Baseball America: Top 100 Prospects Overview (with scouting grades, subscription required) Top 100 (free) The Process Tidbits By the Numbers Best Tools Risk Factors to Consider ***IF YOU WANT TO READ FOR YOURSELF, IT IS STRONGLY SUGGESTED THAT YOU DO NOT CLICK ON THE SPOILER TAG.*** Spoiler 5 Astros in the Top 100, led by.... 13. Carlos Correa, SS 27. Jonathan Singleton, 1B 37. George Springer, OF 50. Lance McCullers, RHP 99. Delino DeShields, 2B For Best Tools: Delino DeShields, 75 speed Carlos Correa, 70 arm Lance McCullers, 75 fastball, 65 slider Risk Factors: Jonathan Singleton and George Springer were cited for high strikeout rates.
Some more prospect-related reading: WTHB: Interview with BA's John Manuel Highlights: Manuel addresses the reasoning behind the rankings of Nick Tropeano, Nolan Fontana, Domingo Santana, and Jonathan Villar. On Fontana: On why Villar dropped from #4 to #12: He may well be the most polarizing prospect in the entire system.
What are the realistic expectations for Springer this season? Start at Corpus and possibly work his way up to OKC?
Once he gets to OKC, he is only a step away from MLB. I think he'll be in OKC. Under the previous regimes, I would think there was a good chance he would be potential call up in September. Under Ludhow, I think your guess is right.
Wade regime was quick to promote. Hunsicker/Purpura were step-by-step guys. I think Luhnow will promote deserving players. Biggest reason we wouldn't see Springer is that he's not on the 40-man roster.
Whoops, I put this in the Minor Moves thread... Rio Ruiz mentioned by Baseball America as a potential Top 100 candidate in 2014.
Today's Ask BA: 6 Astros prospects who didn't make BA's Top 100, but garnered consideration. They are: Jarred Cosart (who was #50 in 2012): named on 5 BA Top 150 lists, with a peak of 97 Mike Foltynewicz: 6, with a peak of 88 Brad Peacock: 5, 105 Rio Ruiz: 1, 145 Domingo Santana: 1, 133 Nick Tropeano: 2, 130
Now that DDJ and Springer have been sent to the minor league camp, what are y'all's thoughts on their placement? Both got late season auditions at higher levels (DDJ at A+ and Springer at AA). Personally I'd love to see them both start together at AA and start linked advancement like the stros tried with Altuve/Villar. Based on what I read about Springer rubbing off on DDJ last spring, I think putting them together would help push one another.
DD is quite a bit younger, and still hasn't proved himself at Lancaster. It took him a repeat to figure out Lexington. If DDJ kills at Lancaster I'm not against a quick promotion, but Id rather just promote them as necessary. At the moment DDJ is blocked at 2B in houston anyway, so we could still use the time to see just what we have in Altuve.
Under the previous regime springer would have most likely skipped OKC. Wade started having players skip OKC in his last season (altuve, martinez, parades). I see no rush in hurrying springer to the majors, but I definitely see him making the majors at some point this season.
I was shocked to see someone rate folty at 88, but then again I didn't think mcullers would ranked 50. Our minor league system is turning out to be great, 5 current top 100 prospects with a few more potential players, and we have another draft with the first overall pick coming up. How many top prospects do you guys think we will have next season? (take springer/Cosart possibly losing eligibility into consideration)
John Sickels: 2013 Top 150 24. Carlos Correa 57. Jonathan Singleton 66. Lance McCullers 72. George Springer 77. Delino DeShields 106. Jarred Cosart 124. Nick Tropeano 145. Jonathan Villar Others: Rio Ruiz and Mike Foltynewicz
Jon Heyman?@JonHeymanCBS Astros coach dave trembley invoked names of miguel cabrera and alex rodriguez while talking about No. 1 pick Carlos Correa https://twitter.com/JonHeymanCBS Adam Kilgore?@AdamKilgoreWP 1st overall pick SS Carlos Correa is here for Houston. A coach pointed at him pregame and said, "That's what A-Rod looked like at that age." https://twitter.com/AdamKilgoreWP Dale McMillan?@DaleMcMillan @NewbergReport @chuyitotx @Brendo Spoke with a cross checker who had Carlos Correa 1, Joey Gallo 2 on his 2012 draft list. #scouting https://twitter.com/DaleMcMillan
Apparently the Astros signed Raoul Torrez. Torrez was drafted in the 21st round by the Diamondbacks in 2010 and has been a utility player in his minor league career.
