Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Phelps (baseball)


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The result was   keep. The Helpful  One  00:04, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

David Phelps (baseball)

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Potentially non-notable minor league player. Not currently on the 40-man roster and he has never played in the major leagues. He is not ranked by Baseball America as one of the Yankees' top ten prospects. I might suggest a merge. Alex (talk) 23:34, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. The nominator's rationale is disingenuous. Phelps isn't on the Yankees 40-man roster... because MLB's roster rules don't require players drafted out of college to be added to a team's roster (or made eligible for the Rule 5 draft) until after the completion of the fourth season after their date of signing, and 2011 is that fourth season for Phelps. Baseball America didn't list him as one of the team's top ten prospects... but they did give him a full writeup in their 2011 prospect guide, they did rate him as having the best slider in the Yankees' system, (Link), and the Yankees themselves obviously think of him as a significant prospect, insofar as they named him their farm system's "Pitcher of the Year" last year (Link). For that matter, so does the Eastern League, since he was one of their All-Stars last season. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 00:00, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per Hit bull, win steak. That's a shoddy reason to nominate for deletion. While playing in the majors is an automatic qualifier, not playing in the majors is not a disqualifier. Baseball America also does not decide who is notable. He's a 24 year old in Triple-A with a really high chance of making a major league debut this season, let alone ever. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:24, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Per Hit and Muboshgu.--Epeefleche (talk) 05:34, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  — -- Cirt (talk) 17:55, 3 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - Per Hit and Muboshgu. A highly rated prospect with enough independent coverage. Rlendog (talk) 19:23, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
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