Comments on: Phillies Sign Garcia

By: Didi

Didi — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:05:11 +0000

Wow, I knew that George Arias was highly regarded by the Angels at one time but for Nevin to be a wasted pick in front of Derek Jeter was suprising.

George Arias — urgh — those terrible times as a Padres fan.

By: Geoff Young

Geoff Young — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:19:35 +0000

I’ve added answers to the bottom of the post. Isn’t it amazing how difficult it is to identify the prospects in retrospect? Who knew that guys like George Arias and Donnie Sadler were so highly regarded at one point…

By: Didi

Didi — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:58:19 +0000

Not Prospects:

Group A: Cameron
Group B: Sadler
Group C: Varitek
Group D: Foulke
Group E: Arias

By: Crank

Crank — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:44:10 +0000

Hmm. I was going to agree with four of those five (all except Arias – I say Rolen). Maybe Schmidt rather than Foulke?

I still have my 1996 Baseball America Top Prospects list at home somewhere, so I should remember this. I know the list featured a picture of Andruw Jones at #1.

By: Geoff Young

Geoff Young — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:32:07 +0000

You’re listing the guys who were not considered prospects, right? If so, you’ve correctly identified “the pretender” in three of the five groups.

By: Transaction Guy

Transaction Guy — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:24:20 +0000

Without looking it up:

Group A:
Cameron
Group B:
Castillo
Group C:
Kendall
Group D:
Foulke
Group E:
Arias