COUNTDOWN COMPLETED: Atlanta's Top 50 Prospects Listed

In the name of total disclosure, I have to confess a screwup. One of the players that I have listed on the top 15 is an original Braves product, and I originally left him off becaue I was thinking he began in another organization. But he is an original Brave, so I find myself with 21 players for the final 20 spots (no, he's not top 10).

So even though it will make my list a bit of a joke, I am going to list two under one number soon.
 
Should Heyward be higher? My initial board had him behind Freeman, but that was badly out of whack.
 
It'll be easier to evaluate when we see the whole list. The Jones boys should be 1-2, and then we have Murph, Avery, Frenchy. The other three I'm not sure about. Horner? I don't know all the guys from the 70's and 80's.

I'm surprised there wasn't a big star that the Braves traded while in the minors. Maybe there was and just wasn't much of a prospect at the time of the trade.
 
rico43 said:
Should Heyward be higher? My initial board had him behind Freeman, but that was badly out of whack.
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Heyward was a far bigger prospect than Freeman, even though Freeman was high in his own right. Heyward was the #1 prospect in all of baseball, and he would probably make a top 10-20 list of all #1 prospects if you're talking about their reputation at the time they were #1. He was considered one of the best prospects in all of baseball in a long time.

Personally, he would probably be #2 for me behind Andruw, perhaps tied with Chipper or maybe ahead of him.
 
1. Andruw
2. Chipper
3. Horner

At least, that's the way I would have them. I would move Horner above Chipper, but he spent so little time as an actual prospect.
 
smootness said:
1. Andruw
2. Chipper
3. Horner

At least, that's the way I would have them. I would move Horner above Chipper, but he spent so little time as an actual prospect.
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I agree. Initial thought had Aaron but realized this is for just Atlanta.

It's crazy to look at the BA top 100 list in the early to mid 90's.

Chipper was 4th in 92, 1st in 93, 2nd in 94, and 3rd in 95. Then Andruw took over and was #1 in 96, and #1 in 97.

To me Andruw is one of the best prospects of all-time in baseball not just for the Braves. In the Baseball America era I would say he and Arod top that list.
 
I put Horner at #1 myself, straight from college to the big leagues, follow him up with Andruw then Chipper
 
not sure if mentioned in the thread, but a few more to consider.

steve bedrosian
jeff blauser
paul assenmacher
gerald perry
 
chipchildress said:
not sure if mentioned in the thread, but a few more to consider.

steve bedrosian
jeff blauser
paul assenmacher
gerald perry
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Blauser is the one I gave the most thought about. Perry was a non-factor, as I mentioned on another thread. You are the first to mention Bedrock, but as I look at his numbers, he was well behind guys I cut late like Terrell Wade.
 
rico43 said:
Blauser is the one I gave the most thought about. Perry was a non-factor, as I mentioned on another thread. You are the first to mention Bedrock, but as I look at his numbers, he was well behind guys I cut late like Terrell Wade.
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bedrosian had some pretty beastly minor league numbers

http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=bedros001st

not sure how he comes in below terrell wade by any measure.

gerald perry was hardly a non factor. http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=perry-002ger

i mean, maybe he was as a so called prospect, but he mashed between durham and richmond.
 
chipchildress said:
bedrosian had some pretty beastly minor league numbers
http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=bedros001st

not sure how he comes in below terrell wade by any measure.

gerald perry was hardly a non factor. http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=perry-002ger

i mean, maybe he was as a so called prospect, but he mashed between durham and richmond.
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Perry batted only .300 twice in five minor league seasons, and did not hit .300 in the majors until age 27. This after being an 11th round draft pick. In many cases, I let the size of the signing bonus influence the rankings; if you're going to pay Scott Thorman over a million bucks then I will call him a prospect.
 
It's done. I already know where a couple of changes need to come, but I can't believe Horner's bio got no comments. I have invested too much time in this not to get it right.
 
My only beef is that you didn't have Earl Williams higher. Other than that, I think you've slotted guys fairly accurately. I wouldn't have made any drastic changes other than to put Williams in the Top 15.

I can see both sides of the Horner argument. Obviously didn't take the traditional prospect route, but I can remember the electricity when he was drafted. I always wonder where his career numbers would have ended up without the injuries. One of the most compact swings I have ever seen. Cannot believe the amount of power he generated with such a short stroke.
 
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