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The @Cardinals' Alex Reyes leads our list of the top prospects in the Florida State League. http://bba.am/3G3AhP
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Pretty sweet.

I thought I also read tonight that Luke Weaver was in the top 20, rated #17.

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Yes - Weaver was 17. The Cards pitching is pretty deep. Reyes, Weaver, Flaherty, Gomber, Helsley .. that is why Kaminsky was expendable.

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am i crazy or does he kinda look like wong there...at least the smile

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Baseball America wrote:Reyes has garnered buzz since moving from New Jersey to the Dominican Republic and signing in December 2012 for $950,000. He's lived up to the hype thus far when healthy, dominating the FSL to earn comparisons such as Dellin Betances and Dwight Gooden for his deadly stuff. Reyes' fastball sat at 96-97 for the duration of most of his Palm Beach outings, and he regularly reached 100 mph and topped out at 102.

Reyes backed that up with a power 12-6 curveball with tight spin, as well as a changeup that scrapes 90 mph and has solid action. His stuff is so good that he struggles to command it - he walked 4.4 per nine innings - despite a fairly clean delivery and minimal effort. Two scouts and multiple managers said they didn't see a red flag that should preclude Reyes from throwing strikes in the future.

"He's had some command issues, but barring injury he's going to be a superstar," said Bradenton's Mike Ryan, whose big league career ended in 2010. "I know I never faced a starter with that kind of stuff".

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jim wrote:Yes - Weaver was 17. The Cards pitching is pretty deep. Reyes, Weaver, Flaherty, Gomber, Helsley .. that is why Kaminsky was expendable.
Exactly.

Also, jim: please come back to us and post more!

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I am so excited to see Alex in StL. I don't think enough people realize just how speacial what he did this year was. I've been looking for comps this morning in terms of K% at A+ and AA. I've looked at Sale, Harvey, Syndergaard, Degrom, Kershaw, Cole, Fernandez. None of those guys come close to matching Reyes K%.

I hope some of his starts in the ARizona Fall League are televised because I will be glued if they are.

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I gotta go to his next game.

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Reyes has appeared in 2G with 7.2IP, 5H/1R/1ER/4BB/9K's.

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