Bullpen Banter's Top 10 COF Prospects of 2010
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1. Bryce Harper
2. Josh Sale
3. Jaff Decker
4. Oswaldo Arcia
5. Kyle Parker
6. Michael Taylor
7. Yorman Rodriguez
8. Marc Krauss
9. Eric Thames
(T)10. Nick Weglarz
(T)10. Thomas Neal
OSWALDO ARCIA
AS: Arcia is superficially similar to Harper. Power is the calling card here. The difference being that what questions exist about the rest of Harper's game go twice (or more) for Arcia. With the added risk that his approach at the plate is poor. I can see arguments for ranking him higher... and I can see arguments for ranking him lower. He's one of those guys who its very hard to pin down right at this moment in time. I really wish I had even 3 months more of data to go on here. Maybe 100 ABs in another league. I would have been able to take a firmer stand on what exactly we're looking at. As of now you just need to be aware he's a kid with substantial upside.
MH: Oswaldo Arcia is another guy that is going to be carried by his bat. He showed very good power in Rookie Ball, but his other numbers were inflated by an unsustainable BABIP. His plate discipline needs work, as his walk rate much too low. His K rate was fairly high on it's own, but he'll need to get that in check as he moves up the ladder and faces better pitchers. Still, he'll turn 20 early next season and the power is real. There is potential here, he's just quite a few years away from making an impact.
JR: I placed Arcia a few spots lower than this on my list. As Al and Mike noted, the bat is what makes him intriguing, while the rest of the package lags behind. What really surprised me is the love that Arcia got compared to Guillermo Pimentel. I view them as almost identical prospects. Both are international free agents needing significant refinement in their approach to the plate whose bat will have to carry them.
AS: It was my impression when I started working on this that Pimentel is less toosly and even more one dimensional than Arcia. I'm less sure of that at this point, though. I'll definitely do some digging and put some more thought into this for our top 100 list. There probably isn't all that much difference between them, I agree... but then again, from #5 on my list through, say, my 15th ranked corner outfielder I don't see a whole lot of difference.
MARC KRAUSS
MH: Krauss is built like a linebacker and plays defense about as well as you'd expect from a guy that size. His bat is what will carry him(sensing a theme on this list yet?), though he may be better suited to 1B or DH at the MLB level. He has 25 HR pop in his bat and showed decent plate discipline in the Cal League. Next year will be a test for him as moves out of an extremely hitter friendly league and faces better pitching.
JR: Krauss is almost certainly destined for first base, but the amount of prospects who profile best at first base in the Diamondbacks' organization (Goldschmidt, Borchering, Davidson, Wheeler) may mean he gets a longer look in left field. Luckily for him, Krauss continued to show a good bat through his first full professional season. He will have to keep up that kind of production to be of Major League value.
AS: Speaking of one dimensional corner guys... Same as above. Bat promising. Glove not so much.
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