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Project Prospect is going to be releasing their Top 100 prospects list is out. The Reds have four top 100 prospects on the list. Yonder Alonso (#15), Aroldis Chapman (#23), Devin Mesoraco (#24) and Yasmani Grandal (#58).
Adam started a chat last night that he will continue again later tonight. He touched on a few Reds questions though. Here is one about Billy Hamilton.
[Comment From RobRob: ]
Billy Hamilton seems to getting a lot of helium – what’s your take?[Adam Foster]
I don’t buy it.Hamilton is older than Wil Myers and has spent the last two years in rookie ball. Does he have tools? Absolutely. Does he still have time to conquer the minors? Certainly. Is there a chance that he never sniffs a starting job in the big leagues? You better believe it.
Hamilton’s 2010 rookie ball numbers are solid across the board. He’s fast and has some pop for a middle infielder.
Realize though that when he was an 18-year-old in rookie ball, he was overmatched. There’s certainly a chance that he struggles with full-season ball, too.
Hamilton has a thin frame and an iffy approach to hitting. He’s a bit of a free-swinger and he’s prone to flailing at pitches. He has some quick-twitch in him. And he’s another fun go to dream on. Realistically, though, he has a pretty low chance of surfacing as even an average big leaguer.
But if you’re mainly in it for upside, he’s someone to follow for sure.
There is also a Yonder Alonso question in there and perhaps something else that I missed. Go give it a read.
Speaking of prospects list, Baseball Prospectus has its Reds Top 11 list up today as well, which also includes a “Nine More”, so essentially a Top 20 Reds prospect list. Inside the top 10, I think that Kevin Goldstein underrates Yonder Alonso a bit, from 11-20, his comment that Brad Boxberger lacks a high ceiling confuses me as well. The complete miss on Dave Sappelt also surprises me.