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2011 Positional Review: Pitchers

Found November 15, 2011 on The Southpaw: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Henderson Alvarez,  Kyle Drabek,  Drew Hutchison,  Deck McGuire,  Antonio Osuna,  Chad Jenkins,  Joel Carreno,  Chad Beck,  Alan Farina,  Trystan Magnuson
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Buckle up folks, this is going to be a long one. I thought about doing the relievers as a separate post but that would give you the impression that they are more highly regarded than they are. the truth is the best relief prospect is usually no better than the 15th or so Starter prospect, and most of the best major league relievers were not relievers in the minors. So I'll list them in this post after dedicating the thousands of words necessary to cover the deep SP list.Let me take a moment to note here, as I'll have to do in the Top prospect list, that there are guys who ":feel" like prospects still who have lost their rookie eligibility and so do not qualify. particularly, in this case, Henderson Alvarez (who'd be #1 on this list if he hadn't broken that threshold) and Kyle Drabek (almost impossible to properly rank anyway)1. Drew Hutchison (20) RHP - It's difficult to speak highly enough of Hutch's record as a professional so far. The 15th round...
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