BA's 2015 Top 10 Prospects

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List is up...

1.) Jose Peraza

2.) Lucas Sims

3.) Christian Bethancourt

4.) Jason Hursh

5.) Ozhaino Albies

6.) Braxton Davidson

7.) Tyrell Jenkins

8.) Johan Camargo

9.) Garrett Fulenchek

10.) Kyle Kubitza
 
Seems a bit more promising than in years past. Albeit, that's entirely contingent on Davidson, Fulrnchek, Albies, etc developing positively this next year.
 
Surprised to see Camargo in the top 10. Surprised not to see Grosser there.

Albies is the one to keep an eye on. Similar profile to Peraza, but a switch hitter with a better walk rate. Hopefully, both develop and someday give us a very dynamic combination at the top of the lineup.
 
nsacpi said:
Surprised to see Camargo in the top 10. Surprised not to see Grosser there.

Albies is the one to keep an eye on. Similar profile to Peraza, but a switch hitter with a better walk rate. Hopefully, both develop and someday give us a very dynamic combination at the top of the lineup.
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Sounded to me like Bill inferred that Grosser was the last guy out in the chat.
 
I'm usually the guy who ranks players like Camargo higher than others, but I'm hard pressed to think he is one of our ten best prospects. A little surprised on Hursh being as high as he is, except then I remember that they pushed him. If he had started the season in Lynchburg, he'd have likely eaten that league alive. Grosser not being there is a surprise to me as well.
 
nsacpi said:
Surprised to see Camargo in the top 10. Surprised not to see Grosser there.

Albies is the one to keep an eye on. Similar profile to Peraza, but a switch hitter with a better walk rate. Hopefully, both develop and someday give us a very dynamic combination at the top of the lineup.
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I am more surprised to see Camargo at number 8, I thought he might end up 10th as I knew that BA liked him quite a bit. But I am not surprised at all about Jenkins positioning, Sims and Hursh should be ranked ahead of him IMO.

That said, I agree with you on Albies and I hope to see him move up the list again this year.
 
The state of our teams in Lynchburg and Rome highlighted the problems that were developing in the farm system. The pitching situation in Rome was especially alarming. I think the team has already taken some steps to build up pitching. The trade for Jenkins is one step. But we also stockpiled some promising arms in the draft: Fulencheck, Povse, Sobotka, Roney and Diaz. Dilmer Mejia and Luis Miranda had strong stateside debuts after doing well in the Dominican Summer League.

It will be interesting to see if pitching will be prioritized in the upcoming draft. The current state of the minor league system calls for a balanced approach. We have as much need for hitters at this point as for pitchers.
 
Knucksie said:
What happened to JR Graham?
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Two lost years due to shoulder problems.

Mauricio Cabrera is another highly rated pitching prospect who has been set back by injuries.

Attrition is brutal for pitching prospects. My rough rule of thumb is you lose a prospect per level of advancement. So if you start with 5 good starting pitching prospects in low A, only four will retain that status upon reaching high A, and only three of those will still be prospects in AA and only two in AAA and only one of those will be a successful major league starter. When you see things in that context you realize how bad the situation in Rome was last year.

Looking ahead to next year, I think things will improve a bit. We'll have the following guys who are still to be regarded as genuine prospects (have a ceiling better than a 5th starter) by level:

AAA Hursh
AA Sims, Parsons, Jenkins
High A Cabrera (unless converted to the pen), Gil, Diaz
Low A Grosser, Povse, Sobotka, maybe Fulenchek

We are still a bit short of what our goals should be (2 in AAA, 3 in AA, 4 in high A and 5 in low A) but it is going to be better than the situation last year.
 
I guess Hursh could make a bullpen appearance at some point next year? High 90s sinkers can be nasty in short stints
 
Tapate50 said:
I guess Hursh could make a bullpen appearance at some point next year? High 90s sinkers can be nasty in short stints
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Probably, I like Hursh a lot. I haven't seen anything yet in his mechanics that screams massive issues. the reason I'm guessing the Braves took him was they figured odds are he'll be a good middle of the rotation pitcher, if he adds quality breaking stuff he could be top of rotation, if he can't stay healthy, he can be a reliever. Power sinkers are a great thing.
 
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