Part 5: Beyond Speculation

Nothing I’m going to write about now makes any sense. It simply is too early to project what prospects are left in the system.

There are some that will play AAA this year (SP Tobi Stoner, SP Adam Bostick, and 1B/OF Nick Evans), that currently look to project out as possible trade bait, two possible relief pitchers, and a utility player.

In AA, SP Dillon Gee stands out, but I’m not sure which way he is heading, to the pen, to the rotation, or on a plane to a team to be named later. SP’s Mike Antonini and Dylan Owen currently don’t project out as major league starters, SP Jake Ruckle will most probably be converted to a relief pitcher, and C Josh Thole looks to be a back-up at best.

A+ is stocked with young arms, especially relief pitchers, but to start naming people at this point would mean nothing. Expect me to be writing a lot more in the future on SP’s Brant Rustich and Scott Moviel, relievers Jimmy Johnson, Chris Schwinden, Roy Merritt, James Fuller, Stephen Clyne, and Steve Cheney.

Beyond that, it’s all chopped liver.

Yes, I did project out kids like Flores and Marte, but they are the exception of players that currently reside in A ball or below. There’s a bunch of talent down there, especially SP’s Eric Beaulac and Jenrry Meija, but projecting this early would be dumb
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Look how we had projected out kids like Guerra, Humber, Gaby, and Petit.

No, that’s as far as we can go, without taking into account future free agent signings and trades.