Comments on: Baseball America Top 100

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:37:35 +0000

Totally agree. Don’t understand the McElroy hype. Reminds me of the Darryl Jones pick. Could turn out great if he puts it all together but chances are he wont.

By: Felonius_Monk

Felonius_Monk — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:25:32 +0000

McElroy was a pretty big reach in the 3rd round. No way he makes any top 100 lists next year unless he has a MASSIVE season which, given his rawness, seems unlikely even in short-season ball. Probably much more likely he sinks without trace in all honesty.

By: Gruntosaurus

Gruntosaurus — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:19:27 +0000

Looks like it to me.

By: Tackle Box

Tackle Box — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:48:46 +0000

Is that what that tweet says?

By: Karmaloop

Karmaloop — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:15:19 +0000

Why the hell is Yu Darvish considered a prospect? I understand he meets the “rookie” requirements, but he’s already played in a big league league. Profar over Miller? Besides the fact that the ETA is ridiculously optimistic, he’s a smallish SS who really hasn’t hit great. He’s hit decently well, but not great. I don’t understand how you can rank a 19 year old shortstop that is two to three years away from being ready and played slightly above-average at Low A ball over a 21 year old pitcher who dominated AA ball last year.

By: Karmaloop

Karmaloop — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:09:53 +0000

I thought the idea with Swagerty was that he could be an effective back-of-the-rotation starter, but he would make it to the big leagues sooner as a relief pitcher and could be a closer down the road.

By: Grant

Grant — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:51:21 +0000

I understand that Adams is limited to 1B/DH. Still taking him over Cox, though. I could be dead wrong, but I believe in Adams more.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:07:06 +0000

Jim Callis said Lynn was close to landing in the top-100:

https://twitter.com/#!/jimcallisBA/status/171999234516729857

By: Forsch31

Forsch31 — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:29:23 +0000

Baseball America believes that Cox will stay at third and be average defensively, so obviously, that’s not an issue for them.

Also, Cox actually has options if 3rd base doesn’t work for him. Adams doesn’t–he can’t play any other position other than 1st base, so if he fails to hit enough to be league average overall, he’s pretty much a DH prospect, which won’t put him ahead of guys like Cox or Jenkins.

By: azruavatar

azruavatar — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:44:26 +0000

I’ve seen Adams in person and his footwork at first was abominable. He does run well but I would strongly disagree with him being above average defensively.