Read: Prospects or Pretenders
In a post to MetsGeek, Mike Newman takes a look at Mets minor leaguers Shawn Bowman, Dylan Owen and Josh Thole, and asks if they are ‘prospects or 
pretenders,’ since, ‘the likelihood of any of these players becoming more than role players is slim.’
It does feel like the term prospect is thrown around a lot. I mean, they can’t all be prospects, as that would defeat the purpose. In reality, most of these guys are just minor-league baseball players, who may or may not sniff the big leagues one day, let alone become big-time players.
This is why I tend to only put stock in to elite prospects, and do not typically concern myself with every player in the system, because it inevitably will just not matter.
For more on Thole, check out Mets Minor League Blog, where Toby Hyde talks with Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus about the young catcher.
