It is time to play - Name the BA Top 30

Fedex number 10, someone owes me a beer

26 and 27 both describe Ivan Dejesus, Jr. I’ll go with #26.

12 = Sanchez
13 = Garcia
16 = Aaron Miller
23 = Sullivan
26 = DeJesus
30 = Songco
22 – Van Slyke

18 – Santana

15 = Tolleson
21 = Castle
24 = Juan Rodriguez
25 = Griff
28 = Lemmerman

23 Ethier

Are right. I am out now but I will recap later.

11 and 18
Baldwin or Santana for either spot?

I expected more pitchers, don’t see a spot for Cash based on the hints unless he was 16 and Aaron Miller is gone but I don’t believe that.

Other then TBLA, everyone seems to have Silverio in the top five.

Should have run this on Monday

14. Sits 90-93, touches 94, projectable frame – 50/High (Ogden is likely destination)

19. Potential for average power, above average speed and good arm – 45/Medium (AAA))

20. Draws comparison to another player with one of his names – 45/Medium (AAA)

21. Solid power to all fields, adequate defensively – 45/Medium (AAA)

22. Gap power may not equal HR, lacks speed and athleticism – 45/Medium (AA)

24. Troncoso replacement (my words) – 45/High (AAA/AA)

25. Good pitch recognition skills, more raw than usual for his position – 45/High (Midwest A)

27. Nothing flashy about his game, consistent defender – 40/Medium! (AA)

28. Size may be an issue, contact-oriented approach – 45/High (AA)

29. Sound swing, generates plus bat speed, defense is fine – 45/High (Midwest A)

30. Above-average power, test will be next level – 45/High (AA)

31. Former intern – 45/High (ultimately California League at least)

List are on the above list. But 5 of them are not in the top 20.

11 – Baldwin
12 – Sanchez
13 – J. Garcia
15 – Tolleson
16 – Miller
17 – Martin
18 – Santana
19 – Castellanos
21 – Van Slyke
22 – Songco
23 – O’Sullivan
26 – DeJesus, Jr.
27 – Lemmerman
30 – B. Smith

14. Sits 90-93, touches 94, projectable frame – 50/High (Ogden is likely destination), RHP, 19

20. Draws comparison to another player with one of his names – 45/Medium (AAA), LH position player, 25

24. Troncoso replacement (my words) – 45/High (AAA/AA), RHP, 25

25. Good pitch recognition skills, more raw than usual for his position – 45/High (Midwest A) LH position player, 22

28. Size may be an issue, contact-oriented approach – 45/High (AA), Bats Both position player, 24

29. Sound swing, generates plus bat speed, defense is fine – 45/High (Midwest A), RH position player, 22

31. Former intern – 45/High (ultimately California League at least), LHP, 24

From 2011 are:

11 – Leon Landry
19 – Brian Cavazos-Galvez
20 – Ralston Cash
22 – Pedro Baez
23 – Scott Schebler
29 – Derek Cone
30 – Luis Vasquez

6 players played enough in the majors in 2011 to no longer be considered prospects and 1 player (Robinson) was traded.

11 – Baldwin
12 – Sanchez
13 – J. Garcia
14 – Barlow
15 – Tolleson
16 – Miller
17 – Martin
18 – Santana
19 – Castellanos
21 – Van Slyke
22 – Songco
23 – O’Sullivan
24 – Wall
26 – DeJesus, Jr.
27 – Lemmerman
28 – Erickson
29 – Dickson
30 – B. Smith

Only one of them was on Baseball America’s 2011 Top 30 Dodger Prospects. The other two at this time last year were playing college ball.

Makes sense if only due to where he was drafted. I am pretty positive that only Brandon knows who the player is that sits at 31.

Is LHP Eric Eadington. Eric was signed as an undrafted free agent and pitched well in relief albeit as a 23 year old college pitcher in Arizona 18 K in 11 IP with 10 hits and 6 walks and then going to Ogden, 13/2 K/BB in 10 IP. Reportedly throws 90-94 fastball, second pich is a breaking ball about 11 MPH slower.

Eadington, Corona Del Mar native, has a Economics degree from Harvard. Both of his sisters are collegiate water polo players, his older sister graduated from Cal in 2008 and his younger sister is a sophomore at Santa Clara.

His BA profile mentions he was an office intern for the Dodgers but the article doesn’t mention what he did there.

11. Baldwin
12. Miller
13. Songco
14. Sanchez
15. McGough
16. If 12 isn’t Miller, then this one has to be him. If not him….did Lemmerman have an incomplete season? I can’t fgure where else he’d go.
17. Martin, as always.
18. Santana
19. Garcia
21. Blake Smith
22. Kyle Russell?
23. O’Sullivan
24. Justin Miller
26. Dejesus