with very little to show for it in the minors?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=ramire001han
I remember scratching my head about Gammons' incessant waxing poetic about Hanley Ramirez' tools. Whenever I'd check his MiLB numbers, I'd continue to boggle about it. But then, Adam Jones wasn't much better in terms of HR's shown in the minors and we all know how he turned out.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=jones-001ada
Now I'm not saying that Curletta's in Ramirez/Jones' tier ability-wise, but I've seen gobs and gobs and GOBS of these 'do-nothing-in-the-minors' types who the scouts just can't stop yakking about who do, indeed, go on to be plus power hitters in the big leagues. It's a bit of a shot in the dark, obviously, but I *tend* to listen when the scouts drool about light-tower power.