No sooner had I finished the last post about the Padres changes, that I went to www.baseballamerica.com and read this article about the Padres situation and former Silver Hawks pitcher Jarrod Parker.
The first question asks about how far Parker would drop in the prospect rankings with Tommy John surgery scheduled for this week (not very far, according to BA).
The second question addresses the Padres situation, and what Hoyer takes over. Baseball America is not as kind to the Padres farm system as I was in the previous post. While I agree with BA that the major league team stinks, and there's not a ton of talent in the upper levels of the minors, I think they are selling the low level talent short. They admit that they were off when they ranked the Padres farm system 29th of the 30 teams, but they don't seem to give a lot of credit to the young players who had great seasons at the A-level this season.
Click the link above and read it all.
Agreed on both counts. Simon Castro is arguably one of the top dozen pitching prospects in the game. Jaff Decker and Donovan Tate probably both rank among the top 25 for position players. Kevin Kozmanoff and Chase Headley still have time to become good players at the major league level.
ReplyDeleteParker should be fine. Many Tommy John pitchers actually come out of the surgery stronger than before. One interesting fallout is that this probably gives the Parker brothers a better chance of making their major league debuts around the same time.