January 23, 200917 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 23, 2009 -> 12:12 AM) I did that a while back with the top 10's, it was my impression that roughly 1/2 of the top 10 prospects wound up busting. If we were to look back around the time of 1999/00/01, look at the Sox prospects who have made the biggest impact (not counting Garland, who wasn't incubated in our system). Buehrle Josh Fogg Those were two of the lowest rated in our Top 10 list around that time...and then you have Rowand, who many thought might turn out to be more like Aaron Cunningham/Jeremy Reed in terms of a big league career as a 4th OF. You could even argue that Biddle and Majewski were fringe prospects who made a bigger impact than most our top-rated guys. But look at all the busts. Kip Wells, with the Sox...and for most of his MLB career Danny Wright Aaron Myette Jon Rauch Lorenzo Barcelo Jason Stumm Brian West Corwin Malone Joe Borchard Matt Guerrier (well, it's a stretch to refer to him as a "top" prospect) Matt Ginter
January 24, 200917 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 23, 2009 -> 09:09 AM) If we were to look back around the time of 1999/00/01, look at the Sox prospects who have made the biggest impact (not counting Garland, who wasn't incubated in our system). Buehrle Josh Fogg Those were two of the lowest rated in our Top 10 list around that time...and then you have Rowand, who many thought might turn out to be more like Aaron Cunningham/Jeremy Reed in terms of a big league career as a 4th OF. You could even argue that Biddle and Majewski were fringe prospects who made a bigger impact than most our top-rated guys. But look at all the busts. Kip Wells, with the Sox...and for most of his MLB career Danny Wright Aaron Myette Jon Rauch Lorenzo Barcelo Jason Stumm Brian West Corwin Malone Joe Borchard Matt Guerrier (well, it's a stretch to refer to him as a "top" prospect) Matt Ginter Rauch is a pretty good reliever now, but yeah, that's a rough list..
January 24, 200917 yr QUOTE (jenks45monster @ Jan 22, 2009 -> 10:17 PM) Actually, minorleagueball.com did this with the 2004 class recently. http://www.minorleagueball.com/2009/1/16/7...ching-prospects http://www.minorleagueball.com/2009/1/15/7...ing-prospects-o Never knew Jon VanBenschoten and Jayson Nix were so highly regarded at one point.
January 24, 200917 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 23, 2009 -> 02:09 AM) If we were to look back around the time of 1999/00/01, look at the Sox prospects who have made the biggest impact (not counting Garland, who wasn't incubated in our system). Buehrle Josh Fogg Those were two of the lowest rated in our Top 10 list around that time...and then you have Rowand, who many thought might turn out to be more like Aaron Cunningham/Jeremy Reed in terms of a big league career as a 4th OF. You could even argue that Biddle and Majewski were fringe prospects who made a bigger impact than most our top-rated guys. But look at all the busts. Kip Wells, with the Sox...and for most of his MLB career Danny Wright Aaron Myette Jon Rauch Lorenzo Barcelo Jason Stumm Brian West Corwin Malone Joe Borchard Matt Guerrier (well, it's a stretch to refer to him as a "top" prospect) Matt Ginter I remember being so giddy about all the 'impact' prospects we seemed to have at the time. I was a HUGE fan of Danny Wright, Lorenzo Barcelo and Corwin Malone.
January 25, 200917 yr QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 24, 2009 -> 10:22 AM) I remember being so giddy about all the 'impact' prospects we seemed to have at the time. I was a HUGE fan of Danny Wright, Lorenzo Barcelo and Corwin Malone. Wright and Barcelo were both victims of major shoulder surgeries that really killed what could have been good careers.
January 25, 200917 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 23, 2009 -> 02:09 AM) and then you have Rowand, who many thought might turn out to be more like Aaron Cunningham/Jeremy Reed in terms of a big league career as a 4th OF. I wouldn't be so quick to label Cunningham as a 4th OF type. He's only 22 and absolutely destroyed minor league pitching the last two years. Given Oakland's glut in the outfield maybe KW can find a way to get him back. I'd be pretty happy to stick him in left in 2010... after Dye leaves and Q moves to right.
January 25, 200917 yr QUOTE (scenario @ Jan 24, 2009 -> 08:10 PM) I wouldn't be so quick to label Cunningham as a 4th OF type. He's only 22 and absolutely destroyed minor league pitching the last two years. Given Oakland's glut in the outfield maybe KW can find a way to get him back. I'd be pretty happy to stick him in left in 2010... after Dye leaves and Q moves to right. He's their 3rd best prospect next to Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson and their top hitting prospect. He likely wouldn't come very cheap.
January 25, 200917 yr QUOTE (jenks45monster @ Jan 25, 2009 -> 04:03 PM) He's their 3rd best prospect next to Trevor Cahill and Brett Anderson and their top hitting prospect. He likely wouldn't come very cheap. Not sure what it would take, but I'd like to have him back. I find it interesting that former WhiteSox draftees fill three of the top ten spots in the Oakland's farm system this year.
January 25, 200917 yr QUOTE (scenario @ Jan 25, 2009 -> 04:33 PM) Not sure what it would take, but I'd like to have him back. I find it interesting that former WhiteSox draftees fill three of the top ten spots in the Oakland's farm system this year. Sickel's rankings are a bit different, but he still has three of draftees in his top 10.
January 28, 200917 yr I was reading something someplace a guy ask someone with this list how the #30 prospect with the top organization would rank if he was with the worst organization and how the top prospect for the worst organization would rank in the top org. They ranked them 7th for both scenerios.
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