Our buddy Doug over at Reds Minor Leagues is releasing his year-end Top 40 Prospects list. Yesterday, he revealed the bottom five, and today he moves up to #31.
I look forward to seeing the rest of the list. I hope Jay Bruce makes the cut.
With 31-40 revealed already, I would say the chances of Jay making it are slim to none.
I am glad that a lot of these pitching prospects have good, live arms. It seems like, in the past, the Reds had a propensity for finesse, soft-tossers. I’m not saying the latter is necessarily bad, but of course, you do need guys who can beat opponents on pure stuff.
2009 stats: Sarasota 2-1 8 Games 8 Games Started 42.1 IP 4.89 ERA 1.44 WHIP
Carolina 3-2 6 Game 6 Game Started 36 2/3 IP 2.95 ERA 1.09 WHIP
Louisville 2-2 5 Game 5 Game Started 29 IP 2.48 ERA 1.21 WHIP
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My sources tell me that Jay may be in the top 20 somewhere, but they wouldn’t tell me how high up he would be.
With 31-40 revealed already, I would say the chances of Jay making it are slim to none.
I am glad that a lot of these pitching prospects have good, live arms. It seems like, in the past, the Reds had a propensity for finesse, soft-tossers. I’m not saying the latter is necessarily bad, but of course, you do need guys who can beat opponents on pure stuff.