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2009 Top 40 Foreign Prospects in the Major Leagues

作者統計了BA、the Scouting Book、ESPN、Baseball Prospectus的100大新秀名單，第一名拿到10分，第二名9.9，依此類推，第100名拿到0.1分，之後再平均每位球員在各家排名的得分。

依這樣的給分標準，列出了前35大非美國籍的新秀，最後5位是作者加進去的。

以下是水手入選的新秀：

14. Carlos Triunfel SS/2B (Mariners) Dominican Republic 3.675

Ironic that he gets the same grade as Wilmer Flores, two shortstops that are traveling the same path, they will get too big and immobile for shortstop and have to find another position. With Beltre being a free agent soon third base could be the most open position for Carlos. The Mariners signed him for $1.3 million.

16. Greg Hallman OF (Mariners) Netherlands 3.175

He struck out 9 times in 11 WBC at bats and contact has been one thing he needs to improve on. But if he puts it all together he has the potential to be a five tool talent. The Mariners signed the European prospect for a bargain $130,000.



17. Philippe Aumont RHP (Mariners) Canada 2.8

First it was Felix Hernandez that they treated with kid gloves. The new pitcher on the block is Aumont, who signed for $1.9 million as a first round draft pick. He throws in the mid 90s but a sore elbow limited him to 56 innings last year and prevented him from pitching for Canada in the Olympics. Because of Canada’s quick elimination in the WBC, he only pitched one inning in that event. His 6′7″ height makes a consistent delivery challenging.



前40名中，水手入選3位，算是蠻前面的球隊，也表現出水手的確很重視國際球員這一塊。