Comments on: azruavatar’s Top 25 (16-20) http://futureredbirds.com/2007/10/30/azruavatars-top-25-16-20/ Baseball's Future in the Gateway City Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: JMedwick http://futureredbirds.com/2007/10/30/azruavatars-top-25-16-20/#comment-9081 JMedwick Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:29:24 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/10/30/azruavatars-top-25-16-20/#comment-9081 Cardio, Given that the Cards have players like Izzy signed for 8 million, Springer for 3.5 million, and Franklin for 2.3 million, young fireball relievers that would allow the Cards to put together a top of the line bullpen for less than 10 million a season are a very valuable commodity. Cardio,

Given that the Cards have players like Izzy signed for 8 million, Springer for 3.5 million, and Franklin for 2.3 million, young fireball relievers that would allow the Cards to put together a top of the line bullpen for less than 10 million a season are a very valuable commodity.

]]> By: azruavatar http://futureredbirds.com/2007/10/30/azruavatars-top-25-16-20/#comment-9063 azruavatar Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:22:20 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/10/30/azruavatars-top-25-16-20/#comment-9063 Degerman ranked at 20 may be high but I feel pretty comfortable that he'll make a few top 25 prospect lists -- not a considerable stretch, imo. As for Todd, yes his impact as a setup man may not be that of say Ottavino as a starter but given his current set of pitches I have much more confidence that he's going to pan out as a reliever at least. So I'm balancing upside with likelihood when I ranked Todd at #18. Degerman ranked at 20 may be high but I feel pretty comfortable that he’ll make a few top 25 prospect lists — not a considerable stretch, imo. As for Todd, yes his impact as a setup man may not be that of say Ottavino as a starter but given his current set of pitches I have much more confidence that he’s going to pan out as a reliever at least. So I’m balancing upside with likelihood when I ranked Todd at #18.

]]> By: cariocacardinal http://futureredbirds.com/2007/10/30/azruavatars-top-25-16-20/#comment-9058 cariocacardinal Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:41:09 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/10/30/azruavatars-top-25-16-20/#comment-9058 If this was the amatuer draft, several of your picks would definitley be labled "stretches"! Just like King, I'll bet no legitimate ranking you'll find this off season will rank Deggerman as high as you did. (hey somebody has to be the highest!) My other question would be the inclusion of two players who may very well have great success as relievers (Deggerman, Todd)in your top 20. Even if they turn out very good, how much impact can they have? Of course maybe this says more about our starting pitching and position player propsects than anything else. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your picks. If this was the amatuer draft, several of your picks would definitley be labled “stretches”! Just like King, I’ll bet no legitimate ranking you’ll find this off season will rank Deggerman as high as you did. (hey somebody has to be the highest!)

My other question would be the inclusion of two players who may very well have great success as relievers (Deggerman, Todd)in your top 20. Even if they turn out very good, how much impact can they have? Of course maybe this says more about our starting pitching and position player propsects than anything else.

Looking forward to seeing the rest of your picks.

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