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First off, anyone who is not familiar with the "mother lode" of video at proballnw.com, then go there directly; it's awesome: http://www.proballnw.com/07-2009/seattle-mariners-prospect-videos/  Great job by the guys at that site.
Couple of interesting things to me: Main one is James Jones -- definitely keep an eye on him.  Watch the video  -- obviously a gifted athlete, was mostly scouted as a pitcher.  You think he'll just be Halman from the left side.  But wait -- decent 0.48 eye ratio and .392 OBP at Everett.  Loads of potential there, and scouts were raving.
Also, Gabriel Noriega and Nick Franklin.  Both ranked too high based on how far they have to go, but no question both have a chance to be solid MLB middle infielders.  We certainly need that since we have a whole generation of middle infield prospects now in Cleveland.  It's interesting that Franklin was pretty roundly panned on draft day, but maybe a semi-splashy 6 games in Everett caught people's eye: 8-for-20, with 3 xbh and only 2 K.  Both Noriega and Franklin are switch-hitters, BTW.
I'm definitely taking a wait-and-see approach to Alex Liddi, but '09 is certainly a great leap forward for him, and there's a lot to like there.