Royals Review Community Prospect List: #7

by nwroyal on Dec 15, 2009 1:00 PM EST in Royals Minor Leagues Comment 9 comments

I am back from my trip and we can now resume our prospect list. There is the pleasant surprise of having a brand new name to throw into the mix: Cuban LHP Noel Arguelles. I hope to have the final installment of my personal prospect list up later this week (it might get delayed as we arrived home to a burst pipe and 30 inches of water in the basement). When I do get that published I will sqeeze Arguelles in his own special spot.

Dan Duffy won our last poll with a commanding 51% of the vote.

As before, the choices are listed alphabetically and you can make your case in the comment section.

#1--Mike Montgomery--LHP--36%

#2--Mike Moustakas--3B--36%

#3--Aaron Crow--RHP--45%

#4--Eric Hosmer--1B--44%

#5--Will Myers--C--43%

#6--Dan Duffy--LHP--51%

Poll

Who is the Royals #7 Prospect

Noel Argulles--LHP

84 votes

Jeff Bianchi--SS

70 votes

Chris Dwyer--LHP

7 votes

John Lamb-LHP

5 votes

David Lough--OF

21 votes

Tim Melville--RHP

207 votes

394 votes | Poll has closed

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Melville all the way on this one

Noel is an interesting addition, but I think Melville has proven he is legit and is going to have another great season in A+ maybe moving up by the end of the year to AA. He has the stuff to be a #2 according to Sickles and is ranked #4 by JS as well.

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by 306008 on Dec 14, 2009 12:56 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I don't know if Melville has proven he is legit yet

But he certainly has more of a track record than Arguelles.

(For the record, I voted for Melville as well, but that is also because, as Retro says, he has the highest ceiling of anyone left).

by DarthYoshi on Dec 14, 2009 1:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Melville

Higher upside than any of the others.

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by RoyalsRetro on Dec 14, 2009 1:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yep

Easiest decision so far on this….

by marbotty on Dec 14, 2009 1:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I Want Bianchi

To be this good, though he probably isn’t.

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by philofthenorth on Dec 14, 2009 3:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

toughy....

I went with Bianchi because as Phil said I want him to be this good. Actually, I would like him to be above league average and healthy as a horse. Then he can kick yubet’s butt and give us a realiable SS for a couple of years. I could have gone with Melville or Lough too. I think that Noel has to at least pitch a few games in the pros before I would give him #7. It is going to tough here on out.

Good luck with the pipes and water. I replaced carpet in my basement twice and then just gave up and left the concrete.

by grudz96 on Dec 14, 2009 5:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I've been voting Bianchi for a few times around now

and he’s still the only one on the list who’s performed well above A-ball and has good upside. He’s supposed to be a solid defensive midle infielder and has great power for SS or 2B. Injuries had really hurt his career for a while, but if he can stay healthy again next year, he could make the MLB roster at some point.

by kcdc1 on Dec 14, 2009 10:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

If Bianchi can stick at SS and be above league average there, sure he deserves to be ranked this high.

But I don’t think that’s the most likely outcome. Melville has way more potential. I guess we’ll see after this year.

by AxDxMx on Dec 15, 2009 12:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Bianchi

Bianchi has performed really well when healthy which leads me to believe the only questioin isn’t his ceiling but durability. Melville is hope at this point, he’s only showed what we already knew when we drafted him & that is that Melville throws hard. If Melville’s command had significantly improved then he would warrant the #7 spot.

by PREGNANT ROLLER SKATE on Dec 15, 2009 3:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs