Tony Gonsolin: No Longer a Compelling Fringe Prospect

John Sickels has just released his 2018 top-20 Dodger Prospects list. I looked at his list with some interest, well quite a bit of interest. I take top prospect lists with a grain of salt as they are in a constant state of flux and no doubt subject to the baseball biases of those compiling the lists. Intangibles most likely are not able to be part of those attributes being ascribed to a player. I am often swayed when I hear a manager such as the venerable John Shoemaker speak about what a youngster brings to the field, clubhouse and team that cannot to be given a number designation. So, I too have my biases.

I do like John Sickels’ lists as well as any as he ranks by category and as readers…