BA's 1st and 2nd team

by groundingout on Sep 5, 2008 12:18 PM CDT Comment 6 comments

1st team

SP Derek Holland • Rangers
Righthanders Jordan Walden (Angels) and Mat Latos (Padres) got the attention as being the top arms from the final draft-and-follow class of 2006, but Holland may turn out to be the best. The little-known 25th-round lefthander from Wallace State (Ala.) CC-Hanceville rocketed from low Class A Clinton to Double-A Frisco this summer, seemingly getting better at each stop. With command of easy mid-90s velocity and a killer changeup, the 21-year-old Holland ranked 10th in the minors with 157 strikeouts, a 2.27 ERA and a .209 opponent average.

Feliz was 2nd team.

FWIW the 2nd team has the better set of pitching prospects on it

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by FuturePants on Sep 5, 2008 1:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

link

here

It’s a weird list. David Price in 2nd team?

by chrisR on Sep 5, 2008 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I dont think its a list of who's the top prospect

but rather which prospects had the best season.

by groundingout on Sep 5, 2008 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Killer changeup eh?

hmm

Offense doesn't doubt me, but my first and primemost thing is defense and punt return and kickoff return

by Brett Perryman on Sep 5, 2008 9:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

How would you characterize Holland's change and slider, Z?

by spurdynasty on Sep 5, 2008 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've only seen him twice

and I’m no pitching scout, but I would probably call both promising but far from their potential and far from major league ready. I saw some pretty nice changeups, but when I think of a “killer” changeup, I think of a Volquez changeup.

Offense doesn't doubt me, but my first and primemost thing is defense and punt return and kickoff return

by Brett Perryman on Sep 6, 2008 12:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs