A Tony clone comments on some of yesterday's best pefromers:


Tyler Holt is doing exactly what you should do if you are stuck at a level beneath where you should be because of supposed “depth” and major league relief in Columbus. There’s no whining and complaining. There’s no prima-donna behavior. Instead, Holt is acting like a professional, and absolutely raking this year. It’s hard to describe just how far he’s come in a year, but you know me…I’m surely going to try. Last season, Holt’s knock was his over-aggressive-ness. He struck out too much, and really brought an interesting attitude onto the field that many were questioning. This season, Holt is still the aggressive player, but in a much more “controlled” fashion. He’s not flying off the handle, and he’s much more controlled at the plate. Last season, he struck out 106 times in 115 games, while walking 76 times, and had a respectable .365 OBP. This season, he’s hitting .322, with 22 walks and 22 K’s in 31 games, a vast improvement. He made it on base tonight in all five plate appearances, and has a seven-game hit streak. He’s made it on base in 20 straight games.

Thomas Neal: RF, Akron Aeros: 3-for-3, 2 R, 1 2B, CS (3):

Neal has been about as unassuming a prospect as the Indians have had this season. With the Indians starving for outfield prospects, and in particular, right-handed, power-hitting outfielders, this was Neal’s opportunity to make a push for the big leagues. That didn’t happen, and Neal found himself off the 40-man roster, and sent down to Akron from Triple A. He wasn’t horrible during the first month of the season, but he certainly wasn’t making a case for Columbus. He hit .278, with three doubles and five walks. Things have picked up a bit in May though, as Neal is not only hitting .303, with three doubles already, but he’s also got the OBP up to .410. Now, if he could only find some sort of power, perhaps he could make some noise by the end of the season. Of course, let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. Neal is still an under-the-radar player as we speak, but his right-handed-ness could make a difference going forward, if he can maintain the numbers, and add some power.

•Trey Haley: RP, Carolina: S (1): 2 1/3 IP, 2 BB, 2 K: I’m starting to get the impression that Haley is finally starting to meet all those expectations that you would have of a kid that can throw close to 100. He’s healthy and finding the strike zone. If he can carry this up to Double A, then he’s going to surely enter that top tier of arms in the system. In 9 1/3 IP, he’s only given up one hit and two unearned runs, while walking three and striking out seven•Felix Sterling: SP, Lake County: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HR: Sterling continues to pitch well for Lake County, and has six outstanding starts, one so-so, and one moderately bad start overall this year. His past three have been on the outstanding side, as he’s gone 16 2/3 innings in the past three games, giving up 13 hits, three earned runs and five walks, while striking out 14. Overall, he’s got a 2.81 ERA.

5-4 loss for the Clippers. Crowe is out. LaPorta is out. Canzler with his second homer in 2 days and 2nd of the year. 3 rbi. Huffman and laRoche 2 hits. Slowey crumby as usual 5.1 5 hits, 4 run, 3 earned, 3 walks, 1 whiff. Allen loses, 1 run in 1 inning. Herrmann none in 1.2

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TJ House with his first unsuccessful AA start. 5 innings, 6 runs on 7 hits, did fan 7. VanMil 2 IP, 1 run. Bryson 1 2/3 1 run. Chen 2 doubles. Fedroff 3 hits, one a double, 342 but not allowed in AAA

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3-2 win for Carolina behind Tony Wolters, single and double (tht's a 2b in each of the last 3 games, avg for May is 289, very nice recovery for the teenager playing way above his head). Shawn Armstrong rebounds from his first run allowed to face 7, retire all, 4 on strikes. Juan Flores a shutout inning, ERA 1.08.
Fill in starter Fransico or Fernando Jiminez with another good one: 5 2/3 2 unearned runs on 2 hits, 5 K, BB


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Carmona Sighting in the Midwest League! Well, its Manny not Fausto, or at least he claims to be Manuel Carmona. 1 2/3 of relief after Elvis Araujo goes 4, walks 4, but only 1 run. Jordan Smith and Bryson Myles 2 hits apiece, Myles with 11th steal. LRod hitless. Lindor still out.

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Lindor returns from a few days away and singles, homers and bats in 4. That makes 4 homers for the dazzling fielder and his average is among the Midwest League leaders. We might not have any other serious prospects but he's looking like one of baseball's best.

Luigi Rodriguez, probably the only other position player of any quality, added a couple hits for the Captains last night. He has slumped some but he's at 286 and is young for the league.

Eric Berger is not supposed to a prospect and was put in the Columbus rotation only as a stopgap, I think, but he's had two good starts. 6 innings last night, 2 runs. LaPorta returned to the lineup with his 10th homer.

Soto is only 20 and starting for Akron, although not among the Indians' top 30 prospects, kind of weird, has had good games and bad games. last night one of the latter.

If this topic were renamed The Francisco Lindor Page, I'd be able to limit my posts to the only player of the 150 or so in the Indians' minors who is worth following.

LIndor Watch: single, double, walk hitting 319

Excellent starting pitching by 2 of our most consistant starters:

TJ McFarland in Akron 7 shutout innings, 3 hits, no walks, 6 K. 1.86 7-1 record
Cody Anderson in Lake County 6 2 hit shutout innings 1 walk, 5 K 1.89 4-1
Mike Rayl had been up there with those 2, but not last night 2 2/3 7 runs, 6 earned.
Also: Jose Flores 1 IP 1 K nothing else 1.02 ERA for Carolina
In a doubleheader, Ronnie Rodrigz 3hits one a double for Carolina.
Oldtimer Jeremie Tice homered in each game.
Corey Kluber 4 1/3 5 runs, 9 runs, 6K in Columbus.
Ambriz and Langwell 2 shutout each for Columbus.


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Baseball America highlights these lines:

CLE AA Chen, Chun DH 5 1 1 0 .296
CLE AAA Phelps, Cord 2B 4 0 2 0 .276
CLE HiA Aguilar, Jesus 1B 3 1 1 1 .300
CLE HiA Lowery, Jake C 3 1 1 0 .263
CLE HiA Rodriguez, Ronny 2B 2 1 2 0 .240 BB (5)
CLE LoA Lindor, Francisco SS 3 1 2 1 .319 2B (6), BB (11)
CLE LoA Rodriguez, Luigi CF 4 1 1 1 .282 2B (5)
CLE AA McFarland, T.J. 7 3 0 0 0 6 1.86 W (7-1); Prospect Pitcher of the Day
CLE HiA Rayl, Mike 2.2 6 7 6 2 2 3.53 L (3-4)

From Deep Prospects . Com

Consensus Top 100 Prospects

By kpulekPublished: May 1, 2012

Posted in: Prospects

Since Bradley has been working very hard to start up his law firm, we (a group of twelve different site regulars) decided to fill in for him in submitting the first Top 100 prospect rankings of 2012. These rankings aren’t just a single person’s thoughts or ideas, but rather a consensus of the entire group’s opinion, they took their own top 100 prospect list and submitted it. What came out was the average of the rankings for each player, as decided by the group.

The rankings are completely unedited, and very largely based upon personal opinion, that way we get any range of votes and you see how the opinions vary. For example, Christian Yelich was ranked between 32 and 40 for every single voter, so his ranking is pretty consistent across the board. On the other hand, Billy Hamilton ranged from 33 to 67 on people’s rankings, showing his inconsistencies and relating to his boom-bust type talent.

The rankings are a combination, so no one person can say “this is why this happened” as it is a collective effort. On the other hand though, it’s been really interesting to hear people add tidbits to players and show why they leaned that way.. We think that having all this information will allow you to make more informed decisions, so long as you make sure you do your research and study up on players. The goal of this was to give you as much information as we possibly could, and allow you to pick and choose what you like and didn’t like.

In the post we give you average ranking position (average of the 12 rankings), Best (Highest Ranking), and Worst (Lowest Ranking) to give you the best picture of the range of the player’s talents. This should help people see how the rankings really ranged.

Feel free to express your concerns, likes, dislikes, and any such critiques or applauses about the list that you have. I know myself, Andy, and the majority of the rankers will be available for comment and to talk about the list.

Thank you and enjoy,

The Rankers

Rank. Name – POS, Team – (Avg) [Best,Worst]

1. Bryce Harper – OF, WAS – (1.67) [1,3]
2. Mike Trout – OF, LAA – (2.25) [1,3]
3. Matt Moore – SP, TB – (2.42) [1,4]
4. Jurickson Profar – SS, TEX – (4.58) [3,6]
5. Shelby Miller – SP, STL – (6.58) [4,9]
6. Jesus Montero – C/DH, SEA - (6.67) [4,14]
7. Manny Machado – SS, BAL – (7.33) [2,11]
8. Julio Teheran – SP, ATL – (7.42) [4,16]
9. Gerrit Cole – SP, PIT - (9.83) [8,12]
10. Dylan Bundy – SP, BAL – (9.92) [7,14]
11. Trevor Bauer – SP, ARI – (10.33) [8,15]
12. Jameson Taillon – SP, PIT – (13.08) [10,15]
13. Devin Mesoraco – C, CIN – (13.92) [11,17]
14. Anthony Rendon – 2B/3B, WAS – (14.50) [11,20]
15. Nolan Arenado – 3B, COL – (16.75) [11,25]
16. Travis d’Arnaud – C, TOR – (17.92) [12,25]
17. Tyler Skaggs – SP, ARI – (18.25) [10,23]
18. Taijuan Walker – SP, SEA – (19.58) [14,28]
19. Bubba Starling – OF, KC - (19.67) [12,24]
20. Jacob Turner – SP, DET – (20.00) [15,23]
21. Drew Pomeranz – SP, COL – (20.08) [13,32]
22. Archie Bradley – SP, ARI – (20.50) [5,27]
23. Wil Myers – OF, KC – (20.92) [18,24]
24. Miguel Sano – 3B, MIN – (22.67) [10,31]
25. Danny Hultzen – SP, SEA - (22.67) [16,28]
26. Carlos Martinez – SP, STL – (25.83) [22,29]
27. Francisco Lindor – SS, CLE - (28.17) [18,32]
28. Xander Bogaerts – SS, BOS – (29.75) [26,39]
29. Jake Marisnick – OF, TOR – (30.08) [26,40]
30. Jarrod Parker – SP, OAK – (30.08) [25,33]
31. Zack Wheeler – SP, NYM – (30.92) [22,37]
32. Gary Brown – OF, SFG – (33.08) [26,43]
33. James Paxton – SP, SEA – (34.42) [26,58]
34. Martin Perez – SP, TEX – (35.33) [30,47]
35. Christian Yelich – OF, MIA – (36.92) [32,40]
36. Oscar Taveras – OF, STL - (37.83) [27,64]
37. Manny Banuelos – SP, NYY – (40.00) [22,60]
38. Randall Delgado – SP, ATL – (41.75) [31,52]
39. Josh Bell – OF, PIT – (42.33) [32,72]
40. Matt Harvey – SP, NYM – (43.00) [36,54]
41. George Springer – OF, HOU – (43.00) [34,62]
42. Yonder Alonso – 1B, SD – (43.17) [29,86]
43. Brett Jackson – OF, CHC – (44.08) [35,65]
44. Billy Hamilton – 2B/SS, CIN – (45.58) [33,67]
45. Yasmani Grandal – C, SD – (48.58) [39,60]
46. Jean Segura – 2B/SS, LAA – (48.83) [41,67]
47. Anthony Rizzo – 1B, CHC – (48.92) [38,85]
48. Arodys Vizcaino – SP, ATL – (51.25) [34,94]
49. Jake Odorizzi – SP, KC – (51.75) [41,59]
50. Gary Sanchez – C, NYY – (52.08) [37,70]
51. Javier Baez – SS, CHC – (52.25) [43,69]
52. A.J. Cole – SP, OAK – (52.58) [44,65]
53. Noah Syndergaard – SP, TOR – (54.42) [42,80]
54. Rymer Liriano – OF, SD – (55.00) [49,73]
55. Kolten Wong – 2B, STL – (57.08) [46,71]
56. Anthony Gose – OF, TOR - (57.50) [51,69]
57. Jonathan Singleton – 1B, HOU – (58.67) [40,78]
58. Brad Peacock – SP, OAK – (59.42) [48,76]
59. Hak-Ju Lee – SS, TB – (59.67) [33,71]
60. Jared Cosart – SP, HOU – (59.75) [51,72]
61. Robbie Erlin – SP, SD – (60.00) [47,73]
62. Michael Choice – OF, OAK – (60.17) [38,73]
63. Zach Lee SP, LAD – (62.92) [38,75]
64. Cheslor Cuthbert – 3B, KC – (63.33) [54,77]
65. Nick Castellanos – 3B, DET - (64.83) [45,89]
66. Trevor May – SP, PHI – (64.83) [48,78]
67. Nick Franklin – SS, SEA – (65.17) [38,80]
68. Starling Marte – OF, PIT - (66.33) [55,81]
69. Daniel Norris – SP, TOR – (67.00) [55,83]
70. Leonys Martin – OF, TEX – (67.08) [41,92]
71. Will Middlebrooks – 3B, BOS – (69.08) [46,88]
72. Tyrell Jenkins – SP, STL – (71.67) [58,89]
73. Sonny Gray – SP, OAK – (73.58) [55,79]
74. Cory Spangenberg – 3B, SD – (74.33) [64,96]
75. Ryan Lavarnaway – C, BOS – (74.67) [58,99]
76. Mike Olt – 3B, TEX – (75.67) [67,84]
77. Tim Wheeler – OF, COL – (78.67) [67,98]
78. Casey Kelly- SP, SD – (80.08) [65,100]
79. Zack Cox – 3B, STL – (80.75) [43,UR]
80. Joe Wieland – SP, SD – (82.25) [59,UR]
81. Mike Montgomery – SP, KC – (82.67) [56,UR]
82. Eddie Rosario – 2B/3B, MIN – (83.50) [67,99]
83. Dellin Betances – SP, NYY – (87.83) [73,UR]
84. Drew Hutchison – SP, TOR – (88.92) [43,UR]
85. Taylor Guerrieri – SP, TB - (89.75) [79,UR]
86. Addison Reed – RP, CWS - (90.00) [66,UR]
87. Zack Cozart – SS, CIN – (90.75) [79,UR]
88. Jedd Gyorko – 2B/3B, SD – (91.75) [76,UR]
89. Nestor Molina – SP, CWS – (92.33) [66,UR]
90. Justin Nicolino – SP, TOR – (93.00) [71,UR]
91. Taylor Jungmann – SP, MIL – (93.33) [63,UR]
92. Jonathan Schoop – 3B, BAL - (93.67) [77,UR]
93. Wilin Rosario – C, COL - (94.17) [80,UR]
94. Matt Barnes – SP, BOS – (94.33) [69,UR]
95. Brandon Jacobs – OF, BOS – (96.33) [83,UR]
96. Jose Campos – SP, NYY – (98.17) [86,UR]
97. Jed Bradley – SP, MIL – (99.42) [64,UR]
98. Mikie Mahtook – OF, TB – (99.75) [87,UR]
99. Mason Williams – OF, NYY – (100.75) [78,UR]
100. Blake Swihart – C, BOS – (102.08) [88,UR]
101.Jonathan Schoop—2B, Orioles
102.Chris Parmelee-1B, Twins
103.Garin Checcini—3B, Red Sox
104.Mason Williams—OF, Yankees
105.Addison Reed—P, White Sox
106.Jed Gyorko—OF, Padres
107.Garrett Richards—P, Angels
108.Casey Kelly—P, Padres
109.Tim Wheeler—OF, Rockies
110.Kaleb Cowart—3B, Angels
111.Deck McGuire—P, Blue Jays
112.Taylor Guerrieri—P, Rays
113.C.J. Cron-1B, Angels
114.Eddie Rosario—2B/OF, Twins
115.Jesse Biddle—P, Phillies
116.Jose Fernandez—P, Marlins
117.Oswaldo Arcia—OF, Twins
118.Trevor Story—SS, Rockies
119.Blake Swihart-C, Red Sox
120.Chad Bettis—P, Rockies
121.Robbie Grossman—OF, Pirates
122.Tyler Thornburg—P, Brewers
123.Norichika Aoki—OF, Brewers
124.Andrelton Simmons—SS, Braves
125.Robert Stephenson—P, Reds
126.Joe Panik—SS, Giants
127.Matt Adams-1B, Cardinals
128.Christian Colon—SS, Royals
129.Alex Colome—P, Rays
130.Mikie Mahtook—OF, Rays
131.Chris Archer—P, Rays
132.Robbie Ross—P, Rangers
133.Vince Caltricala—3B, Mariners
134.Christian Bethancourt-C, Braves
135.Dillon Maples—P, Cubs
136.Brandon Jacobs—OF, Red Sox
137.Drew Smyly—P, Tigers
138.Jeurys Familia—P, Mets
139.Alex Meyer—P, Nationals
140.Domingo Santana—OF, Astros
141.Matt Dominguez—3B, Marlins
142.Cody Buckel—P, Rangers
143.Aaron Hicks—OF, Twins
144.Brandon Nimmo—OF, Mets
145.Tommy Joseph-C, Giants
146.Austin Hedges-C, Padres
147.Dillon Howard—P, Indians
148.Derek Norris-C, Athletics
149.Joe Ross—P, Padres
150.Reese Havens—2B, Mets
151.Charlie Blackmon—OF, Rockies
152.Trey McNutt—P, Cubs
153.Levi Michael—SS, Twins
154.Neil Ramirez—P, Rangers
155.Dante Bichette, Jr.—3B, Yankees
156.Liam Hendriks—P, Twins
157.Austin Romine-C, Yankees
158.Matthew Purke—P, Nationals
159.Henry Owens—P, Red Sox
160.Brian Goodwin—OF, Nationals
161.Taylor Lindsey—2B, Angels
162.Chris Reed—P, Dodgers
163.Tim Beckham—SS, Rays
164.James Darnell—3B, Padres
165.Chad James—P, Marlins
166.Ravel Santana—OF, Yankees
167.Tyler Matzek—P, Rockies
168.Tyler Goeddel—3B, Rays
169.Sean Gilmartin—P, Braves
170.Anthony Ranaudo—P, Red Sox
171.Rougned Odor—2B, Rangers
172.Daniel Corcino—P, Reds
173.Jennry Mejia—P, Mets
174.Sebastian Valle—C, Phillies
175.Grant Green—OF, Athletics
176.Marcell Ozuna—OF, Marlins
177.Elier Hernandez—OF, Royals
178.Jon Pettibone—P, Phillies
179.Tyler Anderson—P, Rockies
180.Casey Crosby—P, Tigers
181.Jonathan Galvez—2B, Padres
182.Adeiny Hechavarria—SS, Blue Jays
183.Tom Milone—P, Athletics
184.Eric Surkamp—P, Giants
185.Brandon Guyer—OF, Rays
186.Travis Harrison—3B, Twins
187.Andy Oliver—P, Tigers
188.Lance Lynn—Cardinals
189.Jorge Alfaro—C, Rangers
190.Hudson Boyd—P, Twins
191.Ronald Torreyes—2B, Cubs
192.Chris Carter-OF, Athletics
193.Aaron Sanchez—P, Blue Jays
194.Jake Hager—SS, Rays
195.Jose Iglesias—SS, Red Sox
196.Alex Liddi—3B, Mariners
197.Andrew Chafin—P, Diamondbacks
198.Sean Coyle—2B, Red Sox
199.Brody Colvin—P, Philles
200.Ronald Guzman—1B, Rangers
201.Kyle Gibson—P, Twins
202.Tyler Pastornicky—SS, Braves
203.Roman Mendez—P, Rangers
204.Francisco Martinez—3B, Mariners
205.Miles Head-1B, Athletics
206.Anthony Meo—P, Diamondbacks
207.Juan Oramas—P, Padres
208.JT Realmuto—C, Marlins
209.Jordanny Valdespin—SS, Mets
210.Brian Dozier—SS, Twins
211.Garrett Gould—P, Dodgers
212.Wilmer Flores—SS, Mets
213.Enny Romero—P, Rays
214.Dan Vogelbach—1B, Cubs
215.Stetson Allie—P, Pirates
216.Kyle Weiland—P, Astros
217.John Lamb—P, Royals
218.Sammy Solis—P, Nationals
219.Christian Vazquez—P, Red Sox
220.Paul Clemens—P, Astros
221.Jackie Bradley, Jr—OF, Red Sox
222.Tony Sanchez—C, Pirates
223.Will Swanner—C, Rockies
224.Trevor Rosenthal—P, Cardinals
225.David Holmberg—P, Diamondbacks
226.Drew Vettleson—OF, Rays
227.Yordano Ventura—P, Royals
228.Parker Birdwell—P, Orioles
229.Jaff Decker—OF, Padres
230.Eugenio Suarez—SS, Tigers
231.Kevin Comer—P, Blue Jays
232.Ronny Rodriguez—SS, Indians
233.Ryan Brett—2B, Rays
234.Luke Jackson—P, Rangers
235.Jonathan Villar–SS, Astros
236.Adonis Cardona—P, Blue Jays
237.Delino Deshields—2B, Astros
238.Eduardo Sanchez—P, Cardinals
239.Kyle McPherson—P, Pirates
240.Josh Sale—OF, Rays
241.Jeff Ames—P, Rays
242.Nomar Mazara—1B, Rangers
243.Alex Wimmers—P, Twins
244.Zach Cates—P, Cubs
245.Noah Perio—2B, Marlins
246.Jesus Aguilar—1B, Indians
247.Tomas Telis—C, Rangers
248.Brett Marshall—P, Yankees
249.Derek Dietrich—SS, Rays
250.Michael Kelly—P, Padres

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Jeez.....If those rankings mean anything, what a sad,sad organization Cleveland is.

sea wake up from your nap, we're in FIRST palce geeeezzzzzz.....

Get a clue just once...

Frank.....How did you know I was taking a nap?

Seagull,

I was searching for something completely different, but, as we all know, surfing can often give one more than they bargained for. In this case, I checked out the webpage and found it quite interesting actually.

The website is http://www.deepleagues.com

I read the "about us" link and this is what they had to say:



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Stupid article. Leave it to Joe to post anything he assumes is negative.

Stupid article. Leave it to Joe to post anything he assumes is negative.

Rusty!

I didn't know you were a mind reader along with all your other silly traits.

Negativity never entered my mind. It was a post meant for fantasy players.

You really do need to stay on your meds