sickels top 20 cub prospects review - rule 5 prospects

[Radar3454]

review of his preseason top 20

 

http://www.minorleagueball.com/story/2005/11/19/142150/79

 

list of top rule 5 prospects - not by sickels

 

http://www.minorleagueball.com

Edited November 20, 2005 by Radar3454

[ManCrushOnNomar]

both those links are the same

[mg420]

they have blasko & petrik (sp?) listed as lefties when both are rhp.

[NCCubFan]

The Cubs farm system looked great a few years ago, but they have lost momentum.

 

:cry:

[burnt out cubbie fan]

This is the direct link to the top 20.

 

http://www.minorleagueball.com/story/2005/11/19/143917/74

[Proven Veteran]

Not a positive review.

[don_kessinger_was_good]

Downright ugly. Our system is falling apart, and that's why Hendry needs to use what good chips he has RIGHT NOW to obtain ML talent. Sit on Pie and Guzman if you must, and the younger guys are OK for awhile (Gallagher, E-Patterson, Johnson, Marmol, Pawelek is exciting). But the rest, all these AA and AAA guys, ship them out for talent if another team is willing to bite.

 

I agree that it is inexcusable Hendry wasted a 40-man spot on Jose Macias in favor of exposing Brownlie and Sing. The Cubs apparently feel they won't be contributors, and I can appreciate that, but it doesn't change the fact that they MIGHT have value to someone else. So protecting Macias is just a bad bad baseball decision.

 

Hendry really isn't a very good GM when you get right down to it. He's living off of three trades.

[UK1679666180]

The Cubs farm system looked great a few years ago, but they have lost momentum.

 

:cry:

 

They've increased their payroll though. All is well when trying to emulate the Yankees. :pukel:

[Tim]

The Cubs farm system looked great a few years ago, but they have lost momentum.

 

:cry:

 

They've increased their payroll though. All is well when trying to emulate the Yankees. :pukel:

Except for the whole winning thing.

 

BTW, UK, are you as livid as I am about giving up draft picks on top of the millions and the guaranteed roster spots for middle relievers?

[imb]

The Cubs farm system looked great a few years ago, but they have lost momentum.

 

:cry:

 

They've increased their payroll though. All is well when trying to emulate the Yankees. :pukel:

Except for the whole winning thing.

 

BTW, UK, are you as livid as I am about giving up draft picks on top of the millions and the guaranteed roster spots for middle relievers?

 

Who isnt?

[UK1679666180]

The Cubs farm system looked great a few years ago, but they have lost momentum.

 

:cry:

 

They've increased their payroll though. All is well when trying to emulate the Yankees. :pukel:

Except for the whole winning thing.

 

BTW, UK, are you as livid as I am about giving up draft picks on top of the millions and the guaranteed roster spots for middle relievers?

 

I'm not as livid as you as they needed to address the pen, they'll improve the pen. But, overspent in both years and dollars per.

 

I'll be livid if these signings impact their bigger weaknesses.

 

But, losing draft picks always hurts more when your Latin program has gone down the drain and the Pacific Rim scouting was being run by someone looking for greener pastures with no one set-up to take his place.

 

As I always ponder and it would be the 1st question I'd ever ask Hendry, who was the last high ceiling prospect to be signed out of the DR, Pacific Rim, or Venezuela and when was he signed?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

The Cubs farm system looked great a few years ago, but they have lost momentum.

 

:cry:

 

They've increased their payroll though. All is well when trying to emulate the Yankees. :pukel:

Except for the whole winning thing.

 

BTW, UK, are you as livid as I am about giving up draft picks on top of the millions and the guaranteed roster spots for middle relievers?

 

I'm not as livid as you as they needed to address the pen, they'll improve the pen. But, overspent in both years and dollars per.

 

I'll be livid if these signings impact their bigger weaknesses.

 

But, losing draft picks always hurts more when your Latin program has gone down the drain and the Pacific Rim scouting was being run by someone looking for greener pastures with no one set-up to take his place.

 

As I always ponder and it would be the 1st question I'd ever ask Hendry, who was the last high ceiling prospect to be signed out of the DR, Pacific Rim, or Venezuela and when was he signed?

 

Wouldn't it be Pie?

 

And at least the Yanks spend the dough in Latin America and the Pacific Rim.

[UK1679666180]

If the Cubs consider Raul Valdez a high ceiling prospect, they'd be able to fall back to only '04.

 

Personally, signing a 26yo. out of Cuba and sticking him the DSL doesn't cut it for me.

 

The Cubs signed Pie on July 3rd of 2001.

 

Now, it's too unusual to see players progressing that were signed in '00 and '01 as they're still around 20. But, you would've seen a greater impact at Boise, Peoria, and Mesa than you did.

 

Players like Pinto, Guzman, and Cedeno were signed in '99 to give you an idea of progression from Latin America.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

If they consider Valdez a high-ceiling prospect, the team has some major issues.

[SouthSideRyan]

Downright ugly. Our system is falling apart, and that's why Hendry needs to use what good chips he has RIGHT NOW to obtain ML talent. Sit on Pie and Guzman if you must, and the younger guys are OK for awhile (Gallagher, E-Patterson, Johnson, Marmol, Pawelek is exciting). But the rest, all these AA and AAA guys, ship them out for talent if another team is willing to bite.

 

So trade all our middling prospects iwth very little value?

[Laura]

I'll never forget where I was when Kap broke the news that Valdez signed. :)

[TruffleShuffle]

The Cubs farm system looked great a few years ago, but they have lost momentum.

 

:cry:

 

The (major league) Cubs looked great a couple of years ago, but they have lost momentum too.