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12-19-2010, 05:12 PM
The list will be out tomorrow but here's a sneak preview.
Third baseman Matt Dominguez will top Baseball America’s Marlins top 10 Marlins list, which the magazine will reveal on its website Monday. The Marlins will give Dominguez a long look this spring and are prepared to give him the starting job. The consensus is Dominguez, 21, would bring the Marlins a much needed stellar glove, but the question is whether he’ll hit enough.
Baseball America Executive Editor and prospect guru Jim Callis is among those who has his doubts.
“We’ve ranked Matt Dominguez as Florida’s top prospect and while he’s a gifted defender at third base, his bat is pretty ordinary,” Callis said. “I know the Marlins are looking for third-base options, but I don’t think Dominguez is ready to hit there yet.”
Dominguez was the Marlins’ 2007 first-round pick. Their last two first-rounders — 1B/OF Christian Yelich (2010) and LHP Chad James (2009) — also are expected to crack the top five. C Kyle Skipworth, the club’s 2008 first-rounder, likely will slip beyond the top five based on the fact he played a second year at low-Class A and still isn’t making enough contact.
“The Marlins system isn’t as strong as it has been recently,” Callis said. “Part of that is because Mike Stanton and Logan Morrison graduated to Florida last year, and it’s hard to replace two studs like that, but part of it is that they really haven’t hit the jackpot with a draft pick since Stanton. Their last few drafts have been nothing special and they’re one of the least-aggressive teams when it comes to paying over-slot bonuses. The one real strength of the system right now is hard-throwing relievers, and that’s not a great sign.”
Among those hard-throwing relievers you might in the top 10: Jhan Marinez, Jose Ceda, Sandy Rosario and Arquimedes Caminero.
Matt Dominguez heads organizational top 10 prospect list (http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_baseball_marlins/2010/12/florida-marlins-matt-dominguez-heads-organizational-top-10-prospect-list.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+marlinsblog+%28Florida+Marlin s+%7C+Sun-Sentinel+Blogs%29)
Third baseman Matt Dominguez will top Baseball America’s Marlins top 10 Marlins list, which the magazine will reveal on its website Monday. The Marlins will give Dominguez a long look this spring and are prepared to give him the starting job. The consensus is Dominguez, 21, would bring the Marlins a much needed stellar glove, but the question is whether he’ll hit enough.
Baseball America Executive Editor and prospect guru Jim Callis is among those who has his doubts.
“We’ve ranked Matt Dominguez as Florida’s top prospect and while he’s a gifted defender at third base, his bat is pretty ordinary,” Callis said. “I know the Marlins are looking for third-base options, but I don’t think Dominguez is ready to hit there yet.”
Dominguez was the Marlins’ 2007 first-round pick. Their last two first-rounders — 1B/OF Christian Yelich (2010) and LHP Chad James (2009) — also are expected to crack the top five. C Kyle Skipworth, the club’s 2008 first-rounder, likely will slip beyond the top five based on the fact he played a second year at low-Class A and still isn’t making enough contact.
“The Marlins system isn’t as strong as it has been recently,” Callis said. “Part of that is because Mike Stanton and Logan Morrison graduated to Florida last year, and it’s hard to replace two studs like that, but part of it is that they really haven’t hit the jackpot with a draft pick since Stanton. Their last few drafts have been nothing special and they’re one of the least-aggressive teams when it comes to paying over-slot bonuses. The one real strength of the system right now is hard-throwing relievers, and that’s not a great sign.”
Among those hard-throwing relievers you might in the top 10: Jhan Marinez, Jose Ceda, Sandy Rosario and Arquimedes Caminero.
Matt Dominguez heads organizational top 10 prospect list (http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_baseball_marlins/2010/12/florida-marlins-matt-dominguez-heads-organizational-top-10-prospect-list.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+marlinsblog+%28Florida+Marlin s+%7C+Sun-Sentinel+Blogs%29)