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Burleson @ 4
For me this is due to Burleson’s rapid rise through the minors and the fact he’s almost virtually a major leaguer at this point. I absolutely love Hence’s upside, but he still has a long ways to go to get there and will have chances to move up our prospect voting in the future. This is very likely Burleson’s last year to be in the prospect rankings.
I think 48 hours is good to keep it moving. You can call it early too on runaways as the first couple might be.
51. Romeri – young 18 year old (just turned 18 in June) ’19 draftee with 6 doubles, 3 triples, and 6 home runs in only 138 ABs in rookie ball. The kid is 6’3” 195 lbs with plenty of room to add to some already nice power
52. Connor Thomas – 5th round pick from this year with moderate success of a 3.77 ERA in 43 innings holding his own in Peoria as an age appropriate 21 year old.
53. Yasenka – Another draft pick from this year that just had a lot of success, only downside is he was a little old for his league as a 21 year old in rookie and short season A ball. That being said he had a 1.15 ERA in 47 innings with 49 Ks. Probably will get a chance next year against better competition but I’ll take the results for my last pick in the top 50.
54. Cedeno – Essentially played a full season at Peoria as a 20 year old so still pretty young. Lots of doubles (24) in 366 at bats and hopefully we’ll see him better adjust next year and repeat some of the success we saw in Rookie ball. Needs to get some better plate discipline though.
55. Warner – Older at 25 but lefties with moderate success at AAA always have a shot at contributing to the pen for the big club. I’ll take a flyer this late in the rankings and I always hate leaving guys off lists that eventually make it to the bigs (even if it’s just a cup of coffee).
47. Nogowski – The guy walks more than he strikes out and had a .413 OBP at Memphis this year. Easily could be a bench bat at the major league club next year which isn’t too bad for a prospect this late in the rankings
48. Romeri – young 18 year old (just turned 18 in June) ’19 draftee with 6 doubles, 3 triples, and 6 home runs in only 138 ABs in rookie ball. The kid is 6’3” 195 lbs with plenty of room to add to some already nice power
49. Connor Thomas – 5th round pick from this year with moderate success of a 3.77 ERA in 43 innings holding his own in Peoria as an age appropriate 21 year old.
50. Yasenka – Another draft pick from this year that just had a lot of success, only downside is he was a little old for his league as a 21 year old in rookie and short season A ball. That being said he had a 1.15 ERA in 47 innings with 49 Ks. Probably will get a chance next year against better competition but I’ll take the results for my last pick in the top 50.
43. Schrock – Nice jump in BB rate from a career 6% to 12% this past year which helped with his improvement to a .366 OBP after a poor .296 his first time through AAA. Played this season at 24 so still at a good age for this level.
44. Nogowski – A little older (26) but a really nice slash line in Memphis at .295/.413/.476/.889 with more walks (69) than strikeouts (54), don’t really see that much anymore and his plate discipline has been great throughout his minor league career. Could be a nice off the bench option.
45. Machado – Good numbers in short season ball (.825 OPS) but struggled some moving up to Peoria with a .690 OPS. However at 20 he’s still a year younger than league average so still has time.
46. Brady Whalen – I like the big frame, hasn’t shown much yet and turns 22 in January so hopefully he’ll e able to move on to Palm Beach and start showing some production.
Just wanted to bring this thread back to the top since there hasn’t been any activity for a bit now and I know we were all probably caught up in yesterday’s excitement!
4. Helsey – already a big asset to the MLB club
5. Thompson – 23K to 4BB in his 15 innings of pro ball after 130K to 34BB in 90 innings and a 2.40 ERA playing in the very competitive SEC. Commands 4 pitches and has the chance to move through the minors quickly, already getting action at AA as a 21 year old
6. Torres – long ways to go, but had success at JC as a 19 year old and has the frame to really fill out some power
46. Nogowiski – A little old as a 25 year old at AA but the 1B did slash .309/.392/.463 there and had almost twice as many walks as strikeouts (41:21) to make for an intriguing bat to watch next year.
47. Roel Ramirez – The least touted prospect from the Pham trade but the reliever spun a 2.95 ERA while striking out 70 in 64 innings. Interested to see what he does once the 23 year old AA’er settles into the Cards organization.
48. Morales – This late in the rankings I like to skim through the upper levels to see if there are any relievers that we could see in St. Louis the following season. Easy to forget Morales was once a 2nd round comp pick but he did have a 3.88 ERA in 60 innings at AAA with 69 Ks. The righty has actually done better against lefties the last two seasons, holding them to a sub .200 batting average.
49. Mateo Gil – I’m leaning a lot into pedigree here, both his 3rd round pick status as well as his dad being a former major leaguer. He’s young, just turned 18 in July and the 6’1 180 pounder should have some decent power as he hits the weight room which would be nice for a player Randy Flores mentioned is expected to stick in the middle of the infield.
50. Machado
41. Hurst – Our 2017 3rd rounder hit .312/.389/.447 on the year and really did well after his promotion to Palm Beach. Thought he would have been ranked by now.
42. Nogowiski – A little old as a 25 year old at AA but the 1B did slash .309/.392/.463 there and had almost twice as many walks as strikeouts (41:21) to make for an intriguing bat to watch next year.
43. Roel Ramirez – The least touted prospect from the Pham trade but the reliever spun a 2.95 ERA while striking out 70 in 64 innings. Interested to see what he does once the 23 year old AA’er settles into the Cards organization.
44. Morales – This late in the rankings I like to skim through the upper levels to see if there are any relievers that we could see in St. Louis the following season. Easy to forget Morales was once a 2nd round comp pick but he did have a 3.88 ERA in 60 innings at AAA with 69 Ks. The righty has actually done better against lefties the last two seasons, holding them to a sub .200 batting average.
45. Mateo Gil – I’m leaning a lot into pedigree here, both his 3rd round pick status as well as his dad being a former major leaguer. He’s young, just turned 18 in July and the 6’1 180 pounder should have some decent power as he hits the weight room which would be nice for a player Randy Flores mentioned is expected to stick in the middle of the infield.
