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Thursday, September 21, 2006 |
Baseball America Ranks Talent By League
Baseball America is publishing a series on the top talent in the various leagues, starting with the Arizona short-season league ($, free intro); the list is full of Angels, including catcher Hank Conger, 3B/1B Matt Sweeney:
Sweeney was the league's best hitter after Hunter and showed considerable power potential as well. He has an advanced ability to recognize pitches, which came in handy when pitchers fed him a steady diet of breaking balls after his fast start.RHP Vladimir Veras ("he doesn't offer a lot of projection, but he has enough stuff to profile as a back-of-the-rotation starter"), and RHP Warner Madrigal in his reemergence as a pitcher:
... showed the same raw arm strength he had as an outfielder. His fastball touched 98 mph and he regularly sat at 94 mph when he maintained his mechanics ... "What impressed me was the poise he showed for being new to pitching," Angels manager Ever Magallanes said. "He had pretty good mound presence for his level of experience."In the GCL, the Dodgers have a few names in the list ($, free intro), including first-rounder Clayton Kershaw...
His changeup is solid average and has the makings of a dependable third offering. He has a loose arm and repeats his delivery, helping him command his pitches remarkably well for an 18-year-old.... Jhonny Nunez ("has two potential plus pitches in his fastball and slider. He pitches at 91 mph with his fastball and touches 94") and Preston Mattingly ...
Mattingly slumped badly late in the summer, but he has a heady approach to hitting and plus power potential. He can drive balls to all fields. He needs to improve his pitch recognition and avoid chasing breaking balls.Alan Matthews also had a chat earlier today, in which he expressed puzzlement over the Dodgers letting Nunez go in the trade for Marlon Anderson, especially since Nunez "could be an arm the Dodgers miss". Of Kershaw, he says
He is a no-doubter top 10, and perhaps top five given the high number of players that graduated from the Dodgers farm systemt ot he big leagues this year. I would still take Scott Elbert over Kershaw, in terms of their pitchers. Nice pick by Logan White. We thought that the Tigers were going to take Kershaw at 6 this year. But when Andrew Miller was there, Detroit went with Miller. Kershaw won't get there as fast (Miller was in the big leagues a couple of weeks after signing) but he has a higher ceiling than Miller, in my opinion.He also thinks Preston Mattingly is a "top 10" prospect in the Dodgers system who could be a "middle-of-the-order run producer".
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