QuickJones81 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Instead of a ranking I wanted to look at the farm system from a tier perspective. I am splitting this into two posts, one for pitchers and one for position players. I created my own tiers, and players are binned based on my own subjective projection (fully ready to be torn to bits by you guys). As you'll see my method gives young guys a much bigger benefit of the doubt. Here are the pitchers, let the debate begin: Tier 1: Ace Carlos Rodon Tier 2: 2-3 Starter Tyler Danish Spencer Adams Francellis Montas Tier 3: 4-5 Starter / Top Reliever Jace Fry Chris Beck JB Wendelken Victor Done Andre Wheeler Tony Bucciferro James Dykstra Luis Martinez Jordan Guerrero Ben Brewster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Luis Martinex from the AZL team could be something special for the White Sox and he's only 19. He should up there with Adam's, Danish, and Montas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I'm not sure about the guys on the "#2-#3" starter list. Those guys seem to me to be "guy who might very well be an ace but might also never sniff the big leagues" guys, and they seem like they're winding up as 2-3 starters because hey, it's in the middle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 6, 2014 -> 02:44 PM) I'm not sure about the guys on the "#2-#3" starter list. Those guys seem to me to be "guy who might very well be an ace but might also never sniff the big leagues" guys, and they seem like they're winding up as 2-3 starters because hey, it's in the middle. I don't know if you know this but those guys on that second tier have been spectacular this year on the farm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Señor Ding-Dong Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Mike Recchia should be in tier 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaconOnAStick Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I don't know if you know this but those guys on that second tier have been spectacular this year on the farm. It's not that simple. I can't do this tiering because if Spencer Adams realizes his full potential (and avoids injury) he's a top of the rotation starter. But even if he falls a little short of that he's a fantastic arm to have in the rotation. Or maybe he's better suited for the pen. Or maybe his arm blows up. Who knows. It's one thing to rank them against each other, a whole new can of worms when you're projecting them against roles defined by the current state of Major League Baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggins Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Add Andre Wheeler to group 3. Also hoping that Snodgress turns into a good reliever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harfman77 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I changed the tiers a bit Tier 1: Top of the rotation Carlos Rodon Spencer Adams Francellis Montas Tier 2: Mid-rotation Chris Beck Jace Fry Adam Lopez Tyler Danish Tier 3: Back-end stater Scott Snodgress Mike Recchia Chris Freudenberg James Dykstra Luis Martinez Jordan Guerrero Zach Thompson Tier 4: High Leverage Reliever Andrew Mitchell Brad Goldberg JB Wendelken Myles Jaye Kyle Hansen Chris Bassit Terance Marin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 QUOTE (BaconOnAStick @ Aug 6, 2014 -> 06:38 PM) It's not that simple. I can't do this tiering because if Spencer Adams realizes his full potential (and avoids injury) he's a top of the rotation starter. But even if he falls a little short of that he's a fantastic arm to have in the rotation. Or maybe he's better suited for the pen. Or maybe his arm blows up. Who knows. It's one thing to rank them against each other, a whole new can of worms when you're projecting them against roles defined by the current state of Major League Baseball. I agree, and that's why it's difficult for me to tier them out like this. You have guys with fantastic arms like Joe Nathan who are absolute garbage in the rotation. You move him to the bullpen and suddenly that plus stuff becomes better and he can put more on it and you have one of the best relievers in the league. I appreciate the idea and it provides interesting discussion, but given the differences in learning curves, it's hard for me to come up with a list like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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