I’d go with Morton, Lilli, Blanco, Parr, Bueno and Perry. That said, MLB considers Jurrjens and Campillo rookies and they’re clearly our best.

You forgot Jurrjens, Campillo, and I think Josh Anderson if he still qualifies.

Jurrjens, Campillo, Morton, Blanco for me.

First two should be obvious.

I like Blanco a lot cause of his plate discipline and on base skills, but he has absolutely no power. His slugging percentage is barely above .300. Ugh… I think with some adjustments, he can become a .380 OBP guy. You see him strike out looking on a lot of pitches about an inch or two off the plate, and once he figures that umps routinely call those for strikes, I think he’ll be able to adjust and foul them off. Blanco becomes expendable once Schafer makes it up.

As much as I like Lillibridge, I’m worried if he’ll be able to hit big league pitching. Above A ball, his K to BB ratio is like 3:1. In the bigs, he has like 3 walks to 23 Ks. I don’t care about Ks as long as a player can walk, but it looks like he’s getting fooled or overpowered by more advanced pitching since he’s not getting the walks he did at A ball. He has good potential though, but he needs to develop plate discipline or pitch recognition.

I like Morton cause he’s got great pitches. His stuff is definitely better than Jair’s, but Jair pitches like a veteran. I just hope Charlie can figure it out eventually.

Jurrjens, Morton, Brandon Jones, Phil Stockman, Anderson, Clint Sammons, Lillibridge, Parr, Blanco, Campillo, Jeff Ridgway, Bueno, Perry

Morton, Blanco, Parr, Bueno, Perry and Lillibridge.

Morton’s only problem (IMO) is his head, I think he will find the confidence but I have to admit there’s very little justification for this opinion.

The hit on Blanco (no pun intended) will be his lack of power, but I think the defense, OB and speed will play well at the top of our lineup.

Looking closely at Lilli, he did very well in the lower minors against lesser talent. As he progressed he struggled more as the talent improved. His strike zone judgement this year was horrible and that is a BIG problem when it comes to free swingers. I hope I’m wrong but I don’t think he makes it to a full fledged major leaguer.

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I don’t know that anyone really stood out besides Jurrjens. I would like to see some more starts from a healthy Morton and Parr. Morton has a great fastball and good movement on his pitches. Blanco and Anderson at the least will be useful major leaguers. I hate to give up on pitchers, but Reyes’ upside is limited and he looks pretty awful, Maybe a year at AAA will help him. Lilli needs to cut down on his swing if he will ever be effective in the majors. I’m on the fence with Brandon Jones. Is he a 4th outfielder or the next Jermaine Dye? I could go either way.

You’re probably right, but maybe without the pressure he can work on things without feeling the pressure in AAA. Or trade him to KC, since their GM seems to love our players unconditionally…lol

bueno and perry are garbage, so they’re out. lillibridge didn’t hit a lick, so he’s done. parr has no stuff to speak of whatsoever, and started getting lit after his magical first couple of starts. blanco is a corner OF with no power and he fears contact. the OBP would be nice if he were providing us with a higher average and more than NINTEEN XBH IN 430 AB. for someone who was on base as much as he was, he scored an abnormally low amount of runs, probably because of the cubanacity of escobar.

so the winner by default is charlie morton. who had a WHIP of over 1.5, an ERA over 6, and a near even K:BB

…its gonna be a long 2009