Comments on: Baseball America picks top ten M’s prospects

By: Wishhiker

Wishhiker — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 11:16:35 +0000

That makes sense. You’re usually pretty acurate on quotes, so I wondered. You hadn’t brought it up so I thought maybe you had just agreed without re-checking.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 08:15:33 +0000

I sent Jim a note, and they changed the text. John was right – originally, it included Betancourt.

By: Adam S

Adam S — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 07:28:18 +0000

Three of the Mariners last four #1 picks are in their top three. That’s the start of a pretty good track record and one of the few things to go well in the Bavasi regime.

By: John

John — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 04:32:27 +0000

Ah. That’s why you don’t skim, kids.

By: Wishhiker

Wishhiker — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 03:54:30 +0000

#38/39 he actually says all of them except for Betancourt:

The highlight of Bavasi’s tenure has been the major league ascendancy of homegrown prospects Yuniesky Betancourt, Felix Hernandez, Jose Lopez and J.J. Putz. But all of them except for Betancourt were signed by the previous front-office regime, as was their latest phenom, outfielder Adam Jones.

By: Wishhiker

Wishhiker — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 03:49:30 +0000

It’s good to see the first three picks from last year, all pitchers, in the top 10. That gives me some hope.

By: bat guano

bat guano — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 03:12:48 +0000

Does anybody understand why they’re high on Chen? I thought he was a marginal prospect at best.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:33:33 +0000

Yea, Callis is wrong on that.

By: John

John — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:30:33 +0000

Callis says that Betancourt was signed by the previous regime, but I remember him signing before the 2005 season.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:23:10 +0000

Callis did a good job with the list. He’s the best guy BA has, and Derek’s right, we’re lucky we got him to do the writeup. Also, buy the Prospect Handbook – those guys work really, really hard on it, and it’s worth the money.

Jim likes Balentien and Chen more than I do. I don’t think either one is a starter in the majors, and I wouldn’t put them in my top ten. But the rest of it is basically right on, I think. I’m glad to see him give Butler the love that Tillman was getting, because he’s the better prospect.

And yes, a Future Forty update is coming eventually.