Sickels' preliminary Rangers top prospects list

Go weigh in on who should be included.

over 1 year ago t ball 9 comments 0 recs |

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No Alfaro

shocks me.
The professor would have a field day if he read Sickels’ work.

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by Conjunction on Oct 30, 2010 10:48 AM CDT reply actions

Well, I have yet to see a list

I totally and completely agree with. I don’t agree with leaving Alfaro off, and the entire premise of leaving guys with no performance data off is suspect with me. On the other hand, he’s consistent with that view and every list has its particular biases and tendencies.

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.

by t ball on Oct 30, 2010 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions

every list by every other writer, I mean

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.

by t ball on Oct 30, 2010 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions

i can understand leaving off alfaro

i cannot understand cutting him but keeping DiFazio

mind blowing.

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Oct 30, 2010 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions

sickles reason for keeping difazio

Well Difaz was in the book last years as a sleeper, and i feel some responbility to follow guys like that.

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Oct 30, 2010 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions

DiFazio puts up a good slash line.

Hence, he’s on Sickels’ list.

by LiamP on Oct 30, 2010 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions

It shouldn't

Sickels hates a) guys with no track record, b) guys with poor stats, c) guys in the really low minors, and he’s had a short track record with really poor results at the absolute lowest level.

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by Brett Perryman on Oct 30, 2010 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions

An unfortunate byproduct of that

is a consistent tendency to underrate internationals. The signees are typically playing in the DSL or maybe the AZL at an age when those subject to the draft are still in high school.

I think with Alfaro he’d actually please both camps he referenced in his reply to me. The scout types love Alfaro’s tools/potential while the stat geeks are well aware of the dangers of using numbers from the DSL to decide anything. And while I think DiFazio had an outside chance of being something, that chance may have washed down the drain with a mostly lost season at his age in 2010. No team would choose DiFazio over Alfaro if the cost was equal, or even if Alfaro cost a lot more.

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.

by t ball on Oct 30, 2010 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions

He just posted that he's putting Alfaro in there

and leaving Moscoso off.

I’m wondering about Stoneburner. Did his stock rise within the organization this year or something? I never considered him more than a soldier.

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.

by t ball on Oct 30, 2010 3:16 PM CDT reply actions