| @AdamWFoster's 2011 Offseason Prospect Rankings | ||||||||||
| Rk | Player | Pos | Comments | Age | Org | |||||
| 1 | Cody Buckel (eBay) |
RHP | Had one of the best K% in MiLB; improved command in 2nd half | 19.0 | TEX | |||||
| 2 | Taijuan Walker (eBay) |
RHP | Youngest pitcher in the low minors; had elite K% as well as GB% | 18.9 | SEA | |||||
| 3 | Drew Hutchison (eBay) |
RHP | Big breakout season; finished in AA & improved as he moved up | 20.9 | TOR | |||||
| 4 | A.J. Cole (eBay) |
RHP | Strong full-season debut for '10 draft pick who signed for $2 mil | 19.5 | WAS | |||||
| 5 | Jameson Taillon (eBay) |
RHP | Walked 2 batters in June and July; K% improved in the 2nd half | 19.6 | PIT | |||||
| 6 | Brooks Pounders (eBay) |
RHP | RP who just made IP min; 2nd oldest on this list; very low BB% | 20.8 | PIT | |||||
| 7 | David Holmberg (eBay) |
LHP | Issued 0 BB in 6-of-9 Low-A starts; carried over his K% to High-A | 20.0 | ARI | |||||
| 8 | Kyle Ryan (eBay) |
LHP | Finished strong after struggling with Ks for parts of the season | 19.8 | DET | |||||
| 9 | Tyler Green (eBay) |
RHP | On here because of his age & GB%; had some troubles with BBs | 19.6 | ARI | |||||
| 10 | Daniel Barnes (eBay) |
RHP | RP & the oldest pitcher on this list; narrowly made IP minimum | 21.7 | TOR | |||||
| Best of the Rest | ||||||||||
| Adys Portillo (eBay) |
RHP | His stuff is more solid than electric but there's some projection | 19.5 | SD | ||||||
| Jesse Biddle (eBay) |
RHP | Walked lots of batters; K% climbed every month from Apr to Jul | 19.6 | PHI | ||||||
| Carlos Perez (eBay) |
RHP | His Ks went down as the season went on while BBs steadily rose | 19.6 | ATL | ||||||
| Robbie Ray (eBay) |
LHP | Went 5+ IP in 9x in 1st half; 4.2 IP or less in every 2nd half start | 19.7 | WAS | ||||||
| Zach Lee (eBay) |
RHP | Flashed a lot of potential; missed time with elbow tightness | 19.8 | LAD | ||||||
| Luke Jackson (eBay) |
RHP | Was plagued by walks all season but he also missed a lot of bats | 19.9 | TEX | ||||||
| Jason Adam (eBay) |
RHP | Hard-thrower threw a lot of strikes; K% tailed off in the 2nd half | 19.9 | KC | ||||||
| Garrett Gould (eBay) |
RHP | Was put on an innings limit in August and finished a little slow | 20.0 | LAD | ||||||
| Zack Von Rosenberg (eBay) |
RHP | Tall, projectable strike thrower Kd many but also gave up 19 HR | 20.8 | PIT | ||||||
| Greg Billo (eBay) |
RHP | Very low walk rate and solid K% from the oldest SP on this list | 21.0 | KC | ||||||
| * Ages are as of July 1, 2011 | ||||||||||
| ** Minimum 50 innings pitched | ||||||||||
Warning: These rankings were created without utilizing scouting information. The list was assembled as a conversation starter/watch list by way of a relatively simple, objective prospect finding system. After weighing in scouting information, our rankings of players will change.
Methodology: Only players who were a deviation below level-average age were considered for the list above. The average Low-A pitcher age in 2011 was approximately 22, with a standard deviation of approximately 1. Players were ranked based simply on deviations from level-average age, strikeout percentage, walk percentage and ground-ball percentage.