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Before we get to the prospects, I was able to fill one of our big league coaching needs and all of our minor league vacanices. The spot we filled was Pitching Coach, adding Alex Modglin on a 2-year, $13,735 per-year deal. The Gothams pitching coach in 1948 and 1949, he also coached for their Class-A affiliate before (1945-1947) and after (1950). He's "Excellent" at teaching pitching and "Outstanding" at preventing aging, so I'm hoping he helps keep our staff young and well. He won't have too much work to do, as most of our guys already pitch well, so Modglin's first real test might be his handling of FABL's top pitching prospect Bob Allen.

Speaking of Allen, he's no longer our top prospect, as 25 has decided to list just two pitchers in the top twenty five. Jerry Smith (8th) basically replaced him, as Allen actually fell out of the top ten. At 11th he's one of just 17 pitching prospects in the top 100 (he was actually 7th when I recalculated), and we're one of the lucky teams to have two of them. I actually expected to drop farther from two then we did, but only the Foresters (184) and Minutemen (206) have more points then us (146). As things stand, we have 10 prospects in the top 100, 23 in the top 250, and 42 of the top 500. You can see the top 40 below, but I don't think the reports will start coming until tomorrow:

1. CF Jerry Smith (8th Overall): 2nd/12th
2. RHP Bob Allen (11th Overall): 1st/7th
3. C Garland Phelps (29th Overall): 4th/38th
4. RF Bob Allie (55th Overall): 14th/126th
5. CF Frank Reece (56th Overall): 16th/150th
6. CF Henry Norman (70th Overall): 6th/52nd
7. 2B Biff Tiner (71st Overall): 5th/40th
8. SS Elmer Grace (77th Overall): 8th/71st
9. CF Ike Soeur (92nd Overall): 62nd Overall Pick
10. RHP Ernie Tisdale (97th Overall): 20th Overall Pick
11. CF Jeff King (117th Overall): 10th/106th
12. 2B Andy Robinson (137th Overall): 12th Overall Pick
13. 1B Dudley Sapp (145th Overall): 24th/206th
14. LHP Dixie Gaines (160th Overall): 9th/91st
15. SS Cecil Burr (165th Overall): 20th/157th
16. LF Clyde Parker (186th Overall): 15th/146th
17. LF Charlie Harvey (200th Overall): 15th/146th
18. LHP Buster Clark (208th Overall): 12th/122nd
19. CF Harley Dollar (209th Overall): 22nd/179th
20. 1B John Kerr (219th Overall): 26th/220th
21. SS Joe Marshall (233rd Overall): Acquired from Kings
22. RHP Wilson McKinney (236th Overall): 21st/169th
23. CF Clyde Skinner (247th Overall): 19th/156th
24. LHP Mack Lyons (299th Overall): 39th/370th
25. C Ernie Frost (302nd Overall): Not Ranked
26. SS Buddy Jenkins (314th Overall): 18th/155th
27. C Mike Bordes (318th Overall): Not Ranked
28. RHP Tommy Seymour (325th Overall): 31st/268th
29. 3B John Price (354th Overall): 34th/317th
30. RHP Bill Davis (362nd Overall): Acquired from Miners
31. LHP Ray Paulson (366th Overall): Not Ranked
32. RHP Hal Lewis (388th Overall): 78th Overall Pick
33. RHP Walt Cooper (399th Overall): Acquired from Chiefs
34. LF Doc Zimmerman (404th Overall): 33rd/309th
35. RHP Jim Williams (415th Overall): Not Ranked
36. RHP Fred Terry (418th Overall): Not Ranked
37. RF Frank Hernandez (432nd Overall): 110th Overall Pick
38. LHP Bert Rogers (439th Overall): Not Ranked
39. 1B Charlie Everitt (445th Overall): 38th/364th
40. SS Archie Cunningham (462nd Overall): 35th/320th