Craig Sager is insanely jealous.

much like what has happened to him 103/46 (69%) throughout his minor league career.

the Cal league next year and spends the whole year in the MWL. Until he can prove he can start and throw innings he’s a power armed relief pitcher to me. He may have better stuff then anyone here but if it can’t translate to the rotation then I don’t see how he’s a better option then Lindblom at this point. That has plenty of value but I don’t see him having more value then anyone we have voted on yet.

Russell is probably the most controversial prospect to deal with, so it should be fun to debate where he ranks….

but it is not here. Sorry about the confusion. I did it at 07:00 this morning.

Trayvon Robinson can become something like Coco Crisp (2004/2005 version) which is what I think his skill set compares to. Is Coco Crisp better then a closer if Lindblom can reach that level? Now some will snort about Coco but for a few years before he hurt his wrist Coco was a valuable CF partly based on his defense but also on the growth in power he started exhibiting at age 24/25. When the power left after the wrist injury or other external factors Crisp become near useless but for two years he was a valuable player. So for me if Trayvon can become 2004/2005 Crisp then he’s one of our top prospects, but if his ceiling is the rest of Crisps career then I’d go for Lindblom. It really depends on what you think Trayvon is going to become but since he’s only had one successful professional season we are all guessing on which road he takes.

Exactly. That’s why that one person/group (is it Sickels?) gives a ceiling rating with a probability rating of reaching that ceiling. Probability matters. Lindbloom making at least some appearances as a major-league pitcher are very high given where he is now, for example. Robinson’s probabilities have got to be lower.

23 years old and still play Single-A

To defend Russel here, I don’t see how that’s his fault. When he was drafted he mashed in Rookie Ball. He is supposed to mash Rookie Ball pitching and he did. This year he played in the MWL and mashed pitching there.

I also want to see what he can do against more advanced pitching, but just saying his age and his level as though its the full story seems superficial. If he had struggled at a certain level (like Lambo this year) then it would make sense to bring up his level as evidence of his lack of development but that hasn’t happened with Russel yet. He’s performed up to this point and I’m excited to see what he can do in AA.

All that being said, I certainly don’t rank him higher than any of the 3 prospects above.

He’s ready to play or at least try out for MLB right now. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,etc etc etc. There’s many arguments you can make. Just wondering what the methodology is.

and not to pick on “you” I should say “everyone on this site in general”, in summary we hate old players unless they put up Manny numbers, then they are exempt, and when Manny is hitting like Loney, we’ll throw him in the trash bin.

Not making a commentary, just an observation.

He hit well in AAA, then he hit the crap out of the ball against MLB/AAA players in spring, which again, doesn’t really mean anything. But then when he was brought up, he was still hitting hot till he got hurt. There is a chance he was just going to keep hitting like that, even though most people assume he will level off, but the point is he might not in which case he would immediately have a chance for ph or 4th outfielder, or starter in 2011.

since it also takes a competitive 2nd baseman off the FA market. Hudson wanted a three year deal of 3/24 last year so if he can get 2/12 this year then he only lost around 4 Mill over three years which is a hell of lot better then Burrell did and will do.

Man did the Phillies come out smelling like a rose on that one, moving out Burrell and bringing in Ibanez based on 2009 numbers.

we don’t get the same visitors on the weekend. This next one will run through the weekend and Monday at noon, unless one of them just dominates.