I would classify that as a success, and certainly more happy about that than disappointed if the prospect ranking dropped the next year because so much talent left the list for the moment to a higher level. To me these lists highlighting the brightest organizational futures should include all players under a certain age more so than MLB experience cutting some youngsters out of that future forecast picture.
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Originally Posted by wolf213
I belive we have one of these types of guys playing LF for us right now? Correct me if I am wrong, but Holliday had always had tools, but due to crappy minor league seasons, he was never highly rated.
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I would disagree a bit. To me, Holliday was always praised for his talent. He might not have been rated well by statistical-based evaluations as a prospect, but certainly scored higher on talent-based observation rankings. I don't think there were a lot of scouts that seriously questioned his athleticism/upside. He would be a prime example of someone who might rate less in terms of numbers only, but when watching him you'd certainly see more potential there. If there was skeptism from a talent/scouting perspective, I think a large bit of that was related to some injuries he had along the way as a prospect and some concern there more so than raw talent alone that seemed to be there even if not always translating into numbers. There was some disappointment that he hadn't yet lived up to his potential, but the potential remained if focused on that.