Baseball America 2017 Midseason Top 10

[Can_of_corn]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/2017-baltimore-orioles-midseason-top-10-prospects/#qYQXqe1Wig1C0qA2.97

1. Chance Sisco, C

2. Austin Hays, OF

3. D.L. Hall, LHP

4. Ryan Mountcastle, SS

5. Tanner Scott, LHP

6. Hunter Harvey, RHP

7. Jomar Reyes, 3B

8. Cedric Mullins, OF

9. Keegan Akin, LHP

10. Cody Sedlock, RHP
 

Big surprise to me is Reyes at #7.

[Ruzious]

Reyes is 17th on mlb.com.  Other than that, they had the same people in the top 10 except they had Santander at 9 - giving him a 55 for power.    

Re Reyes, we always give him the excuse for his age, and still - at 20 years old - I get it.  But this is the last year we give him the age out.  And it's flat out silly to put him ahead of Mullins.    

[TheWall]

No idea why Hayes isn't ahead of Cisco. 

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31 minutes ago, TheWall said:

No idea why Hayes isn't ahead of Cisco. 

Sisco is listed at catcher.

[Frobby]

It's Sisco, not Cisco.   He's further up the chain, and a catcher.    I think BA ranked him 29th in their updated overall top 50 prospects list, so obviously they think he's sticking at catcher.    

[survivedc]

What does Wells have to do to get some love?

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Just now, survivedc said:

What does Wells have to do to get some love?

Throw 93.

[ArtVanDelay]

9 minutes ago, survivedc said:

What does Wells have to do to get some love?

Strike more batters out. 

[Frobby]

20 minutes ago, survivedc said:

What does Wells have to do to get some love?

 

19 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Throw 93.

Yep, apparently.     But I guess it's a good sign that BA thinks we have ten better prospects than Wells.

[Ruzious]

Mlb.com has Wells at 16 - at the tail end of 6 straight pitchers: 

11: Bauman, 12: Sedlock, 13: Lowther, 14: Bishop, 15: Hanifee. 

If it was me, I'd put Wells first among that group.  

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Ruzious said:

Mlb.com has Wells at 16 - at the tail end of 6 straight pitchers: 

11: Bauman, 12: Sedlock, 13: Lowther, 14: Bishop, 15: Hanifee. 

If it was me, I'd put Wells first among that group.  

 

 

You can teach a guy with great stuff how to pitch.

It is hard to teach a guy who knows how to pitch how to throw great stuff.

 

I think his command and pitch-ability won't be enough against more advanced hitters.

[Ruzious]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

You can teach a guy with great stuff how to pitch.

It is hard to teach a guy who knows how to pitch how to throw great stuff.

 

I think his command and pitch-ability won't be enough against more advanced hitters.

I can't argue with your logic, but with him being 20 years old, isn't there a reasonable chance that his fastball will gain a couple of mph's?  When someone performs as well as he has (in both of his seasons), I tend to look more at what he can do vs what he can't do.      

[Frobby]

11 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

You can teach a guy with great stuff how to pitch.

It is hard to teach a guy who knows how to pitch how to throw great stuff.

 

I think his command and pitch-ability won't be enough against more advanced hitters.

Zach Davies says hi.    To be fair, Tony was higher on Davies than on Wells.     

I think several of the listed guys have higher ceilings than Wells, but I might rank Wells the highest in terms of probability of making it to the majors, even if he'd never be more than a back-end starter.  

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8 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Zach Davies says hi.    To be fair, Tony was higher on Davies than on Wells.     

I think several of the listed guys have higher ceilings than Wells, but I might rank Wells the highest in terms of probability of making it to the majors, even if he'd never be more than a back-end starter.  

Didn't say it couldn't happen Frobby.  Just that I didn't think it would.

[Flash- bd]

Why do you guys think Akin is so down on the list?