After the trades, the offensive side was left aside, and then we see a very good list of pitching prospects, and a very meh list of position players prospects.
C Derek Norris was the best offensive player we traded for, but he is a Napoli style of offensive catcher, with low AVG, but projecting very decent power and SLG numbers. OF Collin Cowgill seems to be a gap filler in our OF but it doesn't projects to be better than a good 4th OF in the majors.
Now, there is no reason for desparation. Bailey is still on the trading block, with a very favorable market for closers so he could net us some high ceiling, low A prospects, and we have 5 draft picks on the first 2 rounds of the 2012 draft, plus the very good posibility to have a very high draft pick on 2013, so there are still several sources to get the offensive help the farm needs.
In the meantime, I made the list of our top 20 position players prospects. Let's talk about who should be higher, lower, out or in the list.
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Player | Assignment | AVG | RBI | HR | AB | H |
1 | OF Michael Choice | Rockhounds | 0,298 | 93 | 33 | 514 | 153 |
2 | OF Grant Green | Rivercats | 0,291 | 66 | 8 | 553 | 161 |
3 | DH Chris Carter | Athletics | 0,269 | 88 | 25 | 391 | 105 |
4 | C Derek Norris | Rivercats | 0,210 | 46 | 20 | 334 | 70 |
5 | SS Yordy Cabrera | Ports | 0,228 | 47 | 6 | 364 | 83 |
6 | CF Aaron Shipman | Bees | 0,254 | 19 | 0 | 201 | 51 |
7 | OF Vicmal de la Cruz | AZL | 0,318 | 28 | 1 | 192 | 61 |
8 | OF Michael Taylor | Athletics | 0,266 | 65 | 17 | 379 | 101 |
9 | 3B Renato Nuñez | AZL | 0,268 | 28 | 5 | 194 | 52 |
10 | C Max Stassi | Ports | 0,231 | 19 | 2 | 121 | 28 |
11 | 3B Stephen Parker | Rivercats | 0,281 | 76 | 10 | 541 | 152 |
12 | 2B Chih Fang Pan | Bees | 0,336 | 22 | 1 | 143 | 48 |
13 | OF Collin Cowgill | Athletics | 0,333 | 79 | 14 | 487 | 162 |
14 | 3B B. A. Vollmuth | Lake Monsters | 0,268 | 8 | 1 | 41 | 11 |
15 | INF Adrian Cardenas | Athletics | 0,310 | 58 | 6 | 523 | 162 |
16 | 1B Josh Whitaker | Ports | 0,322 | 73 | 18 | 419 | 135 |
17 | C Josh Donaldson | Rivercats | 0,265 | 79 | 19 | 475 | 126 |
18 | OF Bobby Crocker | Bees | 0,296 | 19 | 3 | 206 | 61 |
19 | C Ryan Ortiz | Rockhounds | 0,277 | 35 | 6 | 249 | 69 |
20 | C Beau Taylor | Bees | 0,275 | 18 | 0 | 171 | 47 |