| @AdamWFoster's 2011 Offseason Prospect Rankings | ||||||||||
| Rk | Player | Pos | Comments | Age | Org | |||||
| 1 | Matt Moore | LHP | He's made huge strides w/ commanding his swing-and-miss stuff | 22.0 | TB | |||||
| 2 | Jordan Lyles | RHP | Put up nearly identical K/BB rate in MLB as AAA; HR% increased | 20.7 | HOU | |||||
| 3 | Alex Cobb | RHP | Outstanding GB pitcher who misses some bats and throws strikes | 23.7 | TB | |||||
| 4 | Julio Teheran | RHP | 4th-youngest AAA pitcher was solid across the board over 144 IP | 20.4 | ATL | |||||
| 5 | Neil Ramirez | RHP | Shoulder injury cut season short but he returned to action in AFL | 22.1 | TEX | |||||
| 6 | Blake Beavan | RHP | Big frame and outstanding command; doesn't miss a lot of bats | 22.5 | SEA | |||||
| 7 | Tom Milone | LHP | Back-to-back 150+ IP seasons with less than 25 BB; gets Ks, too | 24.4 | WAS | |||||
| 8 | Nicholas Struck | RHP | On this list because of his age; not a big strikeout or GB pitcher | 21.7 | CHC | |||||
| 9 | Vance Worley | RHP | Continues to puts up numbers w/ a funky, over-the-top delivery | 23.8 | PHI | |||||
| 10 | Wade Miley | LHP | Quality performance in an AAA hitter's park; slowed in the bigs | 24.6 | ARI | |||||
| Best of the Rest | ||||||||||
| Michael Montgomery | LHP | Topped 150 IP for 1st time; made BB% strides as year progressed | 22.0 | KC | ||||||
| Matt Hoffman | LHP | RP who kept the ball on the ground and showed solid command | 22.6 | DET | ||||||
| Mike Minor | LHP | Big command improvement from '10, but Ks also dropped a lot | 23.5 | ATL | ||||||
| Adam Wilk | LHP | Rarely walks batters but hasn't gotten many Ks in upper minors | 23.6 | DET | ||||||
| Zach McAllister | RHP | Big-bodied command SP finished season w/ decent MLB showing | 23.6 | CLE | ||||||
| Kyle Gibson | RHP | Was scheduled to have Tommy John surgery in September | 23.7 | MIN | ||||||
| Scott Barnes | LHP | Torn ACL in July ended a solid AAA debut for solid minor leaguer | 23.8 | CLE | ||||||
| Sean O'Sullivan | RHP | Not a strikeout pitcher, not a GB pitcher, command isn't elite | 23.8 | KC | ||||||
| Christopher Rusin | CHC | Good BB% and GB% from olderish SP who doesn't K many batters | 24.7 | LHP | ||||||
| Michael Bowden | RHP | Convertion to the bullpen = huge spike in K% in 4th AAA season | 24.8 | BOS | ||||||
| * 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 Triple-A pitcher age in 2011 was approximately 27, with a standard deviation of approximately 3. Players were ranked based simply on deviations from level-average age, strikeout percentage, walk percentage and ground-ball percentage.