Top 25 Prospect List

May 10, 2010
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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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