Who's the #15 prospect?

[orioole28]

Bergesen was 18 last year after doing well at Delmarva but struggling somewhat at Frederick. If being Eastern League pitcher of the year doesn't move him up in the rankings then I guess performance means nothing at all. I don't think Tony takes it that far so I expect Bergesen to appear soon.

Frobby, I agree with you 100%, but I need to correct you in regards to Bergesen age. Last year Bergesen was 21 yrs old. His birthday is 9/25/85.

[NCRaven]

Frobby, I agree with you 100%, but I need to correct you in regards to Bergesen age. Last year Bergesen was 21 yrs old. His birthday is 9/25/85.

I think he meant that Bergesen was #18 on the list of prospects last year.

[mler1019]

I have to go with our minor league pitcher of the year. For most teams, the players winning this award is a top five prospect.

[brvn52]

After reading other posters and looking at his peripherals, I've kinda soured on Bergeson. I think I'm have to go with Avery here. From what I've heard, he has a Carl Crawford-like ceiling. I'll take that over a Carlos Silva type guy in Bergeson.

Don't get me wrong, I think Bergeson can be successful in the majors, maybe even as good as Silva was (pre-2008). He does have 0.76 more K/9 that Silva over the course of his minor league career. That said, I see him as a #5 starter with the ability to be in a 2008 Matt Albers type long role in the future.

I'd rather have the guy with the 10% chance of becoming Carl Crawford than the guy with the 50% chance of being a 5th starter/swingman, as we have plenty of guys in our system that could fill that role.

[Ruzious]

Fool me 3 times - shame on me, so I didn't vote for Bergy and went for Henson. I still don't think he's far behind Rowell as an overall prospect. Hope against hope that they move him to middle infield this year.

[YardBirds13]

Bergesen was 18 last year after doing well at Delmarva but struggling somewhat at Frederick. If being Eastern League pitcher of the year doesn't move him up in the rankings then I guess performance means nothing at all. I don't think Tony takes it that far so I expect Bergesen to appear soon.

I get your point, but it's not that cut and dry.

Look how many new additions to the fam system we have. It's without a doubt stronger than it was last year, so Bergeson could theoretically have a great year (OK, he did that, not theoretical), enhance his prospect status, but still move down in our rankings because of the addition of guys like Matsuz, Tillman, Patton, Avery, Bundy, Hoes, Montanez etc.

All that said, I still think Bergeson is one of the next two selections.

[Big Mac]

I think it will be Bergesen, but it should be Avery, IMO.

[orioole28]

I think he meant that Bergesen was #18 on the list of prospects last year.

Gotha!! Now that makes sense to me>

[Tank]

I went with Bergesen again. I'll be right eventually.

[Tony-OH]

I went with Bergesen again. I'll be right eventually.

Eventually yes, now, no.

[Frobby]

Eventually yes, now, no.

I could make a case for any of these five. I'll go with Henson since you had him rated 11 last year and I doubt you'll drop him much further. His performance in Hawaii so far would justify putting him here though I realize you didn't take that into account when the list was drawn up.

[LookinUp]

Tony,

What's the schedule moving forward. Will you go all of the way to 30, or 50, with 1/day or do you intend to bunch a couple of rankings together when you get lower on the list?

[Tony-OH]

Avery it is at #15.... I know Bergesen won the voting but Avery's upside is just too high.