Top Prospects Thread (Updated recently with mid-season rankings)

[Nomar]

http://topprospectalert.com/2013/01/...pect-rankings/

Their list of the top 150 prospects...

2012 draft picks are sky high on that one. Wow. Especially Giolito considering his injuries.

Yankees players weirdly slotted too. Heathcott at 51 and before Sanchez?

[ChicagoCubsTalk]

Anyone have a mock draft for 2013 yet??

[metswon69]

2012 draft picks are sky high on that one. Wow. Especially Giolito considering his injuries.

Yankees players weirdly slotted too. Heathcott at 51 and before Sanchez?

Yeah that jumped out at me too..

I was also surprised at Miller at 5, Zimmer at 12, and Guasman at 19 among others..

[SenorGato]

2013 College All American analysis:

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today...3/2614600.html

[VRP723]

Very cool that that guy mentioned Onelki. Worst case he'll be a fire throwing RP. Hopefully he can start.

[Sick Of It All]

Personally I would go...

1.) Mariners
2.) Rays
3.) Mets
4.) Pirates
5.) Padres
6.) Cardinals
7.) Rangers
8.) Red Sox
9.) Cubs
10.) Marlins

The Mets do not belong in any top 10 list right now, I think 11-15 is right where they belong, some places like baseball america will rank them lower than that maybe even in the 20's, but that would be wrong as well.

They do have a pitching depth as good as any team in baseball, top 3 for sure.

Their positional player depth is poor as of now, but they do have some young guys in the low minors that could start to make a name for themselves and like Lupo, Becerra, Rosario and a few other IFA guys and the 1st round picks of their last 2 years in Nimmo and Cecchini. Not to mention guys like Puello, Aderlin Rodriguez who have the talent to become more impressive prospects, Rodriguez though is likely a DH, but he has excellent power.

[AI4]

The top 50 hitting/pitching prospects was released.

[Jeffy25]

^whose?

[AI4]

^whose?

Sickels. He had done a pre-liminary list a while back but those who received the BA Handbook can see the final list.

[grandsalami]

Keith law is a joke. He has the sox farm system as 17th(!?!?!?!?!?!) best, when almost every other scout says its top 10..

[Station 13]

Keith law is a joke. He has the sox farm system as 17th(!?!?!?!?!?!) best, when almost every other scout says its top 10..

He probably read Jim Bowden's clip notes.

[Jeffy25]

Keith law is a joke. He has the sox farm system as 17th(!?!?!?!?!?!) best, when almost every other scout says its top 10..

Like Sickels, has the Cards as first

[Nomar]

Like Sickels, has the Cards as first

Laws rankings weighted MLB-ready talent very heavily. That only makes STL's case stronger with not only their infield/utility guys, but Miller and Rosenthal as well. STL has done a fantastic job building their team without question. I think people are quick to praise the Rays FO, but IMO STL's has been even more impressive even if they have more money to deal with.

[mhschiefs97]

I'm always curious to see how many of my teams prospects are in top 100 lists. Is their a list of all the prospects named on the top scouts lists?

I'd love to see what teams (in order) have the most prospects listed on Sickels', KLaw's, Callis', Mayo's, and anyone else that is reputable who has a prospect list.

[stejay]

MLB Top 100 specs-

1. Jurickson Profar- Texas Rangers, SS
2. Dylan Bundy- Baltimore Orioles, RHP
3. Oscar Tavares- St Louis Cardinals, OF
4. Wil Myers- Tampa Bay Rays, OF
5. Taijuan Walker- Seattle Mariners, RHP
6. Travis D'Arnaud- New York Mets, C
7. Jose Fernandez- Miami Marlins, RHP
8. Zack Wheeler- New York Mets, RHP
9. Gerrit Cole- Pittsburgh Pirates, RHP
10. Tyler Skaggs- Arizona Diamondbacks, LHP
11. Billy Hamilton- Cincinnati Reds, OF
12. Miguel Sano- Minnesota Twins, 3B
13. Christian Yelich- Miami Marlins, OF
14. Francisco Lindor- Cleveland Indians, SS
15. Jameson Taillon- Pittsburgh Pirates, RHP
16. Javier Baez- Chicago Cubs, SS
17. Trevor Bauer- Cleveland Indians, RHP
18. Danny Hultzen- Seattle Mariners, LHP
19. Byron Buxton- Minnesota Twins, OF
20. Xander Bogaerts- Boston Red Sox, SS
21. Nick Castellanos- Detroit Tigers, OF
22. Mike Olt- Texas Rangers, 3B
23. Mike Zunino- Seattle Mariners, C
24. Archie Bradley- Arizona Diamondbacks, RHP
25. Shelby Miller- St Louis Cardinals, RHP
26. Bubba Sparling- Kansas City Royals, OF
27. Jonathan Singleton- Houston Astros, 1B
28. Anthony Rendon- Washington Nationals, 3B
29. Noah Syndergaard- New York Mets, RHP
30. Carlos Correa- Houston Astros, SS
31. Julio Tehran- Atlanta Braves, RHP
32. Jackie Bradley- Boston Red Sox, OF
33. Carlos Martinez- St Louis Cardinals, RHP
34. Kyle Zimmer- Kansas City Royals, RHP
35. Aaron Sanchez- Toronto Blue Jays, RHP
36. Gary Sanchez- New York Yankees, C
37. Kevin Gausman- Baltimore Orioles, RHP
38. Matt Barnes- Boston Red Sox, RHP
39. Albert Almora- Chicago Cubs, OF
40. Alex Meyer- Minnesota Twins, RHP
41. Mason Williams- New York Yankees, OF
42. Jorge Soler- Chicago Cubs, OF
43. Trevor Rosenthal- St Louis Cardinals, RHP
44. Taylor Guerrieri- Tampa Bay Rays, RHP
45. Jake Odorizzi- Tampa Bay Rays, RHP
46. Chris Archer- Tampa Bay Rays, RHP
47. Nick Franklin- Seattle Mariners, SS
48. Addison Russell- Oakland Athletics, SS
49. Kyle Gibson- Minnesota Twins, RHP
50. Jedd Gyorko- San Diego Padres, 2B/3B
51. Robert Stephenson- Cincinnati Reds, RHP
52. Brian Goodwin- Washington Nationals, OF
53. Max Fried- San Diego Padres, LHP
54. Alen Hanson- Pittsburgh Pirates, SS
55. Rymer Liriano- San Diego Padres, OF
56. Hak-Ju Lee- Tampa Bay Rays, SS
57. George Springer- Houston Astros, OF
58. David Dahl- Colorado Rockies, OF
59. Yordano Ventura- Kansas City Royals, RHP
60. Jesse Biddle- Philadelphia Phillies, LHP
61. James Paxton- Seattle Mariners, LHP
62. Nolan Arenado- Colorado Rockies, 3B
63. Didi Gregorious- Arizona Diamondbacks, SS
64. Willy Peralta- Milwaukee Brewers, RHP
65. Gregory Polanco- Pittsburgh Pirates, OF
66. Tony Cingrani- Cincinnati Reds, LHP
67. Kaleb Cowart- Los Angeles Angels, 3B
68. Courtney Hawkins- Chicago White Sox, OF
69. Casey Kelly- San Diego Padres, RHP
70. Jake Marisnick- Miami Marlins, OF
71. Allen Webster- Boston Red Sox, RHP
72. Justin Nicolino- Miami Marlins, LHP
73. Austin Hedges- San Diego Padres, C
74. Lucas Giolito- Washington Nationals, RHP
75. Tyler Austin- New York Yankees, OF
76. Yasiel Puig- Los Angeles Dodgers, OF
77. Matt Davidson- Arizona Diamondbacks, 3B
78. Zach Lee- Los Angeles Dodgers, RHP
79. Kolten Wong- St Louis Cardinals, 2B
80. Ethan Martin- Philadelphia Phillies, RHP
81. Andrew Heaney- Miami Marlins, LHP
82. Adeiny Hechavarria- Miami Marlins, SS
83. Michael Wacha- St Louis Cardinals, RHP
84. Luis Sardinas- Texas Rangers, SS
85. Joc Pederson- Los Angeles Dodgers, OF
86. Kyle Crick- San Francisco Giants, RHP
87. Cody Buckel- Texas Rangers, RHP
88. Jorge Alfaro- Texas Rangers, C
89. Jarred Cosart- Houston Astros, RHP
90. Roberto Osuna- Toronto Blue Jays, RHP
91. A.J. Cole- Washington Nationals, RHP
92. Bruce Rondon- Detroit Tigers, RHP
93. Oswaldo Arcia- Minnesota Twins, OF
94. Henry Owens- Boston Red Sox, LHP
95. Martin Perez- Texas Rangers, LHP
96. Jose Iglesias- Boston Red Sox, SS
97. Adam Eaton- Arizona Diamondbacks, OF
98. Aaron Hicks- Minnesota Twins, OF
99. Trevor Story- Colorado Rockies, SS
100. Gary Brown- San Francisco Giants, OF