Baseball America's Top 100 Is Out

[turnaround3]

1. Jurickson Profar, ss/2b, TEX
2. Dylan Bundy, rhp, BAL
3. Oscar Taveras, of, STL
4. Wil Myers, of/3b, TB
5. Jose Fernandez, rhp, MIA
6. Shelby Miller, rhp, STL
7. Gerrit Cole, rhp, PIT
8. Xander Bogaerts, ss, BOS
9. Miguel Sano, 3b, MIN
10. Byron Buxton, of, MIN
11. Zack Wheeler, rhp, NYM
12. Tyler Skaggs, lhp, ARI
13. Carlos Correa, ss, HOU
14. Trevor Bauer, rhp, CLE
15. Christian Yelich, of, MIA
16. Javier Baez, ss, CHC
17. Mike Zunino, c, SEA
18. Taijuan Walker, rhp, SEA
19. Jameson Taillon, rhp, PIT
20. Billy Hamilton, of/ss, CIN
21. Nick Castellanos, of/3b, DET
22. Mike Olt, 3b/1b, TEX
23. Travis d'Arnaud, c, NYM
24. Kyle Zimmer, rhp, KC
25. Archie Bradley, rhp, ARI
26. Kevin Gausman, rhp, BAL
27. Jonathan Singleton, 1b/of, HOU
28. Francisco Lindor, ss, CLE
29. Danny Hultzen, lhp, SEA
30. Anthony Rendon, 3b, WAS
31. Jackie Bradley, of, BOS
32. Mason Williams, of, NYY
33. Albert Almora, of, CHC
34. Jorge Soler, of, CHC
35. Bubba Starling, of, KC
36. Chris Archer, rhp, TB
37. George Springer, of, HOU
38. Carlos Martinez, rhp, STL
39. Trevor Rosenthal, rhp, STL
40. Matt Barnes, rhp, BOS
41. Oswaldo Arcia, of, MIN
42. Hyun-Jin Ryu, lhp, LAD
43. Andrew Heaney, lhp, MIA
44. Julio Teheran, rhp, ATL
45. Casey Kelly, rhp, SD
46. Max Fried, lhp, SD
47. Yasiel Puig, of, LAD
48. Addison Russell, ss, OAK
49. Allen Webster, rhp, BOS
50. Lance McCullers, rhp, HOU
51. Gregory Polanco, of, PIT
52. Nolan Arenado, 3b, COL
53. David Dahl, of, COL
54. Noah Syndergaard, rhp, NYM
55. Courtney Hawkins, of, CWS
56. Robert Stephenson, rhp, CIN
57. Gary Sanchez, c, NYY
58. Austin Hedges, c, SD
59. Alex Meyer, rhp, MIN
60. Kaleb Cowart, 3b, LAA
61. Alen Hanson, ss, PIT
62. Taylor Guerrieri, rhp, TB
63. Slade Heathcott, of, NYY
64. Jake Marisnick, of, MIA
65. Aaron Sanchez, rhp, TOR
66. Kyle Crick, rhp, SF
67. Lucas Giolito, rhp, WAS
68. Kyle Gibson, rhp, MIN
69. Wily Peralta, rhp, MIL
70. Brian Goodwin, of, WAS
71. Jedd Gyorko, 3b/2b, SD
72. Aaron Hicks, of, MIN
73. Adam Eaton, of, ARI
74. Avisail Garcia, of, DET
75. Marcell Ozuna, of, MIA
76. Michael Wacha, rhp, STL
77. Tyler Austin, of, NYY
78. Luis Heredia, rhp, PIT
79. Nick Franklin, ss/2b, SEA
80. Didi Gregorius, ss, ARI
81. Martin Perez, lhp, TEX
82. Tony Cingrani, lhp, CIN
83. Arodys Vizcaino, rhp, CHC
84. Kolten Wong, 2b, STL
85. Yordano Ventura, rhp, KC
86. Justin Nicolino, lhp, MIA
87. James Paxton, lhp, SEA
88. Matt Davidson, 3b, ARI
89. Jesse Biddle, lhp, PHI
90. Hak-Ju Lee, ss, TB
91. Henry Owens, lhp, BOS
92. Jake Odorizzi, rhp, TB
93. J.R. Graham, rhp, ATL
94. Daniel Corcino, rhp, CIN
95. Bruce Rondon, rhp, DET
96. Trevor Story, ss/3b, COL
97. Leonys Martin, of, TEX
98. Marcus Stroman, rhp, TOR
99. Delino DeShields, 2b, HOU
100. Roman Quinn, ss, PHI



4 Cubs. Seems like you could certainly make arguments for a couple more.

[NORTH10]

It's awesome for Soler and Almora to be on the top 40 already. I'd like to see Baez make a similar push to what Bogaerts was able to do last year.

[DavidH]

It's awesome for Soler and Almora to be on the top 40 already. I'd like to see Baez make a similar push to what Bogaerts was able to do last year.

Well, Bogaerts jumped 50 spots on BA. Gonna be hard for Baez to do that.

[SenorGato]

Wow at Buxton getting top 10 already. I kinda wish the Cubs had a chance to bring that guy and his ridiculous tools in. He really does look like a young BJ Upton on video, and Upton was on pace to be a beast CF until the shoulder injury.

[gaughan333]

Is profar listed at 2b because of andrus? I thought he was supposed to be a good defensive short stop

[SenorGato]

Probably because of Andrus.

Is there anything besides youth and positional value that should make me pick Profar over Taveras?

[SordidState]

Correa is already number 13? I liked him at draft time, but 20 spots ahead of Almora? That seems like a bit much. Is that the general consensus? Or is BR infatuated?

[gaughan333]

Probably because of Andrus.

Is there anything besides youth and positional value that should make me pick Profar over Taveras?

**** the cardinals

[deltaclown]

Probably because of Andrus.

Is there anything besides youth and positional value that should make me pick Profar over Taveras?

I'm not sure how I'd rank them, but I do find it a little odd that Profar over Taveras is almost totally unanimous.

Also.....I have to wonder if Didi would find a spot on these top 100 lists if Towers didn't give up Bauer for him. Ranking him 80 is a good way to hedge their bets just in case Towers was right.

[gocubs2118]

Delete

[scarylarry23]

Yeah the whole Correa being higher than Baez thing.

[Rynoplasty]

Correa is already number 13? I liked him at draft time, but 20 spots ahead of Almora? That seems like a bit much. Is that the general consensus? Or is BR infatuated?

Number one overall pick bump, probably.

[OldStyleCubbies]

Allen Webster at 49?! ****. I remember we thought we might get him as a consolation prize for Dempster instead of Delgado. Too bad we didn't.

[Jack the Ripper]

How many years did we watch MLB Networks breakdown of this list and so few Cubs were on it? Most of the time ranked 60 or lower. This is really fun to see.

[Yagyu+]

Since nobody posted the grades:

16. Javier Baez ss, Cubs
Age: 20. ETA: 2014.
Bat: 60. Power: 65. Speed: 50. Defense: 55. Arm: 65.

33. Albert Almora of, Cubs
Age: 18. ETA: 2015.
Bat: 65. Power: 50. Speed: 55. Defense: 75. Arm: 60.

34. Jorge Soler of, Cubs
Age: 21. ETA: 2015.
Bat: 60. Power: 70. Speed: 50. Defense: 55. Arm: 70.

83. Arodys Vizcaino rhp, Cubs
Age: 22. ETA: 2014.
Fastball: 70. Curve: 70. Changeup: 50. Control: 60. Command: 55.