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Wednesday, April 12, 2006
james loney
i left him out of the prospect list. should i have?
Career Batting Statistics for James Loney:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2002 Great Falls Pio 18 La Rk 170 27 18 5 25 .137 .894 .197 .371
2002 Vero Beach FSL 18 La A 67 6 10 0 6 .082 .851 .105 .299
2003 Vero Beach FSL 19 La A 469 44 80 7 34 .086 .829 .105 .276
2004 Jacksonville Sou 20 La AA 397 45 75 4 21 .102 .811 .078 .238
2005 Jacksonville Sou 21 La AA 510 61 87 11 33 .107 .829 .104 .284
the thing is, he's young. i said that back in february. the truth is i left him out of the list because i was sloppy, and i didn't look at the dodgers, part two section as i went through the teams.
but to be that young, and effective at double-a, is to be a prospect. a quality prospect. ba left him out of their top 10, which i think was a mistake. i would have had him around sixth.
they say when a player repeats a level you shouldn't put much stock in his numbers. there's something to that, but a bigger truth is when a player is young for his level and succeeds he's a prospect.
so where would i put him in my top 50? how 'bout 37th, right behind andy laroche. that would move jon papelbon down to 51st, who is obviously having success. ranking these guys gets pretty silly. but it's good to have some kind of idea.
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