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I check the DSL box score's everyday, but refused to include any as prospects prior to playing in NA, ideally even until full season ball. The one exception being Vlad Guerrero Jr., and mostly because this system is so lacking in high ceiling impact talent.

King Kong Bundy Birth name Christopher Alan Pallies Born November 7, 1957 (age*58) Atlantic City, New Jersey Residence Glassboro, New Jersey Professional wrestling career Ring name(s) Big Daddy Bundy Boom Boom Bundy Chris Cannon Chris Canyon Crippler Cannon King Kong Bundy Man Mountain Cannon, Jr[ Billed height 6*ft 4*in (1.93*m) Billed weight 458*lb (208*kg) Billed from Houston, Texas (as Chris Canyon) Atlantic City, New Jersey Nome, Alaska (in World Class) Trained by Larry Sharpe Debut 1981 Retired 2006

Ummm I have only been around here for a year, so I might be missing a joke. He was not black, he was white and he had the best baseball name ever.... CHIP CANNON. I used to sing a version of Bobnoxious "Big Cannons" substituting it with "Chip Cannon"

Hey Ang. I think it's time your cousins nephew or someone else from Latin America/Caribbean sues MLB. The current cap on spending on International Free agents,spending tax and penalty system is most certainly damaging young player from that areas earning potential. You take the Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, etc, out of the ILA market over $300,000 for two years! It kills all the players in those years earning potential. If it wasn't for Tim Locastro and Chase deJong, we would have even had to sit out two years! Two years of not signing over $300K for spending 4 million dollars on ONE player. Things need to change. I liked it when the Jays could spend as much as they wanted and instantly re-stock the farm in one or two signing periods. Good to see what you have to offer to things Boxy! That's vintage Bundy. Everyone who contributes to this thread loves Bundy!

Bring's the phrase to mind "Couldn't hit water, if he fell off a boat"

I had Hollon at 9, I did not include Mitch Nay or DSJ. My 16-20 were Mitch Nay, Dwight Smith Jr., Roemon Fields, Jose Espada, Shane Dawson.

I had Pentecost at 7 and if I had read this I would have moved him down. I did not rank Yorman Rodriguez, though I probably should have.

^This would be the correct, non sarcastic answer, though my guess is that only 2-3 of the first four spend much time in Buffalo.

Well obviously the Jays have to offer him much under market if he's looking for 1.5 million. Thanks to signing Vlad Guerrero Jr., we can't offer anybody in the 2016 class over $300,000. This is not the decision of the FO, this is MLB penalty to previous FO for spending above allowed amount in 2015 IFA.

I hear the Bisons have a mascot that's entertaining.

Orioles... http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/baltimore-orioles-top-10-prospects/

http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/baltimore-orioles-top-10-prospects/ Well at least it doesn't look like this.

Perhaps, and I would love to see an all Kennesaw State battery in Lansing this year! Pitching 5.1 innings of pro ball as a 7th round pick,makes it tough to gain any prospect hype.

Most of these guys aren't really propsects. That could change with a couple, but for the most part they are org depth.

I think there is a definite chance both Girodo and Fields contribute this coming season or next. Probably the highest probability out of any of the prospects. The only prospect I had on here in my top 15 was McBroom. For some reason I think he will just continue to hit. I have no real reason for this, other than my often wrong gut telling me.

If we posted one a day...than that would take 27 days to finish. By all accounts my math tells me that it is not 27 days until this Friday. Come on Thomas I voted you ROY based on being an up and comer learning the ins and outs of Sabermetrics. Your math skills have given me pause and concern. I'm not opposed to say releasing the 12 from 15-27 today, than doing one a day from 14 down to 1. That way we could have a day to discuss each of the top prospects for a day. Or even release two or three a day, so its out by Friday.

I read this as a back handed compliment to Dinger. "I think NJH is funnier, but I didn't want to give him two awards, so Dinger you get the table scraps".

As Grant noted, there are 27 players that ended up being on the list. The Blue Jays Baseball America list comes out this Friday. If he releases list today, we can discuss all week, and than see what the "experts" said and how it compared.

You're dumn...trying to work on a troll award for 2016...nope I can't do it. I apologize Boxy for calling you dumn.

I'll admit I liked the idea of Maeda, when the talk was 80 million (including posting fee). 120 million is just too much, IMO.

That is to assume that how WAR is calculated and value assigned to it, is absolutely correct. I'm not saying it's not, I just would say at this point its an evolving model. You are correct about Scherzer and the value he provided I might add.

You both make good points. I just think with the atrophy of pitchers, tying large money in them is not ideal.

And if that happens that means they spent 60 million to one pitcher over two years, and did not make the playoffs. (Assuming Scherzer at 0 WAR means Nats don't make playoffs) And the size of his contract and the need to pay Harper likely is part of the reason Jordan Zimmerman, Ian Desmond and quite possibly Stephen Strausberg are not able to be re-signed. I'm going to say the Washington Nationals make the playoff's more times prior to Scherzer being signed. Than over the course of his 7 year contract.

You are at least correct on this. My guess is we reach a 20-30 year low. You do understand that OPEC is going to pump oil until every non-conventional oil play,etc, is not able to produce. They see the world is trying to get off its "oil addiction" and they are certainly going to control that market until they do. I talked to a realtor from Calgary, who told me the number of wells Alberta will be using in 2016, is the same number that were producing in 1983. How long do you think hedging is good for? The dollar is not coming back up any time soon, not while oil is $35. The Canadian economy is hedged on resources. I don't know how you think exchange rate is not going to matter. Part of the revenue stream has been cut by 10-15 percent. Salary expenses are still coming out in US dollars. All the revenue that comes in from tickets, Canadian Advertising, etc, moving forward is in CAD. You can't expect us to sign Maeda, or another free agent pitcher if you want, its very unlikely to happen. As has been pointed out, Maeda is far from a sure thing. Huge amounts of money in large long term pitching contracts, is not a good model for Major League success. How many playoff wins did we get out of Mark Buehrle's contract. How many playoff wins has LAD got out of Kershaw/Greinke's contracts over last 3 years? How many playoff wins did Washington get from Max Scherzer last year.

Of course, doesn't a complete lack of patience and a large amount of selfishness make you a fantastic lover...Your mom says I'm a great lover.