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| Top 15 Corner Outfield Prospects | ||||||||||||
| No. | Player | Pos. | Comments | Age | Org | Lvl | ||||||
| 1 | Travis Snider | LF/DH | .361 wOBA across 4 levels in '08; lots of power, BB's, K's; could see regular time in bigs in '09 | 20.7 | TOR | MLB | ||||||
| 2 | Jason Heyward | RF | 6-foot-4, 220-pounder had .377 wOBA, 9.7% BB, not too many K's (14.7%) last year in Low-A | 19.2 | ATL | A+ | ||||||
| 3 | Matt LaPorta | RF/LF | Went .279/.386/.539 ('08); plenty of power (.260 IsoP), 11.3% BB; slowed once traded to Tribe | 23.8 | CLE | AA | ||||||
| 4 | Mike Stanton | RF/CF | Put up crazy .318 IsoP in 1st full pro season (39 HR in 540 PA), but tons of K's, too (28.3%) | 18.9 | FLA | A | ||||||
| 5 | Nick Weglarz | LF/DH | Matched great BB numbers from '07 in '08 (15.6%) while K rate dropped from 24.2% to 16.9% | 20.8 | CLE | A+ | ||||||
| 6 | Daryl Jones | LF | After putting up .275 wOBA in '07, had breakout year in '08 (.383 between A+, AA); 10.9% BB | 21.3 | STL | AA | ||||||
| 7 | Aaron Cunningham | LF/CF | Went .329/.400/.532 between AA, AAA; could have troubles breaking into crowded OAK OF | 22.5 | OAK | MLB | ||||||
| 8 | Michael Burgess | RF | Low contact rates (.246 AVG, 29.9% K), but big power (.231 IsoP); solid walk rate (10.2%) | 20.0 | WAS | A+ | ||||||
| 9 | Jose Tabata | RF | Had .289 wOBA (329 PA) in AA with NYY before dealt to PIT (.414 in 97 PA); .326 overall | 20.2 | PIT | AA | ||||||
| 10 | Kellen Kulbacki | RF | Quietly went .322/.428/.589 (.430 wOBA); let's see if he can do it outside the Cal League in '09 | 22.9 | SD | A+ | ||||||
| 11 | Seth Smith | RF/LF | Had his way with AAA as 25-year-old: .411 wOBA, 15.2% BB; .346, 12.2% in 123 MLB PA | 26.0 | COL | MLB | ||||||
| 12 | Michael Taylor | LF | 6-foot-6, 250-pounder went .346/.412/.557 between A, A+ in '08; 9.0% BB, 16.1% K | 22.8 | PHI | A+ | ||||||
| 13 | Cole Gillespie | LF | Had .373 wOBA, 13.7% BB rate in AA as 24-year-old; no glaring weekness aside from age | 24.3 | MIL | AA | ||||||
| 14 | Josh Reddick | RF | wOBA dropped over 100 pts from Cal League to AA (.406 vs. .304), but BB rate improved 4% | 21.7 | BOS | AA | ||||||
| 15 | John Raynor | LF | See Gillespie: had .384 wOBA, 11.7% BB rate as 24-year-old in AA; 23.0% K rate; burner | 24.8 | FLA | AA | ||||||
| Honorables: Andrew Lambo (LAD), Cody Johnson (ATL), Caleb Gindl (MIL), Jaff Decker (SD), Zach Collier (PHI), and Destin Hood (WAS). | ||||||||||||
| * Our rankings combine a player's ceiling with the odds that he'll reach it and favor recent production | ||||||||||||
| ** Ages are as of November 1st, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| *** Level is the highest level the player has reached | ||||||||||||
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