Just a quick summary, farm-wise, of what we have from an admittedly uninformed standpoint:
C: Francisco Mejia (Who can provide info on this kid? I honestly don't know if he has the potential to take over for Gomes)
1B: Mike Papi, Bobby Bradley, Nellie Rodriguez. Bradley's power obviously jumps out at you, but none of these guys really jump out to me as top-level, above-average MLB starters at this time. I'd love to trade the potential of someone like Bradley for some MLB talent if someone would bite.
Middle Infield: Nothing I'm too fond of at the MLB level. EGon is the closest. Mathias and Krieger were drafted this year and I know nothing about them. With Kip/Lindor here, I'm not concerned.
3B: Yandy Diaz has been getting a ton of love. He's apparently a disciplined hitter, but lacking pop, and his glovework is top notch.
OF: Zimmer and Frazier are our RF and CF of the future. Zimmer's time should be within two years--Frazier is a bit more of a wild card and project at this point. Naquin could be a fourth OF.
P: Aiken, Kaminsky, Justus Sheffield, McKenzie, Hillman and Clevinger all look to have MLB potential. I like our young arms.
I had to leave in the middle of responding to this so I will continue.
Bobby Bradley: the line you use, "Bradley's power obviously jumps out at you, but none of these guys really jump out to me as top-level, above-average MLB starters at this time. I'd love to trade the potential of someone like Bradley for some MLB talent if someone would bite." is just wrong. Obviously a teen isn't going to be a "top-level, above average" MLB player. This year he has the most HRs hit by a teenager in the Midwest League since...Miguel Sano. Sano's age 19 season in the Midwest League: .258/.373/.521, 28 HR, 100 RBI in 129 games. Bradley's: .261/.348/.537, 26 HR, 83 RBI in 93 games...Sano, if you don't follow minor league baseball closely, eventually became a top 10 prospect and has been a very, very good hitter for a rookie so far this year...no reason why Bradley can't follow the same progression path that Sano did.
Pitchers: We are loaded here with a lot of top level LHP starting prospects, as well as having a few middling ones in Shawn Morimando and Ryan Merritt. Would not surprise me to see one of them traded in the next few off seasons to improve the MLB talent.
OF: You listed the 2 obvious guys, as they are our 2 top prospects right now, but there are some others to watch: Greg Allen is a switch hitting CF with a lot of speed who gets on base at a good clip, steals a lot of bases, and has found some HR power this year (7 HRs after 0 last year), I've already gone over my Gabriel Mejia hype numerous times this year, but another sleeper to keep an eye on is Anthony Santander. Struggled his age 18 and 19 season in Lake County, but has finally found it this year after doing what Nellie Rodriguez did...going back to Mahoning Valley for a little bit to get some confidence back. 20 year old switch hitter with a slash of .304/.354/.535 so far this year, 10 HR, 20 2B, 44 RBI in 54 games.
Middle Infielders: Nothing really stands out in the upper leagues outside of Erik Gonzalez (I think he is traded this offseason too), but Luke Wakamatsu will be one of the Indians top 10 prospects here in a couple years, maybe even top 5. Currently in the AZL, he is a big kid for the SS position, is a switch hitter, and a lot of people think he will grow into quite a bit of power. Definitely an intriguing guy, and the whole AZL team for that matter has been getting compliments on how talented they are in general from non-Cleveland MLB guys who have seen them in person.
