[農場] Rotoworld Top 10 Prospects

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http://www.rotoworld.com/content/features/column.aspx?sport=MLB&columnid=2&articleid=27653 1. Kory Casto - OF - DOB: 12/08/81 - ETA: July 2007 .272/.379/.468, 20 HR, 80 RBI, 104/81 K/BB, 6 SB in 489 AB for Double-A Harrisburg .302/.471/.434, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 12/17 K/BB, 0 SB in 53 AB for Peoria (AFL) Casto doesn't offer the upside a team wants from its top prospect, but he's nearly ready now and he seems likely to have a career as a corner outfielder. With Ryan Zimmerman set to play the hot corner in Washington for a long time, Casto made the switch from third base to left field at the end of the June. He should possess enough range to be an average defender in time. Casto will have to be a platoon player initially. The left-handed hitter batted .303/.405/.541 against righties in Double-A last year. He was at .189 against lefties. Casto is expected to have a chance to compete for a starting job this spring, though he shouldn't beat out Ryan Church if Church is still around. Three or four months in Triple-A would do him some good. 2. Jesus Flores - C - DOB: 10/26/84 - ETA: Now .266/.335/.487, 21 HR, 70 RBI, 128/27 K/BB, 2 SB in 429 AB for Single-A St. Lucie It's also discouraging when a team's No. 2 prospect just arrived through the Rule 5 draft. Flores, though, will have a spot in the bottom third of the top 150 next month. The Nationals are likely to keep the 22-year-old after taking him out of the Mets organization in December and groom him as a replacement for Brian Schneider in 2009 and 2010. Flores offers 25-homer potential and a strong arm behind the plate. The rest of his game remains raw, and he's not going to benefit from spending the year on the Washington bench rather than in Double-A. Still, he looks like a future regular. 3. Chris Marrero - OF - DOB: 07/02/88 - ETA: 2011 .309/.374/.420, 0 HR, 16 RBI, 19/8 K/BB in 81 IP for Rookie GCL Nationals Marrero was the Nationals' first of four picks in the first two rounds of the 2006 draft, going 15th overall. The Nationals moved him from third base to the outfield immediately after signing him and he was playing well there in the Gulf Coast League until having his season cut short by viral meningitis. The Nationals expect Marrero to blossom into a 30-homer guy. It's a bigger question whether he'll hit for average against advanced pitching. He's due to open this year at low Single-A Hagerstown. 4. Esmailyn Gonzalez - SS - DOB: 09/21/89 - ETA: 2012 Gonzalez, a native of the Dominican Republic, picked the Nationals over the Yankees, Red Sox, Twins and Rangers when he signed with the Nationals for $1.4 million in July. Washington GM Jim Bowden then went and compared his glove to Ozzie Smith's and his bat to Miguel Tejada's. He may have been a little overly optimistic with his assessment, but there was enough demand from other teams to get Gonzalez a spot here, even if he has yet to make his pro debut. That should come this June in the Gulf Coast League. 5. Collin Balester - RHP - DOB: 06/06/86 - ETA: May 2008 4-5, 5.20 ERA, 126 H, 87/53 K/BB in 117 2/3 IP for Single-A Potomac 1-0, 1.83 ERA, 15 H, 10/6 K/BB in 19 2/3 IP for Double-A Harrisburg Balester got off to a rough start as a teenager in high-A ball, but right around the time he turned 20 in June, he began to step up his performance and he even had three successful starts in Double-A at the end of the year. Balester remains rather raw. He gets movement on his low-90s fastball and shows a plus curve, but his stuff has yet to result in a lot of strikeouts. A better changeup would help in that department. The plan is for Balester to begin this season in Double-A, and he'll probably make his major league debut sometime this summer. However, he's likely years away from becoming a quality major league starter. 6. Matt Chico - LHP - DOB: 06/10/83 - ETA: July 2007 3-4, 3.75 ERA, 48 H, 49/11 K/BB in 50 1/3 IP for Single-A Lancaster 7-2, 2.22 ERA, 62 H, 63/21 K/BB in 81 IP for Double-A Tennessee 2-0, 3.27 ERA, 28 H, 13/8 K/BB in 22 IP for Double-A Harrisburg The Nationals picked up Chico along with Garrett Mock in the Livan Hernandez trade with the Diamondbacks last August. Although he's yet to pitch above Double-A, he is a candidate for a spot in the Nationals' rotation this year. Since he'd be a flyball pitcher in RFK Park and he doesn't walk many batters, he could survive now. He's not going to overpower anyone with his 90 mph fastball, however, and neither his curve nor his changeup is a particularly big weapon. A future as a fourth or fifth starter seems likely. 7. Colton Willems - RHP - DOB: 07/30/88 - ETA: 2011 0-1, 3.38 ERA, 23 H, 8/3 K/BB in 16 IP for Rookie GCL Nationals Willems was the 22nd overall pick in the 2006 draft. The Nationals got him signed quickly, but he had to be shut down after just one appearance in August because of some elbow soreness. It wasn't believed to be anything serious. Willems throws in the low-90s and has a hard slider that should turn into a strikeout pitch. He's not going to move quickly, but he has a lot of potential, perhaps more than Balester. 8. Garrett Mock - RHP - DOB: 04/25/83 - ETA: May 2008 4-8, 4.95 ERA, 144 H, 117/50 K/BB in 131 IP for Double-A Tennessee 0-4, 10.26 ERA, 29 H, 9/5 K/BB in 16 2/3 IP for Double-A Harrisburg Mock was rated ahead of Chico entering the year and may have still qualified as the superior prospect at the time of the Livan Hernandez trade, but his already disappointing campaign took a turn for the worse after the deal. Mock has the stuff to become a middle-of-the-rotation starter. He works in the low-90s with regularity, gets grounders with his cut fastball and shows a curve that occasionally resembles a plus pitch. Perhaps the results will catch up with his stuff this year. If so, he could he a factor after the All-Star break. 9. Larry Broadway - 1B - DOB: 12/17/80 - ETA: April 2008 .288/.353/.455, 15 HR, 78 RBI, 116/45 K/BB, 5 SB in 444 AB for Triple-A New Orleans Broadway was dealt a setback in 2005, when knee surgery limited him to 78 games, and again prior to last year, when Nick Johnson got a three-year extension through 2009. The 2002 third-round pick was able to put in a healthy 2006, but he didn't do much to advance his cause by finishing with an 808 OPS at New Orleans. The left-handed hitter didn't even make a case for a future as a platoon player, as he hit 65 points higher and delivered seven of his 15 homers against southpaws. Barring a step forward this year, Broadway is likely to settle in as a quad-A player. He'll compete with Travis Lee and Robert Fick for playing time if Johnson's broken leg isn't going to be ready for Opening Day. 10. Brett Campbell - RHP - DOB: 10/17/81 - ETA: July 2007 3-1, 8 Sv, 2.38 ERA, 22 H, 27/2 K/BB in 22 2/3 IP for Single-A Potomac 0-3, 8 Sv, 3.14 ERA, 16 H, 20/11 K/BB in 14 1/3 IP for Double-A Harrisburg 0-1, 0 Sv, 3.92 ERA, 14 H, 19/11 K/BB in 20 2/3 IP for Triple-A New Orleans 0-0, 0 Sv, 10.38 ERA, 4 H, 4/2 K/BB in 4 1/3 IP for Washington Before arriving in D.C. in September and struggling, Campbell had a 3.12 ERA and a 66/24 K/BB ratio at three levels in the minors last season. The 2004 34th-round pick throws in the low-90s and has an above average slider. His changeup doesn't draw raves, but since left-handers hit just .233 with one homer against him in the minors last season, he must be doing something right. He could become a seventh-inning guy for the Nationals after spending another half season in Triple-A. 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