Your Top 50 (And Mine)

by gore51 on Jul 6, 2009 5:01 PM EDT

I say that it would be a good call to group all of your top-50 (or 100 or however deep you want to go) lists in one place. If this is a bad idea, then use this post to talk about my rankings. I'll start [I'm leaving the players already in MLB off of my list, since they won't be prospects for very long):

 
1

 Jason Heyward       	 OF - ATL

2


 Madison Bumgarner  	SP - SF


3


 Carlos Santana  	C - CLE


4


 Chris Tillman       	SP - BAL


5


 Justin Smoak        	1B - TEX


6


 Buster Posey      	C - SF


7


 Jesus Montero       	C - NYY


8


 Mike Stanton  		OF - FLA


9


 Brian Matusz        	SP - BAL


10


 Fernando Martinez     	OF - NYM


11


 Jarrod Parker     	SP - AZ


12


 Tim Alderson       	SP - SF


13

	
 Carlos Carrasco      	SP - PHI


14


 Logan Morrison       	1B - FLA


15


 Desmond Jennings 	OF - TB


16


 Pedro Alvarez       	3B - PIT


17


 Jhoulys Chacin		SP - COL


18


 Mat Latos       	SP - SD


19


 Dominic Brown   	OF - PHI


20


 Michael Taylor 	OF - PHI


21


 Lars Anderson 		1B - BOS

22


 Kyle Drabek 		SP - PHI


23


 Chris Cater        	1B - OAK


24

 Jemile Weeks       	2B - OAK


25


 Hector Rondon        	SP/RP - CLE


26


 Yonder Alonso        	1B - CIN


27


 Michael Saunders  	OF - SEA


28


 Jordan Lyles        	SP - HOU


29

 Jenrry Mejia        	SP - NYM


30


 Freddie Freeman       1B - ATL


31


 Lonnie Chisenhall  	3B - CLE


32


 Tyler Flowers        	C/1B - CWS


33


 Brett Wallace        	3B - STL


34


 Casey Kelly        	SP/SS - BOS


35


 Neftali Feliz        	SP/RP - TEX


36


 Angel Villalona      1B - SF


37


 Matt Moore        	SP - TB


38


 Derek Norris        	C - WAS


39

 Brett Lawrie        	2B - MIL


40


 Jeremy Hellickson   	SP - TB

41


 Martin Perez       	SP - TEX

42


 Tim Beckham        	SS - TB


43


 Jake Arrieta        	SP - BAL


44


 Wilmer Flores        	IF - NYM


45


 Nick Weglarz        	OF - CLE


46


 Jason Knapp         	SP - PHI


47


 Zach McAllister        SP - NYY


48


 Jaff Decker        	OF - SD


49
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  Logan Forsythe           3B - SDP
 Aaron Hicks 		OF - MIN

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not bad all around

but F martrinez is in the bigs and you have Lyes twice lol

people are dropping feliz wayyyy too much. get a grip!! haha

by jsmall404 on Jul 6, 2009 5:13 PM EDT reply actions

I had had Feliz higher

around the 15 range, until I heard he was moved to the pen. It would resonate between the two spots accordingly.

Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson

by gore51 on Jul 6, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Feliz's move to the pen is temporary

Similar to what TEX did with Holland. It’s a way to limit his innings and get him to the majors faster.

I do understand the ranking if you think that it’ll be permanent or it’ll stunt his secondary pitch and control development, though.

by QuinnTheEzkamo on Jul 6, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions

I cannot trust a lot of the Rangers moves

so I am leaving Feliz at 35 until I see him starting again, when he would go back to the 15 range [unless he completely blows up or becomes lights out].

Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson

by gore51 on Jul 7, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions

Brett Wallace

Just throw Wallace into one of Jordan Lyles spots(preferably #28) and you can fix two mistakes at one time.

by UncleBuck44 on Jul 6, 2009 5:22 PM EDT reply actions

that's funny

that is what is says on my word file – I did it on word then copied and pasted it – but I guess something messed up in transfer.

Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson

by gore51 on Jul 6, 2009 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions

and fixed

Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson

by gore51 on Jul 6, 2009 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions

rondon might be in the bigs

in the next couple of weeks depending on how the indians’ rotation plays out… so you might want to get ready to scratch him off the list

“http://www.indiansprospectinsider.com/2009/07/rondon-may-not-be-in-columbus-long.html#links”

by gorilla_baller on Jul 6, 2009 6:15 PM EDT reply actions

Really that's sick

As a reliever or starter? I already have one flaw [F-Mart], so more should also happen.

Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson

by gore51 on Jul 6, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Dom Brown...

gets hurt for a few weeks and drops completely off of everyone’s lists.

by PissedMick on Jul 6, 2009 9:23 PM EDT reply actions

19?

is completely off of a list?

Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson

by gore51 on Jul 6, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Hmmm.

Read me not so sometimes good.

by PissedMick on Jul 7, 2009 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions

it's all good

I have high hopes for Brown

Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson

by gore51 on Jul 7, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions

Did you off the MLB guys before, or after me?

lol.. funny that happened that way.

Remember: baseball guys... baseball...

by JD Sussman on Jul 6, 2009 11:23 PM EDT reply actions

I think before

But I accidentally left F-Mart. I was planning on talking on you when I looked over your top-50 and hopefully have a nice discussion.

Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson

by gore51 on Jul 6, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions

haha

and I thought I was special.

Remember: baseball guys... baseball...

by JD Sussman on Jul 7, 2009 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions

honestly

i like yours better, how you added input on all your players.

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by gore51 on Jul 7, 2009 2:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Adrian Cardenas?

ood list I just thought he should be up there.

HILLIS

by robbo650 on Jul 6, 2009 11:57 PM EDT reply actions

Good*

NOT OOD>>>GOOD

HILLIS

by robbo650 on Jul 6, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions

ehh

I don’t like him, but he sits in the 50-60 range with moustakas

Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson

by gore51 on Jul 7, 2009 2:15 AM EDT up reply actions

moustakas....

has the mous completely dropped outta the top 50?

by grizman_85 on Jul 7, 2009 1:30 AM EDT reply actions

I have him

in the 50-60 range.

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by gore51 on Jul 7, 2009 2:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Another solid list,

I’d only prefer to see Lawrie further up the list.

"When Justin Upton faces Lincecum, I think Christ might appear in the heavens, and the world will end." -JakeFree

by JT12340 on Jul 7, 2009 5:29 AM EDT reply actions

Thanks

This is actually the first time I ever did a top-50

Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson

by gore51 on Jul 7, 2009 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions

Kasey Kiker and Brad Lincoln deserve some love.

Would replace McCalister and Knapp.

Good list in general though

by novaoakland on Jul 7, 2009 11:37 AM EDT reply actions

Carrasco

I think is a bit of an overrank. I know folks like him, and he has been unlucky with the hit rate and the fly/homer rate. But, his fip is lower than, say, jon Niese, and his tRA* as well. In fact he is 26th in regressed tRA, right ahead of Swarzak and right behind Rodrigo Lopez. Niese is 8th.

Not saying he shouldn’t rank ahead of Niese based on whatever reasoning you’d have…although it would make for an interesting argument. Just that 13 is awfully high. I know you aren’t counting guys in the majors, which scothes a lot of guys well ahead of him in tRA off the list: David Hernandez, Virgil Vazquez, etc.

by wobatus on Jul 7, 2009 11:51 AM EDT reply actions