Amaury Marti is currently hitting .424/.509/.633 in 39 games for the Mexican Red Devils of the Mexican League, also known as Liga de Amaury Cazana. Bud Selig ordered the Cardinals to banish him to there, in fear of the major leagues losing competitive balance.
Amaury also refuses to accept the watch curse. He has the power to curse, and the power to bless.
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The #1 draft pick barely survived having to go through another round and edged out Jose Martinez to get into the Top 10. Now it’s time for #11. Vote now. We will have just two days of voting this week because of the holiday, and resume next Monday. Also, some of you keep making votes like this:
Hamilton or Maiques
Vote for one or the other, I’m not counting those, so please stop doing that. Thanks.
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erik
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I’ll go with Maiques over Martinez here at #11.
Martinez. D.GOOCH
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PJ Walters. I think exceptional command like he shows translates to winning pitching at any level. Stuff be damned I will take a pitcher who can command all four quadrants of the zone with his 86mph fastball (provided he has command of secondary breaking pitches as well) over someone who can throw mid-nineties but is wild (McCormick).
Furthermore, look at the MLB alltime wins list. Mostly command and control pitchers b/c they win AND they stay healthy.
Hoff again
I will vote for him till he makes it.
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motte
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Ill go PJ…a little disappointed he didnt make the top ten
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Hamilton.
Jose M.
Martinez.
Martinez.
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Martinez.
If I’d known Martinez wasn’t gonna get a lot of support I woulda helped Walters get in the top ten. Oh well, principals…
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Hoffpauir
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Great list guys…keep up the good work.
Nice to see actual common sense and knowledge on the subject.
Hey erik, I was looking for your system at a glance link, I found it after paging through the archives but I think with the change in format it got lost. It might help somewhat in doing these rankings (http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pso2_n7qLlVpw5AJotXLmEw is the link I found)
I don’t think Walters is that good of a prospect. His ideal projection makes him a 5th starter or something. Why do so many people think he’s the 11th best prospect. It’s being results oriented instead of projection oriented. I don’t think he ever plays in the major leagues for a full season. There just aren’t guys that throw that softly in the majors. He’ll get ripped apart in AAA and above. That’s my opinion at least.
Hmm, now I see it above the recent comments, not sure if that was there a few minutes ago or if I am just blind.
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Todd,
Walters can succeed in the majors just like many other pitchers have succeeded, with location, movement, deception, and the ability to throw any pitch in any count. That is Walters MO. Look at the top winnners in MLB history here:
http://www.baseballlibrary.com/columns/column.php?id=76
…most are command pitchers not strikeout pitchers.
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HOFF #11
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Martinez. He is young, and hit well at AA. He’s reputed to be a solid defensive player as well. If he showed more plate discipline he would be much higher on this list. Hopefully that will develop in time, and his power surge at Springfield was no fluke.