Sickels' preliminary Top 20 prospects

[YostInfection]

1. Matt LaPorta, OF, Grade B+ (great bat, glove??)

2. Manny Parra, LHP, Grade B+ (a really good prospect who needs more attention)

3. Mat Gamel, 3B, Grade B

4. Jeremy Jeffress, RHP, Grade B (assumes he stops smoking dope)

5. Jonathan Lucroy, C, Grade B-

6. Taylor Green, 3B, Grade B-

7. Cole Gillespie, OF, Grade C+

8. Alicides Escobar, SS, Grade C+ (overrated by lots of people IMHO)

9. Caleb Gindl, OF, Grade C+ (very promising, want more data)

10. Angel Salome, C, Grade C+

11. Michael Brantley, OF, Grade C+ (a personal favorite I admit)

12. Lorenzo Cain, OF, Grade C+

13. Zach Braddock, LHP, Grade C+

14. Robert Bryson, RHP, Grade C+

15. Hernan Iribarren, 2B, Grade C+

16. Brent Brewer, SS, Grade C (yes I know all about his tools. He is so damn raw that I don't believe in him yet.)

17. R.J. Seidel, RHP, Grade C

18. Zack Jackson, LHP, Grade C

19. Cody Scarpetta, RHP, Grade C

20. Dan Merklinger, LHP, Grade C

Full story is here: http://www.minorleagueball.com/story/2007/12/30/23436/372

 

Not too many surprises here, except for maybe Nos. 19 and 20. Are those two even on the Top 50 here??? (not sure) Regardless, I usually tend to side with John's player and grade assessments more than BA and BP. Although I would definitely rank Ford in the Top 20 for sure, even though he didn't.

 

Still excited about this system, despite the heavy graduations the past 2 years.

[Mass Haas]

Thanks for posting. It wasn't clear by thread titles and such, but discussion on John's list is included within this thread:

 

http://forum.brewerfan.net/viewtopic.php?t=9944

[Mass Haas]

John Sickels revisits his list -- you just can't follow 30 prospect lists as closely as one, as we do here or as does battlekow at BCB, so his anaylses are a tad bit head-scratching. And as he says, this is a revisit of his December Top 20, not a revised Top 20.