BA will be posting their overall Top 100 prospects soon, maybe next week. I thought it would be fun to try to predict what it will be. I based the list pretty much on the BA Team Top 10's, League Top 20's, last year's BA Top 100 and as many rankings as I know about Callis' Top 50 (almost all of them). But, I also used my own judgment, so there are some discrepancies. I also included 10 Honorable Mentions - BA usually includes these also.
1 Jay Bruce
2 Evan Longoria
3 Clay Buchholz
4 Joba Chamberlain
5 Clayton Kershaw
6 Colby Rasmus
7 Cameron Maybin
8 David Price
9 Travis Snider
10 Homer Bailey
11 Matt Wieters
12 Jake McGee
13 Rick Porcello
14 Jacoby Ellsbury
15 Mike Moustakas
16 Andy LaRoche
17 Andrew McCutchen
18 Brandon Wood
19 Matt LaPorta
20 Wade Davis
21 Reid Brignac
22 Fernando Martinez
23 Franklin Morales
24 Carlos Gonzalez
25 Kosuke Fukudome
26 Joey Votto
27 Jason Heyward
28 Jordan Schafer
29 Angel Villalona
30 Jose Tabata
31 Jeff Clement
32 Johnny Cueto
33 Chris Marrero
34 Desmond Jennings
35 Austin Jackson
36 Brett Anderson
37 Lars Anderson
38 Gio Gonzalez
39 Adam Miller
40 Nick Adenhart
41 Chase Headley
42 Josh Vitters
43 Deolis Guerra
44 Fautino De Los Santos
45 Ross Detwiler
46 Elvis Andrus
47 Jarrod Parker
48 Chris Volstad
49 Matt Antonelli
50 Ian Stewart
51 Dexter Fowler
52 Daniel Cortes
53 Tim Alderson
54 Justin Masterson
55 Phillipe Aumont
56 Chris Tillman
57 Carlos Triunfel
58 Carlos Gomez
59 Carlos Carrasco
60 Chin-Lung Hu
61 Daric Barton
62 Luke Hochevar
63 Ian Kennedy
64 Jair Jurrjens
65 Jed Lowrie
66 Manny Parra
67 Neil Walker
68 Geovany Soto
69 J.R. Towles
70 Chris Davis
71 Eric Hurley
72 Greg Reynolds
73 Brandon Jones
74 Gorkys Hernandez
75 Hiroki Kuroda
76 Jordan Walden
77 Matt Latos
78 Stephen Pearce
79 Hank Conger
80 Taylor Teagarden
81 Scott Elbert
82 Max Scherzer
83 Radhames Liz
84 Madison Bumgarner
85 Aaron Poreda
86 Beau Mills
87 Wladimir Balentien
88 Jeff Niemann
89 Troy Patton
90 Chuck Lofgren
91 Hector Gomez
92 Brent Lillibridge
93 Michael Bowden
94 Tyler Colvin
95 Adrian Cardenas
96 Bill Rowell
97 Colin Balester
98 Mike Burgess
99 Drew Stubbs
100 Chris Perez
HM Ryan Kalish
HM Will Inman
HM Jeremy Hellickson
HM Henry Sosa
HM Jaime Garcia
HM Wes Hodges
HM Brett Sinkbeil
HM Cole Rohrbough
HM Bryan Anderson
HM Nick Blackburn
There are 50 AL players and 50 NL players, so that seems right. There are 55 hitters and 45 pitchers, so that seems about right, too. Tampa has 7 guys, Boston has 6 and Cincy, Oakland, Colorado and Baltimore (surprise!) have 5 each. I dont think any team will get shut out, like San Diego was last year (the Santana trade may have saved Minnesota), altho the White Sox are a possibility. There are 5 teams w only 1 player (Detroit, Toronto, Mets, Houston and ChiSox). I wont bother listing them, but I count 20 guys that made last year's list that wont make it this year, which also seems about right.
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