It would seem that Dan Straily is the Dougie Howser of Moneyball.

I've been curious to see how Nunez develops ever since KG blew him up in this series a couple of years ago. He's been a good example, for me anyway, of how much time it takes to go from 16/17 year old signee to a guy that is beginning to show up on lists like this. I'm looking forward to seeing/reading about his development this year in stateside ball.

Michael Choice's arm is both a strength and a weakness?

Top 101 gotta come psoon, yeah?

I figured I'd write a little quick something about my decision for Anderson over Parker at #1 on the U25 list.

It definitely wasn't easy, and it's kind of splitting hairs at that point. When healthy, Anderson is one of my favorite pitchers in the game. As I wrote, it's a plus fastball with plus life. He throws strikes and locates it well. His slider is not only an outstanding pitch, but it also plays extremely well off his fastball arm slot/release and plane, making it highly deceptive. And he spins a solid curveball as well.

The down side, of course, is that Anderson is 25 with a very soft, high-maintenance body. Parker, on the other hand, is a super-fantastic athlete who repeats the hell out of his delivery. I really think his command will improve over the next couple seasons.

Basically if they're both healthy, I'll go with Anderson by a slight hair. However, there's a legitimate argument to be made for Parker over Anderson (on health and performance) and it was a tough call. It's almost 1a and 1b in my mind.

Correa or Russell long term?

Could Taylor handle the short side of a 1B platoon with Moss? Offensively, judging by his MiLB splits, he seems to hit righties better than lefties which doesn't bode well. Any chance he has the footwork to handle first in the field?

Last year you and KG were talking about a prospect in the A's system that you were both very excited about - information came from an A's exec if I recall correctly. I have forgotten the prospects name, but is he still around.

Slight edit on Dan Strailey's ML #s. Has two H stats.

Please tell me that Miles Head's middle name is Andrew or Alexander. If so, then he deserves a look with the big club on name alone.

Man, with that DOB Straily's gotta be the youngest player ever to crack a ML roster! Drafted as an 11-year old, pitching in the majors by 15. That's some serious #want.

Is there any chance Conner Crumbliss makes it to the show? His walk totals have been extremely consistent at every level in the minors, but is that all he can do?

I congratulate you on the wisdom to wait until February before releasing Oakland's list.

Where there any comments on Shawn Duinkerk ?

I know Sean Doolittle was 26 and not considered, but given his recent conversion to pitching I still think of him as a prospect. Where would Doolittle rank on the under 25 list?

not a prospect anymore but what happened to Jemile Weeks? Looked like a future star and now he's reminding us A's fans of Travis Buck and Bobby Crosby. Would you have Weeks or Green higher on the 2B depth chart right now?

On the PECOTA spreadsheet, AJ Griffin is projected to have the same WARP as Gio Gonzalez. His WARP is projected to be better than Brett Anderson's (and James Shield's and Doug Fister's for that matter). Among his comparables are Jared Weaver and Dwight Gooden!!!! So which is it? Is he a back-end starter or (as PECOTA thinks) the A's best pitcher?

Grant Green @ 5? Wow, and he's only four years older than Mike Trout.....

"Noone I think is in my tree. I mean it must be high or low." Overall, I think there should be more arguments in these threads about whether you chose the right Beatles lyric.