[情報] Sickels's Boston Red Sox Top 20 Prospects for 2009
Boston Red Sox Top 20 Prospects for 2009
http://tinyurl.com/6hm7h2 by John Sickels
All grades are EXTREMELY PRELIMINARY and subject to change. Don't get too
worried about exact rankings at this point, especially once you get out of
the top 10. Grade C+/C guys are pretty interchangeable depending on what you
are looking for.
1) Lars Anderson, 1B, Grade A-: Will hit for power and average, I'm confident
home runs will increase.
2) Michael Bowden, RHP, Grade B+: Another personal favorite, strong command
of solid stuff.
3) Daniel Bard, RHP, Grade B: Can hit 100 MPH, turned things around, command
still a question but huge upside.
4) Josh Reddick, OF, Grade B: At this point I'm not that worried about
Double-A struggles. Not a walk machine but it seems to work for him.
5) Ryan Westmoreland, OF, Grade B: No numbers yet, this is based on scouting
reports indicating power, speed, and good plate discipline.
6) Michael Almanzar, 3B, Grade B-: Needs work with strike zone judgment, but
huge upside. Miguel Cabrera type? If he gets the zone under control. . .
7) Ryan Kalish, OF, Grade B-: Strong leadoff skills, and young enough for the
power to come.
8) Nick Hagadone, LHP, Grade B-: Can't rank higher than B- until we see how
he comes back from Tommy John. Excellent stuff when healthy.
9) Yamaico Navarro, SS, Grade B-: Tools and youth, with good offensive upside
for a middle infielder.
10) Oscar Tejeda, SS, Grade B-: Tools and youth. I will cut him some slack
due to health problems this year.
11) Casey Kelly, SS-RHP, Grade B-: A really difficult grade. Tremendous
tools, skills suck at this point, is he a hitter or pitcher?
12) Bryan Price, RHP, Grade B-: High upside arm, though he might advance more
slowly if used as a starter than as a reliever.
13) Kyle Weiland, RHP, Grade B-: Much more effective as a pro than in college.
14) Stolmy Pimentel, RHP, Grade C+: Borderline B-, high-upside arm, very
projectable.
15) Stephen Fife, RHP, Grade C+: I like this guy a lot and he is a
breakthrough candidate in 』09, good stuff, good command, pitched well at
Utah and then again in the NY-P.
16) Argenis Diaz, SS, Grade C+: Great glove, not sure about the bat due to
lack of power.
17) Che-Hsuan Lin, OF, Grade C+: Great tools, defense, speed, still working
on the power.
林哲瑄 OF 評價:C+ ---有著相當棒的tools,防守及速度，但是還是加強力量部份
18) Luis Exposito, C, Grade C+: Interesting catcher with power, doesn't get
as much attention as he deserves.
19) Zach Daeges, OF, Grade C+: Excellent on-base skills with enough pop to
keep the pitchers honest, could rank lower depending on what you want to
emphasize.
20) Richard Lentz, RHP, Grade C+: Terrific K/IP ratios, command still needs
work, but a bullpen sleeper.
Other Grade C+: Derrick Gibson, Pete Hissey, Ryan Lavarnway. Any of them
could slot into the 14-20 range, and in fact some of the Grade Cs below are
borderline C+ types whose grades may change.
Others: Bubba Bell, Chih-Hsien Chiang, Felix Doubront, Tim Federowicz, Brock
Huntzinger, Kris Johnson, Hunter Jones, Ryan Khoury, Ryne Lawson, Will
Middlebrooks, Jason Place, Eammon Portice, Dustin Richardson, Anthony Rizzo,
Jon Still, Hunter Strickland, and Beau Vaughan.
If there is someone else that you really think should be included, make your
case. I always miss someone. Space is limited and some of the players above
will probably get cut if I have to add someone else. In fact, I should
probably cut one or two guys from the list above.
SYSTEM IN BRIEF: The Red Sox have thinned out a bit at the top, but the
system is recharging very quickly and is still quite deep overall. Anderson
and Bowden are personal favorites. They have a mixture of tools guys and guys
with polish, which I like to see, and they have a nice balance of pitchers
and position players. They draft guys from high school, they draft guys from
college, they spend money in Latin America and Asia. This is how a big-money
team SHOULD run a farm system, and it will ensure the team is competitive for
years to come.
One thing I find ironic: whenever I write about the Red Sox, I get two kinds
of emails from fans. One group accuses me of pro-Red Sox bias. Another group
accuses me of anti-Red Sox bias. I try to be aware of my biases and
predilections, and generally speaking they don't run in favor of teams on
either the East or West Coast. If I have a bias it is in favor of Midwestern
teams, and I try to correct for that. I admire the way the Red Sox have
developed their farm system in recent years, but I have no bone to pick here.
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