Brown tops Baseball America's list of Phillies prospects
Baseball America released its list of top 10 Phillies prospects on its web site (baseballamerica.com) Monday and gave a flattering review to the team's farm system.
Brown tops Baseball America's list of Phillies prospects
Bob Brookover, Inquirer Baseball Columnist
Baseball America released its list of top 10 Phillies prospects on its web site (baseballamerica.com) Monday and gave a flattering review to the team's farm system.
Domonic Brown topped that list for the second straight year and was followed by Jonathan Singleton, the Lakewood first baseman who is expected to move to the outfield next season, probably at single-A Clearwater.
The remaining names on the BA list with position and their 2010 team: 3. Brody Colvin, P, Lakewood; 4. Jarred Cosart, P, Lakewood; 5. Trevor May, P, Clearwater and Lakewood; 6. Sebastian Valle, C, Lakewood; 7. Jiwan James, OF, Lakewood; 8. Jesse Biddle, P, Gulf Coast League and Williamsport; 9. Domingo Santana, OF, Lakewood and Williamsport; 10. Aaron Altherr, OF, Gulf Coast League and Williamsport.
One scout was quoted by Baseball America as saying the Phillies have more talent at the A-ball level than any team in baseball. A major-league scouting director told BA that it's possible the Phillies will go on "a Braves-like run of division titles." The Phillies' string of N.L. East titles is already at four.
Seven of the 10 players on Baseball America's top prospect list were the same as the top 10 list published by the Inquirer in Sunday's edition.
The three differences in the BA list were James, Santana and Altherr, three outfielders who played at the A-ball level last season. The Inquirer list included pitchers Vance Worley and Justin DeFratus and first baseman Matt Rizzotti.
from worst trade to best signing! 4 aces is a winning hand! RAJ you are an enigma ha ha great day— NoShoes- To CLIFF LEE IS GONE STOP WHINING, How's the shoe taste?— JamesJ
Comment removed.- Many of the prospects are at Lakewood. Few in Allentown. Heavy on the A, light on the AA and AAA.— TheHammer
- spittooncj Dude do your research lol. Greinke has a list of teams that he cannot be traded to. Not a list of teams he can be traded to. And the Phillies are not on the list of teams he can't be traded to. In addition he said in an interview that he would have no problem playing for the Phillies. Of course now it is moot. Unless they can get him for Dominick Brown and flip Greinke and whatever other lesser prospects needed to make the deals happen for Justin Upton. Now that would cement Amaro as a certified genius.— bigfootnells
- jet3to you have to "catch on" with the majors by the time you are 24 or you are a bust lol. 3 keys to the Phillies World Series win weren't in the majors for good by the time they turned 24. Ryan Howard was a few weeks from turning 25 by the time he made his major league debut. Chase Utley didn't make his debut until after he was 24 and was back and forth from the minors until he was 26. Shane Victorino only played 56 games in the majors before he was 26 years. 30 some games in 2003 with the Padres. Minors the entire 2004 and 20 some games in 2005. So obviously that is not the case.— bigfootnells
