Future Shock: Braves Top 11 Prospects by Kevin Goldstein

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Top-11 Braves Prospect from Baseball Prospectus
Published 1/15/2008 by gondeee <info@talkingchop.com> at Talking Chop: Front Page Posts
We get our final prospect list of the winter from the major prospect outlets today with Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus churning out his top-11 young Braves (is that redundant? Young, Braves). Here are his top-11 in our system: ...

Baseball Prospectus: Braves Top 11 Prospects
Published 1/15/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Baseball Prospectus: Braves Top 11 Prospects Five-Star Prospects 1. Jordan Schafer, CF 2. Jason Heyward, RF Four-Star Prospects 3. Brent Lillibridge, SS 4. Brandon Jones, LF 5. Gorkys Hernandez, CF 6. Jair Jurrjens, RHP Three-Star Prospects 7. Julio Teheran, RHP 8. Tommy Hanson, RHP 9. Cole Rohrbaugh, LHP 10. Cody Johnson, OF 11. Jeff Locke, LHP aardvark Posted: January 15, 2008 at 02:24 PM | 1 comment(s) Related News: General , Atlanta , Prospect Reports , Scouting

BP Braves Top 11
Published 1/15/2008 by Will Schaffer at Chop-n-Change
Baseball Prospectus released their Braves top eleven prospect list today. While they aren’t as prospect wise as Baseball America or John Sickels, it’s still a good read to see another opinion. Here is their list: Five-Star Prospects 1. Jordan Schafer, CF 2. Jason Heyward, RF Four-Star Prospects 3. Brent Lillibridge, SS 4. Brandon Jones, LF 5. Gorkys Hernandez, CF 6. Jair Jurrjens, RHP Three-Star Prospects 7. Julio Teheran, RHP 8. Tommy Hanson, RHP 9. Cole Rohrbaugh, LHP 10. Cody ...

JJ 6th on BP list
Published 1/16/2008 by admin at Jair Jurrjens - Braves Prospect
... Kevin Goldstein and Baseball Prospectus posted their Braves Top 11 Prospects . Jair Jurrjens checks in at the six spot and Goldstein had this to say: ...

The Pitchers We Gave Up for Kotsay
Published 1/16/2008 by gondeee <info@talkingchop.com> at Talking Chop: Front Page Posts
... That's the first I've heard of Richmond being labeled a middle reliever, but apparently that's becoming the consensus. I asked Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus where he might rank Richmond and what he thought the young right-hander's future might look like. Here was his response: ...

Kevin Goldstein: Braves Prospect List Q&A 2008
Published 2/12/2008 by gondeee <info@talkingchop.com> at Talking Chop: Front Page Posts
As part of what will hopefully be a series of Q&A's with several of the top prospect gurus around the league, we begin with Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus. Kevin recently released his list of the top-11 Braves prospects. If you're a regular reader here you'll know that I reference Goldstein all the time. He's one of the few who publish regular prospect reports online throughout the year, and he's usually got a detailed and original take on what a prospect's future might be. Some of you may remember that we did something similar to this last year, and if you'd like to ...

Jeff Locke Q&A
Published 2/19/2008 by Will Schaffer at Chop-n-Change
Jeff Locke, who was a big part of Appalachian League Champion Danville Braves this past season, was kind enough to answer a few questions for Chop-n-Change. For those of you who don’t know, Locke is a left-handed pitcher who the Braves took in the second round (51st overall) of the 2006 draft. He was recently rated the eleventh best Atlanta prospect by Baseball Prospectus and John Sickels, and the eighth best by Baseball America. Without further adieu, here is the Jeff Locke Q&A. Q: How much do you pay attention to your stats? A: Believe it or not I am not a huge stat ...

Future Shock: Organizational Rankings, Part 2 by Kevin Goldstein
Published 3/5/2008 at Baseball Prospectus
1. Tampa Bay Rays Last Year's Ranking : 1 Why They're Unchanged : Evan Longoria 's full-season debut went even better than expected, and they added No. 1 overall pick David Price to the system. Strengths : Yes. There are just tons of prospects everywhere, as 20 of MLB's 30 teams don't have one prospect ranked higher than Tampa's fifth-rated player. Weaknesses : It's hard to figure out what to do with all of this talent. Seriously, they're not just No. 1, they're No. 1 by a mile. Outlook for 2009 Ranking : Unchanged. Even with Longoria in the big leagues, the Rays have more than enough talent to remain at the top, and ...

A Brave New World
Published 6/18/2008 by Cat (noreply@blogger.com) at The Front-Row Johnson
... also frees the Giants from $8.125 million owed to Winn for 2009. Trading for Winn benefits the Braves as well. Kotsay is currently on the DL, though he is returning soon, and Francoeur is struggling (.252/.301/.416). Most of the Braves' top prospects are struggling this year, but a package of Winn + reliever + money eating on the Giants' part could net a couple with upside. Lillibridge, Hernandez, and Flowers are potential names. Braves' prospects: BP's Braves Top 11 Prospects: Jan 15, 2008 John Sickels' Atlanta Braves 2008 ...