O.S. Full Minors 2010

[Karle]

Re: O.S. Full Minors 2010

Below are my recommendations for the minor league players to be included in the Detroit franchise. In selecting the players I took into account the prospects listed by John Sickels, players who played Winter ball in 2009 and players on the minor league rosters invited to Spring Training. As we get closer to opening day we will have a better idea of how the actual AAA and AA rosters will shape up. Players whose names appear in all upper case letters are on the 40 man roster. The names of players not on the 40 man roster appear in both upper and lower case. Information and photos for all minor league pitchers, catchers and outfielders has been added to the Roster Makers board. Please also note the following:
1. It is likely that Alex Avila will be the starting catcher on the AAA team in order to gain more experience.
2. Phil Dumatrait (P), Enrique Gonzalez (P) and Korby Castro (3B) have signed minor league contracts and been invited to Spring Training, but have not been added to any rosters. I consider it a long shot for any of them to make the Major League Roster.
3. Dontrell Willis, absent a change from last year, will likely end up on the 60 day DL.
4. Casey Fien has just been "designated for assignment" so his future with Detroit is uncertain.

Here are the rosters:
I. Major League (Detroit):
SP1- JUSTIN VERLANDER
SP2 - RICK PORCELLO
SP3 - MAX SCHERZER
SP4 - ARMANDO GALARRAGA
SP5 - JEREMY BONDERMANN
RP - PHIL COKE
RP - ZACH MINER
RP - RYAN PERRY
RP - BOBBY SEAY
RP - NATE ROBERTSON
Set Up - JOEL ZUMAYA
CL - JOSE VALVERDI
DL - 60 Day - DONTRELL WILLIS
C - GERALD LAIRD
C2 - Robinzon Diaz or Mike Rabelo depending on performance in Spring Training
1B - MIGUEL CABRERA
2B - SCOTT SIZEMORE
SS - ADAM EVERETT
3B - BRANDON INGE
LF - JOHNNY DAMON
CF - AUSTIN JACKSON
RF - MAGGLIO ORDONEZ
DH - CARLOS GUILLEN
RESERVE - RYAN RABURN
RESERVE - CLETE THOMAS
RESERVE - RAMON SANTIAGO

AAA (Toledo)
SP - EDDIE BONINE
SP - Scot Drucker
SP - Ryan Ketchner
SP - Rudy Lugo
SP - Josh Rainwater
RP - FU-TE-NI
RP - DAN SCHLERETH
RP - BRAD THOMAS
RP - Zach Simons "C"
RP - Matt Rusch
RP - Jason Waddell
CL - Casey Fien ?? "C"
C - ALEX AVILA
C2 - Max St Pierre
1B - Jeff Larish
2B - Wil Rhymes
SS - BRENT DLUGACH "C"
3B - Mike Hollimon
LF - WILKIN RAMIREZ "C+"
CF - CASPER WELLS "C"
RF - Jeff Frazier
DH/LF - Maxwell Leon
Reserve - DON KELLY
Reserve - Ryan Roberson
Reserve - Michael Rockett

AA (Erie)
SP - ALFRED FIGARO
SP - JAY SBORZ
SP - Luis Marte "C"
SP - Charles Furbush "C"
SP - Casey Crosby "B+"
RP - Robbie Weinhardt "C+"
RP - Lester Oliveros
RP - Austin Woods "C"
RP - Jared Gayhart "C"
RP - Scott Green "C"
RP/CL - Cody Satterwhite "C+"
CL - Brett Jensen "C"
C - Jordan Newton
C2 - Jeff Kunkel
1B - RYAN STRIEBY "B"
2B - Mike Gosse
SS - Cale Iorg "C"
3B - Santo de Leon
LF - Andy Dirks
CF/LF - Deik Scram
RF - BRENNAN BOESCH "C"
DH/OF - Billy Nowlin "C"
Reserve (SS) - AUDI CIRIACO "C"
Reserve - OF Christopher White
Reserve - Utility - Danny Worth

A
SP - JACOB TURNER "B+" - he is just out of high school
SP - Adam Wilk "C"
SP - Luke Putkonen "C"
SP - Andrew Oliver "B-"
RP Brayan Villareal "C"
RP/CL - Melvin Mercedes "C"
RP/CL - Ramon Lebron "C"
C - John Murrian "C"
1B - James Robbins "C"
2B - Brandon Douglas "C"
3B - Bryan Pounds
SS - Gustavo Nunez "C"
SS - Daniel Fields "C"
CF - Jamie Johnson "C"
LF - Josh Workman

I will modify this list as we get closer to opening day to reflect the changes which occur during the next weeks.

Karle

[ksig24]

Re: O.S. Full Minors 2010

Yo Ridin' I am gonna CC you in on the emails I exchange with Knight. Coming up my top 25 at each position.

[ltw0303cavs]

Re: O.S. Full Minors 2010

Its probably a good thing the rosters wont be out till after opening day. Case in point the eternal game of are you reliever......or are you a starter? Neftali Feliz..........starter........or reliever..........Liriano..............Joba...Phil Hughes etc. Its crazy how these teams cant make up their minds lol. Remember Randy Myers ? Who was the brain surgeon that made him a starter after the Nasty Boys broke up. Ksig would know better than me but i dont get it, Joba may never be that kid from 2008 again. Knight when you convert a guy from starter to reliever , do you bump their velocity up?

[JoeCoolMan24]

Re: O.S. Full Minors 2010

I am sure you are aware, but for the other peoples.....

Baseball America came out with their top 100 a few days ago....

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/top-100-prospects/2010/269553.html

Good list. I especially love the #55 ranking for Mitchell and the #66 for Hudson. Hudson, 2009 MiLB Pitcher of the Year, has been disrespected by other rankings (or in Keith Law's case, the whole sox org., since he hates the chisox for some reason). I mean, Hudson's 2009 stats are just amazing...

http://thebaseballcube.com/pitching/H/Dan-Hudson.shtml

played at 4 different levels, and still managed an ERA up 2.65, WHIP of 0.98, K/9 of over 10, BB/9 of a little over 2, and only allowed 11 HR in 217 IP. The 22-year-old is just flat out awesome.

[RAZRr1275]

Re: O.S. Full Minors 2010

If anyone can help with pitch edits pm me. Thanks!

[Rod_Carew29]

Re: Jesus Montero

Hey Knight...regarding Jesus Montero...
earlier today...either Sweeney Murti or Steve Phillips..not sure which one...said that Montero's days are going to be numbered as catcher, and it'll bear watching. The Yanks are looking at him kind of how the Indians and Red Sox now view Victor Martinez---great bat, but not good defensively, so will be profiled at another position

Vince

These are some of my thoughts for the top players at each position for the Full Minors.
Keep in mind...these are just my prelims...as I've just started to do my research in earnest.
Also....these are in no particular order.

Catcher
Jesus Montero(my top power prospect tied w/ Michael Stanton)
Buster Posey
Carlos Santana
Hank Conger
Tyler Flowers

First Base
Justin Smoak
Freddie Freeman
Logan Morrison
Yonder Alonso
Eric Hosmer

Second Base
Todd Frazier
Brett Lawrie
Chase D'Arnaud
Scott Sizemore
Jemile Weeks

Third Base
Pedro Alvarez
Josh Vitters
Brett Wallace
Mat Gamel
Matt Dominguez/Josh Bell/Bobby Borchering

Shortstop
Tim Beckham
Starlin Castro
Alcides Escobar
Carlos Triunfel
Grant Green

Outfield(I'll give you 10 instead of breaking it down)
Jason Heyward(my top average hitter along w/Brett Wallace)
Michal Stanton(power along w/Montero)
Desmond Jennings(my top speed guy)
Dustin Ackley
Ryan Westmoreland
Austin Jackson
Josh Reddick
Aaron Hicks
Michael Trout
Ben Revere/Michael Taylor/Donavan Tate

SP
Steven Strasburg
Brian Matusz
M. Bumgarner
Aroldis Chapman
Neftali Feliz(don't know if he will start or relieve)
Trevor Reckling
M. Montgomery
J. Walden
J. Hellickson
Martin Perez

Along with Feliz...Storen....Scheppers....Lindblom...Poreda.. .Aumont are my RP's...

There were a LOT of close guys in here...and I have a list about as long with guys who could replace some guys already listed.....and again....they are not in any particular order.

Also....Ksig's list is probably going to be a lot different and more interesting than mine!

M.K.
Knight165

[Knight165]

Re: Jesus Montero

Hey Knight...regarding Jesus Montero...
earlier today...either Sweeney Murti or Steve Phillips..not sure which one...said that Montero's days are going to be numbered as catcher, and it'll bear watching. The Yanks are looking at him kind of how the Indians and Red Sox now view Victor Martinez---great bat, but not good defensively, so will be profiled at another position

Vince

I didn't hear it...but from a lot of the prospect books...they all seem to say that Montero, while a true offensive force, looks very shaky behind the plate.
I wonder....will he be able to handle 1B...or be solely a DH ?
Thanks.
Doing CAPS this year?

M.K.
Knight165

[Rod_Carew29]

Re: Jesus Montero

The outfield corner position was mentioned....I didnt hear about him being a DH at this time...

Bro..I will be doing them and heck, I'm still doing them...although it's kinda on the rare side for now....

lol

I didn't hear it...but from a lot of the prospect books...they all seem to say that Montero, while a true offensive force, looks very shaky behind the plate.
I wonder....will he be able to handle 1B...or be solely a DH ?
Thanks.
Doing CAPS this year?

M.K.
Knight165

[Knight165]

Re: Jesus Montero

The outfield corner position was mentioned....I didnt hear about him being a DH at this time...

Bro..I will be doing them and heck, I'm still doing them...although it's kinda on the rare side for now....

lol

Good....take it easy ....you'll be getting swamped for requests before you know it.
I hope all is well with you and yours...I hadn't seen you for a while and was hoping everything was okay.



M.K.
Knight165

[abcabc]

Re: Jesus Montero

The outfield corner position was mentioned....I didnt hear about him being a DH at this time...

Bro..I will be doing them and heck, I'm still doing them...although it's kinda on the rare side for now....

lol

i would consider seeing what we can get for him (other prospects).

[abcabc]

Re: O.S. Full Minors 2010

I still have the spreadsheet for the 3 year average based on Bahnzo's database covering 07-08-09 that I used in the re-rated EOS set. I just wanna see how the game engine plays (ratings-wise) if any different from last year and how the players are SCEA rated this year to see if it would make sense. Id be happy to do a possible re-rated set if 1.) if there are some out there that would be interested in it this year that liked that '09 version and 2.) Knight, Ridin et al. give their blessing for me to release a version of that based on their work which I wouldnt do without a go ahead.

hell yes i know i'm interested. i played with your set and thought it was working out to be something quite special. the catch was, as you know, you had done all the batters only, but for the full magic to happen, it was to also re-rate all the pitchers, (thus both batter and pitcher would both be equally tweaked). as it was, you had stopped your efforts. Quite frankly i think not all that many people got to taste your set though, because it was already after baseball season, it came after knight's last set, and the delays while working on it, but i vouch for it though ideally/logically the tweaks need to be done for both batters and pitchers.

[Rod_Carew29]

Re: Jesus Montero

Hey Knight....thatnk you...
yes, it's been a longgggg time.....
you know me..after a while, I leave the madness...
but Im back..not sure in what capacity...
Happy New Years by the way, to you and your family...and I hope they are all well too
My son and I are good...
I retired on December 19th..after 30.5 years with Verizon...

So now...I can join Jim and a couple of others here and really chill out...LOLOL

Swamped?!?!?
you trying to jinx me? LOLOLOLOLOL

Vince

Good....take it easy ....you'll be getting swamped for requests before you know it.
I hope all is well with you and yours...I hadn't seen you for a while and was hoping everything was okay.



M.K.
Knight165

[Derek2Jeter]

Re: O.S. Full Minors 2010

Hey Knight, not sure if this was answered or not, and I don't want to sounds annoying or anything but can you fill us in on the progress of getting these rosters up?

I know the game isn't out till Tuesday, however I'm sure you could imagine a lot of us want to play with your rosters asap.

It would be great if you could fill us in. Thanks a bunch for these rosters!

[imalanh1]

Re: O.S. Full Minors 2010

Knight, Razr, strut, everyone who is doing this...just wanted to say thanks in advance. I'm SO pumped to use these rosters. I always play exhibitions and such until the full minors is released...and then I'm able to start my franchise.

Works out perfectly for me because I follow the real-life, day-to-day moves so by the time your rosters come out, the season has already started.

Thanks guys!

Yes, I would also like to agree and say thanks for all you guys combining your efforts and talents. Will be the best year of rosters ever. Thanks guys!!!!

[ksig24]

Re: O.S. Full Minors 2010

Guys this is a combined effort. It will be done when its done. Just bear with us. Thanks