The Top 2000 Prospects in Baseball
Weird list. 61 Rangers (I think) make the cut. Max Ramirez is the 5th-ranked Ranger. Undrafted Brock Piper (who I had never heard of, but who is in the Ranger system) checks in at #1896.
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Does Brock Piper know he's a Ranger?
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Feb 26, 2010 11:30 AM CST reply actions
Do the Rangers know?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:36 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah.
In his 2009 list, he was 28th. After dominating in the Majors for a few months, he’s moved all the way up to 23rd this year. He’ll probably end up being a bust.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Feb 26, 2010 12:13 PM CST up reply actions
And in November, he had Feliz above Smoak in the Rangers Top 40
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Feb 26, 2010 12:15 PM CST up reply actions
Piper
He pitched a little bit in rookie league last year. Texas cut him about a month ago. So the 1,896th best prospect in baseball is a free agent!
"Most of Jesus’s parables were economic parables, and they were free-market parables." -- Andrew Schlafly
My list would be
really close to this one, although I would flip-flop Orr and Murton at spots 1987 and 1988.
by Randy Richardson on Feb 26, 2010 11:37 AM CST reply actions 10 recs
haha, rec'd
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Feb 26, 2010 11:38 AM CST up reply actions
and Dovydas Neverauskas is way to low
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
I'd start making up names at the end and see if anyone noticed.
the preceding post was a great success.
Well done
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
I saw a version of this joke
in every single link to it on other blogs. I guess that shows how pervasive that type of post is in threads about prospect lists.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Kind of related
A friend of mine from Boston claimed that the Red Sox’s farm was ranked #1, with the Rangers #2 behind it. I know they aren’t #1 on ESPN, SI, BP or BA’s lists, but beyond that, I can’t generally see where they fall because you have to subscribe or be an insider.
I know they are #11 per BP, and not top 5 on BA’s lists. So, where generally are they falling?
oh, I hope I make it...
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
If you play baseball...
…and can run around the bases without falling down your chances are pretty good.
I shouldn't pile on
but I think the fact that he has multiple doubles is telling about trying to make a top 2000 prospect list.
the fact that he has multiple doubles is telling about his grasp of basic desktop publishing software
by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Feb 26, 2010 1:18 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
why even do a list like this? top 500 I can see being the max I think
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:37 PM CST up reply actions
You think
Kyle Hoppy’s mom takes this list to her Tuesday night bridge group next week to brag to all the women whose sons are doctors?
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
Whaaaaaaaaaaa
415. Tomas Telis, C, TEX
416. Exicardo Cayones, OF, PIT
417. Jurickson Profar, SS, TEX
"Hell's frozen over, Pigs are flying! The Saints have won the Super Bowl"
Jurick at 417 completely invalidates this list
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
publicity
If this guy’s goal was to get visitors, it worked. I’ve seen this list linked all over the baseball interwebs.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
The masses...
I need to make a top 5000 musical artists of all time list. People will click just to see if their tastes are confirmed.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
and just missing the cut
at no. 5001 is Michael Bolton.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
That no-talent assclown
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Actually he ranks much higher
on the assclown list.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Why should I have to change my name? He's the one who sucks
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Okay, I probably shouldn't admit this...
But after I first saw this performance, I gained respect for him as a vocalist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ3xV0wgx6k
I’m a sucker for Motown, but still I think he holds his own quite well.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
406. Jonathan Villar, SS, STL
1409. Jonathan Villar, SS, PHI
I’m not aware of a Cards version. Maybe he’s a recent signee that I haven’t heard of, but if so I’d be curious how he’s a thousand spots better than the Phillies one, who is a pretty decent prospect.
Kelvin de la Cruz, the Indians one
listed at least twice
by Brett Perryman on Feb 26, 2010 1:07 PM CST up reply actions
1720. Yao Lin Wang, P, CHC
1721. Yao-Lin Wang, P, CHC
by Brett Perryman on Feb 26, 2010 1:08 PM CST up reply actions
First one's a lefty, second a righty
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
yin and yang, if you will
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Its pretty obvious
The list is bogus
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
It strikes me as
‘here are all of the prospects that I have heard of, with some attention paid to order at first, then virtually in random order.’
by Brett Perryman on Feb 27, 2010 1:56 AM CST up reply actions
I'm really disappointed that this isn't the case.
I got a good laugh out of the implausibility of that.
I'll bet he's got a heck of a walk rate
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
He would be ranked higher if the Angels had more games next to cornfields.
I stole that joke from LL. Gotta give credit.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
Isn't Carlos Santana a little old to be playing baseball?
"Josey drives to games???
I always assumed he rides in on his high horse"
jam0152
Martin Perez, "Mucho queso"
If you are looking for that next tier in your Dynasty Fantasy League. Look here first. [sic]
Oh good. I was worried about the lack of resources for that 200 round draft I’ve got coming up.
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In fairness
I have a draft Sunday in an OOTP league where we are picking guys who were neither picked in respective amateur drafts, picked in previous versions of this supplemental draft, nor bought as international FAs. Almost all of the guys on this list are on rosters, 90-95% I would guess. If it were a really good list, it would be an interesting reference.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 27, 2010 1:54 AM CST up reply actions
That's an intense league
I wish I knew people that wouldn’t run away at the sound of something like that
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