Comments on: ESPN: Indians have five in top prospects http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/tribe_matters/2009/01/22/espn-indians-have-five-in-top-prospects/ Indians, Aeros and Major League Baseball Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:29:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: btl05 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/tribe_matters/2009/01/22/espn-indians-have-five-in-top-prospects/comment-page-1/#comment-503 btl05 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:59:45 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/tribe_matters/2009/01/22/espn-indians-have-five-in-top-prospects/#comment-503 Ranking the Indians 6th overall at this point in time is ludicrous. I suppose you could base that in low level pitching prospects, but remember all the low level pitching prospects of 3-4 years ago that had the Indians rated as a top farm system? They have all flamed out, most before reaching Akron. The Tribe definitely has a handful of outstanding position prospects right now, but it is indeed a crap shoot if you're ranking a bunch of pitchers who haven't cracked AA. Ranking the Indians 6th overall at this point in time is ludicrous. I suppose you could base that in low level pitching prospects, but remember all the low level pitching prospects of 3-4 years ago that had the Indians rated as a top farm system? They have all flamed out, most before reaching Akron. The Tribe definitely has a handful of outstanding position prospects right now, but it is indeed a crap shoot if you’re ranking a bunch of pitchers who haven’t cracked AA.

]]> By: barry http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/tribe_matters/2009/01/22/espn-indians-have-five-in-top-prospects/comment-page-1/#comment-487 barry Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:51:06 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/tribe_matters/2009/01/22/espn-indians-have-five-in-top-prospects/#comment-487 IIRC, he called evan longoria as rookie of the year last year. IIRC, he called evan longoria as rookie of the year last year.

]]> By: Ray http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/tribe_matters/2009/01/22/espn-indians-have-five-in-top-prospects/comment-page-1/#comment-479 Ray Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:20:09 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/tribe_matters/2009/01/22/espn-indians-have-five-in-top-prospects/#comment-479 These rankings are nothing but a crapshoot. These rankings are nothing but a crapshoot.

]]> By: dan. http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/tribe_matters/2009/01/22/espn-indians-have-five-in-top-prospects/comment-page-1/#comment-472 dan. Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:19:40 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/tribe_matters/2009/01/22/espn-indians-have-five-in-top-prospects/#comment-472 Barry, you can find it here: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=law_keith&id=3840355 Anything after 25 is premium content, however. The only criteria is less than 130 MLB at bats, 50 innings pitched or no more than 45 days on a major league roster. Barry, you can find it here: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=law_keith&id=3840355

Anything after 25 is premium content, however. The only criteria is less than 130 MLB at bats, 50 innings pitched or no more than 45 days on a major league roster.

]]> By: barry http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/tribe_matters/2009/01/22/espn-indians-have-five-in-top-prospects/comment-page-1/#comment-471 barry Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:04:26 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/tribe_matters/2009/01/22/espn-indians-have-five-in-top-prospects/#comment-471 http://meadowparty.com/blog/ he reviewed a total of 200 prospects who had to have rookie eligibility (that means they have yet to exceed 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the majors, and have not yet spent 45 days on the active roster of a major-league club, excluding callups during the roster expansion period after Sept. 1) as of opening day. (that's only about 7 per team) he ranked the indians #5 (of 30) behind the rangers, a's, rays & braves, due in part to the players we got in the CC trade, but lists the indians as one of maybe 6 ML teams that actually have 12-15 legit prospects. interesting that santana, not laporta, is our #1 prospect in his opinion, and he thinks that adam miller could be a #1 starter if he stayed healthy. he also thinks that laporta should be at 1B, listed him as the #5 prospect there. and that our best 3B prospect is: Lonnie Chisenhall, our 2008 #1 pick. the problem is he won't be in the bigs until about 2012 or so. he's ranked our prospects as follows: 1. Carlos Santana, C 2. Matt LaPorta, 1B 3. Adam Miller, RHP 4. Nick Weglarz, LF/1B 5. David Huff, LHP 6. Hector Rondon, RHP 7. Kelvin de la Cruz, LHP 8. Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B 9. Carlos Rivero, SS 10. Abner Abreu, 3B http://meadowparty.com/blog/

he reviewed a total of 200 prospects who had to have rookie eligibility (that means they have yet to exceed 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the majors, and have not yet spent 45 days on the active roster of a major-league club, excluding callups during the roster expansion period after Sept. 1) as of opening day. (that’s only about 7 per team)

he ranked the indians #5 (of 30) behind the rangers, a’s, rays & braves, due in part to the players we got in the CC trade, but lists the indians as one of maybe 6 ML teams that actually have 12-15 legit prospects.

interesting that santana, not laporta, is our #1 prospect in his opinion, and he thinks that adam miller could be a #1 starter if he stayed healthy.

he also thinks that laporta should be at 1B, listed him as the #5 prospect there. and that our best 3B prospect is: Lonnie Chisenhall, our 2008 #1 pick. the problem is he won’t be in the bigs until about 2012 or so.

he’s ranked our prospects as follows:

1. Carlos Santana, C
2. Matt LaPorta, 1B
3. Adam Miller, RHP
4. Nick Weglarz, LF/1B
5. David Huff, LHP
6. Hector Rondon, RHP
7. Kelvin de la Cruz, LHP
8. Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B
9. Carlos Rivero, SS
10. Abner Abreu, 3B

]]> By: barry http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/tribe_matters/2009/01/22/espn-indians-have-five-in-top-prospects/comment-page-1/#comment-470 barry Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:34:43 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/tribe_matters/2009/01/22/espn-indians-have-five-in-top-prospects/#comment-470 how 'bout a link? or at least what the criteria is? last i heard, santana is still learning english, which'd make it kinda difficult to manage a big league pitching staff. how ’bout a link? or at least what the criteria is? last i heard, santana is still learning english, which’d make it kinda difficult to manage a big league pitching staff.

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