Mike Pelfrey ETA 2007

New York Daily News - Baseball - John Harper: Pelfrey looks phenom-enal

As Pelfrey did not sign soon enough to pitch last season, the only thing we have to judge him on various opinion pieces.

The one above by John Harper is as good a place to start.

I began here with John Sickels Top 20 Mets prospects and his upgrade from his book (The book! The book! He must be talking about Jim Cramer's Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World,) The Baseball Prospect Book 2006. (Which the author reports has only a couple hundred copies left per his Friday appearance on XM Radio's Fantasy Focus with Jeff Erickson)

Here is what John S wrote:

"Pelfrey is rated at B+ in the book, but I think it likely that I should have given him an A- based on his college performance and scouting reports. "

One caution: the hype on Pelfrey could snowball based on these "new" scotuing reports. Watch for some reference to additional ones. There is little doubt the NY press will tout Pelfrey for the next few weeks. it is what it does.

If NY press is allowed to go unabated, pelfrey could be the next Randy Johnson by mid-March.