Adopted: Deolis Guerra

[Guest Kong76]

* no parking *

[Guest Edgy DC]

Better.

[Guest Kong76]

My ability to read minds gets a little fuzzy after 75-80 miles ... you're
out of my range.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm glad somebody else has a top-ten prospect besides MFS62.

[MFS62]

I'm glad somebody else has a top-ten prospect besides MFS62.[/quote:2lr316hb]

Are we going to go through this again?

Yes, I do follow the minor leagues closely. But I don't jump on every highly rated prospect. As you said, they have to have something about them that is intruguing to me. I have adopted many of them before they appeared on any top 10 list, many before they were on any list, even a top # 30.

Why did I not adopt Corey Ragsdale, who was a highly touted #2 pick? Because I didn't think his raw "tools" would translate into his becoming a productive ballplayer.

I picked (as it turns out the wrong) Enrique Cruz because I thought he was a one time prodigal son returning to the organization after having been lost in the Rule V Draft. If it had been the same player I thought he was, it would have been an interesting story.

I picked Martinez and Pelfrey before they had played a single minor league game, much less appeared on any top x lists, and they were still a crapshoot. Alay Soler had already appeared on many top X lists before he had appeared in a minor league game, but I didn't adopt him.

And I picked Henry Owens because he had been a Pre-Med student and a catcher before the Mets turned him into a relief pitcher. Yes, he has a fastball in the high 90's, but reliever Matt Lindstrom throws closer to 100 MPH, has been in the organization longer, and has appeared on many top X lists. But I adopted Owens because his story grabbed me.

I thought I had explained this before. Maybe you didn't understand. I am NOT the cherry picker you make me out to be. But if that the way you feel, so be it.

BTW- I don't think this is a Red Light Issue. Just a misunderstanding of my actions.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

I was being encouraging to someone else. Not discouraging to you.

[Guest Kong76]

Uh, I'll have something up on Columbus Day.

[MFS62]

I was being encouraging to someone else. Not discouraging to you.[/quote:8izyq60g]

Then it was my misunderstanding.

Sorry.

And good luck to your kid, KC.

Later

[Guest Kong76]

In keeping with my propensity to get to things later rather than sooner,
I finally started something ...

http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/DGuerra.html

[Guest Kong76]

update

[MFS62]

Uh oh.
We was put on the DL with arm problems.
Don't have any details.

Later

[Guest Kong76]

I was a bad parent to you Deolis, buena suerte con Los Twins.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Out of the top 12 prospects listed in this forum, 5 of them are now Twins property.

Gomez, Guerra, Mulvey, Butera, Martin.