Predicting BA's Top 100
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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you might want to up andrus a lot
by Bravesin07 on Feb 10, 2008 8:13 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
"Schafer will be in the top 25"
by jonk1982 on Feb 10, 2008 12:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
re:
Callis has Schafer at #31, so most of the others must have him higher, too.
I figure if I get about 85 of the names on the list, I've done very well, and if I have most of them placed w/i about 20% of where they end up, I've done very well.
by rhd on Feb 10, 2008 9:37 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
andrus
by IHateMitchMustain on Feb 10, 2008 12:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
also
by IHateMitchMustain on Feb 10, 2008 12:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Blackburn
by rhd on Feb 10, 2008 10:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Blackburn
by IHateMitchMustain on Feb 11, 2008 2:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You started off right with Bruce...
by groundingout on Feb 10, 2008 10:17 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Law's
by IHateMitchMustain on Feb 10, 2008 12:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
why?
by IHateMitchMustain on Feb 12, 2008 2:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I found it informative
He has a couple guys ranked who BP and BA did not rank that I really agreed with. German Duran and Nolan Reimold to name a couple.
Gutsy rannking of Truinfel stands out. as well as Elsbury in the top 20 which makes good sense to me.
Noted he was big on ARL guys: Truinfel and Villanova (which is fine).
Also Liked his ranking of Main in top 50.
Like the general lower ratnig of Brignac who I am not a fan of.
I did not agree with everything and I have to imagine Gio Gonzalez not getting ranked was an error (remember he does not have the team of people BA and BP do pouring over the lists.
HOpe that explains.
by novaoakland on Feb 12, 2008 4:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I've gathered a lot of Callis's list
- Jay Bruce
- Clay Buchholz
- Joba Chamberlain
- Evan Longoria
- Clayton Kershaw
- Mike Moustakas
- Colby Rasmus
- Cameron Maybin
- Travis Snider
- Homer Bailey
- Franklin Morales
- David Price
- Rick Porcello
- Brandon Wood
- Matt Wieters
- Angel Villalona
- Jason Heyward
- Brett Anderson
- Jose Tabata
- Fernando Martinez
- Matt LaPorta
- Andrew McCutcheon
- Carlos Gomez 28. Carlos Gonzalez - note: one ESPN chat said one, his BA column said the other
- Lars Anderson
- Jordan Schafer
- Jeff Clement
- Chris Marrero
- Deolis Guerra
- Elvis Andrus
- Adam Miller
- Gio Gonzalez
- Austin Jackson
- Daniel Cortes
- Luke Hochevar
- Josh Vitters
- Ross Detwiler
- J.R. Towles
- Chase Headley
My guesses? 16-18 are LaRoche, McGee, Cueto. 24 is Votto, 26 is Gomez/Gonzalez, 30 is Lowrie because Callis loves him, 33-34 are Des Jennings, Davis, 44 is Triunfel, 46 is Ian Kennedy, 48-49 are Nick Adenhart and Eric Hurley
by FrazierFan on Feb 10, 2008 1:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Callis 16-18
by IHateMitchMustain on Feb 10, 2008 1:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Guess
by Sox Puppet on Feb 10, 2008 1:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Felipe Paulino
by astrosfan76 on Feb 10, 2008 2:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Paulino
by rhd on Feb 10, 2008 10:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
re
by astrosfan76 on Feb 10, 2008 11:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
just curious
by IHateMitchMustain on Feb 11, 2008 2:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
re: curiosity
by astrosfan76 on Feb 11, 2008 11:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
gonzalez is 28
by Bravesin07 on Feb 10, 2008 3:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
For what it's worth
by cubsfan2883 on Feb 11, 2008 1:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Unless Kevin Goldstein beat up Jim Callis
by cubsfan2883 on Feb 11, 2008 3:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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