Comments on: Detroit Tigers Top 15 Prospects (2012-13) http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/detroit-tigers-top-15-prospects-2012-13/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Sat, 18 May 2013 08:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: tablejumper http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/detroit-tigers-top-15-prospects-2012-13/#comment-3926608 tablejumper Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:10:37 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=109019#comment-3926608 Brenny Paulino … Any thoughts?

]]> By: deafdumbandblindkid http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/detroit-tigers-top-15-prospects-2012-13/#comment-3920418 deafdumbandblindkid Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:46:35 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=109019#comment-3920418 *none of that means anything if you don’t have a guy to close out games* is how relievers get overvalued and overpaid. the tigers have guys who can close, on their roster right now.

the mystical *real* closer…career, consistant closers…are incredibly rare. but lots and lots and lots of guys have had perfectly good, or even very good, seasons as a closer…

]]> By: Scott Daniel http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/detroit-tigers-top-15-prospects-2012-13/#comment-3890830 Scott Daniel Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:25:37 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=109019#comment-3890830 I couldn’t disagree with you more, Tim. The Tigers have spent a lot of money and assembled a quality team. But none of that means anything if you don’t have a guy to close out games. Rondon may be great down the road, but probably not this year. I don’t see the BP by committee being a great option, either.

]]> By: Tim D http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/detroit-tigers-top-15-prospects-2012-13/#comment-3871601 Tim D Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:45:30 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=109019#comment-3871601 Kobernus was a nice Rule 5 pick up and there is talk he will be carried as the new Don Kelly. I think Rondon does have a special arm but he has a challenge in making the team let alone closing. But I would rather see them go with closer by committee than throw away a #1 for Soriano. If they were going to make another big move I’d make it Justin Upton or Elvis Andrus.

]]> By: J http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/detroit-tigers-top-15-prospects-2012-13/#comment-3870831 J Sat, 29 Dec 2012 16:15:55 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=109019#comment-3870831 Rondon is not the Tigers’ top prospect and there’s basically an ocean between him and Castellanos in terms of prospect value.

Not disagreeing with your conclusion that the Tigers system is bottom five though.

]]> By: Samuel Deduno http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/detroit-tigers-top-15-prospects-2012-13/#comment-3869579 Samuel Deduno Sat, 29 Dec 2012 04:23:38 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=109019#comment-3869579 Last year, BA had the White Sox’s best prospect as Addison Reed, who was considered a better prospect then than Rondon is now. The Sox were ranked 30th. Can’t see this system being outside the bottom 5

]]> By: Samuel Deduno http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/detroit-tigers-top-15-prospects-2012-13/#comment-3869573 Samuel Deduno Sat, 29 Dec 2012 04:21:51 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=109019#comment-3869573 I see some Henry Rodriguez in Rondon. Despite top of the chart stuff, control/command really are separates.

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