by George Utter on January 24, 2012
Welcome back to the 2011 draft “in-season” review. We started the series last fall, but took a break from it to present to you our top 10 lists and, of course, our Baseball Instinct 360° top prospects list for 2012. In this series we’re taking a look at players from the 2011 draft who signed and got into game play in 2011. We’ve separated the High School players from the College players and compiled which players had the best season statistically. This ranking if you will, isn’t based on tools or skill set, nor is it a projection into the career these players may have. It’s purely a spotlight on those players from the past draft that grabbed our eye statistically.
I love these types of articles. I get to get my stat geek on. I’ll take a look at a guy like Adam Eaton, OF Diamondbacks (2010 draft round 19 pick 571), who had a great 2010 debut, got on our radar like these players, we investigated him closer, and he followed up 2010 with a solid 2011 campaign. Or perhaps a kid like Brandon Drury, 3B Braves (2010 draft round 13 pick 404). He didn’t have a statistically impressive debut in the GCL, but in a short-supply class of high school players, coupled with the fact that he’s from my region in the Pacific Northwest, he made the “keep an eye on” list for me. As with Eaton, a fantastic 2011 campaign and now both players are on our top 360 list.
We jump back into things with a look at the First basemen. As with the other articles, there was no short supply of silky sweet statistical goodness from the college players, however, the high-school players were in short supply.
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by George Utter on December 10, 2011
While the defending National League West champion Arizona Diamondbacks have added a significant punch to both of their starting rotation and their bullpen in one move, the Oakland Athletics have acquired 3 significant prospects to replenish (at least temporarily)their depleted farm system. Late Friday afternoon the A’s sent starting pitcher Trevor Cahill along with relief pitcher Craig Breslow to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for starting pitcher Jarrod Parker, who came in #3 on are Diamondbacks’ top 10 prospects list for 2012, outfielder Collin Cowgill, who was #5, and relief pitcher Ryan Cook. [click to continue…]
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by Thomas Belmont on November 23, 2011
It’s the time of the offseason when Baseball Instinct goes from Club to Club and we take a look at the Top 10 prospects from each team before opening it up to our Top 21s later in the winter. This year we’re working with some of our friends that share an a more focused view of particular clubs. But today, I’m taking on the Dbacks all by myself, no training wheels. [click to continue…]
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by George Utter on November 12, 2011
Welcome back to our review of the 2011 draft. In this series we’re taking a look at players from the 2011 draft who signed and got into game play in 2011. We’ve separated the High School players from the College players and compiled which players had the best season statistically. This isn’t a prospect ranking, rather simply a report on how they did. Right now, we are going to look at the group of Catchers. Speaking of catchers, it was great news to see that Washington Nationals’ catcher Wilson Ramos was rescued from his abductors today. What a very odd situation, but fortunately he’s well. Now let’s dive into Catchers from the 2011 draft. [click to continue…]
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