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ESPN's Law on Wieters & Reimold


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Wow. If anyone puts stock in his rankings... you really shouldn't. That's the craziest list I've ever seen. Reimold the 39th best prospect in baseball? Come on. It seems like he just did this list to shake things up. It's nice to see our prospects get some love but not when he's shuffling EVERYTHING up.

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Just goes to show that these rankings can be all over the map. He also lists Triunfel extremely high (especially considering he's never hit a professional HR). I think they give you a good idea of which players are the ones to watch, but that's about it.

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very surprised to see Reimold listed as one of the 5 best right or left fielders in the minor leagues. Also surprised to see Howie Kendrick not listed in the middle IF's

Howie Kendrick already has 160 major league games under his belt. He isn't a prospect anymore.

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Wow. If anyone puts stock in his rankings... you really shouldn't. That's the craziest list I've ever seen. Reimold the 39th best prospect in baseball? Come on. It seems like he just did this list to shake things up. It's nice to see our prospects get some love but not when he's shuffling EVERYTHING up.

In his chat he said he doesnt take other prospect lists into account. He evaluates players himself and makes his rankings based on his own eyes.

I appreciate that opinion more than just compiling lists based on others' information.

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