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Friday, December 08, 2006

Homer Bailey and Jay Bruce crack into Milb.com top 10 Prospect list

Jay Bruce came in today at #8 overall. Here is what they had to say about him:

2006 stats: [A] .291 BA/ .355 OBP/ .516 SLG
2006 Club: Dayton ETA in Majors: 2009 2006 Pre-season Rank: NR
It's hard not to like the numbers Bruce put up in his first full season. Then think about how quickly the 42 doubles will turn into homers and Reds fans really have something to be excited about.

Homer Bailey came in at #3 overall. What they said about him is below.

2006 stats: 10-6, 2.47 ERA, 138.2 IP, 99 H, 50 BB, 156 K
2006 Club: Sarasota/Chattanooga ETA in Majors: 2007 2006 Pre-season Rank: 32
The top pitcher on the list really took off in 2006, especially after a promotion to Double-A. The Reds did well not to push him to the bigs too soon, but he should get there at some point next season.

Joey Votto did not make the top 60, and truthfully, I have no idea why.

By the way, Monday I made my prediction for what I thought their top 10 would be....and I only missed 1 guy, Yovanni Gallardo. Not shabby.

You can view the entire list by going to www.milb.com