December 7, 200520 yr Rank these pitchers: Aaron Thompson Annibal Sanchez Chris Volstad Gabriel Hernandez Jason Vargas Josh Johnson Logan Kensing Jacob Marceaux Jeffrey Allison Renyel Pinto Ricky Nollasco Ryan Tucker Scott Olsen Sean West Sergio Mitre Taylor Tankersly Yusmeiro Petit If I forgot someone, add them in. All these pitching prospects is getting confusing.
December 7, 200520 yr Chris Volstad Annibal Sanchez Joshn Johnson Scott Olsen Gaby Hernandez Yusmeiro Petit Ricky Nolasco Sean West (yep) Jason Vargas Sergio Mitre Tank The others I don't know as well, not as confident to rank them.
December 7, 200520 yr 1. Anibal Sanchez 2. Scott Olsen 3. Gaby Hernandez 4. Yusmeiro Petit 5. Chris Volstad 6. Josh Johnson 7. Ricky Nolasco 8. Aaron Thompson 9. Ryan Tucker 10. Renyel Pinto 11. Taylor Tankersley 12. Jeff Allison 13. Jacob Marceaux 14. Sean West 15. Logan Kensing Mitre and Vargas have too many innings to be on this list, in my opinion. Allison could shoot way up the list, but he has more to prove than those above him.
December 7, 200520 yr 1. Anibal Sanchez 2. Scott Olsen 3. Gaby Hernandez 4. Yusmeiro Petit 5. Chris Volstad 6. Josh Johnson 7. Ricky Nolasco 8. Aaron Thompson 9. Ryan Tucker 10. Renyel Pinto 11. Taylor Tankersley 12. Jeff Allison 13. Jacob Marceaux 14. Sean West 15. Logan Kensing Mitre and Vargas have too many innings to be on this list, in my opinion. Allison could shoot way up the list, but he has more to prove than those above him. Are we talking current production or ceiling? I gotta think Volstad has the highest potential out of all of them, no? Or maybe I'm just being led by the hype.
December 7, 200520 yr I go with a little of both. Volstad still has more to prove than those in front of him on my list. Although I personally think Sanchez is going to be the best of the bunch overall.
December 7, 200520 yr I go with a little of both. Volstad still has more to prove than those in front of him on my list. Although I personally think Sanchez is going to be the best of the bunch overall. Sanchez should have the biggest immediate impact, I think. '07 #2 or 3, and should get the call up later in the '06 season. I'm also anxious to see how Johnson does this year.
December 7, 200520 yr Jeesh, with all these prospects we could possibly trade for any cheap, young, and talented player in the league if the team that has the player(s) we want are willing to make a trade.
December 7, 200520 yr Hard to rank them, but I'd say out of that list, these guys have the most potential: Sanchez, Petit, Hernandez, Tankersly, Olsen, Volstad and Nolasco. Geez we have some great prospects.
December 7, 200520 yr You also forgot Tyler and Bowyer who we got from the Twins and Delgado and Garcia from the Red Sox, but only Tyler is a starter... I think. Do we actually have any decent relief prospects that are near the major leagues, besides Bowyer?
December 7, 200520 yr Author ..well, isn't Tank supposed to be converting to the bullpen? Also, don't forget about Resop and Messenger.
December 7, 200520 yr How many picks will we have in first/sandwich/2nd rounds in the draft next year based on free agency? Don't forget if we have a bunch of picks again, more pitching will show up (again)... I really hope they go for at least one decent hitter
December 7, 200520 yr I believe at the moment all we have is our first rounder, a sandwich (AJ), our 2nd rounder, and 2 third rounders (AJ). Since he's the only lock to be granted arbitration. Our other Type A's were Conine and Jones and neither are locks to be granted arbitration. Conine would almost have to accept as it's hard to imagine someone giving up their first rounder to sign him and he would make more than I'm sure we're willing to pay in arby. I think we should grant it to Jones, but who knows. Gonzalez and Enc are Type B's, but we don't want them back and neither has generated much FA interest, so it'd be risky to grant it to them too.
December 7, 200520 yr the prevailing thought is that Gaby Hernandez and Annibal Sanchez will need more time in the minors, correct? But that Petit could be ready?
December 7, 200520 yr Has anybody seen any of these guys pitch? It sounds like everybody posting on this website is super excited about these highly rated prospects but have never seen them in action. Half of what they write is probably exagerrations trying to artificially inflate the trade value.
December 7, 200520 yr 1. Anibal Sanchez 2. Scott Olsen 3.Chris Volstad 4. Gaby Hernandez 5. Yusmeiro Petit 6. Ricky Nolasco 7. Josh Johnson 8. Aaron Thompson 9. Ryan Tucker 10. Renyel Pinto 11. Sean West 12. Taylor Tankersley 13. Jeff Allison 14. Jacob Marceaux 15. Logan Kensing
December 7, 200520 yr so many options. our rotation is going to be simply sick in a couple of years. that makes me 'giddy'
December 7, 200520 yr so many options. our rotation is going to be simply sick in a couple of years. that makes me 'giddy' Tell us how they look as you'll probably be the only one to see them "in-person" :whistle
December 7, 200520 yr 1. Anibal Sanchez 2. Scott Olsen 3. Chris Volstad 4. Gaby Hernandez 5. Yusmeiro Petit 6. Jeff Allison 7. Ricky Nolasco 8. Josh Johnson 9. Aaron Thompson 10. Ryan Tucker 11. Renyel Pinto 12. Sean West 13. Jacob Marceaux 14. Taylor Tankersley 15. Logan Kensing You mean in terms of ceiling? If so, I agree for the most part. These are the changes I made. I frankly don't think Tankersley and Kensing are any good. 1-13 all have a great shot at making it to the big leagues and being average to above average. The first six on that list have the potential to be number 2-3 starters, while Olsen, Sanchez, and Hernandez have a shot of being number 1 starters. Petit has the potential to be like Greg Maddux. He's got sick control.
December 7, 200520 yr the prevailing thought is that Gaby Hernandez and Annibal Sanchez will need more time in the minors, correct? But that Petit could be ready? Yes. No reason based on statistics (since none of us have seen him pitch) to believe Petit is not ready to go. I guess I'm the only one that sees Sanchez's future in the bullpen, at least this season.
December 7, 200520 yr so many options. our rotation is going to be simply sick in a couple of years. that makes me 'giddy' Tell us how they look as you'll probably be the only one to see them "in-person" :whistle ok!
December 7, 200520 yr 1. Anibal Sanchez 2. Scott Olsen 3.Chris Volstad 4. Gaby Hernandez 5. Yusmeiro Petit 6. Ricky Nolasco 7. Josh Johnson 8. Aaron Thompson 9. Ryan Tucker 10. Renyel Pinto 11. Sean West 12. Taylor Tankersley 13. Jeff Allison 14. Jacob Marceaux 15. Logan Kensing solid prospect list there.
December 7, 200520 yr I expect a bunch of these propescts we got to turn into relievers and solidify a young bullpen
December 7, 200520 yr If we're talking closest to MLB ready and high quality (since that's usually the spirit of the BA rankings): Scott Olsen Yusmeiro Petit Jason Johnson Sergio Mitre Anibal Sanchez Rick Nolasco Chris Volstad Aaron Thompson Renyel Pinto Gaby Hernandez Ryan Tucker Sean West (only this low because he is just too raw) Taylor Tankersly Jacob Marceaux Logan Kensing Jeff Allison If it's highest cieling (I'll exclude Allison): Sanchez Olsen Volstad Petit West Johnson Hernandez Pinto Nolasco Thompson Tucker Tank Marceaux Kensing Not a bad list at all, too bad the cupboards are bare when it comes to position players (other than my new "diaper dandy" Kris Harvey).
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