BA SAL Top 20

I could see this. I’d have Yelich only slightly ahead of Jacobs, so I’m guessing at least 5-8 is pretty tight, and that tier may go deeper.

Mike “Scouting the Sally” Newman had a chat on fangraphs. he expressed shock at HBT’s preliminary top 100 having Sanchez at 5 overall. he said a scout he talked to said Sanchez is a 20 on the 20-80 scale with the glove, no chance he’ll stick at c. I’d never heard that elsewhere. He also mentioned make-up. The HBT author sorta dismissed that, saying nothing recent, although he was apparently disciplined by the organization earlier this year. And that list is clearly with an eye towards fantasy value.

Just an fyi. I have sanchez, so the wildly diverging views is getting a little distressing.

Your list is fairly close to how I’d rank them. I am almost leaning prfar over Harper, likely just the contrarian in me, but mostly positional value.

Oh, yeah there is a case & I’m pretty surprised that BA didn’t rank Boegarts higher honestly considering there was (to me) more hype surrounding him but I think Ozuna has the trappings of an absolute star. There were peaks & valleys to be sure, but he’s still a kid too & I think he projects to play a mean RF (where he was transitioned) & he has a very, very strong arm. Looks the part of a near prototypical RF already & he’s only 20.

I’m encouraged that somebody at BA feels highly about him too as I felt he has been pretty underhyped the past couple years considering his all around talent & what I perceive to be massive growth potential. I like Bogaerts too but am much more familiar with Ozuna.

You’re vastly underrating the already vastly underrated Marcell Ozuna in my opinion.

These list’s or rankings are just that – in most cases they reflect BAs opinion solely on players. If you think that there is alot of feedback from scouts and managers your naive. There may be some but miniscule amounts – Ballew does do a good job that being said but I sure wouldn’t worry if a guy is ranked 15th and you think they should be number 10 – just splitting hairs IMO.

He really started to crush the ball in the 2nd half (299/.351/.519). All of his HR came after the break. Props to the Marlins for drafting him and putting him behind the plate.

I have to take issue with how they ranked Sanchez. They may believe he is only the 14th best prospect in the league, but what is their rationale for that? I cannot see any reason why he would be that low, even given a negative stance on Sanchez. And it is irrelevant if they create these list in a vacuum or not, the point is they are not infallible, their opinion is not king, and I, along with anyone else who is reasonably informed on these prospects has the right to disagree. The fact that the majority of people who have commented on Sanchez’s rank agree that it is too low (on a site not always kind towards Yankees prospects), I think offers credence to this opinion. But it is still an opinion, just like BA’s ranking is an opinion that I happen to believe is wrong.

I mean, who else is there? The only two players who have a chance of placing ahead of him are Mike Trout and Matt Moore, and neither of those guys played in the Eastern League.