Baseball America released their top ten mid-season prospect list and it does present some surprises. Though it doesn’t appear to be because they actually scouted the players.
- Amed Rosario
- Dominic Smith
- Brandon Nimmo
- Gavin Cecchini
- Desmond Lindsay
- Robert Gsellman
- Wuilmer Becerra
- Luis Guillorme
- Marcos Molina
- Gabriel Ynoa
The upper four of the list appears to be in concert with other recent publications. The rest of the list is well, confusing at best.
The upside is there that you can look past the fact that Lindsay has missed more games than he has played as a professional. With the bump in velocity he has shown, Gsellman is among the top ten as well, especially being so close to the majors. Becerra has done a good job prioritizing contact, but there is no mention of his shoulder (and it’s possible correlation to his power outage) in the article.
That Matt Eddy apparently penalized Luis Carpio (his preseason #7) for season ending surgery, yet has Lindsay (#8) pass him and Molina dropped from #6 to #9 doesn’t seem to be very consistent.
While I am a huge fan of both Guillorme and Ynoa, (preseason #12 & 13 respectively) it appears as he took his preseason list and just moved them up, by-passing Jhoan Urena based on the stat line. Truth be told, Guillorme is a slick fielding slap hitter, and Ynoa a starting pitch without an out pitch.
Andres Gimenez, Ali Sanchez, Tomas Nido, (leading FSL in batting and third among all catchers in minor league baseball, and second in SLG), and Thomas Szapucki (and his Chapman’esqe k rate) deserve to be a part of the conversation.
I expect more from Baseball America, it’s writers and journalists should be better than everyone else. The insight and analysis should be what other publications strive for.
Exactly why I prefer BP’s list. BA is really going downhill.
What a joke. No way Ynoa/Guillorme should be in the top 10.
My thoughts exactly
Matter of fact, I don’t like the list after Nimmo. Cecchini is making way too many errors to be a #4 prospect, unless the system is so bare.
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This is definitely a mail in half ass attempt. Szapucki and Gimenez should on the list.
Conlon despite the numbers isn’t in the top 10 conversation but not to even mention Szapucki right now is clueless.
Exactly, love both of those guys but they aren’t top 10 with this system. Probably only in the Angels.
I was really disappointed in this list because I also preferred them over BP.
You know, when your raise the research and writing bar (like you’d have done here) these other reporting organizations don’t measure up. I’m sucking up a little, but you guys are pros and get the fundees, success indicators and do a great job. Shame on you baseball America for using your brand to deliver some weak a$$ sh17
This list really doesn’t make any sense. You have a guy in rookie ball named Szapucki who is striking out everyone. You also have Andres Gimenez who appears to have as much upside as anyone in the organization. I would have both those guys over Ynoa and Guillorme.
Marlins maybe
Total garbage by Matt Eddy. Shockingly stupid.
And that includes his 2019 Mets starting lineup, rotation and closer consisting of Harvey and Familia, both free agents after 2018, and excludes any player not in his top 10 or already played in majors.
Has anyone from Mets Minors tried to contact him?
By the way, according to Eddy, 2016 June draft picks and July 2, signees, aren’t eligible for BA’s list.
His list is still bad.
No we haven’t but we did remove the piece about the draft picks, while they don’t include them for whatever reason we can’t rip him for not having them eligible.