Every other player on that list, and Norris is smack in the middle, will be on BA's top 100. And I count 6-8 (3-4 after him) who will probably be in the top 50.1. Matt Wieters, c
2. Tommy Hanson, rhp
3. Brian Matusz, lhp
4. Logan Morrison, 1b
5. Carlos Triunfel, ss/2b
6. Bud Norris, rhp
7. Gordon Beckham, ss
8. J.P. Arencibia, c
9. Justin Smoak, 1b
10. Brett Wallace, 3b
11. Dan Cortes, rhp
http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/p ... 67286.html6. Bud Norris, rhp
Scottsdale Scorpions (Astros)
Norris was sort of lost in the shuffle early this season at Double-A Corpus Christi as the righthander missed two months due to an elbow strain in mid-May. But he's been outstanding since returning despite an extremely limited pitch count, and opened eyes again in the AFL as scouts project him as a set-up man, even as closer. He'll have to throw more strikes in the future to close, but the 23-year-old showed off his power arm in the AFL with his fastball touching 98 mph.
Listed at 6-foot, 195 pounds, Norris doesn't have great downward plane but compensates with both fastball velocity and hard slider. In the regular-season, he was tinkering with a changeup, a pitch that could keep him in the rotation.
Also, nice picture Brett Wallace.