Almost every recent prospect selected by the Hogs is assured of two things: they wont sniff the MLB for 4/5 years and they wont be drinking unless they have a fake ID. Czar Henderson has little need for MLB ready prospects after compiling some of the best young players in baseball over the past few seasons. Hanley Ramirez, Ryan Braun, Ryan Howard and David Wright assure that the Hogs will have a productive offense for years to come.
The Quahog scouting department has drafted some future stars over the past three seasons. Andrew McCutchen, Joey Votto, Netali Feliz, Young-II Jung and last years breakout star Pablo Sandoval show some of his successful picks. Despite that success Pat has also been burned in the prospect draft with the disappointment of the number 1 overall pick Delmon Young, who was traded away this past summer to the Pandas. The Hogs past two drafts have featured many high upside high risk players such as Engel Beltre, Julio Teheran, Rafael Rodriguez and Dustin Hood. These players represent the teams overall draft strategy of boom or bust with prospects, with the hope of one of these young players turning into the next Hanley Ramirez or Matt Kemp. Look for Pat to stick with this strategy in the upcoming draft, where he owns six picks in the final two rounds.
The teams current farm system is led by two promising prospects, Yonder Alonso and Mike Montgomery. Neither player will likely play a big role with the 2010 Quahog team, but could be used in trades (similar to last season) to help further the teams playoff push and ultimate goal of winning their first NKFBL championship.
Top 5 Prospects:
1. Yonder Alonso 1B CIN
2. Mike Montgomery SP KC
3. Mike Moustakas 3B KC
4. Julio Teheran SP ATL
5. Dayan Viciedo 3B CHW
Top 5 Graduated Prospects:
1. Ryan Braun 2007 Rd 2 (Trade)
2. Pablo Sandoval 2009 Rd 4
3. Chris Volstad 2007 Rd 7
4. Delmon Young 2007 Rd 1
5. None
I love how there is only like 1 picture of Viciedo hitting and he looks like he's playing in the baseball version of The Longest Yard with that orange jumpsuit uniform.
ReplyDeletehahahahahaha awesome tom tom, I actually laughed out loud at that one
ReplyDeletedisagree with this ranking over the Brew Crew. I think the fact that the Brew Crew's top 2 of Jennings/Davis is so much stronger than the Alonso/Mongtomery combo should give the Brew Crew the nod. Jennings is a true impact player and Alonso is not. While Davis and Monty are pretty similar, I'd give that nod to Davis as well because he actually has a 2nd pitch.
ReplyDeleteThe Quahogs have a lot more depth/potential than the Brew Crew's system, but none of the international players have shown much of anything so far except for Teheran.
I'd do with overall talent, even though it's only spread over 2 players, over depth with the teams being this close.
Is it a sure thing that Alonso wont be an impact player? Yes, he only had 9 hrs last season but he did so with only 295 AB's, a 300 avg and almost a 1 to 1 BB/K ratio. Once he's playing in Cincy some of those doubles he's hitting will probably find their way out.
ReplyDeleteSure Jennings will probably turn out to be better, but I still dont think he'll turn out to hit more than 10/12 hrs a season. His value will still be mostly in runs, steals, and BA - where there is a long list of similar type players.
Even though it's close I still think Id take the group of Alonso, Monty, Moose, Vicideo and Teheran over Davis Jennings.
I didnt do the Quahogs writeup for conflict of intrest purposes but I agree with Brendan, I think there is a lot more depth in the Quahogs system and although Alonzo didnt have as good of a minor league season last year as jennings, he had a broken hammate bone for a while which kills power. He was a power hitter in college and I think he'll end up being a more valuable fantasy asset than Jennings, like a Youk compared to a Victorino.
ReplyDeleteMonty does have a plus curve according to BA and a change that could be a plus. Also being a big lefty with heat I think he'll be more valueable then Wade Miller errr Davis.
Having said all of that I dont have a problem with Jennings/Davis being looked at as a better combo than Alonzo/Monty, because due to the rankings they should be, but I think the rest of the Hogs system has more depth/potential then the rest of the Brew Crew's.
1. I don't accecpt the only 295 AB arguement Brendan. That still only comes otu to 13-15 HR in a full minor league season (450-500 AB). The injury card is a better argument.
ReplyDelete2. You can never be sure about much of anything with prospects, but I'm pretty certain that Alonso has no chance of being a more valuable fantasy asset than Jennings. Jennings is an extra base machine, he's a SB machine, he has awesome plate discipline and doesn't have a glaring weakness like Alonso. Alonso can't hit LHP and doesn't have a path to the majors. I really don't see Votto as an outfielder, so Alonso could be on the move out of that friendly ballpark. Jennings is a hybrid Carl Crawford/BJ Upton. He's a top 3-5 prospect. Look at his minor league numbers last year, what more does the guy have to do to get some respect.
3. Monty's curveball is a potential plus, but very inconsistant and the Royals want him to throw it differently because they fear it'll get blasted in the upper minors. I still like Davis who has proved his worth at a higher level. Anyway, they are both probably 2-3 starters at best.
I'll give the Hogs a better farm with depth, although there are a ton of question marks with young, international players and most of them flame out. Almost all of them in last year's prospect draft have seen their stock fall after getting some at bats against real competition. It's really a guessing game with IFA and the failure rate of these players is through the roof.
So, personally, I wouldn't trade the Brew Crew's farm for the Quahogs' farm just based on the fact that I think Jennings is a can't miss star and there's really no one on the Quahogs that I'm confindent in. With the teams being that close, I'd take the guy who has a much better chance at being a stud than a deeper farm with less odds of making an impact.
Mike Montgomery will be awesome!
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