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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Moderator:&lt;\\/b&gt; John will begin taking your questions about our Top 100 Prospects list at 2 p.m. ET&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Joshua Heines from Trenton, NJ asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Question of the day:  Where would Weaver and Drew land on this list if they were eligible?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Welcome in, everyone. iTunes in full effect for this long chat, on shuffle. Engage!&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nI can only speak for myself here . . . I&amp;#8217;d put Weaver around 34 at&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfirst glance, ahead of Zach Duke. He&amp;#8217;s not too different in my mind&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfrom Jeff Francis except that he&amp;#8217;s righthanded and has no pro&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nexperience, but he&amp;#8217;s a pitchability guy with great command whose&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nvelocity doesn&amp;#8217;t necessarily tell the whole story. As I indicated&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nyesterday in our brief on the breakdown of Weaver&amp;#8217;s contract&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nnegotiations, most scouts liked Niemann&amp;#8217;s stuff better and Niemann&amp;#8217;s&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncommand is a strength, if it&amp;#8217;s not at Weaver&amp;#8217;s level. I like Drew&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nbetter as a prospect than Weaver personally; I&amp;#8217;d rank him around 25,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nafter polished prospects such as Francis and Nick Swisher, ahead of&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nChris Nelson at 26, though I really like Nelson. My only question on&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nDrew is he hasn&amp;#8217;t hit with wood bats in competition since his East Cobb&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndays, to my knowledge.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Eric from Madison asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Do&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nyou really think Homar Bailey is better than Mark Rogers? Is it just&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nbecause of Bailey&amp;#8217;s higher high school competition? Also what kind of&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nceiling do you see for Rogers and do you see him moving quickly?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBailey&amp;#8217;s command and mechanics appear to be better than Rogers; I&amp;#8217;ve&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nconsistently said in chats before that I really value fastball command&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nas the building block for a pitcher&amp;#8217;s future success, and I like&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBailey&amp;#8217;s fastball command better. Both have significant ceilings,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhowever, and I foresee both being big leaguers by about 2008, after&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthree full years in the minor leagues.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;LF from The Crane Pool Forum asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Pitchers&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJustin Verlander, Philip Humber &amp;amp; Jeff Niemann were picked in&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nconsecutive order in last year&amp;#8217;s draft &amp;#8211; #&amp;#8217;s 2, 3, &amp;amp; 4 overall &amp;#8211;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nand all, because they signed late, have essentially not yet thrown a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npro pitch. Yet they turn up in very different places in the Top-100&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nlist (Neimann = #20; Humber = #50; and Verlander not even on the list).&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nWhat&amp;#8217;s the thought process behind the wide disparity?.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nNiemann has the best combination of size, stuff and track record of&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthose three; I personally don&amp;#8217;t think it&amp;#8217;s close. Humber performed&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nbetter in 2004 as he was healthy when Niemann wasn&amp;#8217;t, and I admit I&amp;#8217;m&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nnot holding his injuries (arthroscopic elbow surgery, groin pull)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nagainst him. Humber isn&amp;#8217;t far behind for me, I just don&amp;#8217;t think he has&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe makeup to be a No. 1 starter, and I think Niemann does, makeup and&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nstuff. His ceiling is true No. 1 for me, Humber&amp;#8217;s is not. Verlander is&lt;br \\/&gt;\\njust a completely different guy. He couldn&amp;#8217;t even dominate the Colonial&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nAthletic Association. He throws harder than those guys and has nasty&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nstuff of his own, but I don&amp;#8217;t see the aptitude or the makeup. For me,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nVerlander is a high-risk, high-reward pick, and I&amp;#8217;m wary of the risk&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nand wary of his track record.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Russ from NY asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;How big of a gap was there between #3 Young and #4 Stewart?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nNot much at all. As good as Delmon Young is, Ian Stewart is right&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthere, and he plays a more premium position defensively as well. You&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncan make the Ian Stewart case and I&amp;#8217;d be very willing to listen,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nperhaps more than others. At the end, the bat is the most important&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ntool, and Delmon&amp;#8217;s bat&amp;#8217;s going to be a bit better than Ian&amp;#8217;s. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mike Marinaro from Tampa, FL asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Here&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nis my first: I don&amp;#8217;\\u2122t think it&amp;#8217;\\u2122s fair for Jason Kubel to be on the list,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nif and only if, Clint Everts was left off the list because he will not&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nplay in 2005. Kubel is slated to be out all year as well. I can&amp;#8217;\\u2122t&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nimagine that Everts would not have been in the top 100 had he not&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ngotten injured. Can you touch up on this?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nMike, we do think it&amp;#8217;s fair, and there&amp;#8217;s a huge difference between&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthose guys. Kubel&amp;#8217;s knee isn&amp;#8217;t why he&amp;#8217;s a prospect; Evert&amp;#8217;s elbow is.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nKubel has done it at Double-A and Triple-A; Everts has done it in low&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nA. Everts&amp;#8217; stuff was down before the injury was diagnosed; Kubel hit&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhis way onto the Twins&amp;#8217; playoff roster before he was hurt. Sorry, I see&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthis as apples and oranges cases. And Everts, by the way, didn&amp;#8217;t miss&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe Top 100 by much at all. He&amp;#8217;s a pitcher coming back from a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsignificant arm injury who will miss a year of development time, and&lt;br \\/&gt;\\neven with the track record of Tommy John surgery being what it is, I&amp;#8217;m&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nstill wary of ranking a guy like that too highly if I don&amp;#8217;t have to.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Shad from Maryland asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Love&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthese chats!! What&amp;#8217;s the reasoning behind Carlos Quentin being a 20&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsome higher prospect than Connor Jackson? Is Jackson more polished and&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhas about the same ceiling? If an outfield spot opens up who would the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndiamondbacks call up first? THanks.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nShad, thanks for the kind words. Quentin plays right field and plays it&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwell; Jackson&amp;#8217;s probably going to be a 1B, and if he&amp;#8217;s a 1B, he better&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nflat mash, and I mean home runs, not doubles. That&amp;#8217;s the biggest reason&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfor the disparity. Quentin&amp;#8217;s defense makes him much more likely to be&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncalled up first.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Peter from San Diego, CA asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Some&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nother baseball prospect rankings have Kottaras above Barfield. I don&amp;#8217;t&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nknow about that &amp;#8211; I trust you guys above all others in that regard. But&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nKottaras does look special. How high is his ceiling? Should we expect&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhim on next year&amp;#8217;s top 100? Did anyone have him on this year&amp;#8217;s list?&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nAny comparables?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nPeter, we appreciate your trust and hope to continue to earn it. I&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nalways watch Greeks like Kottaras closely, for trivia&amp;#8217;s sake, and he&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncame a long way as a prospect last year. His ceiling is as an offensive&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncatcher, a .280, 15-20 homers guy, who is average defensively. That&amp;#8217;s&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npretty significant. We realize the year Barfield had last year wasn&amp;#8217;t&lt;br \\/&gt;\\noverwhelming, but one year isn&amp;#8217;t all we&amp;#8217;re considering here, and&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBarfield&amp;#8217;s bat probably still will be better than Kottaras&amp;#8217;. If he&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nstays at 2B, that makes Barfield a potential all-star.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;billy from manhattan asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;what&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ntype of ceiling is there for lastings milledge. is there a comparison&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nto a player currently in the major leagues of what type of player he&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncan be?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHe&amp;#8217;s a five-tool center fielder IF (huge if) he continues his&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nimprovement in hitting breaking balls and is at least an average hitter&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nin terms of his batting average (.270-.285). The fact we ranked him so&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhighly tells you we think he will hit for average and develop enough&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npatience, and if he does, he&amp;#8217;s a 30-steals, 20-30 homers kind of guy in&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncenter field, which is pretty special, kind of like the Mets&amp;#8217; current&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncenter fielder, Carlos Beltran, who also is just an average hit-tool&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nguy (.284, .350 career OBP).&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ryan Hunt from Lakeland, FL asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Blake&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHawksworth (47 in &amp;#8217;04) and Bobby Jenks (62 in &amp;#8217;04) were left off the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nTop 100 this year due to injuries last season. How close were they to&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmaking this year&amp;#8217;s list, and what is the latest word on their&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nrecoveries?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nI don&amp;#8217;t think either entered into the discussion due to their injury&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhistories. Bobby Jenks, well, he&amp;#8217;s No. 21 in the White Sox system. He&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhad elbow surgery last August, but of more concern is his makeup; he&amp;#8217;s&lt;br \\/&gt;\\njust not a guy you want in your clubhouse. That track record is hard to&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nignore, but as one veteran player development official put it to me&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthis spring, &amp;#8220;I don&amp;#8217;t care if a guy&amp;#8217;s a criminal if he can throw the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8212;- out of it.&amp;#8221; Hawksworth is a totally different animal; the guy has&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhad several injuries, the latest to the shoulder which is quite&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ntroubling, and hasn&amp;#8217;t pitched above Class A. He&amp;#8217;s in camp and just&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nneeds to have a healthy full season to get back on a list like&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthis&amp;#8211;that means beating his career high of 16 starts in a season. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Joshua Heines from Trenton, NJ asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;What&amp;#8217;s the word on Adam Miller&amp;#8217;s injury and how does that affect his prospect status?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHe&amp;#8217;s being examined Saturday and we&amp;#8217;ll all know more then about the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nextent of his elbow tenderness. Clearly surgery would have a pretty&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nnegative effect on his status; that should go without saying. If he&amp;#8217;s&lt;br \\/&gt;\\njust fine and just a little tender, he&amp;#8217;ll just miss some development&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ntime on the front end of the season, work up to the start of the season&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmore slowly than his peers, but long-term, that wouldn&amp;#8217;t affect his&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nstatus. Big day tomorrow for the Indians.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Peter from San Diego, CA asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Any&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthought to revising team lists to fit with the &amp;#8220;team&amp;#8217;s&amp;#8221; (The BA team)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncollective opinion (i.e. Francouer as the Braves&amp;#8217; #1 but at #14 behind&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n#9 &amp;#8211; and #2 to the Braves, Marte)?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nOne of the great things about our rankings is, there&amp;#8217;s not one&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmonolithic view here. Bill Ballew believes in Francoeur anad thinks&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhe&amp;#8217;s the next Dale Murphy, and he really might be. Marte is also very&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ngood; there&amp;#8217;s not a ton of difference between the two for me. I&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npersonally think Marte is the better prospect, but not by much.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nFrancoeur&amp;#8217;s intangibles are pretty compelling, if you talk to anyone&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwho&amp;#8217;s gotten to know him; he&amp;#8217;s a future team captain, union rep, that&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nkind of thing&amp;#8211;he&amp;#8217;s just a natural leader, and I think that was a big&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfactor in Bill&amp;#8217;s ranking. If we have a disagreement over who&amp;#8217;s better&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nlong-term, it&amp;#8217;s a pretty small one.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mike Marinaro from Tampa, FL asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Is&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthere a better hitter in the minors than Daric Barton? I know Ian&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nStewart and Delmon Young have shown more power, but Barton&amp;#8217;\\u2122s plate&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndiscipline is much better than both of those guys, and he has an&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nabundance of power. I think he&amp;#8217;\\u2122s ranked too low, based on his bat,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nunless his defense is what put him there. Barton might be the very best&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhitter in the minor leagues.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nYes, there is a better hitter than Barton, but he&amp;#8217;s clearly in the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndiscussion. Jim Callis and I both have talked to scouts who put Barton&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nright in the discussion with the top hitters in the minors. My choice&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfor the Minors&amp;#8217; Best Hitter is . . . Casey Kotchman. I guess it&amp;#8217;s the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n.342-.423-.519 that does it for me including stops above the Midwest&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nLeague. Throw in that Kotchman is a Gold Glove 1B while Barton doesn&amp;#8217;t&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nreally profile as average defensively at any position, and that&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nexplains some of Barton&amp;#8217;s ranking. The bat is the most important tool&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nand h is bat is clearly a plus tool, but what if Barton turns out to be&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJack Cust? Just saying . . . I worry when a player&amp;#8217;s scouting report&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncontains the phrase &amp;#8220;lack of athleticism.&amp;#8221; &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mike Marinaro from Tampa, FL asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Does Erick Aybar really have a higher ceiling than Sergio Santos?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nActually, I&amp;#8217;d say Santos&amp;#8217; ceiling is higher because he could be a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n30-homer shortstop. But the likelihood of him reaching that ceiling is&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwhat gives me pause&amp;#8211;can he play shortstop and will his offseason&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nshoulder surgery really solve this nagging injury he has dealt with? I&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndon&amp;#8217;t know that we&amp;#8217;ve seen the real Sergio Santos, and 2005 will really&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ntell us more about who has the higher ceiling. I&amp;#8217;m comfortable ranking&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nAybar higher because of his athleticism at shortstop and I think we&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nknow more about the kind of player he is going to be.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Phil Coyle from Boulder, CO asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Joel&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nGuzman has put up solid, if perhaps unspectacular, power numbers in the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nminors. What is a realistic time frame for his arrival in Los Angeles,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwhat position will he play and what kind of homerun numbers do you see&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nin his future ?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHe seems to be making his own timetable; if he progresses as quickly as&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhe did last year, who&amp;#8217;s to say he can&amp;#8217;t help in LA this year? More&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nrealistic, he probably could use one more year in the minors to face&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nupper-level breaking stuff, then another to learn another position. We&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsee him as a 30-homer corner OF down the line, but he can play&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nshortstop very competantly now. He&amp;#8217;s just probably not going to do it&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwhen he fills out and finishes growing, when he might be 6-foot-7, 250&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npounds. If he&amp;#8217;s playing SS at that size . . . well, then we should have&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nranked him first!&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Joshua Heines from Trenton, NJ asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;What are the top five minor league systems in baseball?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nYou&amp;#8217;ll have to buy the book to get the order, but alphabetically&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n(considering Anaheim, not LA, as the Angels&amp;#8217; home, because that court&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfight isn&amp;#8217;t over), we have them as Anaheim, Atlanta, Los Angeles,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nMilwaukee and Minnesota.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;David from my desk asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Looking&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nover the Top 100 (as well as your recent Top 100 history), what teams&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8212; big market or small market &amp;#8212; should seriously consider dumping&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ntheir scouting directors? Which teams in recent history have failed&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmost miserably in finding high-level prospects? And which have had the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nworse luck with injuries (and maybe should consider firing the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nresponsible coaches and trainers)? &lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nI&amp;#8217;ll answer a somewhat different question. I wonder about the Royals&amp;#8217;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\napproach to player development, because they repeatedly draft for&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsignability rather than trying to find the players who can do the most&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nto help them. They went for it with Colt Griffin and Roscoe Crosby and&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ngot burned big-time; they went for it again with Zack Greinke, though,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nand look at that payoff. I hope they budget the money to be bold in&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n2005 with the No. 2 overall pick, because player development is the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nonly way they will find premium players in the current market. The&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nTigers already have looked at their system and made the changes you are&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ntalking about; the Astros took similar steps with a new scouting&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndirector.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tom from Scranton asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;How&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndoes Zach Duke&amp;#8217;s stuff compare with Ian Snell, Matt Peterson or a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhealthy Sean Burnett? I think Snell might be the best of the bunch if&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe Pirates will just let him keep starting.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nDuke has solid stuff but an advanced feel for pitching and throwing&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nstrikes. Burnett&amp;#8217;s stuff was never at Duke&amp;#8217;s level, he&amp;#8217;s always been a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncommand guy and he never put up strikeout numbers like Duke did in &amp;#8217;04.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nMatt Peterson has solid stuff but lacks Duke&amp;#8217;s command or feel. You&amp;#8217;re&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nin the minority on Ian Snell, a smallish righthanded pitcher whose&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nstuff is just a shade better than Duke if at all. He&amp;#8217;s throwing harder,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nbut the grading scales are different for RHPs and LHPs; an LHP throwing&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n89-91 is a tick above average (i.e., the average big league LHP doesn&amp;#8217;t&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthrow that hard), while that&amp;#8217;s average for an RHP. Also, Snell &amp;#8220;could&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nuse a dose of maturity,&amp;#8221; as John Perrotto wrote in our Prospect&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHandbook. Snell&amp;#8217;s 23; he probably shouldn&amp;#8217;t have that written about him&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nat 23. That&amp;#8217;s also a big factor for me.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mike from Toronto asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;who do you see as being a better overall players in the majors, Upton or Nelson?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nUpton, but I actually think the question is worth asking. Nelson&amp;#8217;s bat&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nshould be pretty spectacular, like Upton&amp;#8217;s, but B.J. has wicked power&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthat I don&amp;#8217;t think Nelson can match.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Todd from Eagan, MN asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;How&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndoes Mark Rogers make your list but not Ben Hendrickson? Also how does&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe Brewers 2b Hernan Iberanean not make the list with the season he&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nput up.. he was just as impressive as Barfield was in 2003. &lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHendrickson&amp;#8217;s average fastball makes his ceiling considerably lower&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthan Rogers&amp;#8217;, who has plus-plus stuff potentially. Iribarren is an&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nexciting prospect, but to compare his &amp;#8217;04 with Barfield&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8217;03, remember&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBarfield did it in high Class A over a full season, not a half-season&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nin the Arizona League. Major, major difference. Iribarren definitely&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncould be on this list next year, though, very exciting prospect. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Kevin from Toronto asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Why&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndo you have Tad Iguchi as the 5th best rookie for 2005 and yet 99th on&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nyour top 100 overall? Most of those bottom 50 will never even play full&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ntime in the majors.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBecause the two lists are vastly different. It&amp;#8217;s ceiling for the Top&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n100, and performance in the big leagues in 2005 for the Rookie list.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nIguchi should be a solid, solid player this year, a solid average 2b,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nbut compared to the others on this Top 100, we think the guys in front&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nof him have more of a chance to be stars. I&amp;#8217;d also love to hear from&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsome of you about how we should treat Japanese players; my feeling is&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthat Iguchi shouldn&amp;#8217;t even be a prospect, because he&amp;#8217;s essentially a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmajor league free agent. His major league just happened to be in Japan.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nAs for the second comment, many of the bottom top 50 already HAVE&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nplayed in the majors&amp;#8211;Merkin Valdez, Jesse Crain, Chris Burke, Brandon&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nLeague, Clint Nageotte just to name a few. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Trader J from Indy asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;John&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8211; Love the top 100. How close was Jonathan Broxton? The Bull put up&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsome great numbers in the FSL and was rated ahead of Petit and LaRoche&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nin the FSL top 20. &lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBroxton was quite close, actually in the mix from 93-107 or so, where&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwe really had some interesting debates. The fact his best profile might&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nbe as a reliever helped keep him behind some others, but he&amp;#8217;s clearly a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nguy we think a lot of.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;John M. Perkins from  asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;I&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthought the 4 Rangers were about right, but others were upset&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nparticularly about the absence of Juan Dominguez. One claim was, if&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nDominguez were a Brave, he&amp;#8217;d have made the list. How much do Ranger&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npitchers get dinged for being Rangers, or Braves bumped up for being&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBraves? And similarly, how much weight do you get for being highly&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndrafted? The fact that Ian Kinsler is ahead of Adrian Gonzalez does&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npoint that the original draft is not (everything).&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThe first question is a farce; Ranger pitchers don&amp;#8217;t get dinged for&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nbeing Rangers, or Braves extra points for being Braves. Dominguez has&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nserious makeup issues being addressed again in Rangers camp this&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nspring; that is a major strike against him. His breaking ball has&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndeveloped well though over the last year, but what&amp;#8217;s his ceiling? Third&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nstarter, fourth? I&amp;#8217;m wary of fastball-changeup RHPs after my ride on&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe Dewon Brazelton bandwagon. As for being highly drafted, I&amp;#8217;d say a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nplayer&amp;#8217;s amateur reputation matters more than where he was drafted; a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nplayer who had a strong amateur reputation, we probably give that guy a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nlonger rope after a poor season, because he probably has big tools.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nGonzalez was a signability No. 1 overall pick, though, in a terrible&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndraft. Meanwhile, Kinsler plays a more important defensive position and&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhas shown more power, so that out-weighs where they were drafted.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jason M. from New York City asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Why wasn&amp;#8217;t Yusmeiro Petit ranked higher? I thought he&amp;#8217;d be up in the top 30. &lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHe&amp;#8217;s at 46, so it&amp;#8217;s not like we disagree so much. All the pitchers&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nahead of him have bigger stuff, longer track records of success at&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhigher levels, better bodies or some combination of those factors. I&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nlike where we have him.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mike from Manassas VA asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;How did Royals #3 prospect Mark Teahen make the Top 100, but Royals #2 prospect Denny Bautista miss the cut?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nWill Kimmey, who ranked the Royals, didn&amp;#8217;t have a vote! Bautista was&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nquite close to making the back end of the list, but we took the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npolished bat over the arm-strength, command-challenged pitcher.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBautista is a player we had a pretty big divide on, for what it&amp;#8217;s worth.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Peter from San Diego, CA asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;I think Mauer on this list is a cop-out. He&amp;#8217;s not a rookie based on &amp;#8216;time on roster&amp;#8217; why include him?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nPeter, we have our rules, and we don&amp;#8217;t include roster service time.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nSomeone earlier asked about David Bush not being included, but he made&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n16 big league starts and threw 98 innings; that&amp;#8217;s beyond the realm of a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nprospect pretty clearly. At 100 or so ABs, I don&amp;#8217;t think Mauer has&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nestablished himself as a major leaguer yet.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Trent from Orange County, California asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;How close did Dioner Navarro come to making your Top 100?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nNot really; he didn&amp;#8217;t even make the Dodgers top 10. I am not a real&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nbeliever in Navarro&amp;#8217;s bat and I&amp;#8217;m not sure he&amp;#8217;s an everyday catcher.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nKind of says a bit of what I think of the Yankees system considering I&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nranked him fifth there, but that system and the Dodgers are just not&lt;br \\/&gt;\\neven comparable. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Wayne from West Brookfield, MA asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Matt&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nTuisasosopo had a ton of buzz after a strong showing in rookie&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nball&amp;#8230;..what seperated him from Josh Fields (who made the top&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n100)&amp;#8230;.was it the power difference?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHis future position is unsure, and he didn&amp;#8217;t exactly tear up the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nNorthwest League. He was discussed, but he&amp;#8217;s just not quite Top 100&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nready. Fields has power at a premium position and had a nice debutg in&lt;br \\/&gt;\\na high Class A league. He needs to control the strike zone better, but&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthere aren&amp;#8217;t many 3Bs in the big leagues who can hit 20-25 homers, and&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhe can. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Steve Smith from Chicago asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;I&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nlike the quality of the top prospects of the Rockies, with the top 3B,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsecond rated SS and LHP in the minors. Can you comment on where Ubaldo&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmay have rated within the RHP if he wouldnt have been hurt. How does&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhis stuff compare with other hard throwing RHPs?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nWe like the Rockies system as well, major improvement in 2004. Ubaldo&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJimenez would have ranked higher if healthy, obviously, his performance&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwould have helped dictate where he ranks. The quote we used in the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nstory says it all&amp;#8211;he was right up there with Matt Cain and Felix H. in&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nterms of stuff when he got hurt.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Wayne from West Brookfield, MA asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Nice&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nto see the high rank for Hanley Ramirez&amp;#8230;.what made him jump to the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ntop ten this year? I figured since he had a good (not great) year&amp;#8230;.he&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwould stay in the mid 20s.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHe&amp;#8217;s got big tools, starting with the bat, in the middle of the diamond&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nand peformed well at a young age in high Class A and Double-A. Also,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhis improved maturity and response to authority and coaching this year&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwas a major step forward for him.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jason from Work asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;How much more time does Felix Hernandez need in the minors?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nNeed, or will he get? It wouldn&amp;#8217;t hurt him to spend all or part of 2005&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nin the minors learning the grind more, facing advanced hitters in&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nDouble-A and Triple-A. It sounds like he&amp;#8217;s nnot going to get much more&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ntime in the minors if any, maybe a month at Tacoma? He&amp;#8217;s lighting up&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nMariners camp, and I don&amp;#8217;t know if Ryan Franklin or Jorge Campillo can&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhold him off.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Stephen Milner from Lexington, KY asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;What&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nis your take on Phillies LHP Cole Hamels &amp;#8212; is his drop in rankings due&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nprimarily to his lost year, injuries, makeup, revisions in estimates of&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhis &amp;#8220;upside&amp;#8221;? I know about his recent Razzles dustup, but is there&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nlingering concerns about the elbow issues from 2004? &lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHe&amp;#8217;s got some big strikes against him; Jim Callis and I both had him in&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nour personal Top 50s before his latest injury, an injury that really&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhurts his prospect status for me because it&amp;#8217;s evidence he&amp;#8217;s not acting&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nlike a professional, pure and simple. He&amp;#8217;s got to act like a pro to be&lt;br \\/&gt;\\none. Also, the missed development time doesn&amp;#8217;t help. Neither does being&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ntoo sore to help Team USA in the fall of 2003, or too sore to pitch&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmuch in 2004, or his arm injury in high school. There&amp;#8217;s a pattern&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndeveloping, and I&amp;#8217;m wary of the track record.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jason from Work asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;ETA for Matt Cain in the bigs?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThis year; he&amp;#8217;s also lighting up spring training with the Giants, and&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthough it&amp;#8217;s early, he&amp;#8217;s going to pitch his way into their crowded&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nrotation if he keeps throwing the heck out of it like he has this&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nspring.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Josh from St. Pete, FL asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Would&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJered Weaver have ranked ahead of Jeff Niemann (#20) if he had signed&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwith the Angels? If I&amp;#8217;m not mistaken Niemann is the highest ranked&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nplayer from last year&amp;#8217;s draft. Also, why no Delwyn Young love in the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nTop 100? Left off the Dodgers Top 10 also? Is there something that I&amp;#8217;m&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nnot seeing because 22 Hrs for a middle infielder in the FSL is awesome.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThanks.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nI&amp;#8217;ve answered the first question from my standpoint (no); Young&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nprobably isn&amp;#8217;t a middle infielder. He&amp;#8217;s similar to Willy Aybar in that&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nboth are offense-first 2Bs who profile better defensively at other&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npositions. Young&amp;#8217;s better power makes him the better prospect in our&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nestimation, and he could be a big league regular as a corner OF, but&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthat helps explain his absence from the Top 100.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jon Lasken from Clifton, VA asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;How&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfar away was chuck tiffany from making the top 100 and what does he&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nproject to in the majors? In a chat on the dogders it was suggested he&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwould actually make it.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThanks!&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nTiffany was in the discussion a bit; lots of Dodgers were. He&amp;#8217;s got a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nstocky body and will have to watch his weight and his mechanics to make&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsure he stays on top of his stuff throughout his career. That&amp;#8217;s a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nconcern for me, he wasn&amp;#8217;t in my Top 100.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Wayne from West Brookfield, MA asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;What&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nseperates Nick Swisher from guys ranked behind him like Brian Anderson&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nand Conor Jackson who most people say have a higher ceiling? Is it&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nSwisher&amp;#8217;s major league job?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nOn the plus side, he&amp;#8217;s shown more home run power, he&amp;#8217;s a very patient&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhitter who also showed the ability last year to adjust from just&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndrawing walks to finding pitching to drive and then consistently&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndriving the ball. He&amp;#8217;s a solid defender and will be even at 1B if he&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhas to move, not the case for Jackson. And he&amp;#8217;s a switch-hitter. The&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndevil&amp;#8217;s advocate side is, he&amp;#8217;s older than those guys; unlike Anderson,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhe&amp;#8217;s not a big league CF, at least no one I&amp;#8217;ve talked to projects him&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nto be a CF. Good debate, but I like Swisher&amp;#8217;s resume better.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jay from Oshkosh, WI asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;I&amp;#8217;m biased because I&amp;#8217;m a Brewer fan, but where are Corey Hart and Nelson Cruz in the Top 100 list?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBoth really just missed it; Hart looks like a solid player but not&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nspectacular, while Cruz had done it for one year; just not quite the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ntrack record for the Top 100 yet, at least IMO.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sarub from Eugene, OR asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;How&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncould you guys leave Ervin Santana off the Top 100 list when all he had&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwas a injury filled year that shouldn&amp;#8217;t affect his long term potential.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBecause he was hurt twice, shoulder and elbow, and didn&amp;#8217;t show a whole&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nlot of desire to come back this year, causing the Angels to question&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhis makeup and desire to be great? He just missed the cut, and we like&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhis upside, but the chances of him reaching his upside went down this&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nyear, considerably so.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Brighid from Washington, DC asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;What&amp;#8217;s with ranking Homer Bailey ahead of Kyle Davies?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBetter stuff, much better really, a grade or two ahead in terms of the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfastball and curveball. Davies&amp;#8217; best pitch is his change, but it&amp;#8217;s the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndifference between a No. 1 future guy (or No. 2), and Davies being a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfuture No. 3-4 guy. Yes, Bailey has a long way to go; we know the risk&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ninherent in a prep RHP. He&amp;#8217;s got much more of a chance to be special&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthan Davies has.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dave from Fresno asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Javier&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHerrera was identified as a potential &amp;#8220;sleeper&amp;#8221; by Jim Callis in his&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nlatest mailbag. If Herrera were an American who had attended an&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nAmerican high school do you believe he would be placed higher on the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nTop 100 list? Do international prospects get underestimated as a group?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nI don&amp;#8217;t know if international prospects get underestimated at higher&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nlevels; perhaps at lower levels because we don&amp;#8217;t know as much about&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthose players. I think that&amp;#8217;s fair, but ranking prospects is all about&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ninformation, about tools, stats, makeup, etc. The less information you&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhave, the more guesswork you&amp;#8217;re doing. Herrera might have placed higher&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nif he hadn&amp;#8217;t had his injury in 2003, or if he had played in a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfull-season league, or if he had a bigger frame, or if he had been a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfirst-round pick out of an American HS. They&amp;#8217;re all factors. He also&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwas in the discussion late in the list.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Michael from Wayland Ma asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;The&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nRed Sox seem to have a lot of SS prospects, so where do you think all&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nof them will fit in in the futre? Position changes? Trades?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nPedroia to 2b, Ramirez to CF if he&amp;#8217;s not traded, Soto to a corner OF or&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n3b because he has big power potential . . . too early to tell on Lara.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nKenny Perez to 2b.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Eric from Port Chester, NY asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Why&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwas Ryan Howard so low? Do you suspect the Phillies will attempt to&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndestroy him the same way Houston does with its young hitters?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHe&amp;#8217;s 24, strikes out a lot and can&amp;#8217;t play the outfield. Otherwise,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthough, the guy&amp;#8217;s a heck of a player&amp;#8211;huge power, soft hands and a good&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndefender at 1B. I don&amp;#8217;t know what the Phillies are supposed to do with&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhim, though, it&amp;#8217;s not hard to find productive, cheap 1Bs, so he&amp;#8217;s hard&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nto trade.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Heath from Lakeland, FL asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;How&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nquickly do you see Mike Hinckley getting a shot in the Show this&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nseason? Could he be up before the All-Star break? How effective do you&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthink he might be in the majors this season?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nDepends on the health of the rest of the Nationals rotation, but I&amp;#8217;d&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nactually say he won&amp;#8217;t be up too early otherwise, he could use another&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nyear. If you&amp;#8217;re asking for fantasy purposed, I don&amp;#8217;t see Hinckley as a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nguy who can really help in 2005.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Scott from Costa Mesa, Ca asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Ian&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nStewart from #55 to #4? what makes him better than all the other 3rd&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nbase prospects? Is it possible for him to rank #1 next year? La Quinta&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nAztec alumni!!! &lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nStewart, even more than Marte, combines the ability to play 3b with a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npolished, pure hitting ability. I&amp;#8217;m not knocking Marte, but most scouts&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nlike Stewart better. He could rank No. 1, he&amp;#8217;s that good, he could be&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe best position player in the minor leagues. Probably not; Joel&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nGuzman could pass him, Delmon Young could be better, I&amp;#8217;m sure others&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n(maybe Marte or Francoeur) could pass him . . . but don&amp;#8217;t rule it out.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jeff from Los Altos, CA asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Do&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nguys like Weaver and Townsend benefit from having time off? I always&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhere about some college pitchers being overworked. Can this layoff for&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthese two actually be a plus?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nI don&amp;#8217;t think the time off helps; I wrote a Prospect Pulse over the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwinter about how clubs like to get their pitchers on throwing schedules&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nand strength programs that put them in line with other pitchers in the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\norganization. Townsend is working out at IMG&amp;#8217;s facilities in Florida,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nand Weaver&amp;#8217;s throwing at the Scott Boras Corperation&amp;#8217;s facility, so&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nboth guys are throwing, but I think it would help more if they were in&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nspring training camps. I think both players would rather be in camps&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ntoo. Too much time off, I believe, counts pitchers muscle memory and&lt;br \\/&gt;\\narm strength. Weaver was used very judiciously in college as well;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsorry, coach Graham, but Wade was ridden a little harder at Rice. But&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhe hasn&amp;#8217;t pitched competitively since last June, and that&amp;#8217;s not good&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfor anybody. Same goes for Weaver.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Connor from Hartford, CT asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;What&amp;#8217;s&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe more likely scenario: a) James Loney has a huge breakout year,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nproving his top prospect status or b) Loney has another injury-filled&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndisapointing season, which takes him off these lists?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nI&amp;#8217;m saying A, but good point, Connor; Loney needs to stop tantalizing&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n(remember last spring?) and start producing in the regular season to&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nkeep his prospect status, and I&amp;#8217;m sure he&amp;#8217;s already lost that for many&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npeople. Southern League scouts really, really liked him last summer,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthough.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Matthias Peters-Kroll from Scottish Parliament asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Who has the better career, Marte or McPherson&amp;#8230;same question regarding Capellan and Dan Meyer?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nMarte; McPherson is an interesting prospect, hard to get past the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npower, but also the strikeouts . . . maybe he&amp;#8217;s Adam Dunn at 3b? I&amp;#8217;ll&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ntake Dan Meyer personally over Capellan, who doesn&amp;#8217;t have great&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsecondary stuff and might be a reliever, Meyer is pretty darn good.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Michael from Hayward, CA asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;BA&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nnever wrote a scouting report for Jeff Niemann of Tampa Bay, yet&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nNiemann ranks 20th on the top 100. Can you supply a brief scouting&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nreport on Niemann regarding his strengths and weaknesses? What type of&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npitcher does he project as? A starter or reliever?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nWe&amp;#8217;ve written tons of Niemann scouting reports in our draft coverage,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nand wrote another thumbnail sketch yesterday in our Jered Weaver story.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHe&amp;#8217;s a starter, maybe the best starter available in the 2004 draft; I&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncertainly think so.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Moderator:&lt;\\/b&gt; And now, with 250+questions still to go, we present the 30 minute lightning round, one-sentence answers only!&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Deywane from Memphis asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Where is Joey Votto, man he put up some imprssive numbers.  And did Thomas Pauly come close at all?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Neither was in the discussion, sorry.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Paul from Camden, NJ asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Any&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nchance given the fragility of Brian Jordan&amp;#8217;s body and Raul Mondesi&amp;#8217;s&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmind that Jeff Francouer will get a real shot this season?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; A very good chance, in fact, I think it will happen after the all-star break.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Steve O from Astoria asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;If&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe Twins had announced Mauer was moving to third, where would he rank&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthen? Is he so smooth a hitter he could still be top 5, similar to&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBlalock at the same age?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Yes, his bat is that good; I might still have ranked him No. 1 or 2.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sean from Seattle WA asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;I&amp;#8217;ve&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nheard Kendry Morales compared to Miguel Cabrera, but he ranks pretty&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfar down on the top 100. Are there a wide range of opinions on his&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nabilities ? What is your opinion for his impact for this year and&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nbeyond.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nImpact for this year will be somewhat muted, the transition is&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndifficult, but he&amp;#8217;s a long-term regular with power, possible all-star&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncorner OF or 1B.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jeremy from Orlando, FL asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;How&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nlong will it take for the Brewers to turn Jose Capellan into their&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncloser or does Capellan have a chance with his limited pitches to&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsucceed as a starter? &lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Prediction here is he&amp;#8217;ll get 3 months to show progress on the secondary stuff before he winds up a dominant closer.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jack from Richmond County asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Is&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthere really any question as to Felix Hernandez&amp;#8217;s real age or is it&lt;br \\/&gt;\\njust because he&amp;#8217;s South American that its an issue? Also, what type of&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npitcher can he be, who would you compare him to?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Not much question on the age after repeated prying, and he&amp;#8217;s in a class by himself as far as his future, he could be that good.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Simon Boisvert from Montreal, Canada asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;John,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nConsidering they have so many prospects in the top 100, do you rank&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nOakland&amp;#8217;s system near the top this year? If not, what are they missing?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nDefinitely high, only thing missing for me is pitching depth&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n(particularly LHPs), but they addressed that in the offseason through&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ntrades. Very strong system.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Trader j from Indy asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;How could Joe Mauer be your #1 and not show up on the Top 20 Rookies list?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Because he&amp;#8217;s not rookie-eligible, just prospect-eligible. We make a distinction re: service time.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Nate from Marietta, OH asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Is Cole Hamels the next Brien Taylor?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; No, he wasn&amp;#8217;t the No. 1 overall pick who set a bonus record by several hundred thousand dollars.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ken from Alexandria, VA asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Given this list, is the NYM minor league system better than the NYY&amp;#8217;s system?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Yes, it is, I believe that&amp;#8217;s a consensus opinion in the halls of BA.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Carlos from Atlanta asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;How much of a difference is there between D. Young and J. Franceour?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Young has more power and better hitting ability, but not by much. It&amp;#8217;s close. (Damn! Two sentences!)&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Todd from Eagan, MN asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Where would have Mike Jones, Manny Parra, and Chris Saenz ranked if at all if they were healthy this year.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nParra might have made the Top 100 with his Double-A success, but the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nother two are biggest question marks for injuries (Jones) and track&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nrecord (Saenz, who has never dominated).&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Todd from Linden, MI asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Hi&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nand thanks for your insights. Don&amp;#8217;t want to be a Ranger Hater, but to&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmy limited knowledge, they don&amp;#8217;t have a sterling track record for&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8216;growing&amp;#8217; good, young pitching. With that said, what is your opinion on&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe future of Diamond and Danks? Can they contribute anytime soon? Can&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthey do it as Rangers? Thanks.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Grady Fuson&amp;#8217;s influence makes me think they can be better than the average Rangers pitching prospect.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Chris Olson from Washington, DC asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;What&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsort of ceiling do you see for Michael Aubrey? With his injury issues,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhow long do you think it might be until he gets a call from Cleveland?&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThanks for helping me get through the rest of my work week!&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Sean Casey kind of player.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Anthony Peruchietti from Dearborn Heights, MI asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Would Billy Butler rank higher on the list if not for his defensive limitations?  Is Butler a DH waiting to happen?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Definitely, if he could play 3b, he&amp;#8217;d rank higher, but he&amp;#8217;s a 1B or DH.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;John from Burlington, Ky asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Why is Greg Miller so low? Is his shoulder that much of a concern, and does he still have a chance to be a #1 starter?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Because he&amp;#8217;s had two shoulder surgeries and missed a whole year of development.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Joe from NYNY asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Was&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nQuiroz given the edge over Russell Martin because he is closer to the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmajors? No doubt Quiroz is the better defensive catcher, but it seems&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthat there is still some debate over just how well he&amp;#8217;\\u2122ll hit (at least&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfor average), while Martin is a decent (and improving) defender with a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmore well rounded offensive game.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n1) better defense at a position where defense remains very important in&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe profile and (2) solid offensive potential. It&amp;#8217;s pretty close.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Josh from Carrollton, GA asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;I&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsee LHP Jake Stevens made your top 100, what&amp;#8217;s your opinion on this&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nvery young LHP? Also, it&amp;#8217;s good to see Kyle Davies getting some love!!&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThanks!&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; I&amp;#8217;m a big Stevens guy and actually like him better than Davies.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;louis from texas asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;How&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ngood is rockies Chris nelson, and when do u project him to be in the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmajors. Also do u believe nelson would have been the number 1 overall&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npick if he was not injured&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nAs I&amp;#8217;ve said I like him; the Padres didn&amp;#8217;t consider him a No. 1 kind of&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nguy, more of a value pick at Nos. 8-11 or so, so they didn&amp;#8217;t bear down&lt;br \\/&gt;\\non him. Then their ownership helped foul up the pick.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Todd from Linden, MI asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;What do you foresee as Billy Butler&amp;#8217;s peak upside?  Will he push Teahen out from 3B?  If so, when?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Won&amp;#8217;t push Teahen, ultimate upside is like a righthanded Travis Hafner type.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Andy C. from Charlottesville, VA asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;We&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nall know the Milledges, Francoeurs, etc. (and then the next level with&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nGutierrez, Pie) as very toolsy kids with high upside. Who are some of&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe lesser known sleepers with amazing tools in lower levels not on the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ntop 100 list that could potentially make large impacts?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJavi Herrera is one. Matt Kemp, Dodgers; Josh Burrus, Braves; Marcus&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nSanders, Giants; Yuber Rodriguez, Blue Jays; Greg Golson, Phillies;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nMarcos Vecchionacci, Yankees. There are some good candidates.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ted from Wilmington, DE asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;John,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nOK &amp;#8211; I know it&amp;#8217;s a BIG assumption, but assuming he was both mentally&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;amp; physically ready to go&amp;#8230;..would Josh Hamilton garner attention&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfor the Top 100 list, or has he been away from the game too long? The&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nlast article run by BA a few weeks ago appeared that he might be making&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nstrides on getting his life back together. Any update on his status?&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThanks John.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Not for me, let&amp;#8217;s see him get his life together first.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Craig M from Los Angeles asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;It&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nappears that Dodger fans should keep tabs on their AA team in&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJacksonville, will be that be the most talented team in the minors this&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nyear with, Guzman, Billingsley, LaRoche, Young and probably Loney on&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe team?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; That team should be absolutely loaded, I agree completely.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jim-Beau from left coast asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;If&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nnot for 1.) being rushed; 2.) an injury on the big club ; and 3.) a few&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nextra ABs costing them their possible eligibility for the Top 100,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwhere might Phillips, Peralta and Sizemore have landed. [And position&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nor no position, Garko will probably out hit more than half of the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhitters on the list. Its not like Conor Jackson or Ryan Howard are GG&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncandidates. Garko should have made the list.] As always, thanks for the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nchat.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nI&amp;#8217;ll just take the Garko part of the question&amp;#8211;we love Garko as a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nplayer and as a person, but he&amp;#8217;s just not a Top 100 type of player if&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhe&amp;#8217;s a 400 at-bats, platoon guy without a full-time position.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Matt from Sarasota asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;After&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfollowing Jon Papelbon for a year down here, I really think this kid&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhas the potnetial to be a number one starter in the bigs. He might have&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nbeen a little older for the Sally League but it was only his first year&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nof full time starting. What do you think the future holds for me as a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npitcher and with the Red Sox organization?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Jim Callis and I disagree quite a bit on Papelbon, he&amp;#8217;s with you, I&amp;#8217;m just not quite there.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;steve S from Davis, CA asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;In&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncomparison to other RHPs, this may be the highest Matt Cain ranks on&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nany list. I hope you are right, but I am bit skeptical. Can you explain&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwhy Cain is ranked ahead of both Miller and Billingsly?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; I like Cain&amp;#8217;s fastball command better and his knockout breaking ball.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ryan from Ma asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Any reason to belive that Brandn Moss can put up the numbers he did last year, or was last year more of a fluke year.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Again, I disagree with Jim, he&amp;#8217;s more sanguine on the Sox&amp;#8217; prospects than I am, and that includes Moss.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Blair from Greater Los Angeles Anaheim asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Hi&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nJohn, thanks for the chat as always. Why aren&amp;#8217;t the Angels even&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nconsidering Casey Kotchman as their DH this year. Why wouldn&amp;#8217;t they put&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhim there over DaVanon, Rivera, Quinlan, etc. There&amp;#8217;s been so much talk&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nabout Kendry Morales even starting there over Kotchman. If they aren&amp;#8217;t&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ngoing to use him, why wouldn&amp;#8217;t they trade him? Thanks again.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nI can&amp;#8217;t answer that one, I don&amp;#8217;t see why he&amp;#8217;s not a lock for the major&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nleague club, but the options they have are actually pretty solid,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nparticularly Morales and Quinlan.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jack Burton from Toronto asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;What happened within the last 4 months to cause you to flop Hill and League as the top Blue Jay prospect?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nWe just see League as having a higher ceiling as either a very solid&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nstarter, No. 2 type of guy, or dominant closer, as opposed to Aaron&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHill, who&amp;#8217;s average across the board. Hill&amp;#8217;s makeup is also a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsignificant factor for him as a positive, it could have gone either way.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Kyle from Rockford, IL asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;My&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nquestion is an attempt to more clearly understand your list. Can you&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ngive a &amp;#8216;Readers Digest&amp;#8217; overview of how you actually rank and compare&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe players. I know that age and level are considered. Is it a&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncombination of actual stats achieved plus theoretical upside? Does the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nposition and team affect the ranking? For example, because Oakland not&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nonly has Dotel, but also J. Garcia, then H. Street is lower in&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nexpectations and rankings. Is that a factor? Thanks, it&amp;#8217;s interesting&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nto catch a glimpse of how the experts look at these guys.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; I wrote a Prospect Pulse on just this subject which will be part of this Top 100 package online this weekend.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Bill from Denver, CO asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Will Adam Loewen ever live up to his hype and huge signing bonus?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; signs point to no&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Larry from Long Island, NY asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Although&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nI am a Yankee fan giddy over the fact that the Mets got fleeced in the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nKazmir trade, I still take interest in him seeing as how my team can&amp;#8217;t&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncome within spitting distance of prospects like him. Out of curiosity&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&amp;#8212; given his size, age and violent pitching action, do you see Kazmir&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmore as a starter or closer type? I can&amp;#8217;t help but think Kazmir will&lt;br \\/&gt;\\neventually flame-out as a starter or suffer an arm injury.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; My money&amp;#8217;s on dominant starter.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Brian Daniels from Kennesaw, Georgia asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Hi,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nI ordered my prospect handbook from another source and it said it would&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nbe delivered on MAY 3rd. Shameless plug time, when does the book come&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nout? Thanks for the chat&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Books were shipped out this week to those who pre-ordered.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Kiley McDaniel from Odessa, FL asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;How&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmuch did Chad Orvella, Reid Brignac, and Elijah Dukes miss the Top 100&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nby? Dukes and Orvella seem like the high ceiling guys that usually&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsneak on the back end of the Top 100. And who do you see as a comp for&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthese guys?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Brignac was close for me, Orvella too, not Dukes because of the makeup (sense a recurring theme here for me?).&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jack Burton from Toronto asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Love the chats.  Is there any prospect with greater power potential than Brian Dopirak?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Delmon Young, Joel Guzman, Dallas McPherson, Prince Fielder all very comparable if not better.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;arthur kreisberg from brooklyn asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Where&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nwould you place Ambiorix Conception, and Shawn Bowman? Ambiorix is&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nbetter than some of your bottom 50, that I have seen, and the Mets&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nconsider Bowman a better than average prospect.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBowman probably needs more love; we might be a little slow recognizing&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhis athleticism and bat. I&amp;#8217;m not a believer in Ambiorix, do it in&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfull-season ball.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Brad from Fort Wayne, IN asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Love&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe chats, thank you. I was just curious on nic jackson&amp;#8217;s omission, I&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nam sure it is because of unjury concerns, but do you still view him as&lt;br \\/&gt;\\na top 100 prospect?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; Uh, yeah, that and the fact he was mediocre the last time he was healthy in 2003; he didn&amp;#8217;t make the Cubs Top 30.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jack Burton from Toronto asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;How close did Billy Petrick come to making the top 100?  I&amp;#8217;m sure Jim Callis was pulling for him&amp;#8230;&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; He actually wasn&amp;#8217;t, and I was, he came close but no cigar.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Robert from Warwick, RI asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Hanely&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nRamirez at Number 10. I notice off a first glance that the sox have 3?&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nprospects in the top 100. Any chance of them, at this time being&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nconsidered one of the teams with a top 10 Farm?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; No, not much depth there, and as I&amp;#8217;ve said, Jim&amp;#8217;s more sanguine on the organization than I am.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Daniel Pelletier from Livermore Falls, ME asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;Why&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nis Ian Kinsler ranked so low in the top 100? Do you think his 2004&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nseason was a fluke or do you think he is gonna develop into an above&lt;br \\/&gt;\\naverage 2B&amp;#8217;men?&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBecause he&amp;#8217;s done it once, and I think we all want to see him do it&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nagain. I do think he&amp;#8217;ll be an above-average 2B down the line, though.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n&lt;table class=\\\"small\\\" border=\\\"0\\\" cellpadding=\\\"0\\\" cellspacing=\\\"0\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;tbody&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Q:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jason from Charlotte asks:&lt;br \\/&gt;The&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBraves generally don&amp;#8217;t overhype their prospects. However, the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\norganization seems quite confident that Luis Hernandez can take over&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe ss position when Furcal leaves via free agency this winter. Does BA&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhave this same confidence since he didn&amp;#8217;t make the Top 100? He doesn&amp;#8217;t&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nget much acknowledgement for his season at High A while being one of&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe youngest.&lt;\\/i&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr&gt;\\n&lt;td colspan=\\\"2\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/chat\\/assets\\/space_clear.gif\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"10\\\" width=\\\"1\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;tr valign=\\\"top\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;td align=\\\"center\\\" width=\\\"35\\\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;A:&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;td&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt; We like Hernandez, he was in the discussion for the top 100.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;John Manuel:&lt;\\/b&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nWith more than 200 questions still in the queue, I&amp;#8217;m going to have to&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ncall a halt to the proceedings. I&amp;#8217;d like to thank everyone for the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nquestions, this was a lot of fun, and thanks for your attention and&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ninterest in BA. Jim Callis chats Top 100 on Monday on ESPN.com, check&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nit out at 4 p.m. Eastern. Thanks.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;\\/td&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tr&gt;\\n&lt;\\/tbody&gt;\\n&lt;\\/table&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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