Mike Newman Prospects Chat – 2/22/13
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With the #1 pick in my Dev draft, my choices are J. Baez, C.Correa, B. Buxton. I’m all in on Baez. Thoughts? Is D. Bundy good enough to take with pick #2 or #3?
You are splitting hairs with any of the three. They are ranked about the same. My only preference would be the SS because studs at that position are hardest to find.
Could you please rank Kolton Wong, Brad Miller, Grant Green, Christian Colon in terms of fantasy ceiling & floor?
I ranked the guys in terms of preference in the chat. That’s the best I can do.
Does Max Kepler need one more good season before he arrives on a fantasy radar that can keep players for a max of 4 years?
I answered this one too.
Mike’s chats are my favorite on Fangraphs, but I hope he realizes it’s “Taveras” and not “Tavares” sometime before the guy becomes ROY. Maybe it’s just a fat-finger thing, but he gets it wrong at least once almost every week!
Thanks Buck. Point taken. I’m not always the best with names — Especially in a rapid fire chat format where I’m forced to change on a dime.
Understand, and to be fair, the questioner this week also misspelled it, probably leading you astray. Hope to run into you at a Huntsville Stars game sometime this year –
I had to laugh when you said mentioned Nick Franklin gained 35lbs and seemed to believe that. No is gaining 35 lbs, even 20 lbs, in an offseason unless most of it is fat. And I saw Franklin play last year in AAA, and then got his autograph a few weeks ago at M’s FantasyFest- I’d be surprised if he gained 15 lbs. Regardless, few people seem to think he’ll stick at SS.
mentioned Nick*
No one is gaining*
Why would he lie about that?
Montero breaks the 20-80 scale for speed as well. In a race, Could Hamilton reach home before Montero got to first?
Wow ur hilarious bro
Lot’s of talk about the top tier prospects, but I’d be curious if you have any hunches for the next Taveras. Every time I read something about Gabriel Guerrero (SEA-OF) or Jorge Bonifacio (KC-OF) I smile with delight.
Any insight?
The obvious answer is Albert Almora.
Glad to see more than just myself saying Trevor Bauer is overrated. Agreed completely with the assessment that he’s a quality pitcher probably but far from elite.
Candidate for the whole Cano thing: Javier Baez. G’luck with that, but he should be high up on the list of guys who might pull it off.
AND a Gregorious optimist? Newman is going after my heart.