Top 25 Midseason Prospects
July 13, 2012 at 11:17 am by Ben Duronio under Atlanta Braves
Attached are our top 25 midseason prospects. We had a tie for first place. We will have a write-up for the prospects within the next week.
1. Julio Teharan
1. Andrelton Simmons
3. Arodys Vizcaino
4. Sean Gilmartin
5. Lucas Sims
6. Christian Bethancourt
7. Zeke Spruill
8. Edward Salcedo
9. J.R. Graham
10. Alex Wood
11. Nick Ahmed
12. Matt Lipka
13. Kyle Kubitza
14. Todd Cunningham
15. Tommy La Stella
16. Navery Moore
17. Brandon Drury
18. Cody Martin
19. Joey Terdoslavich
20. David Hale
21. Mauricio Cabrera
22. Jose Peraza
23. Fernelys Sanchez
24. Justin Black
25. Bryan De La Rosa
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Looks about the same as I’d have it, although I might have Lipka a little lower.
I would to, which is a shame.
I would almost have to go with Simmons as the clear #1 from what we have already seen. An elite defensive SS (arguably the best in the league already) that can OPS in the .750(ish) range is a superstar, no? Obviously the question remains as to what his true talent level offensively is. But if he can sustain around a .750 OPS then wow.
I immediately thought the same thing. The guy who made it to the majors and was on fire tied with the guy who was sent down after spring training and struggled. I know there is a lot left to the story but currently they don’t seem tied to me.
Teheran’s ceiling is still a #1. A #1 pitcher is likely more valuable then what simmon’s can offer. although Simmon’s has the higher floor.
Be sure to change the word “preseason” to “midseason” in the article portion. I got confused for a moment and was about to praise your prediction ability with Simmons #1.
Whoops, thanks.
I’m looking forward to your writeup on Mauricio Cabrera. Talking Chop has him in their top 10 and you guys have him down at 21. I haven’t heard much about him, but what little I’ve heard sounds promising.
No Evan Gattis?
Perhaps he isn’t considered to have prospect status? However even as a special case I agree he should be mentioned.
I would think Gattis’s chance of making the majors is much higher than half of the 25 listed prospects. His time away from baseball is unique and his age should not be an automatic elimination.
It’s not an automatic elimination, but There just doesn’t seem to be much momentum on him making it as anything other than a bench bat. A guy who has been old for every level he’s played at and doesn’t really seem to have a position in MLB is hard to project, whereas most of the rest of the top 25 has some shot at being a regular, if even fairly remote. He’s at least 1-2 years away from being a bench bat. I just really have a hard time ranking a guy who will break into MLB, maybe, when he’s 28 years old very high.
His story is indeed interesting, and I thought about putting him in my top 25, but to me he looks a lot like a guy who will have a barbaro canizares type career, except starting at an older age.
also, I’m guessing in the next couple of days me and ethan are going to record a podcast and I already have Gattis written down as a subject of conversation. So we’ll go more in detail on our thoughts there.
I was surprised at the omission of Gattis as well. Talking Chop had him in their top ten.
Sure would be nice to see more position players close to the top of that list.
Amen. We have always been built on pitching and showed how important it is with 14 consecutive divisioin titles, however with the current payroll constraints we need a steady flow of positional players to cheaply fill gaps at the major league level.
Nice to see our last two first rounders in the top 5 already. Also good to see Lipka up there, I hope he can turn a corner. I watched him play in Rome and he looks really solid and fluid in all of his “baseball movements.”
Also, any chance Vizcaino could ever start? It would be a huge process, but is it even possible?
I would have to guess it’s possible they could move him to be a starter. However, would we really want a starting rotation with Minor, Delgado, Teheran and Vizcaino over the next year or two. (seems to me like to many young arms).
Is to many young arms the same kind of problem as having to much money?
I too am glad to see Lipka up there, met him last year in Rome when he volunteered for our Cartersville Challenger League. Great kid. I haven’t seen him in the box scores lately, is he injured?
What about Dusty Hughes??
Thanks Franklin, I look forward to hearing it.
I would wager that if Minor / Teheran / Delgado were dealt, Vizcaino would be prepped to come back as a starter.
Very nice job overall !! Anxious to see your write-ups on the prospects.
Someday we’re going to look back and laugh that Teheran was ever rated that high. His pitches are straight as an arrow, don’t move much and as such MLB hitters are always going to be able to hit that. He’s a classic AAAA player.
Cody Martin pitched a complete game 2 hit shutout tonight in Lynchburg. He struck out 14 and only walked one.
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Way too high on Lipka, IMHO. Also too early to include the 2012 draftees when they have played few games–talk about SSS.
Why no relievers? Avilan should be at least a good LOOGY and there are a few others with decent chances of becoming MLB relievers.