| @AdamWFoster's 2011 Offseason Prospect Rankings | ||||||||||
| Rk | Player | Pos | Comments | Age | Org | |||||
| 1 | Robert Erlin | LHP | Only walked 5 in 54.2 IP; K% went from 31% in A+ to 24% in AA | 20.9 | SD | |||||
| 2 | Shelby Miller | RHP | Had 7+ Ks in all but one A+ start; big jump in GB% from A+ to AA | 20.7 | STL | |||||
| 3 | Tyler Skaggs | LHP | Spectacular K%, especially given his age; he kept it up in AA, too | 20.0 | ARI | |||||
| 4 | David Holmberg | LHP | Youngest SP in A+; BB% rose a lot from Low-A; K'd a good amount | 20.0 | ARI | |||||
| 5 | Drew Hutchison | RHP | Owned Low-A, owned High-A, then was dominant in 3 AA starts | 20.9 | TOR | |||||
| 6 | Joseph Wieland | RHP | Acquired, along with Erlin, for Mike Adams; very good command | 21.4 | SD | |||||
| 7 | Aaron Kurcz | RHP | Moved from SP to RP in late June & flourished; a fly-ball pitcher | 20.9 | CHC | |||||
| 8 | Joseph Ortiz | LHP | RP who gets a lot of grounders and has very good command | 20.9 | TEX | |||||
| 9 | Giovanni Soto | LHP | Another SP who was converted to an RP mid-season (June) | 20.1 | CLE | |||||
| 10 | Jairo Heredia | RHP | Hard to find any details on his '11 injury; out from June 28 on | 21.9 | NYY | |||||
| Best of the Rest | ||||||||||
| Chad James | LHP | Showed big improvement in BB% from '10 (12.7%) to '11 (7.8%) | 20.4 | FLA | ||||||
| Matt Lollis | RHP | Taken out of the rotation in early-July; returned to it in late-Aug. | 20.8 | SD | ||||||
| Brody Colvin | RHP | Missed a month after injuring his back in his 1st start; low K% | 20.9 | PHI | ||||||
| Clayton Cook | RHP | Had some stretches with lots of BB; others will good command | 20.9 | CLE | ||||||
| Jonathan Pettibone | RHP | Went 6+ innings in 20 of his 27 starts; low BB%; finshed strong | 21.0 | PHI | ||||||
| Nicholas Bucci | RHP | K% droppped steadily from Apr to Jul before jumping up in Aug | 21.0 | MIL | ||||||
| Jake Odorizzi | RHP | 2008 draft pick was K machine in A+ before slowing down in AA | 21.3 | KC | ||||||
| Allen Webster | RHP | Mike Newman just published report on him with scouting video | 21.4 | LAD | ||||||
| Jake Buchanan | RHP | Studly GB rate (58%) to go along with very low BB and low K% | 21.8 | HOU | ||||||
| Trevor May | RHP | Showed signs of command improvement & missed tons of bats | 21.8 | PHI | ||||||
| * Ages are as of July 1, 2011 | ||||||||||
| ** Minimum 50 innings pitched | ||||||||||
| *** If eligible, Carlos Martinez would have ranked 8th on this list | ||||||||||
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 High-A pitcher age in 2011 was approximately 23, with a standard deviation of approximately 2. Players were ranked based simply on deviations from level-average age, strikeout percentage, walk percentage and ground-ball percentage.