Mark your calendars and set your DVR: Tuesday night at 9pm, MLB.com and MLB Network will unveil its Top 50 prospects in baseball. You can watch it on both the network and MLB.com. My guess, Aroldis Chapman and Devin Mesoraco both make it for sure. Tough call on Yonder Alonso and Billy Hamilton (Yorman Rodriguez didn’t make the Outfielders Top 10, so I doubt he makes the Top 50 overall).
Aroldis Chapman shows up on The Hardball Times Top 50 fantasy relievers for 2011 list. His projected ERA is 3.89 with a WHIP of 1.39 and lots of strikeouts.
Things are a little slow on the minor league front, but there are a few major league tidbits I wanted to get into. First being Johnny Cueto’s extension. What do you guys think?
Then there is this fun tidbit, via Redleg Nation, via Lance McAllisters blog:
Thomas C.: I know it’s early, but what does your NL Central projected standings look like at this point: Joe Strauss: Many will lampoon this, but…I like St. Louis and Chicago 1 and 2 (in either order), and Cincinnati and Milwaukee 3 and 4.
His reasoning can be read at the other sites, but do you really need to even go look into it when he picks the Cubs to finish second? I mean if you pick the Reds to finish third, I can see your reasoning even though I disagree, but you better pick the Cardinals and Brewers ahead of them, not the Cubs.