2019 MLB Pipeline O's Top 30

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2 hours ago, beervendor said:

OPs ESPN link has ranking archives going back to 2011. O's top 10 then:

1. Manny

2. Xavier Avery

3. Joe Mahoney

4. Ryan Adams

5. LJ Hoes

6. Dan Klein

7. Schoop

8. Givens

9. Brandon Snyder

10. Wynn Pelzer

Not sure what I'd expect from a retrospective top 10 at any given point, but I think it's more than this. Maybe the one generational talent in the bunch is enough.

Ouch!

[Frobby]

19 hours ago, Luke-OH said:

I didn’t find anything in the order to be offensive this time. Maybe their bad O’s source left with the old regime, only half kidding.

I haven’t dug into the grades yet.

One tool grade that stuck out to me was they rated Stewart’s arm a 40.    Fangraphs had him at 50.   I recall Stewart’s arm was rated poorly when he was drafted but I think he’s made strides since then and that grade is pessimistic.    

I also found it odd that they had quite a few players whose overall grade was lower than any of the grades they’d gotten on their individual tools/pitches.    I understand you don’t just average out the tools/pitches, but it seems odd to give an overall grade lower than the player’s worst tool/pitch.   

[Beef Supreme]

This list looks more representative of how the prospects should be ranked, imo, than the list I saw MLB put out a few months ago.

[weams]

Wasn’t Ryan Adams running a Heroin ring?