Washington Nationals Top 20 Prospects for 2008

All grades are EXTREMELY PRELIMINARY and subject to change.

1. Chris Marrero, 1B-OF, Grade B+
   
2. Ross Detwiler, LHP, Grade B+
   
3. Michael Burgess, OF, Grade B+
   
4. Justin Maxwell, OF, Grade B
   
5. Jordan Zimmerman, RHP, Grade B
   
6. Collin Balester, RHP, Grade B-
   
7. Josh Smoker, LHP, Grade B- (for some reason I really love this guy)
   
8. Adam Carr, RHP, Grade B-
   
9. John Lannan, LHP, Grade B-  (too high?)
   
10. Glenn Gibson, LHP, Grade C+  (borderline B-)
    
11. Colton Willems, RHP, Grade C+
    
12. Ian Desmond, SS, Grade C+
    
13. Jack McGeary, LHP, Grade C+
    
14. Jake Smolinski, OF, Grade C+
    
15. Jon Albaladejo, RHP, Grade C+
    
16. Adrian Alaniz, RHP, Grade C+
    
17. Shairon Martis, RHP, Grade C+
    
18. Jhonny Nunez, RHP, Grade C+
    
19. Kory Casto, OF-3B, Grade C+
    
20. Josh Whitesell, 1B, Grade C

There are 15 other players in the book. Again, I emphasize that all these grades are preliminary, and that the Grade C+/C guys are close to interchangeable.

There is a lot of Potential pitching depth in this system, and many of those Grade C+ guys have the ability to end up as Grade B/B+ prospects a year from now, once we see them at higher levels and have more data to work with. Overall the Nats have done a good job adding more depth to the system.

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