Top 50 Pitching Prospects of 2006 In Review

[heyelander]

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2011/1/27/1954035/top-50-pitching-prospects-of-2006-in-review

Sickles reviews his Top 50 pitchers list from 2006

Top 50 Pitching Prospects from 2006 in Review

Yesterday we looked at the Top 50 Hitting Prospects from 2006, to see how they looked five years later. Today we'll take a look at the Top 50 pitchers.

[Teenwolf]

Really good read. I used it for the basis of posting on a Jays blog, which I'll copy/paste:

From my count, 20 of 50 pitchers panned out, with 9 great starters (Verlander, Liriano, Cain, Billingsley, Lester, Weaver, Hughes, Danks, Hamels), 8 quality starters (Baker, Pelfrey, Sanchez, Volquez, Garza, Gio Gonzalez, Romero, Davis) and 3 very good closers (Papelbon, Broxton, Jenks)

26 of 50 hitting prospects panned out, with 8 superstars (Zimmerman, Fielder, J. Upton, Braun, Tulowitski, CarGo, McCutchen, and Pedroia), 12 very good players (D. Young, Quentin, S. Drew, Kendrick, Markakis, Barton, Morales, Adam Jones, Butler, Pence, Rasmus, and Willingham) and 8 acceptable starters who could still develop further (Tabata, DeWitt, E. Aybar, Pie, Martin, I. Stewart, C. Young, A. Gordon).

This gives me more hope than I previously had for our stockpiled prospects. Nice to see what Lawrie, Drabek, Stewart, etc, could turn into.

Also, the success rate is higher than I had figured it was, which I find very encouraging, both in cheering for the Jays, and in playing roto.

[Judge Jude]

"Great" doesn't mean what it used to mean, I guess.
Neither does "quality," apparently.
Or "superstar."

[Teenwolf]

"Great" doesn't mean what it used to mean, I guess.
Neither does "quality," apparently.
Or "superstar."

Which players do you take issue with? The only ones I can see that might be over-stated are Phil Hughes, Mike Pelfrey, Justin Upton, and Andrew McCutchen.