Help Requested: Past System Ranks

I have a field pass for one game, but that was for work for the opposing team.

and teams opening up more to websites

of course, 90% of that is coming out of guys like Murray Chass who are just old school guys now trying to “blog”

Though he’ll pitch the entire 2010 season at age 21, Duffy isn’t that far away from the majors. One of the last remaining tests for the potential No. 3 starter is finding out how he handles adversity—because he hasn’t encountered any.

as a #3 starter quality.
BA take per their Top 10
#3’s Lamb, Duffy
#2/3 Melville

1. Crow
   They don’t give a listing for Montgomery but I would say 1/2

don’t most ML teams have a list like that of busted prospects? although they also probably have a list of prospects who worked out, instead of GMDM’s zero (so far).

…for most of the time Davies was in the Braves System, Dayton was the Braves’ director of player personnel development (and he was involved with scouting when Davies was drafted and Assistant GM for pretty much the rest of the time), so there’s got to be some kind of partial credit due there.

But I don’t think it applies to everyone you listed. Gia was a high draft pick widely described has having a low ceiling and a questionable future. I don’t think his stock was ever very high. While Bianchi was a top 5 prospect in the Royals system a few years ago, it was by default. The system was in chambles and even merely decent prospect could get into the Royals top 5. His stock hasn’t fallen so much as the stock of other, better prospects (newer draftees, mostly) has risen, surpassing him. His prospect status essentially lay dormant due to injuries until last season’s performance which has raised his stock significantly over a year ago.

And some other prospects may have a lower rank in the Royals system than they once did, but not because the scouting opinion on them is much worse, but because the Royals have added many better prospects. And some guys like Wood and Kila have had their stocks both rise and fall during Moore’s tenure.

BA had pretty much given up on Bianchi going into last season rating him outside the Top 31. Now he is just outside the Top 10 from what I’ve heard Bianchi hasn’t seen #5 since Jan. of ’06 so I would probably give GMDMs staff a little credit for his revival.

Woods could be a developmental issue as it sounds like he has the “stuff” but has developed little to no consistency with it.

Kila has never been a “real” prospect and the problem isn’t development as he has at least remained healthy and flourished under GMDM regime the real problem with Kila is the FO not recognizing he actually has a skill(OBP).

Gio didn’t really regress as much as he just had bad luck early in the season. I would say I don’t like the change he or team made to his approach later in the season Apr-July 14.5 BB% Aug-Sep 4.8%. I don’t know if that was him or the team though, I guess we’ll find out this season.