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Rk | Player | Pos | Comments | Age | Org | Lvl | Pre. | |||||||
1 | Jason Heyward | RF | Injuries are the only thing that could keep him from ascending to stardom | 20.8 | ATL | MLB | 1 ↔ | |||||||
2 | Carlos Santana | C | The best hitter in the minors and he could become an plus defensive catcher | 24.1 | CLE | AAA | 5 ↑ | |||||||
3 | Stephen Strasburg | RHP | Continues to meet the historically high expectations; K & GB machine so far | 21.8 | WAS | AAA | 4 ↑ | |||||||
4 | Buster Posey | C | Picked up right were he left off in AAA; great bet to turn into an above-ave. C | 23.1 | SF | MLB | 8 ↑ | |||||||
5 | Justin Smoak | 1B | Elite contact hitter w/ above-ave. patience and power; .175 BABIP so far in bigs | 23.4 | TEX | MLB | 9 ↑ | |||||||
6 | Desmond Jennings | CF | Shoulder and wrist injuries have limited him but he's had success in Triple-A | 23.5 | TB | AAA | 2 ↓ | |||||||
7 | Michael Stanton | RF | On pace to hit 60 HR; contact remains a concern but he has a monster ceiling | 20.5 | FLA | AA | 15 ↑ | |||||||
8 | Mike Leake | RHP | Sinkerballer adjusting to the bigs on the fly; competitor w/ plus plus command | 22.5 | CIN | MLB | 20 ↑ | |||||||
9 | Jesus Montero | C/DH | Strikeouts are up and power is down in AAA -- compared to A+/AA dominance | 20.5 | NYY | AAA | 3 ↓ | |||||||
10 | Starlin Castro | SS | Elite contact bat; improved power and BB%; I'm still not sure he'll stick at SS | 20.1 | CHC | MLB | 36 ↑ | |||||||
11 | Ike Davis | 1B | Seamless jump from AA to MLB for patient, power hitter,
but he will strike out |
23.2 | NYM | MLB | 57 ↑ | |||||||
12 | Dustin Ackley | 2B | Finally heating up after a wimpy April; looked solid at 2B when I saw him in ST | 22.2 | SEA | AA | 6 ↓ | |||||||
13 | Alcides Escobar | SS | One of baseball's best defensive SS; elite contact bat but not much power or BB | 23.4 | MIL | MLB | 11 ↓ | |||||||
14 | Pedro Alvarez | 3B | Vulnerable against LHP; despite soft hands, big body likely to force move to 1B | 23.3 | PIT | AAA | 12 ↓ | |||||||
15 | Neftali Feliz | RHP | Lots of Ks and hardly any BB; lack of GB is concerning; waiting for him to start | 22.0 | TEX | MLB | 14 ↓ | |||||||
16 | Michael Montgomery | LHP | Shredded through A+ on way to early AA promotion; upside may be No. 1-2 | 20.9 | KC | AA | 52 ↑ | |||||||
17 | Logan Morrison | 1B | Hit the ground running in AAA, but shoulder injury has kept him out since 4/19 | 22.7 | FLA | AAA | 19 ↑ | |||||||
18 | Jhoulys Chacin | RHP | Striking out as many batters as ever and he hasn't had many mistake pitches | 22.4 | COL | MLB | 21 ↑ | |||||||
19 | Domonic Brown | RF | Absolutely owning AA and putting up the best power numbers of his career | 22.7 | PHI | AA | 24 ↑ | |||||||
20 | Randall Delgado | RHP | The most impressive MiLB pitcher I saw in '10 ST; flashes 3 plus pitches | 20.3 | ATL | A+ | NR ↑ | |||||||
21 | Casey Kelly | RHP | Being brought along very slowly but looking like a potential No. 2-3 SP | 20.6 | BOS | AA | 35 ↑ | |||||||
22 | Freddie Freeman | 1B | Surprisingly promoted to AAA to open '10 but he's justifying the decision |
20.7 | ATL | AAA | 73 ↑ | |||||||
23 | Nick Weglarz | LF | Healthy again, power is improved and his BABIP is up 100 points from '09 | 22.4 | CLE | AA | 43 ↑ | |||||||
24 | Michael Trout | CF | Could emerge as an All-Star CF; good contact hitter w/ patience + power | 18.8 | LAA | A | 54 ↑ | |||||||
25 | Lars Anderson | 1B | Picking up where he left off two years ago; an oblique injury derailed his '09 | 22.6 | BOS | AAA | NR ↑ | |||||||
HM: Aroldis Chapman, Brett Wallace, Fernando Martinez, Jaff Decker, Josh Bell, Martin Perez, Michael Taylor, Mike Moustakas, Shelby Miller and Yonder Alonso | ||||||||||||||
Dropped out: F. Martinez (10), M. Taylor (13), J. Bell (16), Y. Alonso (17), J. Decker (18), J. Darnell (22), M. Bumgarner (23) and C. Carter (25) | ||||||||||||||
Graduated: Brian Matusz (7), Wade Davis (28) and Jon Niese (48) | ||||||||||||||
* Ages are as of 5/10/10; Lvl is the highest the player has reached; Our rankings put a lot of weight into floor as well as ceiling | ||||||||||||||
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Top 25 Prospect List
by Adam Foster
May 10, 2010