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Who's the #5 prospect?

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Who's the number five prospect?  

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  1. 1. Who's the number five prospect?

    • Brad Bergesen
      14
    • Bobby Bundy
      1
    • Brandon Erbe
      101
    • Billy Rowell
      12
    • Brandon Snyder
      56

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Snyder had the best year of the bunch, but if it's not Erbe, I think it should be Rowell.

I can justify that by valuing tools and upside. It's a different approach than I would take, but it's an understandable one. I still think Rowell is a better prospect than Snyder. While Snyder took a big step forward this year, his upside at first is solid but not spectacular. Rowell still has the tools and the time to become an elite player.

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Snyder had the best year of the bunch, but if it's not Erbe, I think it should be Rowell.

I can justify that by valuing tools and upside. It's a different approach than I would take, but it's an understandable one. I still think Rowell is a better prospect than Snyder. While Snyder took a big step forward this year, his upside at first is solid but not spectacular. Rowell still has the tools and the time to become an elite player.

I completely agree, Rowell is still the better prospect, IMO.

He has a huge advantage over Snyder just because he plays on the opposite side of the diamond. I've seen Rowell play multiple times, he's already a decent defender at 3rd and has a chance to be very good defensively there.

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I think its Erbe. As far as potential is concerned, Erbe's got a higher ceiling, and he's put up better stats for a pitcher than Snyder has as a batter.

Since this is a prospect's list (isolating who's got the highest potential--which is why Matusz is #2 even though he hadn't pitched for us yet), its got to be Erbe. Snyder's numbers weren't really impressive this season, while Erbe has put up really good stats.

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I think its Erbe. As far as potential is concerned, Erbe's got a higher ceiling, and he's put up better stats for a pitcher than Snyder has as a batter.

Since this is a prospect's list (isolating who's got the highest potential--which is why Matusz is #2 even though he hadn't pitched for us yet), its got to be Erbe. Snyder's numbers weren't really impressive this season, while Erbe has put up really good stats.

Are we looking at the same numbers?

Snyder's season was very impressive, I don't think anyone is going to argue against that.

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I thought it was going to be Erbe, but I'll be pleaseantly suprised if it is in fact Snyder, as I think his progression the last year and a half shows real promise. I am really excited to see how he plays next year at Bowie (I'm assuming that's where he's headed).

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I completely agree, Rowell is still the better prospect, IMO.

He has a huge advantage over Snyder just because he plays on the opposite side of the diamond. I've seen Rowell play multiple times, he's already a decent defender at 3rd and has a chance to be very good defensively there.

I think Rowell lacks the quickness and agility to be a good 3rd baseman. And you generally lose in those 2 areas after 20. Does anyone else who's seen him have an opinion on this?

I was one of the few (maybe the only) who thought Snyder was at least as good a prospect as Rowell going into last season, and now - there's no question that Snyder is better, imo. But as much as I like Snyder, I stand by taking Erbe over him.

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I think Rowell still has the highest upside of the guys on the list - as much as I spent last winter carrying the Snyder banner.

To be the youngest player in the league for much of the season says a lot about Rowell. He should improved BB rates at times during the season and, by the end of the season, was putting up pretty good stats. I get the feeling the adjustments to Rowell's game and maturity are not so great for his statistics to really take off.

I am a big fan of Snyder and his last two months at Frederick were tremendous. We'll know more about Snyder's upside and possibly his ability to move to another position on the diamond after next season.

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I'm very confident that he doesn't.

I saw him play 3rd base probably 15-20 times this year at Frederick, I firmly believe Billy Rowell can play third base.

I saw quite a few Keys games this year and my take on Rowell is either his is very slow or lazy. There were alot of balls that he should have been able to make plays on and didn't. I would really like to see him at 1st base next year.

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