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2009 Combined Top-25 Braves Prospects

As we do every year here at Talking Chop, I've taken all of the top-25 prospect list submissions and averaged them into one combined list that will server as the official Talking Chop top-25 Braves prospects for 2009. Here is the list:

1      Jason Heyward, OF
2      Tommy Hanson, RHP
3      Jordan Schafer, OF
4      Freddie Freeman, 1B
5      Tyler Flowers, C
6      Cole Rohrbough, LHP
7      Gorkys Hernandez, OF
8      Jeff Locke, LHP
9      Kris Medlen, RHP
10    Julio Teheran, LHP
11    Jon Gilmore, 3B
12    Brandon Hicks, SS
13    Cody Johnson, OF
14    Craig Kimbrel, RHP
15    Eric Campbell, 3B
16    Brett DeVall, LHP
17    Edgar Osuna, LHP
18    Todd Redmond, RHP
19    Brent Lillibridge, SS
19    Kala Ka'aihue, 1B
21    Travis Jones, 2B
22    Scott Diamond, LHP
23    Zeke Spruill, RHP
24    Eric Cordier, RHP
25    James Parr, RHP
25    Steve Evarts, LHP

Good work by everyone who participated by submitting their top-25. I like this approach as it usually gets rid of the outliers in individual's lists and gives a better overall picture of what people think of the prospects in our system.

The complete breakdown is after the jump...

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Wow

I’m surprised that Hanson is that close to Heyward. However, with every passing day it seems Hanson gets better and better. Could he even surpass Heyward on some preseason lists next spring?

Eric Berry for Heisman!
5 Interceptions, 1 for TD.
(10 and 2 over his brief career)
25 tackles, 2 sacks
I know this is preposterous but hey, Charles Woodson didn't deserve it either!

by BlueVol03 on Oct 27, 2008 2:46 PM EDT reply actions  

this is clealry not circumstansial but how can u say Charles Woodson didnt deserve the Heisman (fyi i am not a Michigan fan, i actually hate Michagan)… but Woodson definately deserved the Heisman. he won the walter camp award, the bronco nagurski, jim thorpe and chuck bednarik awards. I cant quite find his stats, but he practically single handedly beat OSU, he hardly ever left the field. He returned kicks, played defense, returned punts. and was the catalyst that made that team run. I hate Michigan but he definately deserved that award… and im sure u will say Peyton deserved the award, and its hard to disagree, the only thing i can say is that Peyton’s team wasnt as good as Howard’s… and i know thats a crappy tiebreaker but thats how it works in the heisman race

ok back to baseball… i thought more people contributed to this list than that. and its interesting that Sickel’s has Randall Delgado above Teheran and quite high on his list, and only one of us has him in our top 25… so maybe kudos to Jay212033

"We win today, that's two in a row... if we win tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before..."

by Swo12bv on Oct 27, 2008 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Woodson

The year Woodson won the Heisman (1997) he had 36 punt returns, 1 for a TD. He wasn’t even in the top 50 in average yards gained per return.

 He had 8 Interceptions (which is pretty good, tied for 1st) but only returned those for 7 total yards and 1 TD.

He didn’t return any kickoff returns that year at all. He had 47 tackles and 1 sack. Those are good, not outstanding numbers.

He did have a whopping 3 TDs on offense, 2 receiving and 1 rushing.

Peyton threw for 36 TDs and almost 4000 yards. The ESPN hype machine gave the award to Woodson. For what it’s worth, it turned out better anyway. The award has turned into a popularity contest anyways.

back to baseball:
I didn’t have time to send in my list this time around but I wouldn’t have differed much. I’m surprised Jones is that low and Johnson is that high.

Eric Berry for Heisman!
5 Interceptions, 1 for TD.
(10 and 2 over his brief career)
25 tackles, 2 sacks
I know this is preposterous but hey, Charles Woodson didn't deserve it either!

by BlueVol03 on Oct 27, 2008 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

Eric Berry sucks…GO DAWGS!!!!

by jjcollins on Oct 28, 2008 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ha

you got that wrong. This year, the vols have sucked. Eric Berry actually knocked your pretty boy Moreno out of the game. He’ll be a top 5 pick whenever he decides to take his skills to the next level.

Eric Berry for Heisman!
5 Interceptions, 1 for TD.
(10 and 2 over his brief career)
25 tackles, 2 sacks
I know this is preposterous but hey, Charles Woodson didn't deserve it either!

by BlueVol03 on Oct 28, 2008 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think he's got a good shot of jumping him

Heyward is still very young and hasn’t yet faced the high minors. Not really a knock on him there, but he’s certainly further off than Hanson. If Tommy continues his dominance of the AFL and pairs it with a good showing in spring training, I would probably nudge him a hair above Heyward.

by BraveBronco0121 on Oct 27, 2008 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

Some serious depth

When you figure the ones no longer considered prospects by your definintion and those who had some good minor league numbers but maybe have a correctable flaw or injury problems, this system has some depth. Rasmus is a 1st round pick coming back from injury and could make an impact next year. Evarts just made the list but could jump into top ten if he can return and pitch like he did the three games he got in this year. Several of our sluggers from MB could get on the short list if they cut the Ks down. Then figure we should add a serious prospect or two this next draft given our position. Folks, it could be very entertaining the 5/6 years. Good job, gondee.

by braves99 on Oct 27, 2008 3:13 PM EDT reply actions  

hmmm

I’m really surprised that Willie Cabrera wasn’t on more lists. He had a terrific season at MB this year.

by KC Ryan on Oct 28, 2008 6:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Plus he is still a young guy at about the right level for his age.

by KC Ryan on Oct 28, 2008 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

Looking at the numbers...

it’s indeed rather surprising that he didn’t crack the top 25. Perhaps it’s because he didn’t have a good 2007, and the fact that he plays left field doesn’t help these things. I think if he played in center, those numbers would have him solidly in the 20-25 range.

by BraveBronco0121 on Oct 30, 2008 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

well only if he played a good CF, if he is a bad OF and get stuck in CF, it highlights his deficiency more and the enthusiasm would be further tempered

"We win today, that's two in a row... if we win tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before..."

by Swo12bv on Nov 1, 2008 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

um, if he was a bad OF, they wouldn’t “stick him in center”. thats borderline lunacy, since the CF, you know, covers the most ground in the outfield.

Following the Braves...one long hard drink at a time.

by bigjoe on Nov 2, 2008 9:00 PM EST up reply actions  

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