Bret Cecil - Will continue the procession of young TOR pitchers to post solid numbers (see Litsch, Jesse) Carrasco - Still a few command issues, plays in a bad park, but great makeup and 2 decent plus offerings Adenhart - Is he the next Angel prospect to blow up in their face? (Wood, McPherson, et al) Adam Miller - Health Issues keep coming back to haunt him, but he was stellar in the AFL this year. Why don't the Indians move him to the pen? 'Cuz they love his arm and makeup. Mark Melancon _ Off the charts makeup, closer of the future in NY. Plus Plus FB with late life reminds me of a young Papelbon Gio Gonzalez - Innings eater who gets to pitch in a great pitchers park. Moxy as much as stuff plays up, and could end up as a #3, but no more Ross Detwiler - Questions are lingering. Should get more chances to make it as he's still only 22. BB:K rate needs work, and 1.58 WHIP says ouchie on your roster! Jess Todd - Ehhh, could be fast tracked if they put him in the 'pen, but otherwise, this is the type of guy that kills your ratios. Jon Niese - See Jess Todd, but in NY Anthony Swarzak - Control guy who has spent the last 5 years in the minors. A K/9 rate south of 7 doesn't bode well for his future in the show. Jake McGee - TJ Surgery, done for this year. Huge risk going forward until he's throwing again Chuck Lofgren - Ehhh, at one point i liked him as much as Gonzalez, but after last year, he's forgettable.
Hope this helps!
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thomasps3 wrote:Bret Cecil - Will continue the procession of young TOR pitchers to post solid numbers (see Litsch, Jesse) Carrasco - Still a few command issues, plays in a bad park, but great makeup and 2 decent plus offerings Adenhart - Is he the next Angel prospect to blow up in their face? (Wood, McPherson, et al) Adam Miller - Health Issues keep coming back to haunt him, but he was stellar in the AFL this year. Why don't the Indians move him to the pen? 'Cuz they love his arm and makeup. Mark Melancon _ Off the charts makeup, closer of the future in NY. Plus Plus FB with late life reminds me of a young Papelbon Gio Gonzalez - Innings eater who gets to pitch in a great pitchers park. Moxy as much as stuff plays up, and could end up as a #3, but no more Ross Detwiler - Questions are lingering. Should get more chances to make it as he's still only 22. BB:K rate needs work, and 1.58 WHIP says ouchie on your roster! Jess Todd - Ehhh, could be fast tracked if they put him in the 'pen, but otherwise, this is the type of guy that kills your ratios. Jon Niese - See Jess Todd, but in NY Anthony Swarzak - Control guy who has spent the last 5 years in the minors. A K/9 rate south of 7 doesn't bode well for his future in the show. Jake McGee - TJ Surgery, done for this year. Huge risk going forward until he's throwing again Chuck Lofgren - Ehhh, at one point i liked him as much as Gonzalez, but after last year, he's forgettable.
1-Cecil- Young for AAA with great upside. 2-Adam Miller injury prone but killed it in winter ball, hopefully reaches potential 3-Adenhart- Killed in MLB but will continue to be surrounded by a great organization, hopes to build off failure debut. 4A-Detwiler- Another good young arm in the NATS system and has made an appearance at the ML level. 4B-Jake McGee- Rehabing but another Tampa power arm. 5-Carrasco- Young, concern is flyball tendency in that ball park. 6-Gio Gonzalez- Beane traded for him for a reason. 7-Niese- Could be in the starting rotation this year. 8-Swarzak 9-Jess Todd 10-Lofgren- Dude just fell off the cliff of prospect land. 11-Melancon
by Trainer of Dolphins » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:30 am
do you put melancon last because he is a reliever? My league scores both saves and holds so he could be valuable in the future. When Mariano leaves they will probably sign a new closer but he could be a decent holds guy I hope
I like Cecil and Carrasco out of that list. Everyone of those guys has big question marks, but those are the two best.
Next group Detwiler, Gio, and Mcgee - some talent, but big question marks in this group
For the most part I don't look for RP's in the minors. These guys come out of nowhere all of the time. That knocks Miller and Melancon down my list quite a bit. And although McGee and Cecil might end up in the pen I still have them as starters. Niese and Swarzak don't do alot for me, but could be solid #5 starters. And I don't know alot about Jess Todd so take my non-ranking of him with a grain of salt.