Comments on: Catch Me If You Can

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:40:31 +0000

Ehrlich did not have a knee injury. Last year in the GCL he pulled a muscle in his back-but all is well now, reported a week ago and his strong and healthy.

By: Clark

Clark — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:09:43 +0000

Agreed

By: RCHIII

RCHIII — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:03:30 +0000

Meaning the list sucks (IMO) – all other lists I have seen have OT in the top 50.

By: Clark

Clark — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:34:39 +0000

Apparently Taveras missed by a lot since he isn’t in their top 100 and a lot of outfielders not in the top 10 are on it.

By: zuke354

zuke354 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:27:34 +0000

That is a good point.

Since Catching is a veteran prefered positions, I wonder if it is more common than Posada. I wonder how many other catchers were a later blooming starter.

You mention Posada, but the guy who comes to my mind is Darren Daulton. Now of course he is bat crap crazy, but I blaim taht on the Ray Lankford play:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUWZ9DN4TfQ

By: Forsch31

Forsch31 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:35:57 +0000

A thought on Anderson….

Anderson may simply be on the Posada developmental curve. Jorge Posada was an offense-first catcher who broke into the majors at age 25, serving as Joe Girardi’s back-up, after playing 306 games at AAA Columbus. The following season, he was the starter. Posada was never really known for his defense, especially early in his career, and he had to gain the trust of the Yankees pitchers, which he did, especially from Andy Pettitte.

Will Anderson follow a similar track? We really have no idea, because (a) there’s a new manager who has been an organizational advocate for Anderson in the past and (b) Anderson hasn’t had much opportunity to work with the major league staff yet. He’s going to get the opportunity in Spring Training to win the back-up job, and that’s pretty much all we know at this point.

One thing, however…Anderson, like Posada in 1997, is age 25 and has played 306 games at AAA Memphis.

By: Forsch31

Forsch31 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:13:54 +0000

Yeah, but there’s pretty much zero promising starting candidates at catcher in the system. At least SS and 1B have one legit guy each, and 1B also is a position that tends to be filled with hitting prospects or players who can no longer field their other other positions.

When the ceilings of your top prospects at a position are at back-up, I would call that “weakest.”

By: Indiana Cardinal

Indiana Cardinal — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:43:12 +0000

I would also suggest that 1b is a postion waiting for Holliday as he gets older.

By: Gruntosaurus

Gruntosaurus — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:16:07 +0000

Don’t get me wrong: I really hope Jackson can hit in the bigs, and I think there’s reasonable evidence that he can. However, the “one each at SS and … 1B” is kinda my point. If either Jackson or Adams don’t pan out, it’s a long wait for the next viable prospect at their positions. There is no comparably high-ceiling catcher, but enough guys are in the queue that the chances of someone stepping up are reasonably good.

By: Lou Schuler

Lou Schuler — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:25:48 +0000

FWIW, mlb.com has Matt Adams #6 on its top 10 list of first-base prospects.

Cox is #10 on the list for third base, Wong is #3 at second, and Miller is the #2 RHP.

I assume OT just missed the list for outfielders.

We didn’t have anyone listed at catcher, shortstop, or LHP.