Both Zimmer and Frazier need to cut down on strike outs. True also for the even better OF defender but less talented offender Tyler Naquin

Forget the Ks Mt we need OG who can hit HRs especially RH power and Frazier is ALL we've got.....

Frazier ranks 53 on MLB's top 100 prospect list.

OK!

I've narrowed down my breakout pitchers list to Grant Hockin or Mitch Brown.

I've narrowed down my breakout position player to Nelson Rodriguez

@hoynsie: Indians prospect Justus Sheffield pleads guilty to two charges; record can be expunged with good behavior. http://t.co/LpHLH4NBh7

Joe:

Mitch Brown had a real turnaround season in 2014 and he could be our best starting pitcher prospect in a thin pool.
Nellie R has been one of my go-to guys for awhile and you may take him this year if you choose.

I have given my some thought and decided to go out on one limb and stay on another that I've trod before:

For position player I have decided to hope that Dorsyss Paulino returns to his top prospect caliber play of 2012, although there has not really been much evidence to suggest that's about to happen.
For pitcher, I am back with Luis Lugo who I will bet stays a step ahead of Brown to become our top starting pitcher prospect who has not recently pled guility to any criminal offenses. Lugo made strides last season with a big increase in his K ratio. ERA was up but I'm assuming he's now throwing harder. A big guy, a lefty, a couple things in his favor. Still very young and ready for Carolina League where he and Brown should anchor the staff.

Frazier better be the guy you all keep your minor league eye on. He has not lived up to a top 10 draft pick and this season is make or break for him. He is 20 now with a couple of years of pro ball and 2 off seasons in the books. 2015 it's all about production!

Make or break after one full season in the minors? He had a better second half by far than his first half. The only number that stayed subpar in the second half was his strikeouts and you don't care about those anyway.

Frazier slash line by month:

April: 224/339/327 0 HR
May: 248/333/331 1 HR
June: 247/286/430 4 HR
July: 309/414/513 6 HR
Aug: 286/369/420 2 HR

Nice level of improvement in his pre- "make or break" season.

this year he'll share CF and RF with Brad Zimmer in the Carolina League where he'll be a year or two below the league's average age. Should be interesting to see them together.

Also Nellie Rodriguez should be the 1st baseman; perhaps Mike Papi will be here, too, sharing first, right, and DH with these other guys. Dorsyss Paulino will be in left, unless he returns to Lake County for a third season. Eric Haase who is another power hitting will be behind the plate. Should be plenty of interesting offensive talent in Zebulon or wherever the team is now located.

Lynchburg's first season as a Cleveland Indians affiliate will see Mark Budzinski at the helm, as announced by the Indians organization Tuesday morning. Tony Arnold joins Budzinski's 2015 staff as the pitching coach, while Bobby Ruiz and Scott Nealon will serve as the athletic trainer and strength and conditioning coach, respectively. Cleveland has not yet announced the hitting coach for the 2015 Hillcats.

Budzinski comes to Lynchburg after leading the Class A Lake County Captains to the Midwest League Championship Series last year. Budzinski's squad finished strong, posting a 38-31 record in the second half of the regular season to secure a playoff spot. The team then swept South Bend and Fort Wayne in the first two rounds of the playoffs to advance to the Championship Series before falling to the Kane County Cougars in three games.

After playing at the University of Richmond, Cleveland selected Budzinski in the 21st round of the 1995 Draft. Budzinski played professionally for 11 seasons, and he spent the 1997 campaign in the Carolina League as an outfielder for the Kinston Indians. After spending time in the Indians, Cubs and Brewers systems, Budzinski made his Major League debut with the Cincinnati Reds on Aug. 3, 2003. He appeared in four games before returning to Triple-A.

Arnold enters his 26th season as a Minor League pitching coach and his 23rd in the Indians organization. This marks Arnold's fourth stint in the Carolina League, as he was the pitching coach at Kinston in 1995, 2007 and 2010. He served as the pitching coach for the Triple-A Columbus Clippers the past two years. An All-American at the University of Texas, Arnold was taken in the 10th round of the 1981 Draft by the Baltimore Orioles, and he played his first seven professional seasons in their organization. The right-handed pitcher broke into the big leagues on August 9, 1986. He appeared in 38 games and struck out 25 batters in his career.

Ruiz and Nealon both remain in the Carolina League after serving in the same capacities for the Carolina Mudcats last year.

Lynchburg opens the 2015 season on the road Thursday, April 9 at the Potomac Nationals. The Hillcats' home opener is slated for Thursday, April 16. Season tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by calling 434-528-1144 or by stopping by the Front Office Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. Single game and book tickets will go on sale March 1.

Lynchburg could possibly still have Levon Washington in the OF, although I expect he'll debut in Akron. Same probably for Luigi Rodriguez both of whom were top 10 prospects but have had injury issues, although have performed pretty well when healthy. I have remaining hope for them, probably since this is February when all baseball hopes spring eternal.

Not sure why the scale is 20-80 but it is

Ewwwwww reminds me of the SAT's

My final choice is Grant Hockin and Nellie Rodriguez.

What is baseball if not a humbling sport?

High school superstar Clint Frazier experienced the humbling nature of the game last year when he spent his first professional season with the Lake County Captains. Frazier, who is best known for hitting 63 home runs while in high school in Loganville, Georgia, got off to a rocky start that knocked the highly-touted outfielder down a peg. Frazier hit .224 in April, .248 in May, and .247 in June.

Luckily for Frazier, his second half took quite a turn, and he improved to be one of the most valuable members of Lake County’s roster, if not the organization. He posted an impressive .349/.411/.761 triple slash and reacted to the bumps in his road with new-found grace and maturity.

“The biggest mental adjustment was ‘I’m not going to hit a home run every single time,’” Frazier said in April of adjusting to professional baseball. “I mean, I hit 63 home runs in four years in high school, so it’s very easy to go up to the plate with the mentality, ‘If I don’t hit a home run, I didn’t accomplish a good at bat.’ But I have to think to myself, ‘These guys got here for a reason, they’re good. I got here for a reason and I’m not going to hit a home run every single time.’ I have to tone down my approach a bit.”

“The players are a lot better here [compared to players faced in the Arizona League last season],” Frazier, who hit .297 in 44 games with the Arizona League in 2013, said. “Obviously, there’s a reason why they’re here … The performance level is a lot higher.”

Frazier’s vast turnaround mirrored that of the entire 2014 Lake County Captains team. After ending the first half of the season in last place, the Captains surged to finish the season as runners-up to the Midwest League Champions, the Kane County Cougars. Frazier’s home run in the bottom of third inning against the South Bend Silver Hawks on September 3 gave the Captains their first playoff victory in the 2014 postseason.

Frazier’s confidence continued to increase even during the late- and post-season games, as he said that realizing he could contribute to the Captains and still be known for his power bat at the minor league level erased his doubts that he was unable to perform up to high school standards.

“I didn’t have my numbers of home runs or usual pulls down the line,” Frazier said. “It was nice to see that I could finally do that here.”

Going in to 2015, Frazier is primed to have a strong season. He has found himself on a number of prospect lists, typically joined only by homegrown Tribe infielder Francisco Lindor. There is good chance Frazier will start the season with the High-A Lynchburg Hillcats after his powerful close to 2014, where he ended the season with 13 home runs, 50 RBI, and a .266 average.

While the Indians do have an abundance of outfielders at nearly all levels of the game, they are lacking in right-handed power bats, which secures Frazier’s spot in the organization. His potential to succeed at the Major League level will be tested as he continues his moves through the minor leagues but, as long as he maintains the power he showed fans he has, there is little doubt that Frazier could be the type of player for which fans are looking.

Frazier’s end-of-season resurgence and hopefully continued success should be reassuring to Cleveland fans who have struggled with watching other highly-touted draft picks fall flat on other Cleveland sports’ fields, especially since Frazier is well-known for being a superfan of Cleveland’s most recent drafting disappointment, Johnny Manziel.

Frazier was just as, if not more, excited than native Clevelanders when Manziel was drafted by the Browns in 2014, arriving at Classic Park in a #2 Manziel jersey the day after the draft. Frazier compares himself to Manziel on the field, citing similarities in size, ability, and dedication. However, this was prior to Manziel’s missteps during his inaugural professional season, which now makes Frazier’s words eerily ironic.

“I think it starts both with the body type. When he weighed in and measured in at the draft, we were almost identical,” Frazier said last April. “I think he goes out on the field with so much passion and he plays the game so hard that you can tell that he really wants his team to win. I think a lot of that translates to how I play.”

Fortunately, Frazier’s 2014 season ended on a much higher note than did Manziel’s, and fans should head into 2015 with nothing but support for the young redhead who is now joined by hometown Loganville native Brandon Moss in the Indians’ organization. Frazier is giving fans a lot to hope for when it comes to the future of the Tribe, and Frazier knows that, to achieve his dream of playing at the Major League level, he needs to maintain the high levels of dedication he showed last season.

“I go out there and I try to leave everything on the field,” Frazier said while with the Captains. “I try to give it my all all the time.”