1st Annual RKL Organizational Rankings

I have an incredible amount of time on my hands at certain parts of the year,

February happens to be one of those times. Since the Hoods have been somewhat
pleasant this semester, I find that time to be even more plentiful. I started this
project by just looking over prospects as I usually do via Baseball Americas website.
Today I noticed where they have their annual prospects ranks in a tidy nice little
printout without all the other stuff such as projected 2015 lineups, which has best
curveball, power hitter, etc etc. I jumped at that printout and threw out the other
27 teams that I had already printed out last week. So here I was going through
everyones roster scratching those prospects that are already on one of our 12
owners teams when I was hit with this incredible idea. Once again, since I have
incredible amount of time on my hands at school I decided to come up with our own
RKL Minor League Organizational Rankings. A simple matrix was used. Based off
Baseball America rankings of each teams top 10 prospects I gave each owner a
TOTAL SCORE of all their Minor Leaguers currently on their roster.

Scoring was done based on the following: If Prospect Tony Bigbat was ranked #1 for
the Baltimore Orioles then Tony would receive 10 points. The matrix worked all the
way down from 10-1 representing 1st overall to 10th overall receiving just 1 point. If
you are carrying a guy who wasnt listed, I thought about giving negative points, but
instead just went with a simple 0. Without further ado, I unveil RKL 1 st ever
ORGANIZATIONAL RANKINGS FOR 2012.

1. Pawtucket Red Sox: 95 POINTS: Wow is all you can say about the incredible
amount of talent that GM Roy has acquired and HELD onto over the years. Led by 6
different guys who are ranked #1 by Baseball America, Pawtucket has a strangle
hold on the whos who of baseballs up and comers. Highlighted of course by Mr.
Bryce Harper, he follows that up with Matt Moore, who is regarded as the #1
pitching prospects in baseball as well. Julio Tehran, John Singleton, Travis dArnoud,
and Michael Sanu round out his #1 spots. Add in a Martin Perez, Manny Machado,
and Tyler Skaggs, plus guys that are not eligible anymore like Dustin Ackley and
Desmond Jennings then you have yourself a very very Scary team to contend with
from here to the 2015 reset!!!

2. Montgomery Biscuits: 105 Points: First of all let me say his 105 points were
incredibly bolstered with moves he has made the last week or so. He raised his
status from 50 points to 105 points by acquiring the following prospects in trade:
Drew Pomeranz, Zach Lee, and Devin Morasco (all 10 pointers) Brad Peacock (9
pointer) and Ryan Lavarnaway. He adds Brett Jackson (cubs #1 but not too strong)
Gary Brown and Jameson Taillon to his overall strong Minor League system. Adding
to the mix late was Eddie Rosario and Tim Wheeler, the Biscuits love their
Wheelers!!! But who knows how long these cats stay with the Biscuits, as our
resident used car salesman will most likely continue to be a moving and a shaking
throughout 2012 and beyond. As you can see Monty is rocking a huge score of 105
points, but for these rankings he remains in the solid 2 spot. Technically he has
more points than GM Roy, but will remain in this spot because quite honestly,
Pawtuckets are mostly Homegrown, and we all know HOMEGROWN is much better
then commercial!!!

3. Lowell Spinners: 71 Points: Captain Consistency is the only way to explain

GM Desberg teams over the years. He refuses to sell off the farm for instant
gratification, but yet is willing and eager to make trades that improve his team for
both present and future. This is indicated by his strong score of 71 of mostly
homegrown talents and some guys that are still a year or 2 away from making
Baseball Americas rankings. I counted up 12 guys that were minor league eligible
on his squad with two guys receiving 0s which means in 2 years they could be 10s,
Denis Raben and Guillermo Pimental. Leading the way with names you will know,
Mike Montgomery who is KC #1 ranked prospect in an organization that is crazy
deep with young talent. Trevor May was a 10 pointer and Tajuan Walker received 9
points and Oscar (dont call me Willie) Taveras and Rymer Lirano round out some of
his quality prospects. Of course he has some Boston Red Sox players stashed away
for a dreary day.

4. Ft. Myers Miracle: 63 Points: Ft. Myers has a nice crop of Minor Leaguers to
go along with his ENORMOUS amount of picks in the upcoming 2012 RKL draft.
Being in Florida, it surprises me he isnt getting the most bang out of his buck with
those MIAMI MARLINS, but he does have a love for some Yankees. Manny Banuelas
and Jacob Turner lead the way with a nice 1-2 punch of future starting pitchers at
the MLB level. Another highly rated Yankee is on his roster Dellin Betances who
rocks 9 points for GM Welty. Jean Segura and Billy Hamilton along with Wil Myers
round out his notable players, but his money will be made in the draft and that is a
fact jack since he set an all time new record of aborting a team last year with his
April fire sale.

5. Memphis Redbirds: 57 Points: GM Beltz is one of the owners who have gone
the route of selling off future for win now, rebuild, and go after again. Two years
removed from the $$ of 2010, GM Beltz is rocking a solid mix of talent within his
minor league system. Led by an once own by WSW, Shelby Miller, the Cardinals #1
prospect, he got a generous 10 point bump from Mike Trout, another former
Winston Salem employee, but my feeling will be that Trout will not be on the
Baseball Americas list after this year. Yonder Alonso also provides a 10 spot for the
Redbirds, while James Paxton represents Seattle #4 best prospect. Somehow,
someway, JOSH VITTERS is still being ranked by Baseball America and secured the 1
pointer for the Birds.

6. Brooklyn Cyclones: 48 points: Our most famous (I use that term very
loosely) owner GM Norof is right in the middle of the pack with his team. His squad
could have been ranked ahead of Memphis if it wasnt for the trade of Devin
Mesoraco to Monty. He has some nice 2nd and 3rd tier guys such as Anthony Gose of
Toronto, Randall Delgado of Braves, and Nick Franklin of Seattle. His top prospect
easily though is Northeast Indiana own, Jarred Parker, who was traded to Oakland in
the off season. I know personally how much love GM Norof has for Mr. Parker and he
is looking forward to seeing his debut sometime in an Oakland uniform sometime in
2012. He has his token Met on the roster to with one of the most interesting names
to date, Jeurys Familia who helped out with a 7 spot.

7. Frisco Rough Riders: 42 Points: Dont let the low number fool you, GM Dust
is a tough competitor and knows how to use his minor league system well. Frisco,
like Brooklyn, lost 10 points when he moved Zach Lee for Brandon Morrow a few
weeks ago. He has Christian Freidlich who I swear to god, he has been owned by
just about everyone at some point and me 2 or 3 times, but he didnt make Baseball
Americas top 10 for Colorado. Friscos top remaining point getter is Nelson Molina
who was the center piece in the Sergio Santos trade to Toronto. Dr. Cooper of
Chicago White Sox feels that he can make one minor mechanical issue with Mr.
Molina and he will just take off. I know I and probably more importantly GM Dust
will be watching if that holds true.

8. Winston-Salem Warthogs: 37 points: Some may predict a homer type write

up here, guess again. I am a bit sick to my stomach doing this project recognizing
many names that were once mine but since moved on and only 1 $$ placement
many moons ago, this just isnt cutting it. Instead of whiny like a little bitch at St.
Rochs, I will lace up my boots, pick myself up and dust myself off and try to do
better than the 37 points I currently have. The top 2 prospects are Matt Harvey
from the Mets who is ranked #2 within their organization and Boston Red Soxs #1
prospect Will Middlebrooks. Will was able to become a Warthog only because of one
Peter Gammons wonderful prospect tweet he sent out last season, which helped
secure his rights. The one that got away though was Paul Goldschmidt, as I
remember distinctly; I was literally 20 minutes too late as GM Desberg had just
swooped him up one idle morning last season.

9. Albuquerque Isotopes: 33 Points: Who cannot be rooting for this guy after
such a heartfelt early morning or late night postings he made a few days ago. I
understand his pain; we talked about it actually one fateful night at McCools. This
was shortly before I had to throw in that 2013 supplemental pick to seal the deal on
the first ever NAPKIN TRADE in RKL History, but I regress, back to the prospects. No
10 pointers for GM Meehan, but he has 2 solid #2s in Carlos Martinez and Arodys
Vicaino. Gary Sanchez is the next hair apparent in Yankee land now that Jesus
Montero is eating Sushi and listening to Nirvanas Smells Like Teen Spirit, the
Album.

10. Batavia Muckdogs: 20 Points: Um, yea, so, GM Strykowski otherwise

known as STRYKER is one hell of a football coach. But his Minor League system
needs some new life brought into it. Simon Castro, who was also brought into the
Whitesox by Kenny Williams in the Carlos Quentin trade, ranks #3 in their
organization which gave him 8 points and by far his best prospect. Grant Green and
Kyle Gibson were both ranked much higher last season and have since dropped but
their talent is evident.

11. Modesto Nuts: 19 points: Similar to Frisco, GM Wilson of Deez Nutz, was
rocking a real solid minor league class led by Drew Pomerantz and Brad Peacock,
but losing those 19 points hurt him in these overall rankings of minor league
rosters. Im sure he is ok with that though, considering he was able to obtain,
Verlander, Kemp, Doc Halladay along with various other pick swaps. GM Wilson
along with Monty and Memphis has successfully pulled the all in maneuver and is
on his way to recovery for 2012.

12. Palm Beach County Cardinals: 9 Points: So GM Hanson had exactly 1

guy, thats correct, 1 guy who was actually ranked by Baseball America for this
upcoming season. That 1 guy also has a very unique name, Jurickson Profar and he
is #2 in Texas, but he plays SS and Elvis Andrus seems to have that locked down for
the time being. Joe has a solid lineup led by Albert Pujols, but if things go south
again for his Cardinals of RKL, he may look into selling off some of his top talent for
younger talents.

There you have it, in all its GLORY, the 1st annual, RKL Organizational Report. Feel
free to discuss.

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