I don't see how he starts in a corner on a good team unless he develops some power. and to have that kind of disclaimer next to your #3 prospect is truly scary.

Incidentally, the Rob Deer comparison for Tyler Greene and the Ray Ray comp. for Daryl Jones have made me like those guys even more than I already did, though I'm not sure how Greene got that high on his list.

By 2010 Alot of the young talent from 05/06 drafts should be ready

Jay - RF
Ramsus - CF
Pujols - 1b
Duncan - LF
Rolen - 3B
Molina - C
Greene - SS
Kennedy - 2B

Carpenter
Reyes
Garcia
Hawksworth
Ottavino

Wainwright
C.Perez
Kinney
Ty. Johnson
Thompson

I am not as informed as the rest of you VEB'ers, but I saw the stats of Trey Hearneat Quad Cities.

12-3 with a 2.25era 106k's and a whip of 1.06 in 128 ip's.

Why isn't he on the list of prospects? Did someting happen to him?

deserved to be higher on the list. 60% groundball rate, struck out nearly 14 per inning, held batters to a .95 WHIP. I know he's a little old for the A ball level.. he's a sidearmer, I could see him becoming a good set up man along the lines of Cla Meredith and Pat Neshek. 61 K/10 BB against righties, holding them to .148 ba.

I was surprised to see Hawksworth so low. Everything I've read says his velocity is fine, if not as good as it was pre-injury. I could understand lower than Garcia but... 7th?

i took a look at Sickels list of our top hitters, and their batted balls types...check it out at my blog. http://futureredbirds.wordpress.com/2006/12/26/a-look-at-batted-balls/

some interesting stuff about why Haerther's numbers were down this year, and that Greene kid showed some real pop for QC