You see many variations of our top prospects which is what makes it fun.....So what is your top 20? Mine is below. We'll call Dansby a grizzled veteran and not include him to make more of a debate.
Top 10
Ozzie Albies
Kolby Allard
Mike Soroka
Kevin Maitan
Ronald Acuna
Sean Newcomb
Max Fried
Ian Anderson
Touki Touissant
Joey Wentz
11-20
Patrick Weigel
Travis Demeritte
Austin Riley
Christian Pache
Kyle Muller
Alex Jackson
Dustin Peterson
A.J. Minter
Lucas Sims
Rio Ruiz
I like your list, except I probably wouldn't have Jackson on there until he shows some life.
As far as likely contributing at the MLB level, Minter is up there for me. Way up there.
Ivermectin Man
Mine:
1. Albies
2. Swanson
3. Allard
4. Soroka
5. Acuna
6. Anderson
7. Newcomb
8. Fried
9. Maitan
10. Toussaint
11. Peterson
12. Riley
13. Ruiz
14. Pache
15. Sims
16. Wentz
17. Cruz
18. Weigel
19. Yepez
20. Minter
I know a lot of people complained about the Anderson pick this past draft so I have a question...had the Braves chosen some of the others they were rumored to be interested in, i.e. Puk, Groome, Pint, Lewis, where would they rank on your list?
our top 5 is hard to crack so the answer to me is about the sameOriginally Posted by Orphan Black
1. Swanson
2. Albies
3. Allard
4. Anderson
5. Maitan
6. Fried
7. Acuna
8. Newcomb
9. Soroka
10. Toussaint
11. Peterson
12. Weigel
13. Riley
14. Minter
15. Ruiz
16. Pache
17. Sims
18. Wentz
19. Jackson
20. Demeritte
Natural Immunity Croc
It's a testament to our system that I saw Wentz that low and Muller not listed and wanted to take issue, then I read through it and said, 'Well, can't really argue with that.'
Mine would be (without Dansby):
1. Albies
2. Allard
3. Newcomb (I think people are being influenced too much by BA)
4. Soroka
5. Acuna
6. Maitan
7. Fried
8. Toussaint
9. Anderson
10. Wentz
11. Peterson
12. Weigel
13. Sims
14. Riley
15. Muller
16. Demeritte
17. Jackson
18. Minter
19. Pache
20. Cruz
The guys with the chance to move up mine the quickest are Anderson, Wentz, Riley, Jackson, Pache, and the recent international signings.
1) Dansby Swanson
2) Ozzie Albies
3) Ronald Acuna
4) Kevin Maitan
5) Kolby Allard
6) Ian Anderson
7) Mike Soroka
8) Sean Newcomb
9) Touki Toussaint
10) Max Fried
11) Patrick Weigel
12) Christian Pache
13) Austin Riley
14) Travis Demeritte
15) Joey Wentz
16) Kyle Muller
17) Rio Ruiz
18) Alex Jackson
19) Dustin Peterson
20) Derian Cruz
21) Lucas Sims (since we're apparently not actually including Dansby)
Last edited by mqt; 12-12-2016 at 07:39 PM.
Ventura's Stolen Bases
Mine:
0. Randy Ventura
1. Albies
2. Allard
3. Acuņa
4. Newcomb
5. Maitan
6. Soroka
7. Fried
8. Anderson
9. Wentz
10. Toussaint
11. Peterson
12. Riley
13. Minter (closers are nice)
14. Ruiz
15. Demeritte
16. Weigel
17. Sims
18. Cruz
19. Pache
20. Muller
But I know nothing.
1.Albies
2.Allard
3.Acuna
4.Maitan
5.Anderson
6.Fried
7.Touki
8.Soroka
9.Newcomb
10.Weigel
11.Pache
12.Wentz
13.Demeritte
14.Riley
15.Cruz
16.Muller
17.Peterson
18.Minter
19.Cumberland
20.Sims
I agree with most of these lists. While the exact order is different, the general tiers of prospects is pretty well a consensus.
The guy I see constantly ranked too low is Minter. He is almost guaranteed to be at least a LOOGY with the potential to be a high leverage LHer out of the BP. With the returns we've seen BP arms traded for, that type of player has to be more valuable than guys who profile as 4th OFers, and guys with bat speed and contact issues.
To me, Minter is Probably top 12, right around Wentz/Muller, and ahead of guys like Demerritte, Peterson, Riley, Cruz, and Ruiz.
Kyle Lewis posted a .915 OPS in Low-A over 135 PAs with a 16/22 BB/K ratio...all while playing CF.
For reference, in 2015, Swanson posted an .876 OPS in the exact same league over 100 PAs, and that lead to him having pre-2016 rankings of 8, 17, or 27 in all of baseball depending on which list you preferred.
If Lewis were in the Braves system the only guys that would rank ahead of him would be Albies and Swanson, and that's only because he blew out his knee.
Swanson also was drafted higher (i.e. more hype), and plays SS well. Lewis projects more as a corner OFer by the accounts I've read.
I would be very surprised to see Lewis ranked in the top 25 so soon, at least as a consensus. He would most definitely be ranked in our top 3 or 4 however.
1. 2B Ozzie Albies
2. CF Ronald Acuna
3. LHP Kolby Allard
4. 3B Kevin Maitan
5. LHP Max Fried
6. LHP Sean Newcomb
7. RHP Ian Anderson
8. RHP Touki Toussaint
9. RHP Mike Soroka
10. RHP Patrick Weigel
11. LHP Joey Wentz
12. 3B Austin Riley
13. OF Dustin Peterson
14. 2B Travis Demeritte
15. LHP A.J. Minter
16. RHP Lucas Sims
17. 3B Rio Ruiz
18. OF Cristian Pache
19. LHP Kyle Muller
20. LHP Ricardo Sanchez
Swanson plays a premium defensive position well and will stay there. Better speed and hit tool. all his scouting reports remark on leadership. I do agree Lewis would probably be in our top 6. But I won't base that off 100 at bats. I mean Recker is the second coming of trout in 100 ABs. Lewis comes with his own hype. Much like Maitan we would rank him on that and not his play so much at this point.
1. Ozzie Albies
2. Kolby Allard
3. Kevin Maitan
4. Sean Newcomb
5. Ronald Acuna
6. Max Fried
7. Ian Anderson
8. Mike Soroka
9. Touki Toussaint
10. Travis Demeritte
11. Dustin Peterson
12. Patrick Weigel
13. Joey Wentz
14. Austin Riley
15. AJ Minter
16. Lucas Sims
17. Rio Ruiz
18. Kyle Muller
19. Derian Cruz
20. Cristian Pache
Mine would be pretty similar to many others, a few exceptions, I wouldn't have Maitan so high, definitely not over guys like Soroka/Fried/Newcomb/Acuna........... Maitan would be closer to 10ish for me. I get the hype and near-universal praise from scouts, but he's still a 16/17 year old kid who hasn't played stateside. Soroka's had two really successful years, Acuna has played well (when healthy) stateside. Maitan could fly up these lists, but I'm not ready to start him so high.
Also think Minter should be higher on most lists, seems like if healthy he's got a very good chance at becoming a really good bullpen piece and his road to that spot is pretty clear. I'm a little higher on Cruz/Pache than most and lower on Demeritte.
I also think Severino should get some consideration.... if you're willing to jump all in and put Maitan in the top-5... Severino who many considered our 'next-best' international signing should also merit some consideration at the bottom of the top-20.
A switch-hitting middle infielder with potential power from both sides of the plate, signed for $1.9 million; was ranked #8 on BA's list of intl.prospects. In a year where we didn't sign Maitan; Severino would be getting talked about quite a bit more.
This is about where I am at as well. I'm hard pressed to see Jackson in our Top 20 and I'm not as high on Demeritte as a lot of folks. I know nsacpi has a man-crush on Yepez and I'll admit to being curious about how he will do. I wonder if he starts the season in Rome again. I think all of our three top picks from 2016 should be in the Top 20, with Anderson certainly in the Top 10 and Wentz on the cusp of that. Like Preacher, I am leery of placing any of the recent Latin American signees very high. I think Maitan is in the Top 10, but probably after guys who have played for a couple of seasons.
In general I would not put a new international signing like Maitan and Severino in a Top 20 list. For the obvious reasons. I make an exception for Maitan (a bit reluctantly) because of the many indications from industry insiders that he may be a special talent.
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