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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Monday, November 17, 2008
So much for my Kinnis Pledger RC’s. Bummer.
1. Gordon Beckham, ss
2. Aaron Poreda, lhp
3. Clayton Richard, lhp
4. Brandon Allen, 1b
5. Jordan Danks, of
6. Chris Getz, 2b
7. John Shelby, of
8. John Ely, rhp
9. Cole Armstrong, c
10. Eduardo Escobar, ss
Fields, second baseman Chris Getz and maybe even Owens may get a chance to become regulars in 2009. Further away but more promising is a group of 2008 draftees—shortstop Gordon Beckham, third baseman Brent Morel and center fielder Jordan Danks—who have significantly replenished the system’s inventory of promising position players. First baseman Brandon Allen also took a huge step forward in 2008 and appears on the verge of moving into the conversation as an eventual replacement for Paul Konerko as Chicago looks to get younger and more athletic.
The system’s pitching depth took a hit with the Swisher trade, though lefties Aaron Poreda and Clayton Richard are close to being ready to assume prominent roles with the White Sox. Richard was their most impressive pitcher in the AL Division Series against the Rays. Righty Adam Russell also had his moments in the bullpen, winning three games in one nine-day span.
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It's bad, no doubt, but compared to last season it looks glorious. Seriously -- after the (first) Swisher trade, the Sox were looking at Poreda (who hadn't even touched AA yet) and Egbert as their two best prospects. The group above still isn't comparatively great or even average, but at the very least there's now two legit prospects on there (Beckham is kicking some major ass in the AFL and Poreda could probably step in and be a dominant reliever next season, if the Sox choose to go in that direction) combined with a couple other interesting characters -- Allen has big-time power and is coming off a very nice season and Danks is a nice project in the lower minors. Furthermore, the Sox are said to be in on the bidding for the 19 year-old Cuban kid (Viciedo?) and they'll also be getting some draft picks through Cabrera's departure.
Edited for grammar and added adjectives.
Junior?
So that he can turn them into lesser prospects 11 months later?
Don't they have to offer him arbitration or hope someone signs him early in order to get those picks?
Surprised Cole Armstrong is on the list and Jon Link isn't. Oh wait, Phil Rogers wrote this.
He is the son of the former major leaguer, and they are both John T., but the younger Shelby does not go by Junior.
-- MWE
EDIT: He's actually John T. Shelby III.
It's not a terrible list - the top 2 are as good as most teams have there, and Danks and Shelby have quite a bit of talent as well. But the system isn't deep and the bottom of it is pretty bad.
-- MWE
Well, the key is that Kenny can't afford screw-ups like the Swisher trade. It's fine to continue to trade prospects to not-so-bright GMs who think they'll amount to something (they never do), but you need to get something back of real value.
-- MWE
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