The top of the Pirates prospect rankings is dominated by starting pitchers and outfielders. A trio of each vie for collectively cracking the top five. The three starters have as much upside as any group of triplets in baseball.
Top 5 fantasy prospects
1- Jameson Taillon, SP
Taillon ranks behind Cole on most prospect lists, and usually, I'd go with the crowd. This is a rare instance where I won't. Taillon is a year younger than Cole, and already has 92.2 impressive professional innings under his belt. Taillon paired an elite 9.42 K/9 with an awesome 2.14 BB/9 in Low-A. The Pirates handled him very carefully restricting his innings and pitches per start. Those restrictions should be eased a bit in 2012 as he takes aim at High-A batters.
Taillon has an ace ceiling, and the Pirates have sworn up and down that if they held the top pick in the 2010 amateur draft, they would have selected him over Bryce Harper. The first thing that one will notice just looking at ...
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Fantasy Baseball 365:
PLAYERS:
Bryce Harper,
Gerrit Cole,
Starling Marte,
Andrew McCutchen,
Jose Tabata,
Nate McLouth,
Garrett Jones,
Yamaico Navarro,
Mike Aviles,
Jeff Locke,
Robbie Grossman,
Melky Cabrera
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants
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