System In 20 Words Or Less: There is depth here, but there’s also a disturbing lack of future impact talents.
Four-Star Prospects
1. Zach Lee, RHP
Three-Star Prospects
2. Nathan Eovaldi, RHP
3. Allen Webster, RHP
4. Chris Reed, LHP
5. Garrett Gould, RHP
6. Chris Withrow, RHP
7. Alfredo Silverio, OF
8. Joc Pederson, OF
9. Alex Castellanos, OF/2B
10. Angel Sanchez, RHP
11. Shawn Tolleson, RHP
Nine More:
12. James Baldwin, OF: He’s an ultra-athletic outfielder with power, speed, and a disturbing number of strikeouts.
13. Tim Federowicz, C: He has big league-ready defense (and plus at that) but a backup’s bat.
14. Ethan Martin, RHP: The former first-round pick will try starting again but remains in the deep weeds in terms of command and control.
15. Josh Lindblom, RHP: He’s a big league-ready reliever, but his ceiling ends in 7th or 8th inning.
16. Aaron Miller, LHP: This power lefty lost his 2011 season due to non-arm injuries; he could move up the list with healthy season.
17. Gorman Erickson, C: He’s an intriguing backstop with on-base skills and a bit of pop, but his defense needs work.
18. Scott Van Slyke, 1B: He can hit but is an older, first-base only prospect that needs to keep doing it.
19. Kyle Russell, OF: He possesses huge raw power, excellent right field defense, and all sorts of contact issues.
20. Steve Ames, RHP: The scouting reports are not as impressive as the numbers, but evaluators see a big league future as middle reliever.
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1. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: January 30, 2012 at 09:24 PM (#4049977)Nope. Luis Silverio has five kids, three girls and two boys; the boys are 18 and 16. (Angel Berroa is his son-in-law, however.)
Alfredo Silverio had a great year at Jacksonville, but he's already 24 and there were a lot of speed hits in that SLG (18 triples). Despite his speed he's a bad base stealer and doesn't have get good reads or jumps in the outfield, either.
I mostly agree with Kevin. Lee's the only real potential impact prospect here, and he was merely good, not dominant, in the Midwest League (although I'd take it for age 19). The position players are a pretty thin bunch.
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I want to root for a kid from Catawba College to succeed but Jerry Sands' entire resume consists of 75 good September at-bats. He had to repeat low-A, a terrible sign for a college 1b/LF, and he was good but not great at AA and AAA. A .930 OPS in Albequerque is pretty "meh," especially for a bat-only player, and he struck out plenty.
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