Top 25 prospect list

May 1, 2009
Rk Player Pos Comments Age Org Lvl Pre
1 Matt Wieters C He's actually off to a relatively wimpy start (16.4% BB, 27.3% K, .111 IsoP, .346 wOBA, 55 PA) 23.0 BAL AAA 1 ↔
2 David Price LHP We now have a 210 TBF sample on him from MLB/AAA (23.3% K, 10.0% BB); 11.1% BB in AAA 23.7 TB MLB 2 ↔
3 Colby Rasmus CF Another month like they've had so far and Fowler will jump Rasmus; .314 MLB wOBA, .051 IsoP 22.7 STL MLB 4 ↑
4 Dexter Fowler CF Above-average runner with some power + Coors Field = Fantasy Gold; plus defense in CF too? 23.1 COL MLB 5 ↑
5 Buster Posey C Wow! .464 wOBA through 94 PA; Line-drive hitter with enough bat speed to generate power, too 22.1 SF A+ 24 ↑
6 Travis Snider LF .333 wOBA may not show it, but Snider's off to a sweet start (66 PA) -- BB and K% improvement 21.3 TOR MLB 8 ↑
7 Madison Bumgarner LHP Throws a mid-90s FB that he can locate from a 3/4 arm slot; K% drop from A to A+ is a concern 19.8 SF A+ 6 ↓
8 Brett Anderson LHP Command and GB% have translated to bigs -- great signs -- K% has not; 88-92 FB, solid changeup 21.3 OAK MLB 7 ↓
9 Jason Heyward RF Picking up where he left off (.360 wOBA); with more power (+.068 IsoP) and more Ks (+3.9% K) 19.7 ATL A+ 9 ↔
10 Tommy Hanson RHP 33.7% K, 8.1% BB 34% GB in AAA (86 TBF); May be next elite pitching prospect called up to bigs 22.7 ATL AAA 13 ↑
11 Matt LaPorta LF/RF Bummed about Wieters being held captive in AAA to delay arb? How 'bout LaPorta? .474 wOBA 24.3 CLE AAA 14 ↑
12 Justin Smoak 1B Off to a great start through 87 AA PA (16.1% BB, 11.5% K, .183 IsoP); probably > Jason Castro 22.4 TEX AA 16 ↑
13 Rick Porcello RHP Similar MLB success as Anderson -- 6.5% BB, 12.9% K, 56% GB (93 TBF); awesome 2-seam FB 20.4 DET MLB 17 ↑
14 Jarrod Parker RHP Mid-90s FB + good changeup + knee-buckling breaking ball = potential stud; 29.2% K, 5.6% BB (A+) 20.4 ARI AA 19 ↑
15 Mike Moustakas 3B Holland and him passed up by eye-opening performers, not due to poor production (.354 wOBA) 20.6 KC A+ 11 ↓
16 Derek Holland LHP Owner of a mid-90s FB and plus slider; only has 40 TBF in '09; offers top-of-the-rotation potential 22.6 TEX MLB 12 ↓
17 Jesus Montero C/DH Walk (7.5%) and strikeout (15.0%) rates similar to '08, power has taken off in the FSL (.230 IsoP) 19.4 NYY A+ 37 ↑
18 Mike Stanton RF Same problem (26.8 K%); BB rate (12.2%) has improved while some power remains (.211 IsoP) 19.5 FLA A+ 21 ↑
19 Pedro Alvarez 3B We see 24.2% K through 91 PA and we think UT-OH! 16.5% BB is promising; still tiny samples here 22.2 PIT A+ 10 ↓
20 Trevor Cahill RHP Having trouble adjusting in majors: 16.0% BB, 7.4% K, 50% GB (94 TBF); 16.3% K in MLB/AA (245) 21.2 OAK MLB 20 ↔
21 Jordan Schafer CF Holding own in majors with 19.5% BB, .166 IsoP; 29.0% K and .390 BABIP could lead to slump 22.7 ATL MLB 25 ↑
22 Mat Gamel 3B Elbow injury may have caused poor '08 2nd half; on fire to begin '09: .395 isoP, .501 wOBA 23.8 MIL AAA 53 ↑
23 Carlos Santana C .214 BABIP holding Santana back from monstrous numbers in AA: .328 IsoP, 18.9 BB%, 14.9 K% 23.1 CLE AA 26 ↑
24 Jordan Zimmermann RHP Started MLB career with a bang: 6.5 BB%, 17.4 K%; hard thrower needs to develop his curve 23.0 WAS MLB 39 ↑
25 Lars Anderson 1B Where is his '08 power? .200 IsoP between Lancaster and Portland last season, .157 so far in '09 21.6 BOS AA 18 ↓
Honorable Mentions: Brian Matusz (LHP), Yonder Alonso (1B), Chris Tillman (RHP), Andrew McCutchen (CF), Neftali Feliz (RHP).
Dropped out: Neftali Feliz (15), Eric Hosmer (22), and Brian Matusz (23).
Graduated: Cameron Maybin (3).
* Ages are as of May 1st, 2009.
** Lvl is the highest level the player has reached.
*** Our rankings combine a player's ceiling with the odds that he'll reach it and favor recent production.
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