Well, Baseball America updated...

[BradZ]

Philly moves up a bit to 8th overall with 7 position players and 2 pitchers now on the list. We're lead by the 2nd ranked position player (8th overall) CF Tom Swanson. Two other position players can be added as case studies for whether or not very raw players can develop after struggling for several seasons at A Ball: 2B Shane Like (68) and 3B William Petrie (73). Both players jump on the list due to their potential (this is Like's 2nd time to jump on the list), but both will probably quickly fall off as they struggle against more advanced competition in A Ball again.

Like (20 years old) will be starting his 3rd year at A Ball this season after accumulating a dreadful .150 | .212. | .186 | .398 slash line in 633 A Ball AB's so far. Petrie (19 years old) was a '95 draft choice, so he's only just begun his early career struggle process, but was just as inept: .109 | .112 | .122 | .234 in his first taste of Pro ball. Good luck gentlemen, you're going to need it.

Surprisingly two pitchers make their debut on the list: SP Ed McGuire (90) and SP Alejandro Ramirez (99). Both project to be #4-5 type starters and we honestly never really expected to see either on this list so we're happy to see them get a little recognition, even if both did just barely make the list.

[Lintyfresh85]

California drops from #3 to #7 overall.

Marshburn dropped from #2 to #9 overall and Pillsbury went from not rated when he was drafted... to Top 60 as late as last week... to back to being unrated this sim.

In good news, though he hasn't even hit .200 yet in his two year career, Zimmerman makes his debut at #91 on the prospect list.

#9 - OF - Sonny Marshburn (BLB)
#24 - SP - Doug Bates (AAA)
#28 - SP - D.J. Bright (AA)
#47 - 1B/3B - Joey Kelch (A)
#79 - OF - Zuo-qian Zhang (AAA)
#84 - SP - Shawn Lawson (AA)
#87 - SP - Jeremiah Washington (AA)
#91 - C - William Zimmerman (A)

[liquidcrash]

I don't usually talk too much about my prospects, but since others have done it, here's a quick rundown of where the Carolina players are at:

4. SP Jonathon Burns
11. LF Jerry Brown
22. SP Marlon Huffman
55. RF Tyler Quinn
59. SS Pat Wallace
67. SP Tyler Christensen
72. SP Jin-Soo Baik

Recently traded SP Vern Campbell is in at #98.

So, only 7 current Tobs prospects on the list. I think Burns will start the season at AA and Brown will get there sometime during the season. Huffman went 16-2 with a 2.59 ERA at AA last season. They are the stars of the system at the moment (and can all be yours, if the price is right).

#3 overall isn't a bad showing considering how many of my top guys have come off the list. I think at this time last season I still had Hamilton, Deleon and Aparicio on there.

[Carlos]

My only top 100 dropped making it very possible I'll need to reevaluate his ability to play everyday CF.


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[Dave]

B) Value is subjective. No value to me.

Based on some of the conversations we've had, LOL at this response. It sounds like a similar concept to the one I tried to explain to you whereby your players, subjectively, are not worth as much when they're not playing on your team.

[Clay]

Based on some of the conversations we've had, LOL at this response. It sounds like a similar concept to the one I tried to explain to you whereby your players, subjectively, are not worth as much when they're not playing on your team.

You misinterpreting my statement to fit your argument (insert my shocked face). Everyone values players differently bases on their makeup.

I got offered a Top 25 pitching prospect... But he is fragile. To me, his value is not as high as maybe another guy with inferior ratings who is not fragile.

I favor control and GB% over Stuff and Stamina.

Again, these are all my take. My opinion.

What I said to you that has you LOL'n is that I will not alter my value of MY players based on the fact that they may not play as well on an inferior team. Nor should I. Nor should anyone else.

If you're giving me $100 in services, should you pay you less because you're going to the Dollar Store to spend it?

[BradZ]

Philly draft picks to hit the Top 100:


1.11 OF Jonathon Robles - 9
1.13 SP Nelson Reyes - 31
1.19 SP Travis Walden - 40
1.20 1B Fuji Yamamoto - 99
2.13 SP Tom Downs - 88

[Jistic]

We had our first 3.

#8 Edgar Mejia
#20 Tom 'Demo' Oshman
#41 Damien Williams.


That gives us 5 SP's in the top 100 with 3 in the top 20. Next year, we draft hitters.

[funclown]

That gives us 5 SP's in the top 100 with 3 in the top 20. Next year, we draft hitters.

No matter what? Even if Satan himself if available next season to pitch?

[Delandis]

Looks like we moved up to the #2 system.

Bornstein (CF) one week in Annapolis (AAA):

10/33, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 3 BB and he already thinks he should be in the majors.

He might be right.

[Jistic]

Don't get to say this often but, we're #1.

[Clay]

Don't get to say this often but, we're #1.

You'll always be #2 to me.

[liquidcrash]

I'm still not used to having to look down at all to find our name.

[Delandis]

Dave Allende, 1B, just cracked the Top 100.

That gives us eight players in the Top 100 with 3 batters and 5 pitchers. I'd expect at least one more guy, Jimmy Esterson, to hit it by next year.

[Delandis]

For the first time ever, we have the #1 minor league system in the BLB!!!


Hopefully we can leave OOTP 11 with the league's best minor league system because in 12, they cut people off the list after 45 days of BLB action. That means, Vleugel, Coates, and probably Bornstein, will all fall off the list and we will plummet back down to our normal mid-league status.