Who are the #3 and #4 Prospects?

[Tony-OH]

Who are the #3 and #4 Prospects?

[Moose Milligan]

Hall and Mountcastle.  Maybe.  I dunno, I could see it going either way.  

[weams]

Mountcastle is true

[Sports Guy]

It’s Hall and Kjerstad for me.  I can see Mountcastle being the pick because of his Ml time giving him an edge over either Hall or Kjerstad.  I think it’s defensible to do that for sure.

I would just go with the higher upside guys and have Mountcastle 5th.

[Tony-OH]

This is where it gets pretty tough. Honestly, I could build a case for these guys to be switched around a bit, just like I could have built a case for #3 and #4 being #2 on this list. The good news is they all are in the system.

[Aristotelian]

Seems like Mountcastle has raised his floor. Unless this is a trick question (like Mountcastle is no longer eligible), his success at MLB level has to boost his standing incrementally. Kjerstad has similar questions but is completely unproven, and I think Hall has too many question marks to be #3. I've got Mountcastle-Hall but could go Mountcastle-Kjerstad. 

[HowAboutThat]

Using Tony’s mantra I would rather have Hall, because outstanding pitching is rare and valuable and all-bat no-glove guys are less rare. However, MC gets the edge because he’s already being successful in the bigs which means he is a far lower risk than someone who is at A ball and still coming up.

Kjersted hasn't done anything yet.

[ChosenOne21]

I went with Hall and Kjerstad, but this was tough. I know Hall has had some issues, but he has TOR potential and you can't discount that. Going with Kjerstad over Mountcastle on ceiling and the fact that since Tony is clearly talking to someone who has seen Bowie this year and the organization is super high on Kjerstad that might have influenced his rankings

Also, if you read Tony's report on Hall from last year he was absolutely gushing about his potential

[Number5]

Mountcastle is the best hitter on the Baltimore Orioles right now.

I was really impressed by the film of  Kjerstad in the shortened college season. 

All 3 of these guys are really good prospects, but I've personally got to go with Mountcastle and Kjerstad.  I have Hall at 5, but really can't argue with whatever order these 3 guys are ranked,  Big-time top 5 IMO.

[Sports Guy]

Mountcastle and Kjerstad make sense here as well.

For me, I think Kjerstad has to be #3 but I agree with Tony that you can argue any way.

I would give the slightest edge to Hall over Mountcastle but it’s really close.

[Jason Singleton]

Mountcastle is way better as a hitter than Kjerstad in similar ages and it’s not close. 
Mountcastle was one of the top hitting prospects out of high school/MVP of Under Armour All American games and dominated way more in HS than Kjerstad. Kjerstad was not rated high out of high school. Mountcastle dominating AAA at the same age Kjerstad was dominating the SEC. No comparison. Also Mountcastle is dominating Major League pitching now and Kjerstad has yet to show he can hit single A pitching. And their ages are not much different. Also go watch both in BP. Mountcastle has way more power. He hits it like 470+ ft in BP and Kjerstad is more like 430+ft. Mountcastle has proven he has been dominant since he was 15 and Kjerstad had 2 great years in college with Aluminum bats. 

[Tony-OH]

This is all fun of course, but no one is really wrong here. When I post the results I'll explain why I pick some guys over others, but I'm telling you right now, 2-6 are all very, very close and I could build a case for each to be in just about any position. 

I will say there is probably going to be a surprise in here somewhere for someone. 

 

[Sports Guy]

5 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

This is all fun of course, but no one is really wrong here. When I post the results I'll explain why I pick some guys over others, but I'm telling you right now, 2-6 are all very, very close and I could build a case for each to be in just about any position. 

I will say there is probably going to be a surprise in here somewhere for someone. 

 

I was actually just wondering if you would put Kremer ahead of Hall.  

[HowAboutThat]

35 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

I was actually just wondering if you would put Kremer ahead of Hall.  

That’s an interesting question. My first reaction was,”hell no” but hmmmm, still no, I think, but Kremer and Akin are top 7 by virtue of having real success at the MLB level. It’s not much, but it’s meaningful, because Akin silenced worries, and Kremer was better than advertised.

[Tony-OH]

15 minutes ago, Philip said:

That’s an interesting question. My first reaction was,”hell no” but hmmmm, still no, I think, but Kremer and Akin are top 7 by virtue of having real success at the MLB level. It’s not much, but it’s meaningful, because Akin silenced worries, and Kremer was better than advertised.

Did he? 50% hard hit rate and barrel% over major league average.