Comments on: BBA AFL Top 20 List http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/11/16/bba-afl-top-20-list/ We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future - FDR Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:31:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: steve http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/11/16/bba-afl-top-20-list/#comment-42487 steve Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:36:30 +0000 http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/11/16/bba-afl-top-20-list/#comment-42487 <p>Hey Brian,</p> <p>thanks for the list. Even as great as this years draft was it goes to show how much work still has to be done on the farm.</p> <p>Are any of our AFL guys going to play winter ball anywhere?</p> <p>thanks,</p> Hey Brian,

thanks for the list. Even as great as this years draft was it goes to show how much work still has to be done on the farm.

Are any of our AFL guys going to play winter ball anywhere?

thanks,

]]> By: Brian Oliver http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/11/16/bba-afl-top-20-list/#comment-42496 Brian Oliver Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:08:15 +0000 http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/11/16/bba-afl-top-20-list/#comment-42496 <p>Steve - I doubt it. I'd imagine they shut them down for the season.</p> Steve - I doubt it. I’d imagine they shut them down for the season.

]]> By: WaNats http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/11/16/bba-afl-top-20-list/#comment-42503 WaNats Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:46:59 +0000 http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/11/16/bba-afl-top-20-list/#comment-42503 <p>Maybin plays in a paltry 9 games out of 35, hits a comparatively anemic .219 and BA awards him Top AFL Prospect? Wow. How irrelevant is BBA, Brian?</p> Maybin plays in a paltry 9 games out of 35, hits a comparatively anemic .219 and BA awards him Top AFL Prospect? Wow. How irrelevant is BBA, Brian?

]]> By: Tofu Dog http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/11/16/bba-afl-top-20-list/#comment-42589 Tofu Dog Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:23:05 +0000 http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/11/16/bba-afl-top-20-list/#comment-42589 <p>Maybin did manage 5 home runs in 20 at bats at the end of the year in '07 at AA Erie, so my guess is they were giving him the same benefit of the doubt the Nationals will give Maxwell. I'd let him play for my major league team any day.</p> <p>It appears to me that rather than Mock and Maxwell, the best two prospects to emerge from the AFL were Kory Casto and Adam Carr. Carr demonstrated better control and a better K/BB ratio--which is what he needs to succeed. Casto's bat came alive in the last weeks of the AFL for the first time in '07. One could hope he has re-discovered the confidence that the Nationals pulled out from under him by yo-yo-ing him during the spring between the big club and AAA. Maxwell looks like someone who belongs in Harrisburg, Mock like someone who belongs in Columbus.</p> Maybin did manage 5 home runs in 20 at bats at the end of the year in ‘07 at AA Erie, so my guess is they were giving him the same benefit of the doubt the Nationals will give Maxwell. I’d let him play for my major league team any day.

It appears to me that rather than Mock and Maxwell, the best two prospects to emerge from the AFL were Kory Casto and Adam Carr. Carr demonstrated better control and a better K/BB ratio–which is what he needs to succeed. Casto’s bat came alive in the last weeks of the AFL for the first time in ‘07. One could hope he has re-discovered the confidence that the Nationals pulled out from under him by yo-yo-ing him during the spring between the big club and AAA. Maxwell looks like someone who belongs in Harrisburg, Mock like someone who belongs in Columbus.

]]> By: JayB http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/11/16/bba-afl-top-20-list/#comment-42618 JayB Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:48:51 +0000 http://farmauthority.dcsportsnet.com/2007/11/16/bba-afl-top-20-list/#comment-42618 <p>Hey Brian,</p> <p>Now that I have paid for my season tickets I thought it would be interesting to just look over the current 40 man roster. How would you rank it against the other MLB teams as far as potential? It sure looks very weak to me (just by gut feeling but it must be in the lower 5th of the MLB if ranked on prospects. Do you see any potential stars other than Zim, Flores and Det?</p> Hey Brian,

Now that I have paid for my season tickets I thought it would be interesting to just look over the current 40 man roster. How would you rank it against the other MLB teams as far as potential? It sure looks very weak to me (just by gut feeling but it must be in the lower 5th of the MLB if ranked on prospects. Do you see any potential stars other than Zim, Flores and Det?

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