Comments on: Reader Top 25, #11

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:40:11 +0000

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.

By: TimJ

TimJ — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:04:46 +0000

Martinez

By: redneck

redneck — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:40:44 +0000

HOFF #11

By: Travis

Travis — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:29:47 +0000

Martinez

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:01:51 +0000

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.

By: DCGreg

DCGreg — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:53:00 +0000

Motte

By: Carlos

Carlos — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:36:45 +0000

Martinez

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:34:53 +0000

Martinez

By: Hugo

Hugo — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:23:10 +0000

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.

By: Todd

Todd — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:22:50 +0000

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.