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skmsw wrote: But I have a hunch he'll hit about .380 in AAA, be in the majors before August, and be a 900-OPS hitter by 2008.

.380?

Yadier Molina has a better chance of hitting 20 HR's in the majors this year than Barton does of hitting .380 in AAA.

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Popeye_Card wrote:

skmsw wrote: But I have a hunch he'll hit about .380 in AAA, be in the majors before August, and be a 900-OPS hitter by 2008.

.380?

Yadier Molina has a better chance of hitting 20 HR's in the majors this year than Barton does of hitting .380 in AAA.

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Part of my point is -- I do not think he will be in AAA for very long. He'll have a blistering couple months and get called up.

But who knows? Maybe they'll BOTH happen!

DiLLaGii wrote:

skmsw wrote: But I have a hunch he'll hit about .380 in AAA, be in the majors before August, and be a 900-OPS hitter by 2008.

Thats a very bold prediction. I dont think its gonna happen. Bring up this thread in 2008.

Well, RC21 did compare him to Loney, and that's about what Loney did in 2006 in AAA. He was actually over .380 until his last few weeks in AAA. Not sure where he ended up.

Colby Rasmus

I'm not as wildly optimistic about Barton's potential as a .900 OPS player as Steve. I'm guessing his walks will always be there, but I'm not banking on 45 doubles and 20 home runs.

Do the A's know yet what position he'll play?

Does anyone remember how high Drew and Ankiel were ranked by BA.
I don't remember. How about Albert?

Pooleydog wrote:Does anyone remember how high Drew and Ankiel were ranked by BA.
I don't remember. How about Albert?

I think Drew and Ankiel both peaked at #1, IIRC.

Pujols I'm fuzzy on, but I think he was in the 20's or 30's after his impressive first/only year in the minors.

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they were all so high man

I thought Ankiel and Drew were 1 and 2 in the spring of 99.

BW23 wrote:I thought Ankiel and Drew were 1 and 2 in the spring of 99.

No it was the spring of 2000. Ankiel was 1 in 99 and 00.

Edit: just looked and it was 99. My bad. Ankiel was by himself in 2000. Check it out:

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/fe ... at100.html