#22 Grady Sizemore, #5 Andy Marte

A re-post of Aaron Gleeman's Top 50 prospects from March of 2004.

He, well, made some mistakes. To be fair I know he isn't the only one.

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Also!

Franklin Gutierrez #41.
Michael Aubrey #35.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Mar 16, 2009 9:10 PM EDT reply actions

Pretty good rate of players who not only made it to the bigs but also succeeded.

by DixonCayne on Mar 16, 2009 9:40 PM EDT reply actions

The Braves current third base situation involves Mark DeRosa

Blocked again…DAMN YOU DEROSA

by JRontherim on Mar 16, 2009 9:53 PM EDT reply actions

Derosa, destroying the innocence of our youth.

"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"

by Gradysmanldy on Mar 17, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I think the worst three in the top 20 are #s 4, 5 and 6.

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Mar 17, 2009 12:17 AM EDT reply actions

No, you think?

by afh4 on Mar 17, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions

Well, it’s obvious, but what are the odds?

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Mar 17, 2009 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow, this brings back memories. I remember the Jeremy Reed vs. Grady Sizemore arguments on the prospect sites, it’s amazing how their careers diverged to the extent they did.

Overall though, he was correct on a lot of guys.

by Ryan on Mar 17, 2009 5:20 AM EDT reply actions

Anybody else see parallels between Jeremy Reed circa 2004 and the current day Brantley? Great bat control (no K’s), not much power, can’t quite stay in CF, etc. It is actually pretty eerie. Brantley is not close to being the 4th best prospect in the game.

by oxforddave on Mar 17, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions

And Reed never was. I have no idea what the scouterazzi were thinking.

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

by Jay on Mar 17, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions

When he first started playing pro baseball, Sizemore was talked about mostly as a leadoff hitter. At this point, with his increased power and decreased basestealing abilities, he looks more like a #3 hitter to me.

Now there’s an idea!

Carmona for Cy Young 2009

by danvail on Mar 17, 2009 8:40 AM EDT reply actions

Crazy talk.

Wow, and we thought we beat this topic to death circa 2006-2007. But people were carrying this torch in the minors.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Mar 17, 2009 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions

Boy, Kazmir sure got shortchanged.

by fivekmd on Mar 17, 2009 9:55 AM EDT reply actions

Gleeman pretty much hit a HR with this part of the list (1-25). At a glance it looks like one of the most prescient rankings I’ve ever seen.

by jhon on Mar 17, 2009 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions

yeah I think this is pretty accurate. I just hope Dallas McPherson is good this year. I like him for some reason. But I also liked Todd Van Poppel

by I'd give my legs for Wegz on Mar 17, 2009 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, BP had Marte in the top five. And the BA writers had him anywhere from 4 to 16, and his profile was just gushing. And this was all before his success in the high minors.

I don’t want any more Marte spring-training at bats. Just go down to the minors, spend the next 3-4 months working at it, and then we’ll check in with you.

by dgcambridge on Mar 17, 2009 11:51 AM EDT reply actions