[情報] Boston Red Sox Top 20 Prospects for 2010
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Boston Red Sox Top 20 Prospects for 2010
by John Sickels on Dec 14, 2009
All grades are EXTREMELY PRELIMINARY and subject to change. Don't get too
worried about exact rankings at this point, especially once you get beyond
the Top 10. Grade C+/C guys are pretty interchangeable depending on what you
want to emphasize. Complete reports on these and over 1,000 other players
will be in the 2010 Baseball Prospect Book, now available for pre-order,
shipping on February 2nd!
Star-divide
1) Ryan Westmoreland, OF, Grade B+: I love this guy: Five Tool/Seven Skill
player who can do everything. I expect more power will come. Just needs to
stay healthy.
2) Casey Kelly, RHP, Grade B+: He's not a shortstop, but he's a very good
pitching prospect who could advance quickly. Possible number two/three
starter.
3) Ryan Kalish, OF, Grade B: Another guy with a broad skill base. I like him
slightly better than Reddick due to his superior plate discipline and he's
one year younger.
4) Josh Reddick, OF, Grade B: He was rushed. Most people would rank Reddick
ahead of Kalish since Reddick has more power. My instinct says Kalish but
it's close.
5) Michael Bowden, RHP, Grade B: His component ratios deteriorated in
Triple-A, but I still like him. Very similar minor league components to Jeff
Suppan, not an ace but if Bowden ends up throwing 2411 average major league
innings it counts as a success.
6) Junichi Tazawa, RHP, Grade B-: Bowden ranks a bit ahead because he's
younger, but Tazawa is another guy who can be a good inning-eater. Deserves
another chance despite poor pitching in Boston.
7) Anthony Rizzo, 1B, Grade B-: Great human interest story and a very solid
hitter, but needs to show more power at first base. I think it will come.
8) Lars Anderson, 1B, Grade B-: A difficult grade, but I'm going to give him
an injury mulligan and see what he can do with a fresh start. Like Rizzo,
will he have the home run power you want in a first baseman?
9) Reymond Fuentes, OF, Grade B-: Borderline C+. Great tools, will he develop
skills?
10) Stolmy Pimentel, RHP, Grade B-: Borderline C+. Still projectable, throws
strikes.
11) Jose Iglesias, SS, Grade C+: Amazing glove, but I won't rank him higher
than this until he shows that he can be an adequate hitter. Could be an Omar
Vizquel type if he does.
12) Derrik Gibson, INF, Grade C+: Very athletic, controls the strike zone,
steals bases, will he develop some pop?
13) Luis Exposito, C, Grade C+: Deserves more attention than he's received
both on offense and defense.
14) David Renfroe, SS-3B, Grade C+: Great scouting reports about bat and
athleticism, but need some data.
15) Alex Wilson, RHP, Grade C+: Good fastball/slider combination with sharp
command, could rise through system quickly.
16) Roman Mendez, RHP, Grade C+: Breakthrough candidate with a lively arm,
need to see what he can do outside the Gulf Coast League, but very intriguing.
17) Pete Hissey, OF, Grade C+: No power yet, but very athletic and
projectable.
18) Yamaico Navarro, SS, Grade C+: Injury mulligan. Tools are still here but
will he refine them?
19) Madison Younginer, RHP, Grade C+: Raw high school arm with immense
potential.
20) Stephen Fife, RHP, Grade C+: Strike-thrower who could develop into an
inning-eater type.
21) Kyle Weiland, RHP, Grade C+: Another inning-eating possiblity.
OTHERS (Grade C): Michael Almanzar, 3B; Drake Britton, LHP; Ryan Dent, INF;
Felix Doubront, LHP: Tim Federowicz, C; Alex Hassan, OF; Brandon Jacobs, OF;
Ryan Lavarnway, C; Che-Hsuan Lin, OF; Will Middlebrooks, 3B; Adam Mills, RHP;
Daniel Nava, OF: Eammon Portice, RHP; Jason Rice, RHP; Dustin Richardson,
LHP; Manuel Rivera, LHP; Oscar Tejeda, SS; Mark Wagner, C; Fabian Williamson,
LHP.
Since the trade isn't final yet, I decided to put off writing about Max
Ramirez until I get to the Rangers. I haven't decided on a grade for him yet,
but he's somewhere in the B- range I think.
As with the Cardinals, it was really hard to knock this down to 40 players;
there were at least another 10 guys I could have written up. I tried to
provide a mixture of upside players, role players closer to the majors, and
guys I just like for one reason or another. Other guys you could write about
include Randy Conseugra, Jason Place, Jose Vinicio, and Zach Daeges, and
Aaron Bates. I have to draw the line somewhere however. There just isn't room
to include everyone and I could spend a week just trying to make decisions
between Grade C guys.
This is a very deep system, though trades and difficult 2009 seasons for some
prospects (Anderson, Navarro, Bowden to a lesser extent) reduced what the
overall ranking at the top might otherwise look like. They have a good
mixture of tools and skills players, polish and upside. The plan to spend
money on high-upside guys with difficult signability seems to be working,
although not everyone has panned out exactly as expected. A year from now
things could look even better: Westmoreland and Kelly are both potential
Grade A/A- prospects, and several of the C+ guys have higher grade potential.
All in all, there is a lot here for Red Sox fans to be happy about.,
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