Author Topic: Top 10 Discussion thread (Read 7633 times)

Jacksonian · « **on:** January 29, 2007, 11:58:05 am »

We thought we'd encourage top 10 discussion in its own thread again this year. So, please post your top 10 thoughts, questions, and absurdities here. Also, tell us what you like and didn't like and would like to see in next year's top 10.

Duman · « **Reply #1 on:** January 29, 2007, 01:54:47 pm »

Thanks for the good work on the list. I liked the position rankings as well. It helps to get a good picture view of the depth of the system.

Jacksonian · « **Reply #2 on:** January 29, 2007, 02:03:26 pm »

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the depth of the system.

Or lack thereof. And, you're welcome.

Uncle Charlie · « **Reply #10 on:** January 29, 2007, 10:23:58 pm »

Great work guys! Thanks for the hard work.

What are your thoughts on Lincoln Holdzkom? Where would he fit amongst the prospects?

jbm · « **Reply #11 on:** January 29, 2007, 11:16:24 pm »

Impressive. Thanks for the hard work.

The likely staff at Round Rock this year looks pretty promising.

Although I agree that the position prospects look kind of thin, the wealth of legit pitching prospects is a valuable currency. If enough of them progress, they can be converted to position players.

I'm also impressed at how the Astros seem adept at acquiring decent pitchers in the later rounds, especially the last two years. Most will likely falter, but if a few of them make it, that is some excellent value scouting.

coop · « **Reply #14 on:** January 30, 2007, 12:54:48 pm »

Great stuff, you should be lobbying for a job with BA.

What ever happened to Mitch Einertson? Is he even still in the organization? I seem to recall him having a monster year in Rookie ball and then he seemed to fall off the radar screen shortly after.

cutter · « **Reply #17 on:** January 30, 2007, 08:41:00 pm »

Jacksonian, again you have referenced an attitude problem on Towles. Before you get a misconsepition started, please varify your information, check with Bennett or Godfey, I understand that the year end reports turned in by the coaches and trainer in Lexington shines the light of truth on this subject. We must be professional and please the spin doctors....but you could..... Ask yourself why was Lind removed from a managers role in the last year of a 2 year contract and put in a scouting role.... I'm not going there but...you could also ask yourself why they fired him the first time.

More truth ...In 3 years Towles has been out only once... a knee injury from a collision at home plate. He was held out to get him ready for the playoffs and to ensure he would have no lasting reprocusions form that strain. Hell a pitcher gets tendonitis and last year another catcher tears his labrum and its no big deal... what adgenda are you on? There was no mechanical damage just a strained muscle and populis tendon. He's healed and performed well in the off season with no problems.

Those of us outside the lines put a lot of stock in your supposive insite or connections.. are we in error?

Greg D · « **Reply #19 on:** January 30, 2007, 09:19:38 pm »

Agenda? If you've failed to notice, we tend to be fairly strong advocates of the Astros' system and its players around here. Even Towles. Perhaps even especially Towles. Catchers who can both hit and play defense gets our you-know-what hard. No one wants him to succeed more than we do. But if the system does have some weaknesses or we have specific concerns about a particular player, we will mention it.

But since you've raised the topic, let's talk about your agenda. Probably 75% of your posts (at least) have involved Towles in some shape or form. You've been asked if you were a relative or friend and you've denied it. We're rather skeptical about that claim (and may be even more to it than that) but that's neither here nor there. Your every single post about Towles is constantly defending him.

As far as the knees go, here's what even you wrote back in November:

"In the future he will probably stay around 200-205 to keep his speed, quickness and reduce the wear and tear on his knees."

So maybe, just maybe, there is a concern about his knees that even Towles' stauchest defender is willing to acknowledge.

Greg D · « **Reply #20 on:** January 30, 2007, 09:59:53 pm »

As far as creating any type of misconception, we're just a littly bitty 'ol Astros fansite. Why do you give a rat's ass about anything we write about? If the facts are as you seem to imply, that mean old Jack Lind was all to blame and J.R. did nothing wrong in getting his butt suspended, why the organization surely knows the truth of the matter doesn't it? The folks who matter would never think that J.R. couldn't have been even a little bit disgruntled at finding himself back in Lex for a second year in a row and because of that might have said something he shouldn't have. That there might have been other things that went on that led up to that incident? Nah, none of that could've happened. Bennett and the other folks in charge know the reeaaal story. And what we here at OWA have to say or think about the matter means diddly squat.

As far as reshuffling of coaching personnel, happens all the time. The vast majority of Lind's 36 years in professional baseball have been spent either as manager, coach or roving instructor. It seems pretty likely that he mastered long ago the ability to deal with players.

Greg D · « **Reply #22 on:** February 07, 2007, 02:14:30 pm »

If you're so inclined, you can see how our Top Ten matches up with BA's here.

Duman · « **Reply #23 on:** February 07, 2007, 03:12:02 pm »

What do you see as Juan G's chances this spring to make the big club? If not the big club is a at AAA?

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