A few notes from Jim Callis' BA chat from yesterday, 01-28-2010:
He thinks Buster Posey should stay at catcher.
Top 5 pitching prospects are Strasburg, Feliz, Matusz, Bumgarner, Drabek.
Callis' personal Top 10: Strasburg, Heyward, Stanton, Montero, Alvarez, Ackley, Feliz, Posey, Matusz, Bumgarner.
Not concerned about Bum's loss of velocity(I wish I could say the same).
We'll see Buster Posey in the majors in June.
All Day Chats today, 01-29-2010:
Jim Callis: Tommy Joseph should start out in Augusta this year. He was a "bit of a steal" for the Giants in round 2.
Not quite as high on Noonan as in the past, but still likes him. Young for leagues. Can be a solid regular.
Zack Wheeler "wasn't too far off" from Top 50. Should be there next year.
JJ Cooper:
Thomas Neal looks to be a "middle of the order guy" in the future.
Giants system would be bottom third without Posey and Bumgarner, but "you can say that about a lot of systems."
Darren Ford is the fastest player in the minor leagues, "90 on a scale of 20-80 if the speedometer went that high."
Sounds more concerned about Bum's velocity than Callis.
From Tim Alderson's comments, it sounds like the Pirates have a much more regimented player development program than the Giants. Unclear whether he thinks that is good or bad.
That's about it so far. Will keep monitoring as the Chats are still in progress.
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