ESPN Is So Ridiculously Awesome

by Katal LM on Mar 25, 2008 6:56 PM PDT

I present to you Rob Neyer's list of who he expects the top fifty players in baseball to be over the next five years. Prospects were not included.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/preview08/columns/story?columnist=neyer_rob&id=3310373

Who made the list: Cano, Pedroia, Kinsler, Kelly Johnson, Melky Cabrera, As-Cab.

Who did not make the list: Felix, Putz, Lincecum, Cain, Hamels. Do you notice anyone else?

ESPN is so good.

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Wasn't Adam Jones

also on the list?

by OldFan on Mar 25, 2008 7:03 PM PDT reply actions

he says no prospects

then why the hell is Even Longoria on his list?

Melky Cabrera..WTF??

Swing and a miss for Neyer

by MFAN on Mar 25, 2008 7:07 PM PDT reply actions

This is like swing and forty misses

by Matthew on Mar 25, 2008 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't agree

with Neyer either, but he does say no prospects, "with one exception." Which is also ridiculous.

Don't get me wrong, Evan is a fine player but to have him as the only acceptable prospect is an insult.

by Frerken on Mar 25, 2008 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Carlos Pena?

Kazmir?
Kendrick?
Ichiro?

"You know, as that was coming out of my mouth, I knew that it was wrong."

by JI on Mar 25, 2008 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions

What in blue blazes?

Rob, you are officially finished.

by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 25, 2008 7:08 PM PDT reply actions

The lack of Felix alone is reason

to laugh Neyer off the stage... assuming there was a stage... or a semi-educated audience. Fuck. Damn ESPN.

by ningwers on Mar 25, 2008 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Dan Uggla?

What in the balls?

"You know, as that was coming out of my mouth, I knew that it was wrong."

by JI on Mar 25, 2008 7:21 PM PDT reply actions

NICK SWISHER????

good god.

Watch as Jeff Weaver somehow wins the Cy Young award, due to the curse of the former M's players.

by .Taylor on Mar 25, 2008 8:01 PM PDT reply actions

What happened to Rob?

I remember his work being -far- better than this.

by BrianL on Mar 25, 2008 8:11 PM PDT reply actions

We're still waiting for Cabrera's first .400-plus slugging percentage and he's not an on-base wizard, either. But he's solid in center field, has held his own as a hitter and at 23 figures to get significantly better.

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I know I'm fucking excited.

by Jordan of Boise on Mar 25, 2008 8:53 PM PDT reply actions

It appears that he is undervaluing

pitchers; if the list is viewed that way, it is OK.

ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524

by rfloh on Mar 26, 2008 5:34 AM PDT reply actions

I saw this

and was going to post it, but didn't bother because ESPN blows and it's like beating a dead horse. However, I am surprised because Neyer usually isn't this stupid. Maybe it was an intern who had to fill in for him or something.

If any of you read the ESPN article on NBA players and who their role models are, I'd have to say that that list is possibly even dumber. Examples) Durant needs to play with the more intensity, he played with intensity at Texas, but can he keep it up for 82 games? So he should play like Iverson. Later on, it shows Thaddeus Young, and it says he needs to play with more intensity, and who better to learn from then Mr. Intensity, KG. Or Carl Landry, is too much of a role player, and needs to learn to be the man, so he should learn from Paul Pierce. Or Joakim Noah, needs to learn an outside shot, so he should be more like Dirk. Also, Dirk plays with intensity and I kid you not here's a quote "While Noah's passion is great, over an 82-game season, as a starter, I think he'd wear down some".

http://seattlesportsmaniac.blogspot.com

by LantermanC on Mar 26, 2008 8:23 AM PDT reply actions