Comments on: Who are Top Prospects from the Cape’s 2007 Season?

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Prospect Profile: Jeremy Bleich | River Avenue Blues — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:01:02 +0000

[...] won only 15 of their 44 games. Despite his success, Bleich was named only the 29th best prospect in the league by Baseball [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:36:28 +0000

Buster Posey. NCAA player of the year… where was he on the cod list?

By: CodBall Conversation: Cape MVP Conor Gillaspie (Wichita State & Falmouth Commodores) : CodBall: Unofficial Blog of the Cape Cod Baseball League

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:51:42 +0000

[...] Who are Top Prospects from the Cape’s 2007 Season? [...]

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:20:32 +0000

Adding on to my comment above, Bryan Smith over at Baseball Prospectus now has added a top 5 freshman list from the Cape. He also has a list he calls the “Next 10.) This is basically a list of top pro prospects for the 2009 draft.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=517

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:57:51 +0000

If you don’t like Baseball America’s list of top pro prospects, perhaps you would prefer that of Baseball Prospectus. Bryan Smith of BP has posted a two-part list of their top pro prospects. Yonder Alonso is ranked #1 and Crow is ranked #4, which may please CapePhan.

I am a real fan of both Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus. I tend to lean a little toward the BP analysis on this one.

Both are subscriptions, but here is the BP prospects list in case you are interested.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=6638

By: CapeMan

CapeMan — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:34:47 +0000

I think we have to understand that that Aaron Fitt ranked the top “prospects” and not the “All League Team”. Robert Stock had a so-so season and perhaps gets more notarity than most others because of his age and early success but he simply projects as a big-league catcher and is considered among scouts as perhaps the best catcher on the Cape.

As far as the “goal of the season” on the Cape….Listen to the interviews on the Gatemen website with Head Coach Cooper Farris and GM John Wylde. They touch on this question in two different segments. Go over to the link I provided below and then click on these two segments:

1. “Do they leave better ballplayers?”

2. “That is that this is all about.”

http://www.gatemen.org/gatemenaudiovideo.shtml

By: CapePhan

CapePhan — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:45:54 +0000

Do you really think Crow is the best in the league…Ynoder Alonso is by FAR the best pro-prospect. No question – a completely pur hitter to all fields and for power to all fields…You watch…he’s got a huge future…

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:35:15 +0000

Andrew, to your point on Kevin Hoef, he absolutely tore up the playoffs — leading in BA, OBP, and other categories.

http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/baseball/cape/88dailyp.txt

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:28:37 +0000

Fred Frank (interesting baseball name, see below) raises a thoughtful and provocative question. What is the ultimate goal of a season on the Cape? Is it for players to get noticed or to win a championship. I suspect players and parents answer that a little differently than organizational front offices.

Fred Frank was the name of an 1800s baseball player for the Cleveland Spiders. You are either a true fan of the game, a relative or just a coincidence.

By: will

will — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:37:37 +0000

Missouri’s athletic site reprinted the full list, with scouting reports for each player.

http://mutigers.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/083007aae.html

It’s always weird to see a guy like Brandon Crawford, who hit .189, on the list, but that goes to show that stats mean less to scouts than they do to fans. Scouts still see the tools, even if the production isn’t there.

Corey Brown hit .192 for Chatham last year and was a first-round pick.