Top 100 Prospects (Rotowire)

100 AB

No way Font is a better prospect than these guys right now. I’d trade him in a second for any of them.

76 Font, Wilmer TEX P 19 5/24/1990 2012
77 Teheran, Julio ATL P 19 1/1/1991 2012
78 Britton, Zach BAL P 22 12/22/1987 2011
84 Crow, Aaron KC P 23 11/11/1986 2010
86 Leake, Mike CIN P 22 11/12/1987 2011

He and Bell are the two guys I have in rotations, but then I have six guys in Hickory, so Bell probably doesn’t even count. It also seems harsh to take Bleier out of a starting role, but that Bakersfield rotation is the hardest one to project, to me. You have guys like Font and Wieland repeating, you don’t have Ramirez anywhere, and you have Gomez in AA, and there are still six pretty good High A candidates. Hunter, Poveda and Gutierrez (and Hurley, though that was expected) all being out certainly cleared things up a good deal for the upper levels. There would have been some tough calls with those three active.

If Scheppers pitches just two-ish innings, Roark or maybe even Beltre could slot in there as the 5/6, eh?

that would mean id get to see scheppers/kirkman/perez in north little rock

pleasepleaseplease be right :)

for a guy like Doyle

He should handle it okay – like Reed or Roark did.

I can’t find any room for Bell at Hickory. I’m assuming Wieland starts there after reading the KLaw review, but the org seems to love him so he could start at BAK I ’spose.

NeRa is getting some great reviews but I can’t find room for him either. Tandem pairs might be a necessity.

JC sez Brigham looks like a AA guy in Surprise, but I figure he’ll start out in BAK. Never know tho’.

I can’t believe they’ll start Kirkman in AA while a spare like Ballard or Lizard gets a turn in AAA. I’m hoping that changes before long. I figure Beltre for the bullpen, but he could start. I figure someone like Gomez or Bleier will tandem with Scheppers – with the other guy starting. DGut will slide into the AA roto June 1st – so whoever’s not on their game is gonna get bumped there.

I could see Moscoso getting moved to the pen to see if he can shut late AAA innings down while in reserve of the Ranger bullen. Until we hear different I figure he’s a roto guy.

Guess that explains the omission of Marcus Lemon

Martin is the highest rated prospect with a 2012 ETA, though.

Nice stuff as usual, Goyo.

Can’t disagree too much with any of your projections.

Some q’s/comments:

1) I really hope they find a way to get Matt Thompson into the Hickory rotation sooner rather than later, even if it’s as a tandem starter with one of the other Spokane graduates to start. Love his potential.

2) Any chance they move Hogan to AA, DiFaziGod to A+ and finally let Macumba be a starter this year in Hickory? It’d be nice to see him not have to caddy for another old-for-the-league college catcher with limited ceiling this year and get some actual “playing time”.

3) Any word from camp on Easy Eddy Escobar or Rick Alvarez and how they’ve looked and what the plan is for ‘em this year? I haven’t heard anything, but I might’ve just missed it. Are they Spokane for sure, or is there a chance either of ’em sees Hickory at some point this year?

4) Is Lemon for sure slated for Frisco? I was hoping he’d play his way into an OKC assignment after taking the entire AFL down to MF’ing Chinatown this off-season. Either way I hope they continue to give him reps at SS whereever he starts. I think he’s an eventual 2b down the line, too, but I don’t want to cede anything when it comes to his development, especially not for Renny Osuna, who I don’t think will ever hit anywhere near enough to even be a UIF in the bigs.

5) Profar… I dunno. I know The Newberg is an excitable fella and all, but the Baseball America profile was basically one long orgasm, too. I had him and Sardinas ranked pretty close before reading BA’s report and then kinda went, “Uh, okay…” and moved Profar up into the top 10. I’m worried we (by which I mean ranger fans in general) were too quick to diefy him after his hype machine got turned up to 11 in the late summer/early fall, and now I’m worried we may be letting ourselves knee-jerk a little too hard back in the other direction. The “He might even start the season in Hickory, you guys!” stuff does seem pretty hilarious in retrospect, though.

6) Finally… Ugh. That Hickory offense could be brutal. Here’s hoping either Matt West or Clark Murphy actually hits this year. And here’s saying that they won’t. Ugh…

He doesn’t give a shit about the future