Top 25 Non-Top 100 Prospects

June 4, 2008

In June's first Top-25 non Top-100 prospect rankings, we see some high climbers (Charlie Morton, Daryl Thompson, Lou Marson, Ryan Tucker, Greg Halman), while Henry Rodriguez' complete loss of control has dropped him from 6th to off the list entirely.

 

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No.   Player   Pos.   Comments   Age   Org   Lvl   Pre.
1   Michael Saunders   CF   2 bombs on Tuesday; continues to put up very impressive overall stats for 21 year old in AA   21.6   SEA   AA   1 ↔
2   Max Ramirez   C   Any hitter with a .478 wOBA is incredible, one with potential to stick as catcher is ridiculous   23.6   TEX   AA   10 ↑
3   Peter Bourjos   CF   The days go by, Bourjos keeps raking (.391 wOBA, .555 SLG%, 14 SB in May); 31 SB in '08   21.1   LAA   A+   7 ↑
4   Sean Doolittle   1B   Remember when people questioned his power? Those days are long gone (.291 isoP, 15 HR) 21.6   OAK   A+   4 ↔
5   Ivan De Jesus   SS   Contact (.303 AVG), discipline (15.3 BB%), Defense (.966 FP); make future MLB starter likely 21.0   LAD   AA   5 ↔
6   Jhoulys Chacin   RHP   Electric righty had 3 straight starts in May of 8.0 IP, 1 ER, and at least 6 K (6, 10, 9); 5 BB total 20.4   COL   A   15 ↑
7   Pablo Sandoval   C   Bat has cooled some -- but still showing pop (.619 SLG%) and solid plate skills (20 BB / 30 K) 21.8   SF   A+   3 ↓
8   Juan Ramirez   RHP   43 hits allowed in 55.0 innings is strong, throw in great command (17 BB) and GB tendencies 19.8   SEA   A   8 ↔
9   Todd Frazier   SS   Too good for low-A (1.000 OPS); finding the competition a little more diffIcult in A+ (.844 OPS) 22.3   CIN   A+   2 ↓
10   Michael Brantley   CF   The CF version of De Jesus, Brantley shows contact (.333 AVG), disc. (.405 OBP), & speed 21.0   MIL   AA   13 ↑
11   Julio Teheran   RHP   Teheran will hold down the number 11 spot on these rankings until he actually throws a pitch 17.3   ATL   SS   11 ↔
12   Charlie Morton   RHP   Morton is too good for AAA, as seen by his start on Tuesday: (8.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 BB, 13 K)   24.6   ATL   AAA   24 ↑
13   Jonathon Niese   LHP   Niese is strong across the board as 21 year-old in AA (9.0 BB%, 20.3 K%, 58 GB%, 78.3 DF) 21.6   NYM   AA   14 ↑
14   Daryl Thompson   RHP   Has no problem adjusting to AAA (3.7 BB%, 22.2 K%, 43 GB%, 2.08 FIP, 76.5 DF) in 2 starts. 22.5   CIN   AAA   30 ↑
15   Lou Marson   C   Young catcher looks like good bet to be a starter in MLB soon; so far in 2008: .354/.465/.466   21.9   PHI   AA   NR ↑
16   Nick Evans   1B   Clearly rushed to the bigs, Evans is having his problems (.535 OPS) -- still has a great future   22.3   NYM   MLB   16 ↔
17   Edward Cegarra   RHP   19 year old has been strong in 2 starts in A+ (9 H, 4 ER in 13.0 IP); but K and GB rates down   19.2   KC   A+   17 ↔
18   Cedric Hunter   CF   Power may be starting to catch up (.182 isoP in May) to already strong discipline (.087 isoD)   20.2   SD   A+   12 ↓
19   Ryan Tucker   RHP   Having good season, but don't be fooled by ERA. He's not THAT good (.248 BABIB, 3.20 FIP)   21.4   FLA   AA   NR ↑
20   Sean Rodriguez   SS   Hit first MLB HR in June, but 23 year old still being dominated in the show: 31.5 K%, .520 OPS 23.1   LAA   MLB   9 ↓
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 Greg Halman   CF   Extrapolate his current season over 640 AB and Halman has a ludicrous 48 HR, 60 SB, 3 CS   20.7   SEA   A+   NR ↑
22   Josh Reddick   RF   Was strong in low-A (.888 OPS, 0 HR), power has took off in CAL league (.960 OPS, 7 HR)   21.2   BOS   A+   23 ↑
23   Zach McAllister   RHP   His overall line in low-A was too good to be ignored (3.2 BB%, 20.9 K%, 61 GB%, 2.96 FIP)   20.4   NYY   A+   28 ↑
24   Aneury Rodriguez   RHP   Has been masterful in pitcher's park Modesto (2 CG shutouts), strong in other parks in CAL   20.4   COL   A+   NR ↑
25   Clayton Tanner   LHP   After starting strong, then going through a horrendous stretch, 0 ER in last 2 starts (2 wins)   20.4   SF   A+   22 ↓
Honorables: J.P. Arencibia (TOR), Travis Wood (CIN), Brandon Erbe (BAL), Freddie Freeman (ATL), Koby Clemens (HOU), Jose Vallejo (TEX)    
Graduated (final ranking): None                
Dropped out of Top 25 (previous ranking): Henry Rodriguez (6), Peter Kozma (18), Brandon Erbe (19), Matt Sulentic (20), Daniel Moskos (22),    
Nick Noonan (25)                        
Our rankings combine a player's ceiling with the odds that he'll reach it and favor recent production                
Ages are as of June 4th, 2008                            
Level is the highest level the player has reached                
*DF stands for "Dominance Factor", a statistic created by Brett Sullivan which uses GB%, K%, and BB% and age to determine a pitcher's dominance.
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Brett Sullivan can be reached at sullivan10x@yahoo.com.