MLB.com Top 50

by gobruins12345 on Jul 29, 2025 1:21 PM EDT

Some very strange rankings that almost indicate they haven't followed prospects this year, but here' s the list (http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/watch/y2011/)

1. Mike Trout

2. Bryce Harper

3. Dustin Ackley

4. Matt Moore

5. Julio Teheran

6. Shelby Miller

7. Jesus Montero

8. Jacob Turner

9. Martin Perez

10. Jameson Taillon

11. Manny Machado

12. Desmond Jennings

13. Brett Lawrie

14. Brandon Belt

15. Jurickson Profar

16. Tyler Skaggs

17. Manny Banuelos

18. Casey Kelly

19. Wil Myers

20. Jake Odorizzi

21. Jarrod Parker

22. Anthony Rizzo

23. Mike Montgomery

24. Devin Mesoraco

25. Dee Gordon

26. Lonnie Chisenhall

27. Wilin Rosario

28. Dellin Betances

29. Nick Franklin

30. Aaron Hicks

31. Carlos Martinez

32. Drew Pomeranz

33. Zach Wheeler

34. Kyle Gibson

35. Brett Jackson

36. Yonder Alonso

37. Jarred Cosart

38. Jonathan Singleton

39. Christian Friedrich

40. Gary Sanchez

41. Matt Dominguez

42. Miguel Sano

43. Guillermo Pimentel

44. Chris Archer

45. Wilmer Flores

46. Jose Iglesias

47. Tanner Scheppers

48. John Lamb

49. Tyler Matzek

50. Gary Brown

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Some thoughts

Casey Kelly, Wilmer Flores, and Jose Iglesias all seem way too high

Some players that have been popping up a lot that aren’t here:

Taijuan Walker, Travis D’Arnaud, Matt Harvey, Hak-Ju Lee, Goldschmidt, Zach Lee, Cuthbert, Peacock, etc

by gobruins12345 on Jul 29, 2025 1:24 PM EDT reply actions

Flores doesn't belong anywhere near this list.

He’s young for his level, but regardless of age he still hasn’t done much there to warrant a top 50, or probably even a top 100 spot.

Harvey should be in there. Last night’s start doesn’t count in this but how does 7IP 10K 1BB 1ER look to you?

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by Pauly C on Jul 29, 2025 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions

so the argument is

-Not enough of the guys who show up on everybody else’s list
-Too much of the guys who don’t show up on a lot of other lists

Unless you have concrete proof that there are only 50 good prospects in MiLB, I think a little more liberalism is warranted . . .

by mrkupe on Jul 29, 2025 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Hahahaha Chris Archer at 44

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by Imperialism32 on Jul 29, 2025 1:52 PM EDT reply actions

Archer - huge control problems, poor performance
Flores - poor performance, probably won’t have the bat to play where his defense will let him
Iglesias - atrocious at the plate
Scheppers - reliever
Lamb - broken
Matzek - biggest disappointment in minors this year until last two starts?

The whole second half of this list looks like they wrote it in February. Shit like this on MLB’s own web page is embarrassing.

by PissedMick on Jul 29, 2025 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Aside from Matt Moore and Jurickson Profar moving up, it looks exactly like a February list would

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by Imperialism32 on Jul 29, 2025 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah this list

is utter shit. Maybe the worst I’ve ever seen from a major publication

Brandon Jacobs of Lowell > Brandon Jacobs of NYG

by Lesterfan on Jul 29, 2025 2:29 PM EDT reply actions

+infinity

Yick. nothing even worth discussing imo.

by St.Steve on Jul 29, 2025 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions

+1000

Worst list I’ve seen. It’s like they value name value from the beginning of the season more than anything.

by DJSlam on Jul 30, 2025 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions

This is one post that won't be rec'd

complete waste of my time

by BigG'S on Jul 29, 2025 2:39 PM EDT reply actions

sorry

lol i said on top it was bad, more sharing it because of that

by gobruins12345 on Jul 29, 2025 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions

no need to be sorry

don’t kill the messenger….not sure why I came back to check this.

I guess I was hoping for more distaste

by BigG'S on Jul 29, 2025 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Hot Garbage

by High and Inside on Jul 29, 2025 3:05 PM EDT reply actions

Isn't this Mayo's top 50 before the season started?

He updates his list every month to show how each prospect is progressing. Did we confuse the update to an actual updated top 50 list?

by guru4u on Jul 29, 2025 3:14 PM EDT reply actions

dont think so...

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110124&content_id=16493480&c_id=mlb

by gobruins12345 on Jul 29, 2025 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions

weird list

Top half is alright, but bottom half is pretty ridiculous.

How do you guys generally rate Jonathan Mayo in comparison to other prospect evaluators? I’ve seen him on the MLB Network a few times and he kinda comes across as a dummy who tries to make it appear he knows what he is talking about, but really is full of shit.

by John Black on Jul 29, 2025 3:44 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Mayo is very knowledgeable

And his “lists” are usually just an averaging of lists that he receives from scouts.

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by Jeff Reese on Jul 29, 2025 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions

gotcha

by John Black on Jul 29, 2025 4:12 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Im pretty sure

This is a preseason list isnt it? How come there isnt a professional evaluator who (communal) we don’t crap all over?

by ADLC on Jul 29, 2025 4:11 PM EDT reply actions

impossible, lol

Since we all have personal favs, and when certain guys are omitted (or placed low), there is an uproar (me included). Its just impossible to make everyone happy. However, this list above did a great job of making a lot of people unhappy. So I guess it is somewhat effective.

by John Black on Jul 29, 2025 4:15 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions