Comments on: Oakland Athletics: Top 10 Prospects

By: kdub1988

kdub1988 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:46:27 +0000

Chris Carter sounds more and more like Carlos Pena to me the more I read about him. I just hope they don’t ship him (and one of their top pitching prospects) out if/when he hits a roadblock at the big league level like they did with Pena for a $4 bottle of Champaign and Ted Lilly. I like the A’s, but I feel they over-deal their system. Life would be a whole lot different right now if they had never rented Matt Holliday and Milton Bradley and had stuck with Andre Ethier and Carlos Gonzalez.

By: R M

R M — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:39:30 +0000

I know why the draftees are eliminated, but I”m not sure why them being covered in a different series should affect these lists…. judging by the comments on pretty much every one of these, might I suggest just caving in and adding draftees if you do this series again? I do enjoy the lists though.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:48:00 +0000

Taylor, Carter, Cardenas, and probably Doolittle will all get some time in the bigs this year, but no chance with Peterson and very unlikely Donaldson or Ross do. Once Chavez resumes his spot on the 60-day DL there’s a spot open for on the 40-man for Taylor and if Patterson doesn’t make the team he’s out of options and will have to be traded opening up another spot.

I have doubts Peterson will see the bigs in 2011 even. Good player, excellent numbers considering his age relative to competition, but just too many guys ahead of him. Behind Taylor, Buck, Doolittle, Carter, Brown just in AAA in RF/1B and Barton, Sweeney, Gross, and Cust in the bigs now.

By: Richie Abernathy

Richie Abernathy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:44:09 +0000

Rich, read the comments on fangraphs. They are oftentimes better than the articles themselves.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:56:23 +0000

Thanks Michael and David. I see the italics now; they are easy to miss.

By: David Appelman

David Appelman — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:47:34 +0000

He also says it in every single article right at the top:

FanGraphs’ Top 10 Prospects:
(2009 Draft Picks/International Signees Not Included)

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:59:10 +0000

Rich,

Marc said that we don’t have enough info on 2009 draftees to make judgments for a top 10 list. That was his reasoning.