* denotes they are still rookies in our league

WLSB - Nationals

1. Justin Upton *
   
2. Clayton Kershaw
   
3. David Price
   
4. Colby Rasmus
   
5. Jarrod Parker
   
6. Andrew McCutchen
   
7. Neil Walker
   
8. Jeff Locke
   
9. Nick Noonan
   
10. Will Inman

ISBL - Red Sox

1. Delmon Young *
   
2. Billy Butler *
   
3. Clayton Keshaw
   
4. Matt Garza *
   
5. Colby Rasmus
   
6. Rick Porcello
   
7. Angel Villalona
   
8. Justin Smoak
   
9. Mike Pelfrey *
   
10. Adrian Cardenas

BNSL - Rays

1. Evan Longoria
   
2. Clayton Kershaw
   
3. David Price
   
4. Wade Davis
   
5. Matt Antonelli
   
6. Chin-Lung Hu
   
7. Lars Anderson
   
8. Jonathan Meloan
   
9. Desmond Jennings
   
10. Jeremy Hellickson

Mine:

1. Johnny Cueto
   
2. Andy LaRoche
   
3. Wade Davis
   
4. Fernando Martinez
   
5. Carlos Triunfel
   
6. Jason Heyward
   
7. Michael Burgess
   
8. Dellin Betances
   
9. Wes Hodges
   
10. Sean West

Others: Pedro Beato, Franciso Pena
Guys who just miss due to ABs/IP: Adam Jones, Pelfrey

I love LaRoche. He should be the 3B in LA this year, but who knows what actually happens. I had the chance to get Votto for him in my league, and turned it down even though I needed a 1B. I love everything about the guys abilities. It should be interesting to watch that battle during spring training and during the season.

I had Bowden, but dealt him earlier this offseason. He should be fine in the long run, but the depth of the Red Sox pitching frightens me a bit to the point where he might not break the rotation with them. He should be a fine #3 though in the long run.

I'm going to have to pay attention to him this season.  I never really thought he was that special but I must have been way off with so much love for him.

Are not like the others.  How the hell did LaRoche not end up on someone's roster?  Other than Lowrie, he's the only one who'd sniff a top 50 list.  I'd also put him at least 50 spots above Jed too.  Not that sold on him, but I could be wrong.  Mahalo

Matt

*- note that I promoted Alex Gordon and Homer Bailey last year, hence the relative weakness.

1. Billy Rowell
   
2. Felix Pie
   
3. Jed Lowrie
   
4. Chris Volstad
   
5. Tyler Colvin
   
6. Jeff Samardzija
   
7. Phil Humber
   
8. Ryan Sweeney
   
9. Gaby Hernandez
   
10. Matt McBride

This is very subjective.  It's nice to read about everyone's top 10s, but almost impossible to rate them.  First, it depends on your major league roster.  It's strength, as well as if you are rebuilding or contending, and other teams' Top 10s are all factors in evaluating your talent.  That said, I think LaRoche will have a nice season, but I'm not nearly that high on Lowrie that I would play him in a sim league (at least not if I was expecting good production from him).  After that, this seems like a weak list, unless you have traded away prospects to contend; again, a lot of other factors affect this.  I would say this system in a vaccuum in a 30 team league would be in the bottom 3rd.  That said, I'm not trying to pick on it.  I've traded away a lot of my prospects to contend, also in a 30 team league (just started with the Royals)...here is my top 10:

1.  Mike Moustakas
   
2.  Danny Duffy
   
3.  Bryan Anderson (C)
   
4.  Blake Wood
   
5.  Jeff Marquez
   
6.  Sam Runion
   
7.  Matt Mitchell
   
8.  Peter Bourjos
   
9.  Derrick Robinson
   
10. Adrian Ortiz

Just missing:  Stephen Marek, Blake Johnson, Dusty Hughes

This is also not a knock-your-socks-off list, but it's important to realize that Hochevar/Cortes/Pimentel and some other were dealt to strengthen my majors.  Anyway, it's fun to read lists, but I'm not sure I can make any objective remarks on yours without knowing other circumstances.

12 team auction 5x5 mixed...10 man minors, guys stay until 600/200 or you early-promote them:

1.  Tim Lincecum
   
2.  Jay Bruce
   
3.  Colby Rasmus
   
4.  Andy Laroche
   
5.  Johnny Cueto
   
6.  Felix Pie
   
7.  Ian Kennedy
   
8.  Chris Marrero
   
9.  Travis Buck
   

!0. Currently Vacant(2008 pick)

As a comparison here are the other best systems in my league...where do you think I rank?

1-Buchholz/Kemp/Pence/Garza/Wood/Balentien/BJones
elbert/Loewen Niemann

2-Gallardo/Gordon/Ellsbury/McCutchen/Gomez/Brignac
Villalona/FMart/Tabata/Dukes

I think #2 has loads of upside, and #1 has guys already contributing at the top, although the bottom falls off fast.  The rest of the league has 3-4 solids (i.e. Joba/Bailey/Snider/CGonzalez)
and that's it, or weaker systems.

16 teams, 15-20 farm players depending on specific circumstances (change by the year) considered farm players until they have passed 150ab/50ip

1. justin upton
   
2. joba chamberlain
   
3. brandon wood
   
4. chris marrero
   
5. jeff clement
   
6. reid brignac
   
7. jed lowrie
   
8. angel villalona
   
9. adam miller
   
10. scott elbert

a reasonable deep farm team, bit weak on pitching...and i havent even drafted from the 2007 amateur farm draft:) after i do i expect my no.11 guy to be either clement, brignac or lowrie.

16 teams. My top 10

1. Moustakas
   
2. Heyward
   
3. Parker
   
4. Porcello
   
5. Detwiler
   
6. Adenhart
   
7. Triunfel
   
8. Kalish
   
9. Dominguez
   
10. Villalona

Others: Jaso, Mesoraco, Rizzo, Jordan Brown, Cody Johnson, Aaron Cunningham, Fernando Perez, Jason Pridie, Tyler Herron, Greg Reynolds, Bryan Morris

20 Team Keeper, 20 prospects (although more can be stored on the active/reserve roster)...

1. Jay Bruce
   
2. Jacob McGee
   
3. Travis Snider
   
4. Brandon Wood
   
5. Angel Villalona
   
6. Austin Jackson
   
7. Ian Kennedy
   
8. Dexter Fowler
   
9. Eric Hurley
   
10. Justin Masterson

Also have a top 4 pick for incoming 07 Draftees, so should be able to add one from the Price/Wieters/Moustakas/LaPorta group...

Prospects:

1. Clayton Kershaw, SP
   
2. Colby Rasmus, OF
   
3. Matt Wieters, C
   
4. Andy LaRoche, 3B
   
5. J.R. Towles, C
   
6. Reid Brignac, SS
   
7. Jed Lowrie, 2B
   
8. Justin Masterson, SP
   
9. Trevor Cahill, SP
   
10. Brent Lillibridge, SS

Just missed: Ryan Kalish, Jamie Garcia, Nick Noonan, Charlie Haeger, Joey Devine, Tony Butler, Mark Hollimon, Tony Abreu, Erik Aybar

25 and Under:

1. Prince Fielder, 1B
   
2. Ryan Braun, LF
   
3. Clayton Kershaw, SP
   
4. Colby Rasmus, CF
   
5. Chris Young, CF
   
6. Billy Butler, DH
   
7. Matt Wieters, C
   
8. Andy LaRoche, 3B
   
8. Jonathan Broxton, P
   
10. J.R. Towles, C

Other roster players of note: Rich Harden, James Shields, Jeremy Guthrie, Daniel Cabrera, Gavin Floyd, Carlos Marmol

I have another 24-team salary based league roster I'm more proud of. But it is not a deep minors league so I don't even have 10 true prospects.

I think you're going to get some good impact talent out of the top half of your list. I like all 5 of those guys and think they'll contribute on the mlb level in the next few years (obviously some are farther out than others, but eventually). However, I'm not a big fan of any of the guys on the bottom, with Reddick being the closest to actually being something for me. All in all, for a 30-team league it's a pretty decent list, and I would assume it's at least in the top 12 or so in your league.

I am also in a 30-team league, but we have yet to draft, and I have the 4th overall pick, so I expect to get two guys I can throw into this list. I've also dealt away guys like Michael Bowden and Matt Maloney this offseason in order to bring in everyday talent. It's also a replay league, so we haven't played the 07 season yet.

1. Andrew Miller
   
2. Daric Barton
   
3. Jacoby Ellsbury
   
4. Gio Gonzalez
   
5. Josh Fields
   
6. Jed Lowrie
   
7. Desmond Jennings
   
8. Adrian Cardenas
   
9. Anthony Swarzak
   
10. Kyle Drabek

I also have Chris Huseby and Alex Burnett, who I think a lot of people sleep on, but they still have big questions to answer, so we'll see what happens.

16 teams, same league as Wily Mo and PhuturePhillies.

1. Chris Marrero, 1B-OF
   
2. Bryan Anderson, C
   
3. Justin Masterson, P
   
4. Jaime Garcia, P
   
5. Gerardo Parra, OF
   
6. Jeremy Hellickson, P
   
7. Madison Bumgarner,P
   
8. Michael Bowden, P
   
9. Chris Coghlan, 2B
   
10. Jeremy Jeffress, P

Others of note: Jeff Niemann, Jeff Locke, Anthony Butler    

16 teams

1. Adam Jones
   
2. Andrew McCutchen
   
3. Faustino De Los Santos
   
4. Anthony Swarzak
   
5. Max Scherzer
   
6. Deolis Guerra
   
7. Omar Poveda
   
8. Todd Frazier
   
9. Hector Gomez
   
10. Kellen Kulbacki

couple of those guys are on my 40 man roster and not my minors but they are still prospects After the to 7 it's a crap shoot with the rest of my guys. I'm kind of deep with a lot of guys I have to wait and see with. Just drafted a lot of hitters (Frazier, Kulbacki, Middlebrooks, Fairley, Cumberland, Rike) to try and get some more established hitters.

Dynasty w/salaries, AL only, H2H, 5X5(OBP instead of AVG), 10 Teams:

Minor leaguers may be called up and sent down freely. Players may only be minor leaguers until the end of the year they qualify as a rookie. HOWEVER, each team gets to designate THREE graduated minor leaguers as "transition players" who may be treated like minor leaguers even though they no longer qualify. Did this make sense? There is a strong financial aspect to the league I havent detailed...

Further, players added during the season may not be kept, and minor leaguers may only be added through a yearly five round draft...

My three transition players are:
Dustin Pedroia
Asdrubal Cabrera
Kurt Suzuki.

My other minor leaguers are:  
Fautino De Los Santos
Luke Hochevar
Jacoby Ellsbury
Lars Anderson
Garret Olson
Glenn Gibson (received for Elijah Dukes traded to the NL)
Bryce Cox
Brent Clevlen
Craig Hansen

I also have a large amount of draft picks in the upcoming draft (five rounds).
Rd
1 Pick 10
2 Pick 4
2 Pick 10
3 Pick 10
4 Pick 3
4 Pick 6
4 Pick 10
5 Pick 9
5 Pick 10

I'll be working out one of Crimson's top 10 this week.