Manty Brewer Fan

I must be high on guy on Joey Matulovich and Max Lazar I provided half of each of their points and predict by midseason they both fly up the ranks. Have to admit that I was bummed Joey M didn't crack Wisconsin at season start.

That .867 OPS only trails Yeli, Cain, Mous and Grandal on the bat side... maybe we should trot them out there.

1. Keston Hiura 2. Tristen Lutz 3. Brice Turang 4. Corey Ray 5. Zack Brown 6. Aaron Ashby 7. Joey Matulovich 8. Mauricio Dubon 9. Lucas Erceg 10. Braden Webb 11. Carlos Rodriguez 12. Je’Von Ward 13. Payton Henry 14. Joe Gray 15. Drew Rasmussen 16. Trey Supak 17. Troy Stokes 18. Jacob Nottingham 19. Pablo Abreu 20. Lun Zhao 21. Caden Lemons 22. Max Lazar 23. Micah Bello 24. Trent Grisham 25. Eduarqi Fernandez 26. Jake Gatewood 27. Tyrone Taylor 28. Marcos Diplan 29. Adam Hill 30. Noah Zavalos 31. Mario Feliciano 32. Chad McClanahan 33. Angel Perdomo 34. Adrian Houser 35. Reese Olson 36. Justin Jarvis 37. Clayton Andrews 38. Eduardo Garcia 39. Larry Ernesto 40. Quintin Torres-Costa

1. Keston Hiura 2. Tristen Lutz 3. Corey Ray 4. Zach Brown 5. Brice Turang 6. Aaron Ashby 7. Mauricio Dubon 8. Carlos Rodriguez 9. Je’Von Ward 10. Braden Webb 11. Payton Henry 12. Joe Gray 13. Joey Matulovich 14. Trey Supak 15. Troy Stokes 16. Lucas Erceg 17. Jacob Nottingham 18. Pablo Abreu 19. Max Lazar 20. Micah Bello 21. Caden Lemons 22. Jake Gatewood 23. Quintin Torres-Costa 24. Tyrone Taylor 25. Marcos Diplan *** Edited to add my oversight on Joey Matulovich.

1. Keston Hiura 2. Corbin Burnes 3. Tristen Lutz 4. Bryce Turang 5. Corey Ray 6. Joe Gray Jr 7. Jacob Nottingham 8. Lucas Erceg 9. Marcos Diplan 10. Zack Brown 11. Trey Supak 12. Micah Bello 13. Mauricio Dubon 14. LG Castillo 15. Je’Von Ward 16. Carlos Rodriguez 17. Troy Stokes Jr. 18. Jake Gatewood 19. Cody Ponce 20. Adrian Houser 21. Max Lazar 22. Caden Lemons 23. Aaron Ashby 24. Justin Jarvis 25. Chad McClanahan 26. Peyton Henry 27. Michelle Vassalotti 28. Demi Orimoloye 29. Mario Feliciano 30. Joey Matulovich

1. Lewis Brinson 2. Monte Harrison – I almost put him ahead of Brinson 3. Corbin Burnes 4. Brandon Woodruff 5. Keston Hiura 6. Luis Ortiz 7. Lucas Erceg 8. Isan Diaz 9. Freddy Peralta 10. Tristen Lutz 11. Brett Phillips 12. Trent Clark 13. Corey Ray 14. Mauricio Dubon 15. Phil Bickford 16. KJ Harrison 17. Cody Ponce 18. Jake Gatewood 19. Jordan Yamamoto 20. Mario Feliciano 21. Troy Stokes 22. Marcos Diplan 23. Nathan Kirby 24. Carlos Herrera 25. Garbriel Garcia 26. Jacob Nottingham 27. Jean Carmona 28. Trey Supak 29. Caden Lemons 30. Josh Pennington 31. Payton Henry 32. Ernesto Martinez 33. Taylor Williams 34. Carlos Rodriguez 35. Larry Ernesto 36. Kodi Medieros 37. Devin Williams 38. Pablo Abreu 39. Nate Griep 40. Adrian Houser

Do you think they could go aggressive and bring him stateside immediately next year? I would agree with that statement if they do, but I worry they'll keep him in DSL next season which I think would suppress his excitement. I am super excited for him though! Really like this last class of international signees.

1. Lewis Brinson 2. Keston Hiura 3. Josh Hader 4. Isan Diaz 5. Brandon Woodruff 6. Corbin Burnes 7. Luis Ortiz 8. Trent Clark 9. Monte Harrison 10. Corey Ray 11. Tristen Lutz 12. Lucas Erceg 13. Mauricio Dubon 14. Freddy Peralta 15. Carlos Herrera 16. Brett Phillips 17. Mario Feliciano 18. Troy Stokes 19. Jake Gatewood 20. Trey Supak 21. KJ Harrison 22. Carlos Rodriguez 23. Kodi Medeiros 24. Taylor Williams 25. Caden Lemons 26. Jacob Nottingham 27. Gabriel Garcia 28. Phil Bickford 29. Larry Ernesto 30. Brendan Murphy 31. Je’Von Ward 32. Zach Clark 33. Cody Ponce 34. Josh Pennington 35. Gilbert Lara 36. Pablo Abreu 37. Jean Carmona 38. Jordan Yamamoto 39. Bubba Derby 40. Chad McClanahan

After seeing how little relievers went for this hot stove season, this move looks even more brilliant.

Possibly the best headline of the day... and you could also throw a bunch other names in there in place of Brinson and it would ring as true.

Fowler, Mateo, Kaprelian is the return per Passan. Let the whining begin that DS is a failure because he didn't top this deal.

Also shows just how volatile RP can be. I still think Stearns general approach for this season in regards to the pen is brilliant. 2-3 years from now when I believe we're in a better position i would expect him to invest a bit differently.

I think this is the big issue when it comes to these debates about the system as a whole. There are no elite level prospects that are going to dominate with huge numbers all the way through the system. We have some guys that will be regulars, maybe even all stars, but those are the kinds of guys that have up and down development cycles. We don't have that guy that is going to OPS 850+ at every singe level. If that is what you are expecting, then you are going to be disappointed. If your expectations are more aligned with the actual talent level, then you are probably in the more optimistic camp. Are you saying there are none, or are you saying we have none in our system? If you are saying the latter I agree. To say there are no elite level prospects who put up around .300 ba and around .850 Ops throughout all minor league systems is just wrong. Robles, Moncada, Rosario, Jimenez, Devers, Mejia, Acuna just to name a few that are top 100 prospects right now that have put up those numbers on all levels.. there are plenty of those examples of guys in the MLB too(look at Keiths Law of Top players under 26 in the MLB, they all raked throughout all of MLB). That is what makes them thought of being the elites of the minor league prospects and elites of MILB)... I agree its not all stats, but stats do tell you some info and for guys like Erceg and Diaz I expected at least their OPS to be much better.. I was hoping one or a couple guys could elevate themselves into the belief of scouts that they are the other elite prospects, but that hasn't happened. Hence why I am a little unimpressed with the minors so far, but there is another half of the season left. Def will be looking for improvements from the Carolina squad. Find it interesting that two of the 7 elite prospects you referenced as consistently dominating have also had their elongated struggles. Both of those guys have been some of my favorite prospects in baseball and I stayed on their train while they struggled, but I would stay on the train for Diaz, etc. as well. Didn't look up the other guys and don't follow them as close as I have with weekly statistical check-ins like devers and mejia. Last year at this very moment people were pushing Devers down their rankings as he has a .635 OPS in the first half of the season(not too dissimilar to what Diaz did last year and could do again this year). Mejia had a .670 OPS and in general struggled in his full-season debut at 19 in the midwest league (Hey our 18 year old catcher in Wisconsin is outperforming that). To say elite players/prospects have continued dominance couldn't be further from the truth. Further, to make a call on their prospect status after 2 months is simply a bad decision.

I'm out on Pavin Smith, Bukaukas and Jeren Kendall.... everyone else being floated around I think I can get pretty excited with Beck, Baz, Adell, Rogers, Peterson, etc... or my hope for underslot of Carlson!

I'll change from Carlson to Adell with the restrictions... but I'm still pulling for Carlson, ha!

1.9 - Sam Carlson, or that's my hope at least.

Why do I have to be so obscure... Only one to vote for Isan Diaz at #1 prospect and only one to include Thomas Jankins.

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/f/f6/ChadPennington.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20091110210655 That's funny, and I had no idea I'd done that ..... I'm sure you can guess who I meant, but now I think I'll leave it. I noticed this right away but am not active enough to post pointing it out, ha! Was going to say something about his weak-armed ways from the NFL have surely blossomed into a high-heat reliever. Anyway... back to my lurking ways... I'll pop back next time we run a prospect poll.

1. Isan Diaz - I think he will be a top 10 prospect in all of baseball by year end. 2. Lewis Brinson – Tough between Brinson and Diaz, but I think Diaz could truly be “special” where I see Brinson as just really good. 3. Lucas Erceg – Could be an all-star level 3B. Would have had him at #5 after ray until the spring training he had. 4. Josh Hader – I see him more a good #3 than truly a #1/#2 type unfortunately due to inconsistency. What’s good though is we have a lot of #3 starters IMO. 5. Corey Ray – Gonna be a solid regular. 6. Brandon Woodruff – Next three I think are a notch behind hader but still have #3 upside. 7. Luis Ortiz - Ditto 8. Marcos Diplan – Ditto, although if command comes together a bit more, he could be more than any of the guys ahead of him including Hader. 9. Mauricio Dubon – Last year was too much to deny. 10. Trent Clark – Was super high on “the neck” but last year was tough. 11. Ryan Cordell – Ultimately I see him as a great bench player for us. 12. Monte Harrison – I still believe. 13. Gilbert Lara – I don’t necessarily believe Lara is gonna make it, but his upside warrants this position. 14. Phil Bickford – closer long-term. 15. Braden Webb – Surprised he slipped as far in the draft as he did and I think he could impress this year. 16. Freddy Peralta – results were diplan-like last year, just a slight dip in stuff. 17. Trey Supak – Big breakout this year is coming. 18. Jacob Nottingham – Hope he can rebound but not sold. Only ahead of Mario due to level reached. 19. Kodi Medieros – Expect a bounce-back year because the stuff is still filthy. 20. Mario Feliciano – The guy I think is the catcher of the future. 21. Josh Pennington – Could be lethal if he can stay healthy much like the guys below him. Ultimately I see the next group as the beginning of a very good homegrown pen with Bickford as closer. 22. Taylor Williams – see pennington 23. Nathan Kirby – See Pennington 24. Cody Ponce – See Pennington 25. Thomas Jankins – Had to slide him into my cut off, I think he’ll shoot up lists this year in general. HM 26. Brett Phillips 27. Demi Orimoloye 28. Jake Gatewood 29. Gabriel Garcia 30. Corbin Burnes 31. Chad McClanahan 32. Ronnie Gideon 33. Zach Clark 34. Zack Brown 35. Jorge Lopez

they did the same thing Anderson Tejeda the young shortstop

I think it'll come down to Jurado or Payano. I think if Jurado looks good at AA it'll be him, so mark me down for him. I'm sad though we won't get Leody Tavares as he's one of my favorite rookie ball prospects in the game.

1. Orlando Arcia 2. Josh Hader 3. Lewis Brinson 4. Phil Bickford 5. Luis Ortiz 6. Trent Clark 7. Isan Diaz 8. Brett Phillips 9. Lucas Erceg 10. Corey Ray 11. Brandon Woodford 12. Marcos Diplan 13. Cody Ponce 14. Monte Harrison 15. Jorge Lopez 16. Gilbert Lara 17. Freddy Peralta 18. Corbin Burnes 19. Braden Webb 20. Devin Williams 21. Kodi Medieros 22. Jake Gatewood 23. Jacob Nottingham 24. Demi Orimoloye 25. Mario Feliciano Just Missed: Rangers PTBNL Nathan Kirby Gabriel Garcia (Guy looks like a complete steal) Trey Supak Miguel Diaz Chad McClanahan

hearing Susac a lot. If it's bickford with him, I'm going to do a jig in my office.

This! This is the type of deal I would love to see! Let's skip Gallo and just for that next tier of Rangers prospects where there is a lot trajectory left in the upside and I believe undervalued on the ranks. Mendez, Guzman and Tavares are the guys I want most.

His name I don't believe has been mentioned at all, but could the Mets be willing to make Conforto a piece in conversations. That could be one hell of a bat in Miller Park and would be a guy with legit power coming over. Conforto, Rosario, Szapucki and Wotell for Lucroy and Jeffress I've preferred a deal with Cleveland to this point, but conforto would change my mind as I am not a fan of Dom Smith. then deal Will Smith to Cleveland to get one of Mckenzie or Mejia or to Toronto for Sean Reid-Foley.