Another Prospects List

by Charlie Wilmoth on Jan 2, 2009 1:52 PM EST

From John Sickels. The incredibly low ranking of Brad Lincoln is a little bizarre, but there's useful information here.

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It’s weird that 2 guys who are in a similar position (Lincoln and Morris) are ranked so far apart. I mean, Morris is younger, so maybe age-relative-to-level (which is pretty bad) killed Lincoln?

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by BadMaafala on Jan 2, 2009 5:27 PM EST reply actions

Age-to-level and injury.

Sickels is VERY conservative with guys coming back from injury. I think a C is way too low, but hey, it’s his list.

by Vlad on Jan 2, 2009 5:41 PM EST up reply actions

Lincoln-Morris

I think the difference is that Morris has reportedly regained his velocity and Lincoln has not.

by bolton on Jan 2, 2009 7:02 PM EST up reply actions

Where did you hear that Morris regained his velocity and Lincoln didn't?

by houksyndrome on Jan 2, 2009 7:53 PM EST up reply actions

I remember reading somewhere else that Lincoln supposedly hasn’t regained his velocity. I’m not sure where that came from. I went to his last game with Hickory and a blooger I know, who was sitting with the scouts, said he was consistently hitting 93. I think that’s about what he generally threw in college, although he may have topped out a little higher.

by WTM on Jan 2, 2009 9:23 PM EST up reply actions

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Kevin Goldstein wrote it a few days ago, but I read the part about Lincoln during the season as well. I did write “reportedly” for a reason. The minor league pitchers I see in person tend to not throw as hard as they purportedly do in their offseason top-10 profiles. I’ve never seen Lincoln pitch, so I’ll defer to WTM. I think he reportedly threw harder than 93 in college, but 93 is certainly a better than average major league fastball.

by bolton on Jan 2, 2009 9:52 PM EST up reply actions

According to BA...

…he sat 92-94, and got as high as 98 on occasion. I don’t think he’s lost any stuff, and if his numbers were down a bit last year, it was probably more conditioning after the long layoff than anything else.

by Vlad on Jan 4, 2009 11:14 AM EST up reply actions

Lincoln on Lincoln's velocity:

“It was pretty consistent throughout the year. Towards the end of the year I could tell that I was getting a little fatigued and I just told myself that it was part of it – I was still getting my conditioning back. But for the most part everything felt good and I was able to throw the ball in the low 90’s pretty consistently and my command was there for the most part. For the most part the whole year felt good. " – ”http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:J0lMQD_BUMEJ:houston.scout.com/a.z3Fs3D21526p3D226c3D807471">November 2, 2008

by Vlad on Jan 4, 2009 11:12 AM EST reply actions