Four Rangers crack Jonathan Mayo's top 100 prospect list
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 26, 2012 12:01 PM CST
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PrintJonathan Mayo has put out a top 100 prospect list for mlb.com, a list that starts off with Matt Moore at #1 and ends with Addison Reed at #100.
Four Rangers made the top 100 list: Jurickson Profar at #7, Martin Perez at #29, Mike Olt at #43, and Leonys Martin at #89.
That order matches how those four players were ranked in the LSB Community Prospect Rankings this offseason, and are the four prospects considered most likely to crack top 100 lists,* along with Neil Ramirez.
* I'm not including Yu Darvish, because I don't really think of him as a "prospect." And apparently, neither does mlb.com.
Olt is a little higher and Martin a little lower than I would have initially expected, particularly given the helium Martin had in the midseason rankings, coming in at #25 in the Baseball America midseason top 50 prospect list.
Also noteworthy is that former Ranger prospect Robbie Erlin, who was #34 on the BA midseason top 50 list, didn't make Mayo's top 100. Erlin, of course, was packaged with Joe Wieland and sent to San Diego last July for Mike Adams.
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Odd that both Erlin and Ramirez are being thought of
(seemingly) so much more poorly than LSB rates them.
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by Prashanth Francis on Jan 26, 2012 12:21 PM CST up reply actions
I don't know about Ramirez
He was #5 on the community projections, and I don’t think he’s generally seen as a top 100 guy, or more than someone who is on the fringe of hte top 100.
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 26, 2012 1:23 PM CST up reply actions
Wasn't he in range for a top 50 guy
at the midpoint of last season? Am I just making this up?
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by GhettoBear04 on Jan 26, 2012 2:48 PM CST up reply actions
He may have been viewed that way by some folks
And I think he may have had an argument, but the arm problems and shakier second half problem knocked him out of that category by season’s end.
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 26, 2012 3:03 PM CST up reply actions
what's weird
is that i don’t think anything happened to change erlins value other than being traded to a team with a far lower profile. heck, his one big weakness gets largely mitigated by being there
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by JBImaknee on Jan 26, 2012 1:32 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
I wonder if going to SD hasn't hurt his "prospect value"
Since it i seen as easier to pitch in Petco
Im not agreeing with that line of thinking by the way just wondering if that may have something to do with his drop in rankings
So you think
Erlin as a #3 at best is a top 100 prospect?
Yes
Floor counts too
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If he had better stuff
it would count more
He's a SS
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by Rodney on Jan 26, 2012 3:01 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
I'm impressed
with Profar’s 65/63 BB/K.
I live to play the devil's advocate.
by AfterSchoolSpecial on Jan 26, 2012 12:55 PM CST reply actions
of course
Erlin may give up more home runs than Profar hits over their careers
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by JBImaknee on Jan 26, 2012 1:38 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
the power of petco compels you
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Manny goddamn Banuelos at 13 eh
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btho Iowa State
isn't he the same thing as Martin Perez?
short undersized lefty with a plus fastball and potential plus curveball and changeup?
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btho Iowa State
They were in the same range a year or two ago,
but he hasn’t had the same disappointment at the higher level in surface stats, right?
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by GhettoBear04 on Jan 26, 2012 2:50 PM CST up reply actions
You mean other than the fact that he walked the world?
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BullpenBanter guys have Neil Ramirez at 91
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