MLB Fanhouse Top 100 Prospects

Ex-Ranger's scout Frankie Piliere put together this list. I'll save you the trouble of searching for the Tigers' prospects:

Austin Jackson (#25)
Andy Oliver (#47)
Daniel Schlereth (#78)
Casey Crosby (#82)
Jacob Turner (#90)

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How is Andy Oliver — who has questions on whether he can stay in the rotation — be way ahead of Turner? And Daniel Schlereth, who is a reliever, is 78? I wouldn’t ever rank a reliever in the top 100. Ever.

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by Mike Rogers on Jan 25, 2010 4:55 PM EST reply actions

My answer to that would be that these lists are pointless and everyone’s just guessing. Because you’re totally right.

by crwi on Jan 25, 2010 6:00 PM EST up reply actions

can I give you a +1?

I like real information about prospects. Rankings strike me as so pointless.

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by Kurt Mensching on Jan 25, 2010 7:36 PM EST up reply actions

For those of us who enjoy lists of any kind,

rankings are kind of fun (if for no other reason than to expound on how ridiculous the list is). But yeah, totally pointless guesswork that will probably just look silly in a couple of years.

by Dberg on Jan 25, 2010 8:51 PM EST up reply actions

They're fun

Not necessarily the gold standard though.

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by David Tokarz on Jan 26, 2010 11:49 AM EST up reply actions

Oh I agree, I don’t like rankings. I guess in thinking about it I can understand Turner way behind Oliver — Oliver’s a much surer bet (if there is such a thing when it comes to pitching prospects) to be in the majors where as Turner’s still not even a year removed from high school graduation.

Still, ranking Schlereth in there … I don’t know.

I prefer a tiered-method, though.

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by Mike Rogers on Jan 25, 2010 8:00 PM EST up reply actions

It's Just One Guy's Rankings

Somebody named Frankie Piliere, who apparently has been a scout, and says he’s ranking them based on his years of experience—doesn’t sound like the type to put a lot of stock in those new-fangled statistics things. Nevertheless, he doesn’t say enough about his basis for these rankings to be taken very seriously—what, has he seen eveyone on the list play? Is it all subjective? Note that he seems to be oblivious to Oliver’s problems, or to Austin Jackson’s.

by rea on Jan 25, 2010 10:10 PM EST reply actions

Frankie is some-what forward thinking when it comes to the stats sides of things. He ran Saber Scouting with Kiley McDaniel. I mean, he’s not running linear regressions on prospects or anything, but he knows and acknowledges it.

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by Mike Rogers on Jan 26, 2010 1:50 AM EST up reply actions

And Another Thing . . .

. . . why doesn’t Sizemore, virtually assured a starting job in the majors next year, never get any respect in these lists?

by rea on Jan 25, 2010 10:19 PM EST reply actions

Because “scouts”/ the-crazy-list-makers are more obsessed with upside and “talent” than everday major league guys (aka “Average”).
It’s really disappointing that Sizemore (an all-around average guy, and projected to be an average, sure-thing major leaguer) doesn’t ever get listed but high schoolers who have never thrown a professional pitch get ranked. Hmmm…

by DetroitTigersGeek on Jan 25, 2010 11:43 PM EST via mobile up reply actions