Nick Melotte's Top 10 Prospects

Each year I begin the offseason with overly ambitious plans to follow along in John's footsteps and put out my own Top 20 prospect lists for each team. About halfway through January I realize how absolutely crazy I am for even attempting to do so on my own. The first time I did this, I gained so much more respect for John seeing how much time and effort goes into compiling these rankings.

So I learned, and figured out that is way too many players. I'm sure I will upset some by leaving off a favorite player of theirs, and I'm sure I also probably left out a deserving player (or two) due to a brain fart(s). I dialed it back and now I present to you, the fine and knowledgeable readers of Minor League Ball, my own personal Top 10 Prospects for each team.

Questions, comments, or concerns? Leave a comment and let's talk some baseball.

NL East

Atlanta Braves

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Dansby Swanson	SS	22	A-
2	Sean Newcomb	LHSP	22	AA
3	Ozzie Albies	SS	19	A
4	Kolby Allard	LHSP	18	R
5	Aaron Blair	RHSP	24	AAA
6	Austin Riley	3B	19	R+
7	Max Fried	LHSP	22	INJ
8	Hector Olivera	3B/LF	31	MLB
9	Touki Toussaint	RHSP	20	A
10	Mallex Smith	CF	23	AAA

Miami Marlins

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Tyler Kolek	RHSP	20	A
2	Jarlin Garcia	LHSP	23	AA
3	Josh Naylor	1B	19	R
4	Stone Garrett	CF	20	A-
5	Kendry Flores	RHSP	24	MLB
6	Brett Lilek	LHSP	22	A-
7	Isaiah White	CF	19	R
8	Austin Dean	LF/RF	22	A+
9	Isael Soto	RF	19	A
10	Jordan Holloway	RHSP	20	A

New York Mets

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Steven Matz	LHSP	25	MLB
2	Amed Rosario	SS	20	AA
3	Marcos Molina	RHSP	21	A+
4	Gavin Cecchini	SS	22	AA
5	Dominic Smith	1B	21	A+
6	Desmond Lindsay	CF	19	A-
7	Brandon Nimmo	CF/RF	23	AAA
8	Luis Carpio	SS/2B	18	R+
9	Rob Gsellman	RHSP	22	AA
10	Wuilmer Becerra	RF	21	A

Philadelphia Phillies

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	JP Crawford	SS	21	AA
2	Nick Williams	LF	22	AA
3	Roman Quinn	CF	23	AA
4	Jorge Alfaro	C	23	AA
5	Franklyn Kilome	RHSP	21	A-
6	Jake Thompson	RHSP	22	AA
7	Cornelius Randolph	LF	19	R
8	Andrew Knapp	C	24	AA
9	Mark Appel	RHSP	24	AAA
10	Malquin Canelo	AA	21	A+

Washington Nationals

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Lucas Giolito	RHSP	21	AA
2	Victor Robles	CF	19	A-
3	Trea Turner	SS	23	MLB
4	Reynaldo Lopez	RHSP	22	A+
5	Eric Fedde	RHSP	23	A
6	Anderson Franco	3B	18	A-
7	Wilmer Difo	SS	24	MLB
8	Rafael Bautista	CF	23	A+
9	Drew Ward	3B	21	A+
10	Andrew Stevenson	CF	22	A

NL Central

Chicago Cubs

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Gleyber Torres	SS	19	A+
2	Ian Happ	CF	21	A+
3	Willson Contreras	C	24	AA
4	Dylan Cease	RHSP	20	R
5	Billy McKinney	LF	21	AA
6	Duane Underwood	RHSP	21	A+
7	Oscar De La Cruz	RHSP	21	A-
8	Albert Almora	CF	22	AA
9	Eloy Jimenez	RF	19	A-
10	Carl Edwards Jr	RHP	24	MLB

Cincinnati Reds

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Jesse Winker	LF	22	AA
2	Robert Stephenson	RHSP	23	AAA
3	Cody Reed	LHSP	23	AA
4	Jose Peraza	2B/CF	22	MLB
5	Tyler Stephenson	C	19	R+
6	Amir Garrett	LHSP	24	A+
7	Keury Mella	RHSP	22	A+
8	Alex Blandino	SS	23	AA
9	Tyler Mahle	RHSP	21	A
10	Rookie Davis	RHSP	23	AA

Milwaukee Brewers

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Orlando Arcia	SS	21	AA
2	Brett Phillips	CF	22	AA
3	Trent Clark	CF	19	R+
4	Josh Hader	LHSP	22	AA
5	Jorge Lopez	RHSP	23	MLB
6	Gilbert Lara	3B	18	R+
7	Isan Diaz	2B/SS	20	R+
8	Kodi Medeiros	LHSP	20	A
9	Tyrone Taylor	CF	22	A
10	Michael Reed	RF	22	AAA

Pittsburgh Pirates

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Tyler Glasnow	RHSP	22	AAA
2	Austin Meadows	CF	21	AA
3	Jameson Taillon	RHSP	24	INJ
4	Harold Ramirez	CF	21	A+
5	Josh Bell	1B	23	AAA
6	Kevin Newman	SS	22	A
7	Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B	19	A-
8	Stephen Tarpley	LHSP	23	A
9	Cole Tucker	SS	19	A
10	Reese McGuire	C	21	A+

St. Louis Cardinals

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Alex Reyes	RHSP	21	AA
2	Jack Flaherty	RHSP	20	AA
3	Luke Weaver	RHSP	22	A+
4	Junior Fernandez	RHSP	19	R+
5	Magneuris Sierra	CF	20	A
6	Jake Woodford	RHSP	19	R
7	Nick Plummer	CF	19	R
8	Marco Gonzales	LHSP	24	MLB
9	Sandy Alcantara	RHSP	20	R
10	Harrison Bader	CF	22	A

NL West

Arizona Diamondbacks

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Braden Shipley	RHSP	24	AA
2	Archie Bradley	RHSP	23	MLB
3	Alex Young	LHSP	22	A-
4	Wei-Chieh Huang	RHSP	22	A
5	Brandon Drury	2B/3B	23	MLB
6	Socrates Brito	CF	23	MLB
7	Yoan Lopez	RHSP	23	AA
8	Tyler Wagner	RHSP	25	MLB
9	Cody Reed	LHSP	20	A-
10	Peter O'Brien	LF/1B/C	25	MLB

Colorado Rockies

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Brendan Rodgers	SS	19	R+
2	Jon Gray	RHSP	24	MLB
3	Jeff Hoffman	RHSP	23	AA
4	David Dahl	CF	22	AA
5	Ryan McMahon	3B	21	A+
6	Trevor Story	SS/2B	23	AAA
7	Raimel Tapia	CF	22	A+
8	Dom Nunez	C	21	A
9	Antonio Senzatela	RHSP	21	A+
10	Forrest Wall	2B	20	A

Los Angeles Dodgers

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Corey Seager	SS	22	MLB
2	Julio Urias	LHSP	19	AAA
3	Jose De Leon	RHSP	23	AAA
4	Yadier Alvarez	RHSP	20	J2
5	Grant Holmes	RHSP	20	AAA
6	Alex Verdugo	CF	20	A+
7	Cody Bellinger	1B/CF	20	A+
8	Austin Barnes	C	26	MLB
9	Yusniel Diaz	OF	19	J2
10	Frankie Montas	RHSP	23	MLB

San Diego Padres

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Manuel Margot	CF	21	AA
2	Javier Guerra	SS	20	A+
3	Ruddy Giron	SS	19	A
4	Hunter Renfroe	CF	24	AAA
5	Logan Allen	LHSP	19	A-
6	Travis Jankowski	CF	25	MLB
7	Jacob Nix	RHSP	20	R
8	Austin Smith	RHSP	19	R
9	Enyel De Los Santos	RHSP	20	A-
10	Jose Rondon	SS	22	AA

San Francisco Giants

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Christian Arroyo	SS	21	A+
2	Phil Bickford	RHSP	20	R
3	Tyler Beede	RHSP	23	AA
4	Lucius Fox	SS	18	J2
5	Clayton Blackburn	RHSP	23	AAA
6	Chris Shaw	1B	22	A-
7	Sam Coonrod	RHSP	23	A
8	Mac Marshall	LHSP	20	A-
9	Andrew Suarez	LHSP	23	A+
10	Jalen Miller	SS	19	R

AL East

Baltimore Orioles

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Dylan Bundy	RHSP	23	AA
2	Hunter Harvey	RHSP	21	INJ
3	Jomar Reyes	3B	19	A
4	Chance Sisco	C	21	AA
5	Trey Mancini	1B	24	AA
6	Mychal Givens	RHP	26	MLB
7	DJ Stewart	LF	22	A-
8	David Hess	RHSP	22	AA
9	Dariel Alvarez	RF	27	MLB
10	Chris Lee	LHSP	23	AA

Boston Red Sox

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Anderson Espinoza	RHSP	18	A
2	Yoan Moncada	2B	21	A
3	Rafael Devers	3B	19	A
4	Andrew Benintendi	CF	21	A
5	Sam Travis	1B	22	AA
6	Brian Johnson	LHSP	25	MLB
7	Michael Kopech	RHSP	20	A
8	Luis Alexander Basabe	CF	19	A-
9	Michael Chavis	3B	21	A
10	Deven Marrero	SS	25	MLB

New York Yankees

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Jorge Mateo	SS	21	A+
2	Domingo Acevedo	RHSP	22	A-
3	Aaron Judge	RF	24	AAA
4	James Kaprielian	RHSP	22	A-
5	Dustin Fowler	CF	21	A+
6	Gary Sanchez	C	23	AAA
7	Tyler Wade	SS/2B	21	AA
8	Ian Clarkin	LHSP	21	INJ
9	Wilkerman Garcia	SS	18	R
10	Brady Lail	RHSP	22	AAA

Tampa Bay Rays

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Blake Snell	LHSP	23	AA
2	Brent Honeywell	RHSP	21	A+
3	Willy Adames	SS	20	A+
4	Jake Bauers	1B/OF	20	AA
5	Taylor Guerrieri	RHSP	23	AA
6	Jacob Faria	RHSP	22	AA
7	Daniel Robertson	SS	22	AA
8	Garrett Whitley	CF	19	A-
9	Chih-Wei Hu	RHSP	22	AAA
10	Kevin Padlo	3B	20	A

Toronto Blue Jays

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Anthony Alford	CF	21	A+
2	Jon Harris	RHSP	22	A-
3	Richard Urena	SS	20	A+
4	Sean Reid-Foley	RHSP	20	A+
5	Connor Greene	RHSP	21	AA
6	Max Pentacost	C	23	INJ
7	DJ Davis	CF	21	A
8	Ryan Borucki	LHSP	22	A-
9	Rowdy Tellez	1B	21	A+
10	Clinton Hollon	RHSP	21	A

AL Central

Chicago White Sox

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Tim Anderson	SS	23	AA
2	Spencer Adams	RHSP	20	A+
3	Carson Fulmer	RHSP	22	A+
4	Jordan Guerrero	LHSP	22	A+
5	Tyler Danish	RHSP	21	AA
6	Trey Michalczewski	3B	21	A+
7	Adam Engel	CF	24	A+
8	Jacob May	CF	24	AA
9	Micker Adolfo	RF	19	R
10	Courtney Hawkins	RF	22	AA

Cleveland Indians

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Bradley Zimmer	CF	23	AA
2	Bobby Bradley	1B	20	A+
3	Clint Frazier	CF	21	A+
4	Brady Aiken	LHSP	19	INJ
5	Rob Kaminsky	LHSP	21	A+
6	Justus Sheffield	LHSP	20	A
7	Mike Clevinger	RHSP	25	MLB
8	Tyler Naquin	CF	25	AAA
9	Triston McKenzie	RHSP	18	R
10	Francisco Mejia	C	20	A

Detroit Tigers

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Michael Fulmer	RHSP	23	AA
2	Beau Burrows	RHSP	19	R
3	Derek Hill	CF	20	A
4	Mike Gerber	RF	23	A
5	JaCoby Jones	SS	24	AA
6	Joe Jimenez	RHP	21	A
7	Spencer Turnbull	RHSP	23	A
8	Christin Stewart	LF	22	A
9	Kevin Ziomek	LHSP	24	A+
10	Tyler Alexander	LHSP	21	A-

Kansas City Royals

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Kyle Zimmer	RHSP	24	AA
2	Ashe Russell	RHSP	19	R+
3	Raul Mondesi	SS	20	MLB
4	Foster Griffin	LHSP	20	A
5	Scott Blewett	RHSP	20	A
6	Miguel Almonte	RHSP	23	MLB
7	Bubba Starling	CF	23	AA
8	Nolan Watson	RHSP	19	R+
9	Matt Strahm	LHSP	24	A+
10	Pedro Fernandez	RHSP	22	A+

Minnesota Twins

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Byron Buxton	CF	22	MLB
2	Jose Berrios	RHSP	22	AAA
3	Max Kepler	1B/LF	23	MLB
4	Tyler Jay	LHSP	22	A+
5	Nick Gordon	SS	20	A
6	Stephen Gonsalves	LHSP	21	A+
7	Jorge Polanco	SS	22	MLB
8	Kohl Stewart	RHSP	21	A+
9	Nick Burdi	RHP	23	AA
10	Wander Javier	SS	17	J2

AL West

Houston Astros

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	AJ Reed	1B	23	AA
2	Francis Martes	RHSP	20	AA
3	Alex Bregman	SS	22	A+
4	Tyler White	1B/3B	25	AAA
5	Kyle Tucker	CF	19	R+
6	Derek Fisher	CF	22	A+
7	Daz Cameron	CF	19	R+
8	Joe Musgrove	RHSP	23	AA
9	Colin Moran	3B	23	AA
10	David Paulino	RHSP	22	A+

Los Angeles Angels

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Taylor Ward	C	22	A
2	Joe Gatto	RHSP	21	R+
3	Nate Smith	LHSP	24	AA
4	Victor Alcantara	RHSP	23	A+
5	Kyle Kubitza	3B	24	MLB
6	Kyle McGowin	RHSP	24	AA
7	Jake Jewell	RHSP	23	A
8	Jahmai Jones	CF	18	R
9	Jaime Barria	RHSP	19	R+
10	Julio Garcia	SS	18	R

Oakland Athletics

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Franklin Barreto	SS	20	A+
2	Sean Manaea	LHSP	24	AA
3	Matt Chapman	3B	23	A+
4	Chad Pinder	SS	24	AA
5	Matt Olson	1B	22	AA
6	Renato Nunez	3B	22	AA
7	Casey Meisner	RHSP	21	A+
8	Dakota Chalmers	RHSP	19	R
9	Richie Martin	SS	21	A-
10	Daniel Mengden	RHSP	23	A+

Seattle Mariners

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Edwin Diaz	RHSP	22	AA
2	Alex Jackson	RF	20	AA
3	Drew Jackson	SS	22	A-
4	Nick Neidert	RHSP	19	R
5	Boog Powell	CF	23	AAA
6	Tyler O'Neill	RF	21	A+
7	Christopher Torres	SS	18	DSL
8	Brayan Hernandez	CF	18	DSL
9	Luiz Gohara	LHSP	19	A
10	Luis Liberato	RF	20	AA

Texas Rangers

Rank	Name	Pos	Age	Level
1	Joey Gallo	3B/LF	22	MLB
2	Lewis Brinson	CF	22	AAA
3	Nomar Mazara	RF	21	AAA
4	Dillon Tate	RHSP	22	A
5	Luis Ortiz	RHSP	20	A
6	Yohander Mendez	LHSP	21	A
7	Michael Matuella	RHSP	22	INJ
8	Ariel Jurado	RHSP	20	A
9	Eric Jenkins	CF	19	A
10	Ryan Cordell	UT	24	AAA