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I am repeating myself because you still don't quite get it. Maybe your Cubbie bretheren think that way but no one else does. If every prospect, read the word PROSPECT had to repeat success at higher levels before ever getting pub as a possible future star we wouldn't have any guys on a top 100 list until they were getting ready to hit AAA.

After just one professional season Garcia has hit the top 100 list and Anderson was named by another expert as the fifth best catching prospect in the minors.

Now OF COURSE they have to CONTINUE to succeed as they move up OR they will drop off the list. Your opinion that they have to repeat success prior to be named to a list isn't how it works.

Hopefully this clears up my position and why I disagree with your logic. Note that not every guy named as a top PROSPECT will pan out. You should know this well as the overhyped Cubbie PROSPECTS seem to tend to fail to reach those high asperations more than other teams.

cardfaninfla wrote:Your opinion that they have to repeat success prior to be named to a list isn't how it works.

No, this is not what I said. It's not a matter of repeating the success, it's a matter of having the success at a level where there aren't as many people having similar success(see: the post that I made and then quoted again). And since there's not any time left in the previous season to do that, that's why the word repeat was used.

Sweet Cubbie jabs though, my will has been broken.

Fair enough, but I think Few outlined pretty well that both Anderson (similar numbers, league and age to what Mauer up) and Garcia DID put up numbers that were superior to what the multitude of like level players were putting up.

No, this is not what I said. It's not a matter of repeating the success, it's a matter of having the success at a level where there aren't as many people having similar success

anderson was the only catcher in the midwest league that hit over .300, there was not even another teenage catcher that was a regular in the league. the next youngest guy was your own mark reed who was 20 and he hit .252/.313/.304. show me all of these guys that are having similar success to anderson.

fewgoodcards wrote:

No, this is not what I said. It's not a matter of repeating the success, it's a matter of having the success at a level where there aren't as many people having similar success

anderson was the only catcher in the midwest league that hit over .300, there was not even another teenage catcher that was a regular in the league. the next youngest guy was your own mark reed who was 20 and he hit .252/.313/.304. show me all of these guys that are having similar success to anderson.

That is the point I was making also Few, those guys had better than teh other prospects numbers. I do apologize for the "DUH" comment. I just thought making the staement that guys have to repeat success to stay a prospect is pretty self explainatory. Obviously if a guy hits .350 at high A and then never again even approaches .300 he won't stay a prospect long.

fewgoodcards wrote:

No, this is not what I said. It's not a matter of repeating the success, it's a matter of having the success at a level where there aren't as many people having similar success

anderson was the only catcher in the midwest league that hit over .300, there was not even another teenage catcher that was a regular in the league. the next youngest guy was your own mark reed who was 20 and he hit .252/.313/.304. show me all of these guys that are having similar success to anderson.

In no particular order:

George Kottaras
Miguel Montero
Chris Iannetta
Kurt Suzuki
Jarrod Saltalamacchia
Jeff Clement
Jeff Mathis
Jesus Flores
J.R. Towles

Those are some good thoughts Legynd.