The Orioles Failed Prospect Team

[CalvertOsFan]

I have every Baseball America Prospect Handbook since 2001 and have records saved back to 1991. To be sure, we have had very few success stories in drafting and developing prospects. Here is my O's Failed prospect team 1991-2015. Enjoy the time warp!

 

C Brandon Snyder

1B Calvin Pickering

2B Manny Alexander

SS Ed Rogers

3B Billy Rowell

Of Keith Reed

Of Alex Ochoa

Of Darnell McDonald

DH Ryan Minor

Bench; Michael Ohlman (C), Nick Delmonico (3B), Xavier Avery (OF), Tripper Johnson (3B), Tim Raines Jr (OF),Mychel Givens (SS)

Rotation:

1. Matt Riley lhp

2. Hayden Penn rhp

3. Adam Loewen lhp

4. Brandon Erbe rhp

5. Richard Stahl lhp

Bullpen:

Brad Pennington

Radhames Liz

Rocky Coppinger

Matt Hobgood

Alvie Shepherd

 

 

Did I miss someone that really deserves to start? 

[Bmorefan24]

Daniel Cabrera, Brian Matusz, Garret Olsen?

[CalvertOsFan]

At least Cabrera made it to the bigs. Matusz for sure considering where he was drafted.

[Malike]

I guess I don't get why Givens is on the team. He's a legit ML player....  Don't tell me he is failed because he's a pitcher now, he's having a lot of success in the Majors.

[sportsfan8703]

In reality how many of these guys were regarded as top 100 prospects?  Most of them were just our top prospects, which isn't saying much.  

[Cumberbundy]

1 hour ago, sportsfan8703 said:

In reality how many of these guys were regarded as top 100 prospects?  Most of them were just our top prospects, which isn't saying much.  

Erbe, Rowell, Beato were top 100 prospects at the same time. ☹️

[Cumberbundy]

Can't believe John Maine Isn't on the team. ? Very disrespectful 

[O's84]

4 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

Hunter Harvey

A little early for that.

[Cumberbundy]

3 hours ago, CalvertOsFan said:

I have every Baseball America Prospect Handbook since 2001 and have records saved back to 1991. To be sure, we have had very few success stories in drafting and developing prospects. Here is my O's Failed prospect team 1991-2015. Enjoy the time warp!

 

C Brandon Snyder

1B Calvin Pickering (38)

2B Manny Alexander (39)

SS Ricky Gutierrez (82)

3B Billy Rowell (47)

Of Keith Reed (96)

Of Alex Ochoa (35)

Of Darnell McDonald (74)

DH Curtis Goodwin (68)

Bench; Michael Ohlman (C), Leo Gomez (3B) (61), Mark Smith (OF) (57), Luis Mercedes (OF) (80), Tim Raines Jr (OF),Mychel Givens (SS)

Rotation:

1. Matt Riley lhp (15)

2. Hayden Penn rhp (81)

3. Adam Loewen lhp (13)

4. Brandon Erbe rhp (78)

5. John Maine rhp (54)

Bullpen:

Brad Pennington (18)

Radhames Liz (69)

Rocky Coppinger (19)

Jimmy Haynes (38)

Denny Bautista (59)

Billy Percible (99)

Nerio Rodriguez (96)

Pedro Beato (99)

Troy Patton (78)

Did I miss someone that really deserves to start? 

There are the guys who were in the mlb top 100 to start the year. Most of the list was in the top 100. 

[maybenxtyr]

Matt Hobgood certainly deserves some love.

[notyourbuddy]

Maine only failed with the Os. He actually became an effective starter as soon as we traded him away -- even going through stretches of dominance.

Kinda like Arrieta... only not as extreme.

[Cumberbundy]

John Maine - Habitual line stepper.

[JohnD]

Harry Berrios?

Wady Almonte?

Tommy Arko?

Ntema Ndungidi

BJ Littleton, Rommie Lewis, and Chris Lemp

Luis Jimenez

[sportsfan8703]

   Notice that about 50% of the pitchers had serious injuries. That's not including guys like Dan Klien, Beau Hale, Brandon Kline, Hunter Harvey, Dylan Bundy, Brad Bergesen, Zach Britton(shoulder).  

They all break at some point. This is the problem with grow the arms and buy the bats. 50% of the guys are going to have major injuries at some point and that doesn't even count the attrition rate of guys that just can't succeed at the MLB level. 

[Enjoy Terror]

Why would Mychal Givens be on there?

Nick Delmonico is 24 in AAA with an .800 OPS. I think he's on a short list for a promotion soon.