The end of our little prospect journey brings us to the very first edition of Major League Jerk’s Top 100 prospects list. I’ve had a blast compiling the division top 10s and I’ve worked my ass off on this top 100.
A quick note about the rankings: I tend to favor guys with high ceilings, but I take a lot of things into account: position (which is why Wieters is #1), defense (which is why I’m higher on Elvis Andrus than most) and guys who can really control the strike zone (which explains my Kellen Kulbacki fetish)
I really wanted to go through and write a blurb on every player, but quite frankly there isn’t enough time. If you have any questions a quick Google search will do the trick, but if you want to know why player A. is ranked ahead of player B. just go ahead and ask in the comments.
1. Matt Wieters, C, Baltimore
2. David Price, LHP, Tampa Bay
3. Colby Rasmus, OF, St. Louis
4. Madison Bumgarner, LHP, San Francisco
5. Tommy Hanson, RHP, Atlanta
6. Travis Snider, OF, Toronto
7. Neftali Feliz, RHP, Texas
8. Buster Posey, C, San Francisco
9. Trevor Cahill, RHP, Oakland
10. Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Pittsburgh
11. Brett Anderson, LHP, Oakland
12. Jason Heyward, OF, Atlanta
13. Cameron Maybin, OF, Florida
14. Dexter Fowler, OF, Colorado
15. Mike Stanton, OF, Florida
16. Tim Beckham, SS, Tampa Bay
17. Brian Matusz, LHP, Baltimore
18. Chris Tillman, RHP, Baltimore
19. Lars Anderson, 1B, Boston
20. Mike Moustakas, 3B, Kansas City
21. Justin Smoak, 1B, Texas
22. Carlos Santana, C, Cleveland
23. Eric Hosmer, 1B, Kansas City
24. Tim Alderson, RHP, San Francisco
24a. Rick Porcello, RHP, Detroit
25. Andrew McCutchen, OF, Pittsburgh
26. Matt LaPorta, 1B, Cleveland
27. Jhoulys Chacin, RHP, Colorado
28. Brett Wallace, 3B, St. Louis
29. Wade Davis, RHP, Tampa Bay
30. Matt Dominguez, 3B, Florida
31. Logan Morrison, 1B, Florida
32. Michael Bowden, RHP, Boston
33. Ben Revere, OF, Minnesota
34. Derek Holland, LHP, Texas
35. Jarrod Parker, RHP, Arizona
36. Aaron Hicks, OF, Minnesota
37. Gordon Beckham, 3B, Chicago (AL)
38. Michael Ynoa, RHP, Oakland
39. Nick Weglarz, OF, Cleveland
40. Greg Halman, OF, Seattle
41. Jesus Montero, C, New York (AL)
42. Austin Jackson, CF, New York (AL)
43. Angel Villalona, 1B, San Francisco
44. Josh Vitters, 3B, Chicago (NL)
45. Fernando Martinez, OF, New York (NL)
46. Desmond Jennings, OF, Tampa Bay
47. Elvis Andrus, SS, Texas
48. Dominic Brown, OF, Philadelphia
49. Chris Carter, 1B, Oakland
50. Jordan Schafer, OF, Atlanta
51. Jason Castro, C, Houston
52. Aaron Cunningham, OF, Oakland
53. Todd Frazier, 3B, Cincinnati
54. Yonder Alonso, 1B, Cincinnati
55. Alcides Escobar, SS, Milwaukee
56. Jordan Zimmermann, RHP, Washington
57. Jake Arietta, RHP, Baltimore
58. Brett Lawrie, 2B, Milwaukee
59. Mat Gamel, 3B, Milwaukee
60. JP Arencibia, C, Toronto
61. Brett Cecil, RHP, Toronto
62. Philippe Aumont, RHP, Seattle
63. James McDonald, RHP, Los Angeles (NL)
64. Ethan Martin, RHP, Los Angeles (NL)
65. Reid Brignac, SS, Tampa Bay
66. Michael Main, RHP, Texas
67. Jose Tabata, OF, Pittsburgh
68. Nick Adenhardt, RHP, Los Angeles (AL)
69. Kellen Kulbacki, OF, San Diego
70. Chris Perez, RHP, St. Louis
71. Wilmer Flores, SS, New York (NL)
72. Michael Burgess, OF, Washington
73. Angel Salome, C, Milwaukee
74. Kyle Skipworth, C, Florida
75. Jason Donald, SS, Philadelphia
76. Wilin Rosario, C, Colorado
77. Aaron Poreda, LHP, Chicago (AL)
78. Andrew Lambo, OF, Los Angeles (NL)
79. Ross Detwiler, LHP, Washington
80. Josh Reddick, OF, Boston
81. David Cooper, 1B, Toronto
82. Jeff Samardzija, RHP, Chicago (NL)
83. Adrian Cardenas, 2B, Oakland
84. Gorkys Hernandez, OF, Atlanta
85. Daniel Bard, RHP, Boston
86. Andrew Brackman, RHP, New York (AL)
87. Mat Latos, RHP, San Diego
88. Engel Beltre, OF, Texas
89. Max Ramirez, C, Texas
90. Carlos Triunfel, SS, Seattle
91. Brad Holt, RHP, New York (NL)
92. Christian Friedrich, LHP, Colorado
93. Jordan Walden, LHP, Los Angeles (AL)
94. Jemile Weeks, 2B, Oakland
95. Daniel Schlereth, LHP, Arizona
96. Kyle Drabek, RHP, Philadelphia
97. Bandon Erbe, RHP, Baltimore
98. Jefry Marte, 3B, New York (NL)
99. Wilson Ramos, C, Minnesota
100. Neftali Soto, 3B, Cincinnati
the equipment guy is gonna have a shit-fit when both these guys get to the majors.
oops, I know what i did. Thanks spence.
fetch…do you know anything about indians OF trevor crowe? he’s having a pretty solid spring training. he was a 1st round pick, but seems to have stalled a bit in the minors.
Spence: He sucks.
If anyone sees any other stupid mistakes like the one spence found let me know. Stupid WordPress wouldn’t let me do this all at once so I’m sure there is at least one more duplicate
Fetch, I have a question: I used to think the Twins were gonna win the AL central and now I think they’re destined for third. Why do you think that is?
/I’ll hang up and listen
So Detroit doesnt have 1 prospect in the top 100? Thats it, no more Mudhens games for me.
thought so. oh well, tribe has enough OF’s.
Rick, this blog is anti-detroit ever since they got together and watched 8 mile.
they had cameron maybin, if that makes you feel any better.
more accurate
rick: 24.
Everyone thinks Porcello is fantastic and Alderson sucks, but truthfully I don’t see much difference between the two.
Hef: I dont get it
San Francisco looks like they are in good shape.
“Buster Posey” is the best name on that list. I wonder If my fiance will let me name my kid Buster?
@Spencer, the opinions of Italians mean very little to me.
Did you just add that guy? Did you open the ND phonebook and pick someone out?
yeah rick i did.
that’s racist.
Porcello is having a good spring. He will help out a lot in the Tigers championship run this year.
Honest question: since Dontrelle Willis went all the way down to single A, does he become a prospect again?
No, once you have a certain amount of innings or at bats you arent a prospect
At which point you become a failure
MAMA MIA!!
Spencer, I apologize if I offended you.
/Spicy Meatball
porcello’s italian.
you’re a hypocrite.
If you are on one of my favorite teams, you can be any race, even Mexican.
/PHLE’s book of racism rule 21, section 13, part a
Spencer- Pruccuttio on Pizza? hit or miss?
HOME RUN
How the hell is F-Mart 45? He is at least better than Josh Vitters! I am all for F-mart at 44 and Vitters at 45.
/nice work..
2 guys on the list named Neftali, wow, what are the odds?
only 1 cub? i remember the good ol’ day when the cubs supposedly had the best farm system in the league and they would loose 80 to 90 games a year and people would say “wait til next year _______ is coming up!” and the dude would be about as good spoiled milk.