Baseball America releases Reds Top 10 prospect list

by Slyde on Jan 14, 2009 4:02 PM EST in Off-season

(Via Fay) The only real surpsise is that Yorman Rodriguez is higher than Neftali Soto. I'm not sure why that would be, but otherwise, it's pretty much what you'd expect:

1. Yonder Alonso, 1B
2. Todd Frazier, SS
3. Drew Stubbs, OF
4. Chris Valaika, SS
5. Yorman Rodriguez, OF
6. Kyle Lotzkar, RHP
7. Neftali ~~Perez~~ Soto, 3B
8. Juan Francisco, 3B
8. Juan Duran, OF
10. Devin Mesoraco, C

I guess I could say that it's also a surprise that both Duran and Rodriguez are in the top 10. If I'm not mistaken though, BA leans heavily towards tools rather than polish.

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The real surprise is that Soto changed his name.

"Yes, and it's so important in this sport that the athletes be able to train in the same location." -Cynthia Potter, NBC Synchronized Diving Analyst

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jan 14, 2009 4:04 PM EST reply actions

Silly Teh Fay

"Yes, and it's so important in this sport that the athletes be able to train in the same location." -Cynthia Potter, NBC Synchronized Diving Analyst

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jan 14, 2009 4:04 PM EST up reply actions

yeah, maybe that's why he's ranked so low?

when you search Neftali Perez on Baseball Reference, this comes up…

We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches

by Slyde on Jan 14, 2009 4:05 PM EST up reply actions

What's funny is that he was probably thinking of Neftali Feliz

I guess that name is way too common.

"You are not my ass." - Reynard

by BK on Jan 14, 2009 4:14 PM EST up reply actions

Danny Dorn continues to get no love

but I think that reflects well on the depth of the system, as a whole.

"Yes, and it's so important in this sport that the athletes be able to train in the same location." -Cynthia Potter, NBC Synchronized Diving Analyst

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Jan 14, 2009 4:12 PM EST reply actions

as for the last line...

you can polish my tool

Also, I'm given to understand that your mother is overweight.

by chandrathan on Jan 14, 2009 4:38 PM EST reply actions

Matty Belizzle is going to Dizzenver

the Rockies signed him to a minor league deal. good luck big fella!

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 14, 2009 4:54 PM EST reply actions

Baseball America

posted a minor league transaction report today.

The Reds have signed C Korey Feiner and OF Ryan Doran.

Juan Castro signed with the Dodgers, Mike Gosling signed with the Twinkies, Gary Majewski and Jason Ellison signed with the Phillies.

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by BubbaFan on Jan 14, 2009 5:04 PM EST up reply actions

Ryan Doran

Any relation to Bill?

by Brendanukkah on Jan 14, 2009 5:38 PM EST up reply actions

I haven't a clue

I wonder if they spelled his name right. He’s not listed at Baseball Cube.

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by BubbaFan on Jan 14, 2009 5:58 PM EST up reply actions

Yes, he's Billy's kid.

Ryan is a 5-foot-11, 170 pound OF who also plays some 2B. He played HS ball at Purcell Marian and signed at Marietta College before finishing up at Cincinnati Clermont. He played for the Cincinnati Gators Connie Mack League team with Ron Oester’s kid.

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by Thundering Turtle on Jan 14, 2009 8:20 PM EST up reply actions

I hope he's good

It would be nice for him to be the latest in the line of next-generation Reds.

by Brendanukkah on Jan 14, 2009 8:47 PM EST up reply actions

Yes!

If this is true, and the #8 prospect rockets through the system, the Reds stand a decent chance of having an outfield of Dorn-Duran-Doran one day.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Jan 14, 2009 6:03 PM EST up reply actions

where is Bruce?

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Jan 14, 2009 7:09 PM EST up reply actions

traded

Also, I'm given to understand that your mother is overweight.

by chandrathan on Jan 14, 2009 7:11 PM EST up reply actions

was it for a catcher?

I hope it was for a catcher. You can never have enough catchers.

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by BubbaFan on Jan 14, 2009 7:23 PM EST up reply actions

nope juan pierre

Also, I'm given to understand that your mother is overweight.

by chandrathan on Jan 14, 2009 7:24 PM EST up reply actions

if that actually happens

I’m going to blame you. :-P

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by BubbaFan on Jan 14, 2009 7:32 PM EST up reply actions

if that actually happens

i’ll blame myself

Also, I'm given to understand that your mother is overweight.

by chandrathan on Jan 14, 2009 7:33 PM EST up reply actions

Talk about star power

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Jan 14, 2009 10:12 PM EST up reply actions

An Outfield that has...

the Reflex. ’Flex-flex-flex-flex.

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.

by "Red" Moskau on Jan 14, 2009 10:43 PM EST up reply actions

I thought you were against the hot chick posts?

All Mickey Mouse films are founded on the motif of leaving home in order to learn what fear is.

by Man Mountain on Jan 14, 2009 10:52 PM EST up reply actions

You mean

girls on film?

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Jan 15, 2009 8:26 AM EST up reply actions

And Danny Graves signed with the Astros.

We Are ... Marshall!

by Thundering Turtle on Jan 14, 2009 8:14 PM EST up reply actions

Whoa, really?

Honestly, I’d thought about sticking him on my death pool list.

by Brendanukkah on Jan 14, 2009 8:16 PM EST up reply actions

For the jokes?

by ken on Jan 14, 2009 8:27 PM EST up reply actions

I still might

An entire fan base will once again want to kill him, and it wouldn’t be disqualified for being one of us who did it.

All Mickey Mouse films are founded on the motif of leaving home in order to learn what fear is.

by Man Mountain on Jan 14, 2009 10:56 PM EST up reply actions

he put up a 6.30 ERA in 84 innings pitching in AAA for the Twins in 2008

ouch.

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Jan 14, 2009 8:48 PM EST up reply actions

And...

…the Pirates signed Miguel Perez, the supposed best catching prospect ever to come through the Reds minor league system.

Perez spent most of his last year with the Reds on the DL. He had shoulder pain and weakness for a long time, and they couldn’t figure out what the problem was. One day his arm started swelling up like a balloon. They rushed him to the emergency room (they were on the road, so I think it was in St. Louis or someplace like that). He was finally diagnosed – with a blood clot in his shoulder. It’s dangerous – potentially fatal, even – so he had to have emergency surgery.

Kinda unnerving that they couldn’t figure out what the problem was until it was an emergency.

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by BubbaFan on Jan 14, 2009 8:46 PM EST up reply actions