whitesoxbrian Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Who are our top 5 best offensive and pitching prospects? All you hear about is Fields, Poreda, and Broadway. If that's our best, we're in trouble. Can I get the top 5 for both, with a stat or 2 backing it up? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSox Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Just going off of the top of my head real quick... Pitching Prospects I'd say are: 1. Poreda 2. Broadway 3. Egbert 4. Cassel 5. Ely Hitting Prospects: 1. Fields 2. Richar (if you count 1 & 2) 3. Shelby 4. Cook 5. Getz So yeah, it does not look very bright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Personally I rank Shelby ahead of all of them. He is the #1 prospect in the organization in my opinion. This isn't what a generic scout would say and honestly if I were to truly rate a top 5 it would be Fields/Poreda/Broadway/Shelby/Richar and that says something (cause that is one truly s***ty top 5). Egbert based on his last night's start would knock Richar out of the list (but I'd like to see him further prove he's now 100%). The system is barren and I did that list very quickly and may very well be missing some people. Poreda is the only guy with super-star potential in the system and if I were going to peg a second guy it would be Shelby (the guy is a pure hitter with good power and athletism (but me calling him a super-star prospect is just me getting depserate because our system is that freaking bad). Broadway has a good chance of being a rock solid middle of the rotation starter (Radke type of guy). Egbert is a sinkerballer I absolutely love. Hitting wise, Fields has massive power, but very little of anything else that excites me (this is my personal belief and I also believe the Sox should trade him for a much more all around prospect to a team that is looking for an upgrade at 3B (since Fields is technically ML ready; Slugging like he did last year makes him just that). Cook is not a prospect (just want to point that out). Getz is a solid guy, but odds are he turns into a back-up infielder (if everything went well, Mark Grudzelanek type of guy). Other guys of note for me offensively: Stephan Gartrell (I liked the guy since he was picked out of San Fran or whever the hell it was in Nor Cal; He's a very good athlete). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 2, 2008 -> 06:35 PM) Personally I rank Shelby ahead of all of them. He is the #1 prospect in the organization in my opinion. This isn't what a generic scout would say and honestly if I were to truly rate a top 5 it would be Fields/Poreda/Broadway/Shelby/Richar and that says something (cause that is one truly s***ty top 5). Egbert based on his last night's start would knock Richar out of the list (but I'd like to see him further prove he's now 100%). The system is barren and I did that list very quickly and may very well be missing some people. Poreda is the only guy with super-star potential in the system and if I were going to peg a second guy it would be Shelby (the guy is a pure hitter with good power and athletism (but me calling him a super-star prospect is just me getting depserate because our system is that freaking bad). Broadway has a good chance of being a rock solid middle of the rotation starter (Radke type of guy). Egbert is a sinkerballer I absolutely love. Hitting wise, Fields has massive power, but very little of anything else that excites me (this is my personal belief and I also believe the Sox should trade him for a much more all around prospect to a team that is looking for an upgrade at 3B (since Fields is technically ML ready; Slugging like he did last year makes him just that). Cook is not a prospect (just want to point that out). Getz is a solid guy, but odds are he turns into a back-up infielder (if everything went well, Mark Grudzelanek type of guy). Other guys of note for me offensively: Stephan Gartrell (I liked the guy since he was picked out of San Fran or whever the hell it was in Nor Cal; He's a very good athlete). I echo the Gartrell mention. And I think if Getz turned into Grudz, we should be pretty happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankensteiner Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Grudz made and All-Star team; maybe even a couple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I see Getz on the big league squad at some point this year and as our backup IF next year. I wonder if he's got any ability to backup at 3B? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSox Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 2, 2008 -> 06:52 PM) I see Getz on the big league squad at some point this year and as our backup IF next year. I wonder if he's got any ability to backup at 3B? Well, he's been playing SS and LF, I think he could play a little 3B. Hopefully if we send Wass down, Getz will "getz" the call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Shirek is intriguing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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