Prospect Hot Sheet & Chat

8. Jon Jay
Baseball America


Q: Benny from Miami asks:Did any other Cardinals get consideration, such as Colby? He had a good week, considering.

A: Ben Badler: Colby got some consideration but didn't make it, as you can see. I wrote a little bit about Rasmus today in the blog in Triple-A Dish. I can understand people's frustration with a player struggling who has superstar potential, but this guy has all the tools, he's a 21-year-old in Triple-A and in trying to do it all in Memphis, a tough park for hitters. I talked to a scout who saw him when he was really struggling earlier in the year and he said Rasmus was by far the best player on the field.

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Q: William from Chicago asks:How would you rank these guys, in terms of future MLB success? Cahill, Tillman, McAllister, Hellickson, Volstad, Jaime Garcia, Betances, Bumgarner, and Jarrod Parker...I know, it all depends on health, but what do you think? Thanks.

A: Ben Badler: Off the top of my head, Cahill, Tillman, Volstad, Garcia, Parker, Hellickson, Bumgarner, Betances.

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Q: Lance from Arkansas asks:Where in the world is Jess Todd? I'm guessing if he were a Yankee, he'd be #1? He's not much different from good ole Ian Kennedy.

A: Ben Badler: I'm almost certain we've only had one Yankee on our Hot Sheet all year, and that's been Austin Jackson. The rest of that system has been either largely disappointing (Tabata, your boy Ian Kennedy, Horne, etc.) or one of their many Tommy John survivors. Jesus Montero and Zach McAllister have looked good though. Now that I think about it, we have had way more Cardinals prospects than Yankees prospects on Hot Sheet, but I don't think any of us here ever think about the list that way. Their organizations are irrelevant to me.

Ben Badler: Nobody's forgetting about Todd, which is why he was one of our five helium guys at are two-month checkpoint Hot Sheet last week. This week Todd had one start: 7.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 6 K. So that put him in the mix, but just missing.

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Q: john from denver asks:If you had to predict the Top 5 prospects on next years preseason list,who would you pick?

A: Ben Badler: Maybin, Rasmus, Heyward, Price, McCutchen and Wieters are all in that discussion.

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