Baseball Prospectus Names Top 11 Prospects
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From Baseball Prospectus:
Five-Star Prospects
1. Carlos Carrasco, RHP
Four-Star Prospects
2. Michael Taylor, RF
3. Kyle Drabek, RHP
Three-Star Prospects
4. Travis D’Arnaud, C
5. Lou Marson, C
6. Jason Donald, SS
7. Dominic Brown, OF
8. J.A. Happ, RHP
9. Zach Collier, RF
10. Jason Knapp, RHP
11. Anthony Hewitt, 3B
Just Missed: Travis Mattair, 3B; Drew Naylor, RHP; Joe Savery, LHP
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No hiding method behind Phillies' draft madness
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Baseball Prospectus identified what has become a notoriously high-risk/high-reward approach by the Phils in selecting amateur talent. [Subscription only] Hewitt If we assembled a list of the best quotes from the 2008 season, behind the scenes scouting director Marti Wolever would make the list for his offering on why the Phillies reached on toolsy high school prep star Anthony Hewitt with their first pick in the June draft: "These are the kind of players we (Wolever, Mike Arbuckle, Pat Gillick) grew up liking and wanting in the organization. Because when these guys hit - and ...
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... Instead of demanding Drabek (the top pitching prospect for the Phillies right now) or Happ (already thriving in MLB), the Indians seem to have centered their deal for Lee around one very high-ceiling young arm in Jason Knapp and a AAA perennial prospect in Carlos Carrasco with two upper-level position players in Lou Marson and Jason Donald coming as organizational filler that could see the Indians’ roster as early as this year. While prior to the season Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus had Carrasco (#1), Marson (#5), Donald (#6), Knapp (#10), the return (when looked at as ...
