tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post8937430410369107904..comments2024-02-19T07:12:32.248-06:00Comments on Baseball Outsider: The Law listEdward Thomahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10769979703606661737noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-23948353555554472842013-02-06T19:03:27.458-06:002013-02-06T19:03:27.458-06:00One of the reasons Bard and Melotakis were in the ...One of the reasons Bard and Melotakis were in the bullpen has to do with the nature of college baseball. It is a realitively short season with a lot of games piled together, sometimes really piled together because of weather. If you put your best arm or sometimes arms in the bullpen you can get them into as many as 3 games a week with perhaps a total of 6 or 7 innings. If you start them they probably aren't going to get more than that 6 or 7 innings a week anyway.<br /><br />As a bullpen guy, they will probably blow people away at the end of games and you can pick your situations when to use your best arms rather than have them locked into a rotation. Personally, I don't think the Twins have changed their philosphy on drafting so much, as college coaches have changed how they use their best arms.Jim Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-10919318762120442492013-02-06T10:50:34.885-06:002013-02-06T10:50:34.885-06:00"I don't know that anybody else thinks Hi..."I don't know that anybody else thinks Hicks is a better prospect than Arcia"<br /><br />There are plenty of people who think Hicks is a better prospect. He has a plus arm and plus range in center field. Arcia is a corner outfielder. <br /><br />Both have moderate to good power potential. Hicks has a lot more speed. Arcia has been a better hitter so far, but its not clear that he will be a better major league hitter. He needs to be a lot better to make up for the difference in defense and speed. <br /><br />Top 100 prospect lists are problematic at best. Its not even clear how you should evaluate their success 10 years from now. Anthony Swarzak was a Baseball America top 100 guy. Is he a success? Certainly compared to guys like Adam Johnson, JD Durbin and Michael Restovich. <br /><br />Denard Span never made a top 100 list. Neither did Trevor Plouffe. But Joe Benson did. In short, while these lists are entertaining, they aren't very good predictors of the Twins future.TThttp://grannybaseball.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com