Baseball America/WSOX top Minor Lg Pitchers

[soxwon]

i bought the Baseball America 2007 annual
> it has every stat from all MLB and every Minor lg team/player
> each team has a record of their minor lg affiliates and where they finnished
in each league.
> as based on w-l and standings each mlb is ranked from 06 seasons.
> not good news for the wsox they rank 29 out of 30 teams for their minor lgs
> heres the rankings
> 1 san fran
> 2 hous
> 3 nyy
> 4 det
> 5 clev
> 6 minn
> 7 oak
> 8 phil
> 9 ariz
> 10 cubs
> 11 cinc
> 12 sd
> 13 bst
> 14 la d
> 15 sl
> 16 tor
> 17 kc
> 18 mlw
> 19 pitt
> 20 laa
> 21 colo
> 22 tampa
> 23 balt
> 24 nym
> 25 atl
> 26 fla
> 27 sea
> 28 wash
> 29 wsox
> 30 tex

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our top pitchers in the minors
> birmingham
> lance broadway righty 8-8 2.74 154 ip 111 so
> b.j. lamura righty 6-1 1.77 76 92
> ray liotta lefty 3-8 4.93 97 52
> tyler lumsden lefty 9-4 2.69 124 72
> corwin malone lefty 9-11 4.43 124 121
>
> charlotte
> chad benz lefty 4-3 4.46 34 ip 21 so
> jeff farnsworth righty 7-3 4.71 50 40
> charlie haeger righty 14-6 3.07 170 130
> heath phillips lefty 13-5 2.96 155 102
> tim redding righty 12-10 3.40 168-148
>
> winston salem
> wesley whisler lefty 10-7 2.97 118 ip 57 so
> adam russell righty 7-3 2.66 95 61

[UserNameBlank]

Seems a little outdated for 2007...

[QCIASOXFAN]

Anybody look at who is 4, 5 and 6? That stinks.

[caulfield12]

i bought the Baseball America 2007 annual
> it has every stat from all MLB and every Minor lg team/player
> each team has a record of their minor lg affiliates and where they finnished
in each league.
> as based on w-l and standings each mlb is ranked from 06 seasons.
> not good news for the wsox they rank 29 out of 30 teams for their minor lgs
> heres the rankings
> 1 san fran
> 2 hous
> 3 nyy
> 4 det
> 5 clev
> 6 minn
> 7 oak
> 8 phil
> 9 ariz
> 10 cubs
> 11 cinc
> 12 sd
> 13 bst
> 14 la d
> 15 sl
> 16 tor
> 17 kc
> 18 mlw
> 19 pitt
> 20 laa
> 21 colo
> 22 tampa
> 23 balt
> 24 nym
> 25 atl
> 26 fla
> 27 sea
> 28 wash
> 29 wsox
> 30 tex

__________________________________________________ ______
our top pitchers in the minors
> birmingham
> lance broadway righty 8-8 2.74 154 ip 111 so
> b.j. lamura righty 6-1 1.77 76 92
> ray liotta lefty 3-8 4.93 97 52
> tyler lumsden lefty 9-4 2.69 124 72
> corwin malone lefty 9-11 4.43 124 121
>
> charlotte
> chad benz lefty 4-3 4.46 34 ip 21 so
> jeff farnsworth righty 7-3 4.71 50 40
> charlie haeger righty 14-6 3.07 170 130
> heath phillips lefty 13-5 2.96 155 102
> tim redding righty 12-10 3.40 168-148
>
> winston salem
> wesley whisler lefty 10-7 2.97 118 ip 57 so
> adam russell righty 7-3 2.66 95 61


Isn't this just the winning percentage of the minor league teams, not their "rating" in terms of talent or big league potential?

This doesn't bother me in the least, we had a lot of veterans playing at Charlotte, and they had a very good team record, but almost none of the players there were able to contribute to the big league club.

It's nice to develop a winning attitude in players in Rookie and A-ball, especially when they play for a "losing" big league team like the Royals...but wins and losses are nowhere close to "development" in the overall scheme of things.

Relax.

[rdivaldi]

I think we all knew that our farm system was depleted last year and it really did show, especially at the lower levels. But 2007 will be a different story, the rotations at Charlotte and Birmingham are stacked and that should trickle down to the lower levels as some deserving guys will probably be stuck.

[ChiSox14305635]

> tyler lumsden lefty 9-4 2.69 124 72

Uhh, they know that Lumsden's in KC now, right?

Right?

[KyWhiSoxFan]

Last is Texas. And the Sox just traded the guy we thought was supposed to be our No. 5 starter for their best prospect. Hopefully, that list does not mean a thing.

[rdivaldi]

Last is Texas. And the Sox just traded the guy we thought was supposed to be our No. 5 starter for their best prospect. Hopefully, that list does not mean a thing.

That list, if I'm reading correctly, is based on stats and stats only. It in no way judges players on their talent or perceived ceiling. I'm not too concerned considering minor league ballparks come in all shapes and sizes, thus skewing numbers.