Baseball's top 300 prospects

[Vsahajpal]

Here's an up-to-the-minute list of baseball's top 300 prospects, done from a sabermetrician's point of view. The Cubs and Rangers share the lead with 15 of the top 300, each. The Sox have 8 prospects, but are just behind Atlanta in terms of average prospect rating (105, compared to 103)

Team # Prospects Avg Rank

ChN 15 117

Tex 15 139

Bos 14 202

Cle 13 178

Bal 13 180

Atl 12 103

Tor 12 171

Cin 12 217

Sea 11 108

SD 11 119

NYA 11 121

Min 11 122

Hou 11 146

Det 11 150

Phi 11 156

SF 11 163

Mon 11 174

Fla 10 133

Oak 10 177

Col 9 142

ChA 8 105

KC 8 135

Ari 8 171

Ana 8 181

NYN 7 154

TB 6 110

Pit 6 146

LA 6 165

Mil 5 136

StL 4 171


http://www.kenphelps.com./html/top300.html

[irish rover]

does that rating mean that although we have 8 that each of the prospects as inviduals are better than most? I go to the site and can't see anything

[rdivaldi]

A breakdown on our prospects listed.....

9)Joe Borchard
27)Jon Rauch
34)Joe Crede
60)Corwin Malone
85)Matt Guerrier
134)Matt Ginter
219)Andy Gonzalez
275)Tim Hummel

Hmmmm, that's pretty questionable.

Where's Ulacia, Almonte, Olivo, Kane, West......

And if you're going to put Ginter & Crede in there, why not Wright and Rowand.

I'm not going to put too much stock in this one.

[Bmr31]

Originally posted by rdivaldi
A breakdown on our prospects listed.....

9)Joe Borchard
27)Jon Rauch
34)Joe Crede
60)Corwin Malone
85)Matt Guerrier
134)Matt Ginter
219)Andy Gonzalez
275)Tim Hummel

Hmmmm, that's pretty questionable.

Where's Ulacia, Almonte, Olivo, Kane, West......

And if you're going to put Ginter & Crede in there, why not Wright and Rowand.

I'm not going to put too much stock in this one.

lol who the hell is andy gonzalez?

[rdivaldi]

Gonzalez is a shortstop believe it or not. He ripped up the rookie level Arizona league, hitting .323 in 189 at bats. Word is he flashed some good leather in the process as well. But true to form for most young shortstops he committed a bunch of errors.

But I'm surprised that they would include him over a bunch of more established A and AA guys. If anything, Honel was more promising in Arizona than Gonzalez.

Oh well, who am I to argue with an expert?

[RichH55]

I would have hoped Hummel would have been ranked higher seeing as we expect him to take over 2B next year and posibily lead-off

[Jerry_Manuel]

Originally posted by RichH55
I would have hoped Hummel would have been ranked higher seeing as we expect him to take over 2B next year and posibily lead-off

That's just one opinion.

[kermittheefrog]

I don't think much of any list that ranks Mark Prior as a better Cubs prospect that Juan Cruz (like this one does). Cruz has actually reached the majors and pitched very well while Prior hasn't even thrown a minor league pitch. So because of that I won't worry about the fact this guy doesn't like Hummel.

[Fisk Fan]

:boston

You can't trust anyone but me......

P.S. Look at my Gobbler!!

[RichH55]

Originally posted by kermittheefrog
I don't think much of any list that ranks Mark Prior as a better Cubs prospect that Juan Cruz (like this one does). Cruz has actually reached the majors and pitched very well while Prior hasn't even thrown a minor league pitch. So because of that I won't worry about the fact this guy doesn't like Hummel.

Most likes are rather subjective....we all know that, but you still want to see your guys(especially guys who are definate parts of the future) ranked higher....c'est la vie....there will be more lists and if I remember Hummel has what you want...like good strikezone judgement(IIRC)....