tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post3240862529044797421..comments2024-02-23T20:49:09.057-08:00Comments on obsessivegiantscompulsive: MLB.com's 2012 Giants Top 20 Prospects: Post-season Editionobsessivegiantscompulsivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-75033658672288554602012-10-09T13:29:55.768-07:002012-10-09T13:29:55.768-07:00Thanks for bringing up Gustavo, I should have incl...Thanks for bringing up Gustavo, I should have included him as well among names to watch.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-60468581978172091182012-09-08T18:51:41.800-07:002012-09-08T18:51:41.800-07:00Just my opinion, but I would include Mejia in the ...Just my opinion, but I would include Mejia in the top tier of Giants pitching prospects and consider his exclusion to be a pretty big deal. DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-86057256570290523732012-09-08T12:33:43.748-07:002012-09-08T12:33:43.748-07:00I noticed the change as well, although the non-upd...I noticed the change as well, although the non-update on description and video is a bit weak with all the resources Mayo should have at MLB. I am curious to his familiarity with the systems and his methology. If I had to guess he might pay attention to organization hype and maybe weigh proximity to the majors (ie if a guy is highly drafted and in the high minors its got more weight). <br /><br />I think it hits on the strengths of the Gints system pretty well. We have the 4 stud pitching prospects, plus 4 more close by, and then Brown and Panik. I say Brown is still our best prospect, there will be a bunch of hand wringing about him I am sure and his fall from the 30s to the 80s will be talked about a lot. He had a solid season after a rough start, as did Panik.<br /><br />4 best pitching prospects of Crick, Stratton, Blackburn and Agosta followed by Mejia, Surkamp, Kickham and Escobar. <br /><br />I think Dominguez and Gillaspie are done as prospects now, and I was surprised Conor G wasn't shipped out to an AL team for a pitcher last month. I also think Parkers abysmal contact rate in repeat High-A dooms him. Adrianza is going to have to repeat the Eastern, and I just don't see his bat playing at all.<br /><br />I like Duvall as a sleeper, and I think Shawn Payne has outplayed Galindo handily. On the top draft pick front, Ricky O and Susac had not great seasons, but they get another shot next year, and need to improve. Especially contact rates and power.<br /><br />I think Bond and Noonan sneak into the end of the top 20, they might get a shot next year at the Burriss roll. If Burriss doesn't sneak in with his 11th life that is.<br /><br />The relief types are plentiful, but nobody besides Cody Hall really stood out. Hembree had a down year, and Bochy has velocity concerns. There are a ton of guys who could step up though.<br /><br />I would have a top six of Brown/Panik and the stud pitchers. Frankie Peggs is an enigma, but maybe that surgery at the beginning of the year sapped his mojo. If he isn't a run all over the place player I don't know if he holds his value.<br /><br />And then... Gustavo Cabrera is out there, lurking. That is the cream on top.Shankbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803824507120403397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-20920553386691948282012-09-08T08:40:09.724-07:002012-09-08T08:40:09.724-07:00Appreciate your comment DrB, as I forgot to mentio...Appreciate your comment DrB, as I forgot to mention that oddity of Pegs over Panik. Given how poorly Peguero played in Fresno, whereas Panik ended the season on quite a hot streak plus had nice stats at the end, that was a headscratcher for me. Thanks again for pointing that out.<br /><br />About the pitchers, I don't really know Meija and Escobar, but shame on me for forgetting Kickham's great season in Richmond, I agree, he should have shown up somewhere. And I should have added him to my list of prospects I expect to make the majors.<br /><br />But awful? I guess I'm more sanguine about prospects. I think he got the Top 8 basically right (just Panik wrong), and for me, after that, it just gets too hard to really get too upset about his choices, for me, as they probably will never be a good player in the game. I don't like the Panik placement is about all I can muster up, and some do like Peguero a lot (not me, too, though), so that's why it's a headscratcher for me.<br /><br />It's also a good sign of the improved health of the farm system, that Panik can be down in the 5/6 spot and legitimately so in most eyes. obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-72353783743192250252012-09-08T07:36:56.804-07:002012-09-08T07:36:56.804-07:00I know it's not yours, but that's a awful ...I know it's not yours, but that's a awful list. I like Frankie Pegs more than a lot of observers but Panik should be ahead of him, and wheretheheck is Adalberto Mejia? Both he and Edwin Escobar had excellent seasons for Augusta and are young for the level? No Mike Kickham? DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.com