Community Prospect #11
by wg1of5 on Sep 7, 2010 11:05 PM EDT
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PrintAs of the writing of this post, Zach von Rosenberg leads Chase d'Arnaud and Justin Wilson by over 60 votes each for the top spot in the tenth poll. In light of this, as well as my incredibly busy day tomorrow, I figured I'd throw this poll up right now and let you folks have at it. The list to date:
1. Jameson Taillon
2. Tony Sanchez
3. Bryan Morris
4. Rudy Owens
5. Stetson Allie
7. Jeff Locke
8. Luis Heredia
9. Andrew Lambo
10. Zach von Rosenberg
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I don’t think so. You can put him in the poll but I don’t think he’s a prospect after his AAA stint and I don’t think he’ll be protected on the 40-man.
Yinzers uber alles
really?
a lefty with regained power on his fastball wont be protected? i think i would disagree on this one.
He did occur to me.
I couldn’t rationalize taking off any of the other options to put Moskos in, though.
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Hard work always beats talent if talent doesn't work hard.
I quess I am the only one who like Rojas at #11
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Any thoughts on his status as a prospect. I didn’t pay attention to how he finished up the season for State College, but I seem to remember that he had a pretty good start.
by curvefan on Sep 8, 2010 5:08 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
He's better than some people think.
I like how he refused to use illness as an excuse this year, too.
i m wondering what we should read into the AA lineups
D’Arnaud seems to have lost starting SS to Jordy Mercer. Just rotating? Doesn’t seem likely given D’Arnaud was almost exclusively the SS through the year!
huntington had announced
that d"Arnaud would be splitting time at both middle infield positions to not only free up space for other players, but to simply get playing time at another position. he said that d’Arnaud was still a shortstop… a shortstop who can also play second.
I haven't looked at his game logs
but he’s had about 50 ABs as 2B and 450 ABs as SS. I haven’t looked at the splits but given that he’s started 5-10 games in September, I am not buying that explanation. It’s likely they have doubts (which is entirely understandable) and want to give some other guys looks.
I'm very high on Chase
He may not be willing to use the illness as an excuse, but if its legit, it explains his struggles completely. His second half has been much more what we expected from him as well
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you're joking right?
.619 OPS in July and .720 in August. His .890 OPS June was his one hot month. Over the 3 months, he ends up somewhere around an OPS of .750 I guess. That might meet expectations as a SS, but certainly doesn’t exceed anything.
just to be clear
I think Charlie’s mentioned this before and I agree at this point that D’Arnaud has a broad base of skills that will help him reach the majors and perform acceptably for a little bit at least. His current season hasn’t helped him much, though, and his 2011 will be critical
not sure what the point here is
all I was saying above is that while D’Arnaud has been OK, he hasn’t done anything special at all, wrt glass’ comment about his second half being better than what we expected. And unless you expected a .650 OPS, most people would agree he’s just about holding his prospect status without any big steps forward.
Voted Cain
but thought of voting Wilson. Think they are the best 2 for this slot.
Yinzers uber alles
i broke the tie!
just pushed cain over wilson, 30-29 at the moment. after those two i think it’ll get really fuzzy. exicardo cayonez?
Cain over Wilson
Up until now, I’ve been pushing for the AA guys over the shiny new draftees. And I like Wilson, but to me control problems are a red flag, and probably track him towards the bullpen. Not that going to the bullpen would be all that bad for the Pirates, as the movement on his pitches could be really, really effective in short stints. So basically, I see Wilson as our LOOGY down the road. That isn’t to say we couldn’t have another lefty, like Veal or Moskos, but I think they could be more power late inning guys, if they make it.
I picked Cain too
although in fairness, I already did this in the last thread which ZVR won. I think Wilson can be more than a LOOGY, but the doubts are legitimate.
brock holt
I wonder where he would have ended up had he not been hurt. If his season would have continued the way it was going he would easily be in the top ten..
by SHOOTFOR2010 on Sep 8, 2010 11:16 AM EDT reply actions
If the pirates used this as marketing.........
All the @#$hats in the media might not be as negative on this team. Wilson as #11 prospect shows how far this system has come.
but it only matters to them about the current pirates squad...
they could care less about the minor leagues
but they sure as hell know...
whom JACK wilson is… you remember, the perfect shortstop with the un-verified golden glove for which we should build our franshise around… if he could only have that second 200hit season… sighhhhhhh
Hey, a close poll!
We may need a run-off tomorrow.
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
Hard work always beats talent if talent doesn't work hard.
Aaron Pribanic
… Not saying he is top 15 or 20 yet, but i think he deserves to be on this list of canidates.
Eh.
Pribanic’s one of my personal favorites, but I couldn’t find a way to squeeze him onto the list (the poll options are maxed out already). As we move into later polls, he’ll probably show up.
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
Hard work always beats talent if talent doesn't work hard.
how long we goin with this anyway?
its gettin tough for me to distinguish between 11 and 12 or 9 and 10.
I think I’d put Pribanic on the list over Maggi. That might just be me though.
by BuccoBrigade on Sep 9, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
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