Silly.
Ready? Yesterday, Baseball America executive editor Jim Callis tackled a ranking of the best lefthander/righthander prospect duos in baseball in the online "Ask BA" column. He came up with a top 10 -- making it clear that he was considering only one pair per organization: 1. David Price/Wade Davis, Rays 2. Derek Holland/Neftali Feliz, Rangers 3. Brett Anderson/Trevor Cahill, Athletics 4. Brian Matusz/Chris Tillman, Orioles 5. Madison Bumgarner/Tim Alderson, Giants 6. Cole Rohrbough/Tommy Hanson, Braves 7. Ross Detwiler/Jordan Zimmermann, Nationals 8. Sean West/Ryan Tucker, Marlins 9. Franklin Morales/Jhoulys Chacin, Rockies 10. Casey Crosby/Rick Porcello, Tigers Yeah, but are you ready? I asked Callis this afternoon how different his list might have looked had he considered more than one tandem per club. Our exchange, paraphrased, went like this: JDN: If Perez and Main were also considered, would they have fallen in your top 10 L/R duos? JC: It's funny, I was talking about that with someone else, too. Perez and Main might have made the list, yes. You could also say that Kiker and Beavan might make a top 15. And I love Robbie Ross, too. JDN: You enough of a fan of Font or Neil Ramirez or Hurley or Boscan to pair one of them up with Ross in that sort of hypothetical? JC: I'd probably say Ramirez out of that group, obviously a lot more projection with the younger guys. But yeah, you could say Texas could have four combos if we went 20 deep. JDN: Nice. JC: Their pitching depth is pretty silly. =========================================================== To join the free Newberg Report mailing list so you can get e-mail deliveries of every edition of the newsletter, daily minor league game recaps, and frequent Newberg Report News Flashes, go to www.newbergreport.com and click the "Mailing List" link on the top menu bar. (c) Jamey Newberg http://www.newbergreport.com If you want to be removed from this list, please e-mail me at newbergreport@sbcglobal.net