AN Community Prospect List - #31

by Zonis on Dec 16, 2008 8:01 PM PST Comment 38 comments

Carlos Hernandez, LHP wins th #30 position with 29% of the vote.

Key:
Letter Grade = John Sickels Letter Grade
BA# = Baseball America Top A's Ranking
Mi# = Minor League Ball Community Prospect List Rank
BP# = Baseball Prospectus Top A's Rank
#X = Baseball Prospects Star Grade

AthleticsNation Top Prospect List:

Trevor Cahill, RHP [B+] [BA2] [Mi8]
Brett Anderson, LHP [B+] [BA1] [Mi16]
Chris Carter, 3B/1B [B] [BA6] [Mi51]
Aaron Cunningham, CF [B] [BA4] [Mi67]
Gio Gonzalez, LHP [B] [BA7] [Mi69]
Adrian Cardenas, SS/2B [B] [BA5] [Mi57]
Sean Doolittle, 1B/RF [B] [BA12] [Mi-??]
James Simmons, RHP [B-] [BA10] [Mi83]
Vin Mazzaro, RHP [B-] [BA8] [Mi97]
Josh Donaldson, C [C+] [BA11]
Michel Inoa, RHP [B-] [BA3] [Mi72]
Jemile Weeks, 2B [B] [BA9]
Henry Rodriguez, RHP [B-] [BA14]
Rashun Dixon, CF [C+]
Fautino De Los Santos, RHP [C+]
Arnold Leon, RHP [C+]
Josh Outman, LHP [B-]
Corey Brown, CF [C+] [BA13]
Brett Hunter, RHP [B-]
Sam Demel, RHP [C+]
Andrew Carignan, RHP [B-]
Tyson Ross, RHP [C+]
Nino Leyja, SS
Matt Sulentic, OF
Craig Italiano, RHP
Gregorio Petit, SS
Jason Christian, SS [C+]
Andrew Bailey, RHP [C+]
Jared Lansford, RHP
Carlos Hernandez, LHP

New Addition to the Candidates List: Grant Desme, OF, Robin Rosario, OF; Jeremy Barfield, OF; Jeff Baisley, 3B
Dropped From List: Travis Banwart, RHP; Ronny Morla, RHP; Joel Galarraga, C
Testers: Pedro Figueroa, LHP; Travis Banwart, RHP; Ronny Morla, RHP; Joel Galarraga, C

[x] removed due to ineligability (over 130 AB or 50 IP)

Lower than 4% of the vote will get you bumped down from the list.

CANDIDATES:
Pitchers:

Infielders/Catchers:
Dusty Coleman, SS
Petey Paramore, C [C+]
Cliff Pennington, SS
Landon Powell, C
Jeff Baisley, 3B

Outfielders:
Matt Spencer, OF/1B
Javier Herrera, OF
Grant Desme, OF
Robin Rosario, OF
Jeremy Barfield, OF

POSSIBLES:
Pitchers:
Jason Fernandez, RHP
Ryan Webb, RHP
Michael Madsen, RHP
Jamie Richmond, RHP
Anthony Capra, LHP
Jeff Gray, RHP
Ryan Doolittle, RHP
Daniel Thomas, RHP
Ricardo Penalba, RHP
Scott Hodsen, RHP
Scott Mitchinson, RHP

Infield/Catcher:
Anthony Recker, C
Justin Sellers, SS
Franklin Contreras, SS
Tommy Everidge, 1B

Outfield:
Tyreace House, OF
Danny Putnam, OF
Jermaine Mitchell, OF
JD Pruit, OF
Chris Berroa, OF
Jose Crisostomo, OF
David Thomas, OF

If you have a suggestion for the next player to be put on the list, please say so in the comments.

Poll

Who is the A's #31 Prospect?

Dusty Coleman, SS

42 votes

Pete Paramore, C

9 votes

Jeff Baisley, 3B

8 votes

Piff Cennington, SS

41 votes

Landon Powell, C

9 votes

Matt Spencer, OF/1B

4 votes

Javier Herrera, OF

10 votes

Grant Desme,OF

6 votes

Robin Rosario, OF

2 votes

Jeremy Barfield, OF

3 votes

134 votes | Poll has closed

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I picked Coleman as having the best chance to one day be a starting player

but I’m intrigued by this Cennington guy.

It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver

by WaddellCanseco on Dec 16, 2008 8:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Cennington?

Who the heck is Cennington? He has my vote just for the intriging name.

by jblanton on Dec 17, 2008 3:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't go that far.

It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver

by WaddellCanseco on Dec 17, 2008 4:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

powell for me

i just have to believe that it’s not that difficult for a professional athlete to control their weight.
beane needs to hire the diet guy some of the cubs (soto, gallagher) were using.

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Dec 16, 2008 8:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

What about the chronic bad knees?

It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver

by WaddellCanseco on Dec 16, 2008 9:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Coleman or Herrera?

It is a very close call. But Coleman is two years younger and plays a more valuable position. I went with Coleman.

by Hang Man on Dec 16, 2008 8:35 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Me too. Herrera's got better tools but he's not done much in the two extra years.

Coleman hasn’t done much in less time.

It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver

by WaddellCanseco on Dec 16, 2008 9:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Scout.com - A's top 50

Link

1. Brett Anderson
2. Trevor Cahill
3. Michael Inoa
4. Gio Gonzalez
5. Chris Carter
6. Adrian Cardenas
7. Sean Doolittle
8. Josh Donaldson
9. Vince Mazzaro
10. Aaron Cunningham
11. James Simmons
12. Henry Rodriguez
13. Jemile Weeks
14. Corey Brown
15. Fautino De Los Santos
16. Brett Hunter
17. Andrew Carignan
18. Arnold Leon
19. Tyson Ross
20. Matt Sulentic
21. Javier Herrera
22. Rashun Dixon
23. Carlos Hernandez
24. Dusty Coleman
25. Sam Demel
26. Josh Outman
27. Jason Christian
28. Grant Desme
29. Craig Italiano
30. Nino Leyja
31. Jared Lansford
32. Matt Spencer
33. Andrew Bailey
34. Jason Fernandez
35. Jermaine Mitchell
36. Daniel Thomas
37. Anthony Recker
38. Jeff Baisley
39. Scott Mitchinson
40. Anthony Capra
41. Travis Banwart
42. Landon Powell
43. Robin Rosario
44. Cliff Pennington
45. Brad Kilby
46. Gregorio Petit
47. Justin Sellers
48. Jeff Gray
49. Tom Everidge
50. Scott Hodson

"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane

by athleticsBB4life on Dec 16, 2008 8:39 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I'll add that to the next list

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by Zonis on Dec 16, 2008 8:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

can you only add those who are already on our list

if you start putting numbers by every candidate, that’s what 50% of people will use to vote.

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Dec 16, 2008 9:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

thats true

I also wonder if I should add (for the ones on the list/when they get on the list) a letter grade of C? for Sickels’ “others” list. Since he ends at 26 (#25 Jesus Guzman is now with the Giants, to which Sickels didnt know) with all C’s, we don’t know exactly if the ones after are C’s or C+’s.

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by Zonis on Dec 16, 2008 9:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Just don't put anything after the guys Sickels didn't rank at all

And put HM or something after the guys at the end of the Top 26 that he mentioned

It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver

by WaddellCanseco on Dec 16, 2008 9:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

boy they really don't like the 3-4 guys who are pretty much already in the majors

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Dec 16, 2008 9:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Cunningham barely making the top 10 seems silly

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by iamawesomer on Dec 16, 2008 9:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Or else really awesome

It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver

by WaddellCanseco on Dec 16, 2008 9:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm glad they added Daniel Thomas, who we've ignored

He was a BA Top 200 guy in this year’s draft, another draft-eligible sophomore like Coleman, supposedly has big stuff.

by jdr on Dec 16, 2008 9:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Any list with Inoa at 3 = dumbass silly list

by thejd44 on Dec 17, 2008 9:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I went with Piff

by Emmett89 on Dec 16, 2008 9:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Rosario...

Anyone know if he can play CF, or is he strictly a corner?

by train80 on Dec 17, 2008 6:11 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

He's been playing center and Lockard thinks he can stick there.

It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver

by WaddellCanseco on Dec 17, 2008 7:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks

The player link above listed him as a RF so I wasn’t sure if he had played anywhere else.

by train80 on Dec 17, 2008 7:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Powell

I think he’s going to have a couple of good seasons in the majors, though his career probably won’t be very long.

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by PaulThomas on Dec 17, 2008 9:28 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Will those seasons be as a catcher

Or does he have to switch positions because of the knees?

by thejd44 on Dec 17, 2008 9:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

As a catcher, yeah

Can’t realistically give him much of a shot at another position at this point.

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by PaulThomas on Dec 17, 2008 10:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Joel Galarraga

Even if the Mexican League is more equivalent to AA than AAA, he’s still—by far—best hitting A’s prospect left. And he’s a catcher.

Probably the only guy on this list who is currently a better hitter than Galarraga is Cunningham. And that’s not even certain.

by Danny on Dec 17, 2008 11:10 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Mexican League

I’ll admit I know very little about the talent level of the Mexican League, however a quick check of their leaderboard shows that Kit Pellow, formerly seen putting up a .240/.308/.347 line over 121 ABs for Colorado back in ’04, won the MVP. His line was a ridiculous .385/.459/.730 with 34 HR in 103 games.

by train80 on Dec 17, 2008 1:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The same thing can be said about AA and AAA

Take a look at the retreads who led the PCL in hitting this year.

And I would guess Pellow played in one of the ridiculous hitters parks in Mexico—which is not true of Galarraga.

by Danny on Dec 17, 2008 1:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Do you see Galarraga having any shot at being a starting major league catcher?

It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver

by WaddellCanseco on Dec 17, 2008 1:42 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Definitely

Knowing very little about his defense, I think his bat likely qualifies him as an MLB starting catcher right now.

As we discussed the other day, his BP MLE has him with a better EQA than the average catcher for each of the last 2 years.

by Danny on Dec 17, 2008 2:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Apparently Forst agrees. From Lockard:

“According to Forst, [A’s scout Craig] Weissman believes that Galarraga’s skills are advanced enough to start next season as high as Triple-A and he could be ready for consideration for a major league spot later this season.”

It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver

by WaddellCanseco on Dec 17, 2008 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs