Why Mikey Romero could be this years Kristian Campbell

[mvp 78]

5 minutes ago, Larry Cook said:

Will cespedes and Romero join arias on the 100 prospects list by the end of 2025? 
I hope Valera does as well 

Valera is the most likely of the three IMO. 

[moonslav59]

5 minutes ago, Larry Cook said:

Will cespedes and Romero join arias on the 100 prospects list by the end of 2025? 
I hope Valera does as well 

I think someone will.

I wonder how many from Anthony, Campbell and Mayer graduate from the list.

Players who could be in the EOY Top 100:

Arias, Perales, Cespedes, Valera

Maybe Romero,  Bleis, Jh and Jo Garcia.

Longer shots: Early, Tolle, Sandlin, Reyes or Gonzales

[Larry Cook]

On 3/7/2025 at 10:16 AM, moonslav59 said:

I think someone will.

I wonder how many from Anthony, Campbell and Mayer graduate from the list.

Players who could be in the EOY Top 100:

Arias, Perales, Cespedes, Valera

Maybe Romero,  Bleis, Jh and Jo Garcia.

Longer shots: Early, Tolle, Sandlin, Reyes or Gonzales

I finally got to watch early pitch in a game. The stuff looked decent, when he finishes his pitches. 
his stuff looked hittable when he did not finish his pitches. 
I would need to see more to get a better handle on him. 

[mvp 78]

14 hours ago, Larry Cook said:

I finally got to watch early pitch in a game. The stuff looked decent, when he finishes his pitches. 
his stuff looked hittable when he did not finish his pitches. 
I would need to see more to get a better handle on him. 

Early added velo this offseason. It'll be interesting to see if he gets helium this year. He has a good pitch mix and a starter's build, so there's a decent ceiling if he puts it together. He's definitely a guy that is going to pitch in MLB at some point.

[mvp 78]

Also, Juan Valera is now throwing hundos with his 4 seamer. Not sure how many innings he'll throw this season, but his 2028 ETA seems conservative now. 

[Hugh2]

12 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Also, Juan Valera is now throwing hundos with his 4 seamer. Not sure how many innings he'll throw this season, but his 2028 ETA seems conservative now. 

The pitching in the system has taken a massively encouraging step forward this year so far. 

[mvp 78]

10 minutes ago, Hugh2 said:

The pitching in the system has taken a massively encouraging step forward this year so far. 

We used to have a system that had NO starting rotation prospects. Not even guys that profiled as back end 5th starter guys. Now:

Priester

Fitts

Perales

Dobbins

Fitts

Tolle

Sandlin

Early

Valera

This isn't even counting guys with upside like Clarke, Paez, Monegro and Reyes. Definitely the best since 2015. Could argue it's the best since the Lester, Hansen, Buchholz, Bowden, Pauley, Alvarez group from 2006. 

[moonslav59]

This on top of Houck, Bello and Crawford added in recent years. While these 3 might not be great, they are the best 3 homegrowns we've seen in a long time.

Plus these relief guys (some developed in other systems) Whitlock, Slaten, Wink, Kelly, Guerrero and others.