Skip’s advantage is a stronger throwing arm. Robinson’s advantages are hitting and running.

Baseball America’s undervaluation of Robinson is based partly on a factual error. BA is taking his present assignment, LF, as Robinson’s highest value position. If so, then he is indeed ill-suited to their Prospect Hot Sheet thing. But actually Robinson can play CF, which is a big asset. He can be a useful 4th ML outfielder, like Taguchi or Schumacker, only he runs and hits better than both. So Robinson probably does deserve to be on the Hot Sheet, not a future all star, but a useful Ryan Freel type.

But I guess that is BA’s point. If Robinson’s upside is to become a right-handed Schumaker, he doesn’t belong on a BA prospect hotsheet. It’s not that Robinson can’t become a solid major leaguer, the point is that he lacks the potential to become something special.

If Robinson were limited to LF, then he is less interesting. But he could become a right swinging, speedier version of Schumacker.