Well, Baseball America updated...

[Clay]

[liquidcrash]

We're #1.

I'm just saying that one final time before it changes on Monday.

[Delandis]

Now that Baltimore will be a strong candidate for the Co-Commish's Cup, we get to focus on our future.

Pat Marlin just made the top 100. Luckily for him, he's going to fall back out next sim.

[Delandis]

I'm not sure if we had a lot of guys drop off the Top Prospects list due to age or something but, Antonio Trujillo, just jumped 10 spots last sim.

Too bad Zack Richardson, dropped off the list after just 1 week at #92, though.

[Jistic]

LF Jordan Gonzalez first prospect in a dog's age

You're old.

[funclown]

LF Jordan Gonzalez first prospect in a dog's age debut at #87.

Having a REALLY great season in AAA so far .512 avg/ .534obp/ .725slg/ 7sb

Basically the light has come on for this 21 year old.

I actually have a beer bet with another owner, but I expect one or two others to debut this season.

Most have been drafted VERY young combined with "Greatest coaching staff every assembled" think we may start seeing the benefits of this.

[liquidcrash]

We're still #1, though that lead isn't very large anymore. Hamilton lost his prospect status when we started the season, that put a dent in my point total. Virginia could pass me after the draft.

[Delandis]

Alright!

(A) ZacK Richardson jumped on the board at #92.

[Clay]

I'll be #1 again soon.

[Jistic]

This will all change next sim, drastically for some.

[liquidcrash]

I liked Dufour, but not at where I was picking. Certainly a good pick where he ended up going.

[Delandis]

All picked in the top six...except DuFour.

It was a damn good gamble for you. I was worried that the injury would leave a bit of unwanted scarring.

Obviously not!

[Pat]

All picked in the top six...except DuFour.

[Delandis]

That was one hell of a draft:

<table class="lposhadow" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="sr">1</td><td class="sl">Erik Keifer</td><td class="sl">Wilmington</td><td class="sr">22</td><td class="sc">SP</td><td class="sr">7</td><td class="sr">7</td><td class="sr">7</td><td class="sc">ML</td><td class="sr">0-0</td><td class="sr">.00</td><td class="sr">0.0</td><td class="sr">0</td><td class="sr">0</td><td class="sr">0</td></tr> <tr><td class="srg">2</td><td class="slg">Jonathon Burns</td><td class="slg">Carolina</td><td class="srg">19</td><td class="scg">SP</td><td class="srg">8</td><td class="srg">5</td><td class="srg">6</td><td class="scg">A</td><td class="srg">0-0</td><td class="srg">.00</td><td class="srg">0.0</td><td class="srg">0</td><td class="srg">0</td><td class="srg">0</td></tr> <tr><td class="sr">4</td><td class="sl">Wade Coates</td><td class="sl">Baltimore</td><td class="sr">21</td><td class="sc">SP</td><td class="sr">8</td><td class="sr">7</td><td class="sr">4</td><td class="sc">A</td><td class="sr">0-0</td><td class="sr">.00</td><td class="sr">0.0</td><td class="sr">0</td><td class="sr">0</td><td class="sr">0</td></tr> <tr><td class="srg">5</td><td class="slg">Alex Martinez</td><td class="slg">New Orleans</td><td class="srg">22</td><td class="scg">SP</td><td class="srg">6</td><td class="srg">4</td><td class="srg">6</td><td class="scg">ML</td><td class="srg">0-0</td><td class="srg">.00</td><td class="srg">0.0</td><td class="srg">0</td><td class="srg">0</td><td class="srg">0</td></tr> <tr><td class="sr">7</td><td class="sl">Travis DuFour</td><td class="sl">Washington</td><td class="sr">22</td><td class="sc">SP</td><td class="sr">5</td><td class="sr">5</td><td class="sr">6</td><td class="sc">AA</td><td class="sr">0-0</td><td class="sr">.00</td><td class="sr">0.0</td><td class="sr">0</td><td class="sr">0</td><td class="sr">0</td></tr> <tr><td class="srg">9</td><td class="slg">Derek Vleugel</td><td class="slg">Baltimore</td><td class="srg">19</td><td class="scg">SP</td><td class="srg">8</td><td class="srg">6</td><td class="srg">5</td><td class="scg">AA</td><td class="srg">0-0</td><td class="srg">.00</td><td class="srg">0.0</td><td class="srg">0</td><td class="srg">0</td><td class="srg">0</td></tr></tbody></table>

[Clay]

After all the years of waiting, I'm finally coming up to the most critical part of this whole development cycle. Deleon, Aparicio and Hamilton have all made it through the system, now I just have to hope they become the BLB players the potential suggests they can be. After them, I like Burns, Brown and Huffman, but they're not going to be providing any help at the BLB level for a while.

But, I like my system. I think I've got a lot of top-end talent and a lot of depth, so we'll see how it goes.

Either way, I doubt I will have this many points on the system report, since those guys will drop off soon.

Patience pays off.

Remember though, even the highest rated prospects often struggle in their first year and half. You got a lot of good ones coming up though.