JJ Cooper over at Baseball America recently posted a chat and fielded questions on several Phillies prospects, and former BlueClaws players. You can read the entire chat here, but we’ve taken a few snippets.

Dom Brown or Michael Taylor?
I’d still go with Brown because of the age difference (Brown is two years younger), Brown’s better speed and better defense in right. But it’s nitpicking as both are among the top 25 prospects in baseball.

How good of a prospect is Jason Knapp? Better than Jason Donald or Lou Marson?
That seems very fair. There’s always some hesitation about putting a low Class A arm above guys on the cusp of the big leagues, but Knapp’s ceiling is higher than either Marson or Donald. He could end up being a pretty special arm.

On Anthony Hewitt…
He’s a raw hitter who will need time to figure it out if he ever will. The Phillies knew that when they drafted him, so they will be willing to be patient.

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