1 Evan Longoria 2 David Price 3 Jake McGee 4 Wade Davis 5 Reid Brignac 6 Desmond Jennings 7 Jeff Niemann 8 Jeremy Hellickson 9 Ryan Royster 10 Chris Mason 11 Glenn Gibson 12 Juan Salas 13 John Jaso 14 Alex Cobb 15 Eduardo Morlan 16 Josh Butler 17 Nick Barnese 18 James Houser 19 Heath Rollins 20 Matt Walker 21 Mitch Talbot 22 Mike McCormick 23 Will Kline 24 Wade Townsend 25 Fernando Perez 26 Nevin Ashley 27 Justin Ruggiano 28 Rhyne Hughes 29 Joel Guzman 30 D.J. Jones
The top 6 or 7 are pretty easy to figure out, but a sleeper at the bottom is DJ Jones. I think he can easily move up to around 10 or so this time next year.
deerayfan072 wrote:McGee and Davis are 3 A and 3 B in my mind
Depends on how you look at it. I think McGee's ceiling is a bit higher, where as Davis is more of sure thing. With most prospect rankings, the guys with the higher ceilings are ranked a bit higher. If I could only take one though with our current staff at the big league level, my choice would be Davis as I think we need more of the sure thing and a guy that can be from average to good instead of the guy that may be very good or may be below average.
deerayfan072 wrote:McGee and Davis are 3 A and 3 B in my mind
Depends on how you look at it. I think McGee's ceiling is a bit higher, where as Davis is more of sure thing. With most prospect rankings, the guys with the higher ceilings are ranked a bit higher. If I could only take one though with our current staff at the big league level, my choice would be Davis as I think we need more of the sure thing and a guy that can be from average to good instead of the guy that may be very good or may be below average.
Still though a future staff of
Kazmir Price Shields Niemann Davis McGee Sonny
gives us lots of options for sure.
Definitely. You think McGee becomes a closer in the future? I have read some stuff on that
deerayfan072 wrote: Definitely. You think McGee becomes a closer in the future? I have read some stuff on that
I really hope not. Relief pitching, while valuable, at the end of the year really doesn't mean that huge of a difference between winning and losing. I would much rather have our 5 best pitchers being our 5 starting pitchers. McGee has huge potential, maybe as much as a very good #2 SP in the bigs. I would hate to waste that in the pen if it meant having 2 or 3 guys in the rotation not as good as McGee. If McGee just doesn't work out then, of course he could become a very solid closer. Heck even Rivera started out as a starter and failed there.
deerayfan072 wrote: Definitely. You think McGee becomes a closer in the future? I have read some stuff on that
I really hope not. Relief pitching, while valuable, at the end of the year really doesn't mean that huge of a difference between winning and losing. I would much rather have our 5 best pitchers being our 5 starting pitchers. McGee has huge potential, maybe as much as a very good #2 SP in the bigs. I would hate to waste that in the pen if it meant having 2 or 3 guys in the rotation not as good as McGee. If McGee just doesn't work out then, of course he could become a very solid closer. Heck even Rivera started out as a starter and failed there.
We have a lot of young stud pitchers. They are going to have to make some decisions on some of them in the future. I honestly believe that Kaz will be not be signed to a long term deal because he wants too much money and we will have him until his Arbitration years are over. We will need these other guys to pan out in the rotation if that does happen.
deerayfan072 wrote: We have a lot of young stud pitchers. They are going to have to make some decisions on some of them in the future. I honestly believe that Kaz will be not be signed to a long term deal because he wants too much money and we will have him until his Arbitration years are over. We will need these other guys to pan out in the rotation if that does happen.
I have a feeling that Kaz is going to have such a huge 2008 that the front office will have no choice but to pay him up at the end of the year. I imagine then Davis will become the trade bait, I just hope he gets a chance to prove himself at the major league level this year so we can get a good return on that investment.
deerayfan072 wrote: We have a lot of young stud pitchers. They are going to have to make some decisions on some of them in the future. I honestly believe that Kaz will be not be signed to a long term deal because he wants too much money and we will have him until his Arbitration years are over. We will need these other guys to pan out in the rotation if that does happen.
I have a feeling that Kaz is going to have such a huge 2008 that the front office will have no choice but to pay him up at the end of the year. I imagine then Davis will become the trade bait, I just hope he gets a chance to prove himself at the major league level this year so we can get a good return on that investment.
I think he will have a huge year as well. I just don't see them spending that much on one player. I hope I am wrong, but even with all the money they have started to spend, they have maintained that they are a small market team and cannot afford to pay a lot for one player. They look for bargains.
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