John Sickels 2011 Braves Top Prospects List
by gondeee on Oct 21, 2010 2:26 PM EDT
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PrintMinor League Ball's John Sickels ranks his top-20+ Braves prospects for 2011:
- Julio Teheran, RHP, Grade A
- Freddie Freeman, 1B, Grade A-
- Mike Minor, LHP, Grade A-
- Randall Delgado, RHP, Grade B+:
- Arodys Vizcaino, RHP, Grade B:
- Craig Kimbrel, RHP, Grade B:
- Matt Lipka, SS, Grade B:
- Carlos Perez, LHP, Grade B:
- Brandon Beachy, RHP, Grade B-
- J.J. Hoover, RHP, Grade B-
- Andrelton Simmons, SS, Grade B-
- Michael Dunn, LHP, Grade B-
- Todd Cunningham, OF, Grade B-
- Edward Salcedo, SS, Grade B-
- Christian Bethancourt, C, Grade C+
- Scott Diamond, LHP, Grade C+
- Steven Kent, LHP, Grade C+
- Mycal Jones, SS, Grade C+
- Benino Pruneda, RHP, Grade C+
- Joe Leonard, 3B, Grade C+
- Brett Oberholtzer, LHP, Grade C+
- Adam Milligan, OF, Grade C+
- Paul Clemens, RHP, Grade C+
- Dave Filak, RHP, Grade C+
Three grade-A guys is fantastic. A solid list. He reviews each guy at his site, and lists several more who just missed.
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I agree with a lot of this, he did it well.
I like that he has Minor ahead of Vizcaino and Delgado, I have the same feelings.
Twitter: @Ben_Duronio
I’d take Minor over Vizzy, but not Delgado.
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
by Scott Coleman on Oct 21, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
i think at this point
vizcaino and delgado are still too raw to rank ahead of minor. not to say that either won’t eventually become a better prospect than minor, but i would have to agree with where he has them currently. though they both have a higher ceiling than minor IMO.
Can we give Cunningham
A full season before we rush to such a statement. Unlike Harrilchak, Cunningham didn’t start in the rookie league to start his career so that’s saying something.
If only we hadn’t depleted our farm system.
This guy wants to suck all the cubs dick can he not have an unbias some what partition reguards
by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Oct 21, 2010 2:45 PM EDT reply actions
I hate
Mark Texieria
"I wasn’t thinking about it. That’s the worst celebration of all time. I didn’t know what to do. I got lost in the moment." - Brian McCann
by HansonManCrush on Oct 21, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s an awesome player who had one of the best seasons by a 1B for us in a long time. I like the guy.
I hate Furman Bisher for saying that our farm system has dried up.
This guy wants to suck all the cubs dick can he not have an unbias some what partition reguards
by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Oct 21, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I hate Furman Bisher forsaying that our farm system hasbeing a dried up old fart.
Fixed that for you. You’re welcome.
"I should have followed Rhyno's advice..." Mr. Sanchez 06/18/2010
You young whipper snappers with your color televisions and skateboards!
This guy wants to suck all the cubs dick can he not have an unbias some what partition reguards
by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Oct 21, 2010 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Am I the only one who thought Arodys would have a higher grade than B? I don’t know anything about our prospects other than what I read here, but his hype seemed to indicate he was closer to a B+ or A-.
"If I have asthma, they won't let me scuba. And if I can’t scuba, then what’s this all been about?? What am I working toward??"
"You look like you should be married to one of the San Diego Padres."
Also
Anyone know how far away Lipka is? Just curious.
"If I have asthma, they won't let me scuba. And if I can’t scuba, then what’s this all been about?? What am I working toward??"
"You look like you should be married to one of the San Diego Padres."
Far, was just drafted out of high school this year. Arodys hurt his elbow this year, which is always a cause for concern. He avoided TJ though, but I’ve heard some project him as a late-inning reliever.
Twitter: @Ben_Duronio
late inning reliever??
This guy was supposed to be a stud!! Is the drop bc of one injury?
"If I have asthma, they won't let me scuba. And if I can’t scuba, then what’s this all been about?? What am I working toward??"
"You look like you should be married to one of the San Diego Padres."
He would be a killer closer with his stuff, but they’ll obviously give him every opportunity to start, as that’s where the most value is.
by king of games on Oct 21, 2010 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
He was injured at the end of last season as well
So this is the 2nd yr in a row he’s ended the season with an injury.
Ive read it too
Also has to do with him having essentially two pitches.
by drumzalicious on Oct 22, 2010 6:12 AM EDT up reply actions
there are a lot of stud pitchers in the low minors…for him to be labeled as a late inning releiver is better than him being a bust…he essentially has a similar outlook as Feliz did….he could start if everything goes right, but he will probably end up in the bullpen and be electric.
"No. Lonely people mixing with one another? Breeding? Creating an even lonelier generation? You're not even allowing natural selection do its work. Pssh. You're like the guy who invented the seat belt."
Dwight Schrute
I can’t argue with much of his list. I know I would put Cory Gearrin in our top 25 list, and maybe L V Ware and Harlichek, but adding them means taking someone else off, and some of these guys I haven’t seen yet so I don’t even want to get into that game yet.
"I should have followed Rhyno's advice..." Mr. Sanchez 06/18/2010
Looks pretty good.
In the long term I’d take Delgado over Minor, but Minor is probably the better prospect now since he’s already made the jump to Major League ball.
And I know Kimbrel is just a relief pitcher — or a closer for that matter — but I feel like he should be rated a bit higher. A closer can have a huge impact over the course of a 162 game season.
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
For what it’s worth, this is a tweet from Mycal Jones this morning:
“i think i’ve found a new home at second base”
That's very interesting...
You know, the Organizational Meetings were this week.
Maybe they’ve decided they’ll move Prado over to 3rd when Chipper leaves and will try Pastornicky and Jones at 2B to fill the void? That doesn’t sound like a bad plan to me. We’d just need a power-hitting LF or CF if this ever happened.
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
by Scott Coleman on Oct 21, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
…and is Pastornicky really not on his list? am I missing something here?
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
by Scott Coleman on Oct 21, 2010 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s only 20 and already in AA ball though. His numbers weren’t great, but they’re not bad either.
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
by Scott Coleman on Oct 21, 2010 11:49 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
True
He hasn’t shown much with the bat yet and that’s why I can see him not making the list. Hopefully he’ll prove me wrong and start hitting. He did make the “all others” list though.
He’s killing the ball in the AFL right now.
by king of games on Oct 22, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Come on now
He’s had like 15 ABs and only has 1 XBH so I wouldn’t say he’s killing it.
This is exactly what I’ve been thinking since I saw TP in the AFL, that kid has some skill with the leather. Prado, Lipka, TP, and Freeman is a groundball pitchers wet dream on defense.
by king of games on Oct 21, 2010 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions
9 of the top 12 are pitchers....
I guess you would classify that as our strength.
Braves top prospects
It is sad that there are so few position players on the list. Matt Lipka and Freddie Freeman are the best choices, but where are the future third basemen and outfielders?
LOL
Well we did just graduate the top prospect in the minors and he’s an outfielder…
We also just spent $1.6M on Edward Salcedo who supposedly has the best tools out of the DR since Hanley Ramirez. If he grows much more at all (he’s 18, so it’s likely.) he’ll be a 3rd baseman.
Does that make you happy?
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
by Scott Coleman on Oct 21, 2010 11:52 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I like the potential of Salcedo but people are mentioning he won’t be ready till 2014! Thats forever so will we just get veteran stop gaps until Lipka,TP,Salcedo,Jones are ready?
by PhuckthePhillies on Oct 22, 2010 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
LOL
Our system is weak in position player talent. That’s a fact. The good thing is we’ve always had success with the pitchers over hitters approach so there’s no reason to be worried yet. But let’s not act like we have all kinds of position player depth when we don’t.
Well when we develop and put out an A (Heyward) and A- (Freeman) in back to back years, our system might take a bit of a hit.
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
by Scott Coleman on Oct 23, 2010 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions
When we drafted him, a lot of the talk on Lipka was that he was going to end up in CF.
"They should just give two ROYs in the NL and skip the AL this year." - KLaw
really?
now THAT would be interesting.
by drumzalicious on Oct 22, 2010 6:14 AM EDT up reply actions
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