Red Hot Rookie Comparisons
Here are the most comparable players to the players drafted in the TML rookie draft according to the PECOTA ratings at Baseball Prospectus. These folks write a great book and maintain a very entertaining web site. $40 gives full web site privilieges for a year. Its a pretty good deal for the money. Without further ado the ratings.


Felix Hernandez 1 Bert Blyleven 2 Jim Palmer 3 Curt Simmons
Huston Street 1 Oscar Villareal 2 Chad Cordero 3 Chet Nichols
Jeremy Hermida 1 Jack Cust 2 Clint Hurdle 3 Tom Brunansky
Zack Duke 1 Steve Trout 2 Dave Fleming 3 Marcellino Lopez
Francisco Liriano 1 Curt Simmons 2 Bob Moose 3 Johnny Podres
Prince Fielder 1 Greg Luzinski 2 Hee Choi 3Dernell Stenson
Joe Blanton 1 William Van Landingham 2 Don Aase 3 Bob Milacki
Ryan Zimmerman 1 Albert Pujols 2 Justin Morneau 3 Joe Torre
Willie Taveras 1 Jerome Walton 2 Jim Wolford 3 Ty Cline
Mike Jacobs 1 Eric Karros 2 Carlos Delgado 3 Matt Nokes
Matt Cain 1 Denny McLain 2 Gary Nolan 3 Oliver Perez
Jonny Gomes 1 Greg Vaughn 2 Jay Buhner 3 Tim Salmon
Robinson Cano 1 Rennie Stennett 2 Rick Burleson 3 Ron Hunt
Ricky Weeks 1 Eddie Yost 2 Dwight Evans 3 Chris Speier
Andy Marte 1 Rico Petrocelli 2 Manny Ramirez 3 Ron Santo
Jeffrey Francoeur 1 Ruben Mateo 2 Juan Gonzalez 3 Cal Ripken
Brian McCann 1 Ed Kranepool 2 Eric Chavez 3 Rich Gedman
JJ Hardy 1 Chris Gomez 2 Tucker Ashford 3 Jim Anderson
Jon Papelbon 1 Art Mahaffey 2 Kelvim Escobar 3 Barry Latman
Conor Jackson 1 Nate Espy 2 Paul MacNulty 3 Paul Konerko
Anthony Reyes 1 Roger Nelson 2 Ramon Martinez 2 Don Wilson
Brian Anderson 1 Ron Swoboda 2 Roy Sievers 3 Dwight Evans
Ervin Santana 1 Jake Peavy 2 Gary Gentry 3 Dan Spilner
Justin Verlander 1 Seung Song 2 Dennis Tankersley 3 John Maine