O's top ten pitching prospects/ position prospects

[DocJJ]

I haven't seen people list our guys in this fashion before. Here's my attempt:

1. Brian Matusz

2. Chris Tillman

3. Jake Arrieta

4. Brandon Erbe

5. David Hernandez

6. Zach Britton

7. Bobby Bundy

8. Oliver Drake

9. Jason Berken

10. Brad Bergesen

(Honorable mentions: Troy Patton, Chorye Spoone)

(Off the radar, but worth watching: Pedro Beato, Tony Butler, Tim Bascom).

1. Matt Wieters

2. Brandon Snyder

3. Nolan Reimold

4. Bill Rowell (based solely on draft position, not production)

5. L.J. Hoes

6. Xavier Avery

7. Ryan Adams (hey, at least he can hit...)

8. Caleb Joseph

9. Tyler Kolodny

10. Brandon Waring? Justin Turner? Elvin Polanco? Good heavens, we could use some position players

[ADAMWD_OsRavens]

I think I would rearrange the pitchers like this:

1. Brian Matusz

2. Jake Arrieta

3. Chris Tillman

4. David Hernandez

5. Brad Bergesen

6. Brandon Erbe

7. Zach Britton

8. Jason Berken

9. Chorye Spoone

10. Oliver Drake

As far as positional prospects go, I agree with your rankings for the most part.

[DennisTheOsFan]

Pitchers

1. Matusz

2. Tillman

3. Arrieta

4. Erbe

5. Bergesen

6. Hernandez

7. Zagone (my surprise pick)

8. Bundy

9. Britton

10. Berken

Positional players

1. Wieters

2. Reimold

3. Snyder

4. Miclat

5. Rowell

6. Hoes

7. Rosa

8. Avery

9. Henson

10. Welty

[Lucky Jim]

Pitchers

1. Matusz

2. Tillman

3. Arrieta

4. Erbe

5. Bergesen

6. Hernandez

7. Zagone (my surprise pick)

8. Bundy

9. Britton

10. Berken

Positional players

1. Wieters

2. Reimold

3. Snyder

4. Miclat

5. Rowell

6. Hoes

7. Rosa

8. Avery

9. Henson

10. Welty

Ahead of Bundy? And Britton? Krikey.

[Frobby]

I think Miclat goes no lower than 7th on the position players' list.

[DennisTheOsFan]

Yup, I like Zagone. He seems like a crafty lefty who throws strikes and is deceptive with his pitches. He may ultimately end up as a lefty specialist out of the pen, but he's getting a shot in the starting rotation for now.

[DennisTheOsFan]

I think Miclat goes no lower than 7th on the position players' list.

Rowell could very well move ahead of him on my list, but I think Miclat will have a very solid season and hold down the 4th spot in the top 10 list.

But I definitely want to see Rowell earn a higher spot.

[brvn52]

1. Matusz

2. Tillman

3. Arrieta

4. Erbe

5. Hernandez

6. Britton

7. Patton

8. Bundy

9. Bergeson

10. Drake

1. Weiters

2. Snyder

3. Rowell

4. Reimold

5. Adams (I'm still high on Adams)

6. Turner (I think he's gonna be good. Plus, he's almost ML-ready.)

7. Hoes

8. Miclat

9. Avery

10. Kolodny

[furryburres]

Pitchers

1 Brian Matusz

2 Chris Tillman

3 Jake Arrieta

4 Brandon Erbe

5 David Hernandez

6 Zach Britton

7 Bobby Bundy

8 Brad Bergesen

9 Oliver Drake

10 Pedro Beato (BREAKOUT)

Hitters

1 Matt Wieters

2 Nolan Reimold

3 Brandon Snyder

4 Billy Rowell

5 Greg Miclat

6 LJ Hoes

7 Xavier Avery

8 Tyler Henson

9 Brandon Waring

10 Elvin Polanco

[eb45]

Pitchers:

1. Chris Tillman (am I seriously the first one to rank him #1?)

2. Brian Matusz

3. Jake Arrieta

4. Zach Britton

5. Brandon Erbe

6. Brad Bergesen

7. Jason Berken

8. Bobby Bundy

9. David Hernandez

10. Oliver Drake

Position players:

1. Matt Wieters

2. Brandon Snyder

3. Billy Rowell

4. Nolan Reimold

5. Greg Miclat

6. LJ Hoes

7. Garabez Rosa

8. Xavier Avery

9. Ryan Adams

10. Justin Turner

[OsandBohs11]

I think I would rearrange the pitchers like this:

1. Brian Matusz

2. Jake Arrieta

3. Chris Tillman

4. David Hernandez

5. Brad Bergesen

6. Brandon Erbe

7. Zach Britton

8. Jason Berken

9. Chorye Spoone

10. Oliver Drake

As far as positional prospects go, I agree with your rankings for the most part.

I think you have to switch him before Hernandez and Bergesen. Bergesen can't strike anyone out and Hernandez can't stop walking people. Erbe has progressed and I'm predicting a breakout season in Bowie where he will emerge as a top pitching prospect in this league. Based on his age and development he is definitely, IMO, our 4th best pitching prospect.

[amateurfan]

Pitchers

1 Brian Matusz

2 Chris Tillman

3 Jake Arrieta

4 Brandon Erbe

5 Jason Berken (really like him to be a solid 4th starter - ranked here because he's close to the majors, and a strong likelihood to succeed at expected level)

6 Zach Britton

7 David Hernandez

8 Bobby Bundy

9 Oliver Drake

10 Bergesen

[blazer]

Pitchers:

Tillman

Matusz

Arrieta

Erbe

Britton

Hernandez

Spoone

Patton

Bergesen

Bundy

HR: Drake, Mickolio, Zagone, Berken, Butler

Hitters:

Wieters

Reimold

Snyder

Hoes

Rowell

Avery

Henson

Miclat

Montanez

Adams

HR: Turner, Angle, Kolodney, Waring, Hudson

[aggro5288]

Surprised more people don't have Patton in the top 10. He's easily top 10, I'd say, although I don't know where I would put him..

[orioole28]

Ok I'm biting:

Pitchers

1)Tillman

2)Matusz

3)Arrieta

4)Hernandez

5)Erbe

6)Britton

7)Patton

8)Bundy

9)Bergesen

10)Spoone

Positional players

1)Wieters

2)Reimold

3)Snyder

4)Rowell

5)Hoes

6)Montanez

7)Miclat

8)Avery

9)Hansen

10)Adams