker - Padres
47. Arodys Viscaino - Braves
48. Wilmer Flores - Mets
49. Hak-ju Lee - Rays
50. Randall Delgado - Braves
51. Billy Hamilton - Reds
52. Carlos Matias - Cardinals
53. Nick Franklin - Mariners
54. Anthony Ranaudo - Red Sox
55. Matt Dominguez - Marlins
56. Jason Kipnis - Indians
57. Travis D'arnaud - Blue Jays
58. Grant Green - Athletics
59. Yasmani Grandal - Reds
60. Drew Pomeranz - Indians
61. Mike Minor - Braves
62. Hank Conger - Angels
63. Tony Sanchez - Pirates
64. Simon Castro - Padres
65. Yonder Alonso - Reds
66. Trey McNutt - Cubs
67. Chris Sale - White Sox
68. Gary Sanchez - Yankees
69. Wilin Rosario - Rockies
70. Davaris Gordon - Dodgers
71. Ben Revere - Twins
72. Zack Cox - Cardinals
73. Dellin Betances - Yankees
74. Oswaldo Arcia - Twins
75. Nick Castellanos - Tigers
76. Brody Colvin - Phillies
77. Alex Torres - Rays
78. Tyler Skaggs - Diamondbacks
79. Christian Yelich - Marlins
80. Chris Carter - Athletics
81. Jurickson Profar - Rangers
82. J.P. Arrencibia - Blue Jays
83. Matt Harvey - Mets
84. Chris Owings - Diamondbacks
85. Jordan Walden - Angels
86. Matt Davidson - Diamondbacks
87. Christian Friedrich - Rockies
88. Andrew Brackman - Yankees
89. Alex Colome - Rays
90. Drake Britton - Red Sox
91. Zack Lee - Dodgers
92. Nolan Arenado - Rockies
93. Trevor May - Phillies
94. Ruby De La Rosa - Dodgers
95. Wilson Ramos - Nationals
96. Adeiny Hechevarria - Blue Jays
97. Jake McGee - Rays
98. Danny Duffy - Royals
99. Aaron Sanchez - Blue Jays
100. James Jones - Mariners
And the A's have :scans the entire list: TWO PROSPECTS LISTED? TWO GODDAMN PROSPECTS?
ReplyDeleteOh, that's right. Our farm system is dog shit.
Eight Rays, seven Blue Jays, six Royals. Some pretty intensive number crunching reveals that these three teams account for 21% of the list.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny how on AthleticsNation every single trade thread goes something like this:
ReplyDelete-Poster A mentions what it might take to acquire Player X.
-Poster B says it'll probably take Prospect A. Possibly even Prospect B.
-Poster C says NO! PROSPECTS A AND B ARE TOO STEEP A PRICE!
-Poster B points out that Prospects A and B wouldn't even be top 5 prospects in Player X's team's farm system.
-Poster C says YOU ARE GREATLY UNDERSELLING OUR PROSPECTS!
-Poster B rattles off a list of 5-10 prospects from Player X's team's farm system who are undeniably better than Prospects A and B.
-Poster C admits defeat and laments the choices that have been made by Billy Beane.
-Poster A shows back up and ask what it would take to acquire Player Y and the whole thing starts over again.
Actually, that's not really funny so much as it is sad.
ReplyDeleteSuch is the internet when coupled with baseball.
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