Who are the 2023 Orioles #1 and #2 prospects?

[ChuckS]

If Basallo is a catcher long term and Holliday is a 2B, then the conversation of who is the better prospect becomes less clear cut. 

What is the ceiling for Basallo's bat?  It's too high for me to see right now. 

[RZNJ]

9 minutes ago, ChuckS said:

If Basallo is a catcher long term and Holliday is a 2B, then the conversation of who is the better prospect becomes less clear cut. 

What is the ceiling for Basallo's bat?  It's too high for me to see right now. 

Ah, but should eventual position affect prospect ranking if it’s not based on a lack of talent.  From all reports, Holliday can be at least an average ML SS.  Whether he plays there or not shouldn’t determine his prospect status.

[interloper]

14 minutes ago, ChuckS said:

If Basallo is a catcher long term and Holliday is a 2B, then the conversation of who is the better prospect becomes less clear cut. 

What is the ceiling for Basallo's bat?  It's too high for me to see right now. 

Holliday is only a 2B because Gunnar exists. And for those who don't think Holliday can't hack it at SS, we thought the same thing about Gunnar. No doubt in my mind Holliday can improve defensively. 

Edited November 16, 2023 by interloper

[Sports Guy]

8 minutes ago, interloper said:

Holliday is only a 2B because Gunnar exists. And for those who don't think Holliday can't hack it at SS, we thought the same thing about Gunnar. No doubt in my mind Holliday can improve defensively. 

And the whole idea that Gunnar is some elite defensive SS is very overplayed on here.

[interloper]

Just now, Sports Guy said:

And the whole idea that Gunnar is some elite defensive SS is very overplayed on here.

Not saying he is. 

[RZNJ]

21 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

And the whole idea that Gunnar is some elite defensive SS is very overplayed on here.

You keep attributing statements to unknown, non existent factions on here.   Find ONE quote or poster who had described Henderson as an ELITE defender.

[jamalshw]

I voted Basallo first just because I wanted everyone to look at me. LOL

[Number5]

4 minutes ago, jamalshw said:

I voted Basallo first just because I wanted everyone to look at me. LOL

[RZNJ]

Now that it’s been brought up it depends which stat you like best OAA or DRS.  According to DRS, Henderson is a top 3-5 SS in baseball.

In 584 innings at SS Henderson had 10 DRS.

MLB leader Dansby Swanson had 18 in 1279 innings.  You do the math.

 

[jamalshw]

6 minutes ago, Number5 said:

Thank you. I feel so seen. 

[Sports Guy]

44 minutes ago, interloper said:

Not saying he is. 

Never said you did..it was a general comment about how people overrate Gunnar’s defense at SS. Whether it’s here or social media, people talking about how he was robbed not getting considered for the GG, how you “can’t take him off SS” when his defense is this good, etc…

He is good over there, maybe even very good but he’s not GG/elite level and you can replace him especially if he’s even better at third, which he probably is/will be.

[sportsfan8703]

2 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

This is where Tony trolls the board and puts Basallo #1

Looking forward to both writeups, too.

We might look back at this in a year and realize is the phenom C more valuable than the phenom 2B/SS. 

The dark years sucked, but boy is this fun. 

[Moose Milligan]

14 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

We might look back at this in a year and realize is the phenom C more valuable than the phenom 2B/SS. 

The dark years sucked, but boy is this fun. 

This place is going to be a warzone when it comes to Rutschman vs. Basallo.  

[Can_of_corn]

10 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

This place is going to be a warzone when it comes to Rutschman vs. Basallo.  

I hope he's good enough that it becomes a problem.

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

I hope he's good enough that it becomes a problem.

I think that'll happen.