Orioles 2004 top 10 Prospects

[Tony-OH]

https://web.archive.org/web/20041010212628/http://www.orioleshangout.com/Wilt/Top10_2004.htm

Now this one I can definitely blame on Jon Wilt (lol) as I did not see a single minor league game since I was in Afghanistan the entire year. Lots of misses on this one including another dud at the top for us in Hayden Penn. 

The fact that Nick Markakis was still only the #3 prospect may have been the reason why he was so cold to me in the major league lockeroom.

Markakis and Maine ended up the guys that should have #1 and #2. 

[Tony-OH]

BTW, this is the list that probably started @Frobby's love affair with Jeff Fiorentino as a player!

[Frobby]

I attended Penn’s major league debut, at age 20, and thought he’d be really good down the road.   He did have some bad luck with injuries and illnesses.  One time he got called up and got appendicitis before he got to pitch.  Another time he tripped on some stairs carrying groceries and messed up his ankle while he was competing for a rotation spot in spring training.   And, as someone (Old#5Fan?) once said, he just didn’t have a good baseball name!  Classic comment.  

[Frobby]

10 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

BTW, this is the list that probably started @Frobby's love affair with Jeff Fiorentino as a player!

Nah, my love affair started when he got called from Frederick to the majors in 2005 and got on base in 7 of his first 10 plate appearances.   That was pretty amazing from a guy who’d barely played Hi A.  I always loved him for that.  

Ranking him below Radhames Liz on a subsequent list (2006?) was what set me off.  As I’ve said, in hindsight it wasn’t exactly the Battle of the Titans.