My August prospect power Rankings

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[HawkandMariner88]

How many of those are September callups. DT what do you think of Mr. Boston from Chicago?

[GL_Storm]

My Top Ten:

1) Sloan
2) Anderson
3) Arroyo
4) Celesten
5) Farmelo
6) Montes
7) Becker
8) Stevenson
9) Peters
10) Bautista

[D-train]

How many of those are September callups. DT what do you think of Mr. Boston from Chicago?

LOVE him. Read all my posts from the trade thread.

[D-train]

My Top Ten:

1) Sloan
2) Anderson
3) Arroyo
4) Celesten
5) Farmelo
6) Montes
7) Becker
8) Stevenson
9) Peters
10) Bautista

Very reasonable. I couldn't possibly exclude a catcher with a 1.100+ OPS in AA. But he is only 14th per MLB pipeline right now, likely because he was a 6th round pick so they concur. I space on Ace Reese. Did you or do you not think he is top 10 atm?

[GL_Storm]

My Top Ten:

1) Sloan
2) Anderson
3) Arroyo
4) Celesten
5) Farmelo
6) Montes
7) Becker
8) Stevenson
9) Peters
10) Bautista

Very reasonable. I couldn't possibly exclude a catcher with a 1.100+ OPS in AA. But he is only 14th per MLB pipeline right now, likely because he was a 6th round pick so they concur. I space on Ace Reese. Did you or do you not think he is top 10 atm?

He's probably somewhere in the 7-10 range, but since he hasn't played yet I thought it made more sense to leave him unranked.

[bpj]

I'll be happy when we start seeing some bats come up that don't suck.

Or don't take a year to get going.

Just an endless stream of average bats coming up through our system. And then we still somehow end up seeing more of the Leo Rivas, Buddy Wilson types than any prospects actually making it.

And feels like we've had the same exact top prospect bats for like 5 years in a row. Except Harry Ford that they traded off.

Kelenic and Julio are the last two to come up before Young and Emerson? And Cal I guess.

[D-train]

My Top Ten:

1) Sloan
2) Anderson
3) Arroyo
4) Celesten
5) Farmelo
6) Montes
7) Becker
8) Stevenson
9) Peters
10) Bautista

Very reasonable. I couldn't possibly exclude a catcher with a 1.100+ OPS in AA. But he is only 14th per MLB pipeline right now, likely because he was a 6th round pick so they concur. I space on Ace Reese. Did you or do you not think he is top 10 atm?

He's probably somewhere in the 7-10 range, but since he hasn't played yet I thought it made more sense to leave him unranked.

Yep me too but I did it because I forgot about him but then had that excuse when somebody asked about him...

[D-train]

I'll be happy when we start seeing some bats come up that don't suck.

Or don't take a year to get going.

Just an endless stream of average bats coming up through our system. And then we still somehow end up seeing more of the Leo Rivas, Buddy Wilson types than any prospects actually making it.

And feels like we've had the same exact top prospect bats for like 5 years in a row. Except Harry Ford that they traded off.

Kelenic and Julio are the last two to come up before Young and Emerson? And Cal I guess.

Yep it has been underwhelming to say the least. That is why I am excited about Boston. I don't see how you can put up a .485 OBP and 1.151 OPS in AA and be a bust in the big leagues. Even if you discount it by 400 points he is a Catcher with a .750 OPS which is solid.

[GL_Storm]

I'll be happy when we start seeing some bats come up that don't suck.

Or don't take a year to get going.

Just an endless stream of average bats coming up through our system. And then we still somehow end up seeing more of the Leo Rivas, Buddy Wilson types than any prospects actually making it.

And feels like we've had the same exact top prospect bats for like 5 years in a row. Except Harry Ford that they traded off.

Kelenic and Julio are the last two to come up before Young and Emerson? And Cal I guess.

It's normal for hitters to take time to develop at the major league level, especially now with the quality of pitching and 8 man bullpens. This is one reason I felt like Canzone was worth waiting on.

What worries me more about the Mariners is this tendency to bring guys up before they've had even a full season's exposure to the upper levels of the minors. The difference in pitching quality between A+ and AA is immense. Pitchers at AA have better stuff, more complete arsenals of pitches, better command, and are working with catchers that really understand how to call games.