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SZBrewerFan

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I would just like to put it out there that I think Manny Parra is being extremely underrated in these polls. I am sure his injury history has something to do with that, but if this kid can stay healthy I really think he will be special. Barring injury I will predict right now that by year's end Manny Parra will be the best pitcher on the Milwaukee Brewers staff. Left handed pitchers that can run it up to 94-95 and have three other solid pitches don't come around to much. I love Ben and Yo, don't get me wrong, but I really believe Manny has the most potential of any pitcher in the organization. I really hope is injury issues are behind him and he can go on to live up to his great potential!

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You may be right about Parra, but staying healthy has to be considered part of the skill set when rating prospects. Parra's had 6 years of professional ball and as near as I can tell by looking at his stats, he's stayed healthy all year in one season, 2003.
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I agree 100% about Parra, and I think this site as a whole generally thinks higher of him that other outlets by his placement as the #1 prospect on both the Power 50 and the fan poll, although it seems most places have him ranked fairly close to LaPorta.

 

I agree that his injury history doesn't help.

 

Gamel is another guy that is often overlooked, which I don't think will be true at this time next year. I don't expect BP to be very high on Alcides Escobar.

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I would just like to put it out there that I think Manny Parra is being extremely underrated in these polls.
Keith Law pointed out in his rankings that Parra still has a somewhat unusual delivery that requires some effort. So most evaluators believe that enhances his injury potential.

 

Callis of Baseball America also ranked Parra as a #3 starter, which seems to be the general feel. However, Callis did point out that a #3 starter in MLB means that there are only about 60 pitchers better than you. That is pretty impressive.

 

Not sure where to post this tidbit, but Callis is a pretty big Braun supporter. In his last chat, he stated several times that he would take Jay Bruce over Ryan Braun. That is some very high praise for Bruce.

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I should have pointed out that Keith Law also has an insider blog listing his top-5 prospects in each organization.

 

1. LaPorta

2. Parra

3. Escobar

4. Salome

5. Jeffress

 

I guess he isn't too worried about the suspensions handed out to Salome and Jeffress. I can't imagine not having Gamel on that list.

 

His quote on Jeffress...

Jeffress is a one-pitch guy who's athletic and has decided that he'd rather smoke dope than play pro baseball. He's not a top 50 prospect - that is INSANITY. He's the new Pete Stonard.

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Im surprised Will Inman isn't on the list.

I thought of that as well because I haven't really paid much attention to him since he got traded. Weird how he was projected a top prospect in our organization, gets traded, and suddenly his ceiling is a #4 guy. I can't find it right now, but I read something from a San Diego paper that said all the guys the Padres got from us had statistics that were much higher than their actual abilities.

 

Last year, Inman was #75 in the top 100 from Baseball Prospectus. He was also the 3rd highest prospect in the Brewers farm, from what I can see (behind Yo and Braun).

If I had Braun's pee in my fridge I'd tell everybody.

~Nottso

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Yea, I think the fact that the comment that the players they got all had much higher numbers than their talent is a testament to the Brewers staff which is no real surprise.

 

As for the Bruce over Braun comment, that's just a "wow" comment to me. Callis says something that'll make people go "wow", this Bruce must be really good. It's stupid. He very well may be, but a rookie coming off a 1.000 OPS is pretty special and before you say you're going to take Bruce over him, he outta prove something. I have to think the Reds would be willing to trade Bruce for Braun at this point, even with one less year of control.

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Inman wasn't real impressive in AA last year.

Right, and when a guy stinks it up in AA, and is the dreaded "control" pitcher in the minors, that's usually a very good sign that you deal him while he's still got value. I was leading the "deal Inman" charge, and I generally don't like trading prospects.

 

And to clarify the control comment, obviously I'm not suggesting that control is bad whatsoever, just that generally when a pitcher gets labeled as a control guy early in his minor league career, he's got average stuff, as was the case with Inman.

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And how bout the D-Rays with 6 of the top 40, including 3 pitchers. I will be rooting for them the next few years in that division. It would be nice to see a team from the AL east actually be successful with teams they developed, not bought.
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