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Tom S

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Inspired by BA's top 10 lists and the prospect handbook that came out in time to be useful this year, I humbly submit the top 10 prospects for Houston and Ft Worth.  I invite anyone else to add to this thread their own top 10's for their teams.  I would be interested in seeing others.


Top 10 Prospects Houston Texans


1.  Alex Gordon  3b


2.  Troy Tulowitzki  ss


3.  Brad Snyder  rf


4.  Joaquin Arias  ss


5.  Anthony Swarzak  rhp


6.  Merkin Valdez  rhp


7.  Ricky Nolasco  rhp


8.  Tyler Clippard  rhp


9.  Ryan Shealy  1b


10.  Jason Jaramillo  c


 


Top 10 Prospects Ft Worth Bulldoggers


1.  Stephen Drew  ss


2.  Russell Martin  c


3.  Chris Ray  rhp


4.  Jose Bautista  3b


5.  Daniel Haigwood  lhp


6.  Manny Del Carmen  rhp


7.  Jason Botts  1b


8.  Jeff Fiorentino  cf


9.  Josh Willingham  c


10.  BJ Szymanski  cf



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Dave

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Top 10 Prospects Bethlehem Bombers
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1. Delmon Young


2. Justin Verlander


3. Jarrod Saltalamacchia


4. Jason Hirsch


5. Adam Jones


6. Scott Olsen


7. Jared Weaver


8. Billy Butler


9. Brian Anderson


10. Matt Moses


11. Yovani Gallardo



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Dave

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Top 10 Prospects Belfast Buzzards
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1. Francisco Liriano


2. Homer Bailey


3. Kendry Morales


4. Hunter Pence


5. Adam Loewen


6. Adam Miller


7. Jimmy Barthmaier


8. Adam Wainwright


9. Jay Rainville


10. Austin Jackson



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manhatten top 10

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                                    manhatten  top 10


1   yusmerio  petit  flo


2   clint  everts  was


3   greg  golson   phi


4   santiago  castilla (jario garcia)   oak


5   ryan  harvey  chi


6   abe  alvarez  bos


7   john  mayberry  jr   sea


8   kelly  shoppach  bos


9   larry  broadway  was


10  mike  jacobs  nym


top college prospect      kyle  russell   (tex)


 



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Tom T

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Great idea, Tom.


SFE Top 10 Prospects


1.  Brandon Wood (ANA)  ss


2.  Conor Jackson (ARZ)  1b


3.  Mike Pelfrey (NYM)  rhp


4.  Marcus Sanders (SF)  2b


5.  Travis Diamond (TEX)  rhp


6.  Troy Patton (HOU)  lhp


7.  Justin Huber (KC)  1b


8.  Gio Gonzalez (PHI)  lhp


9.  Chuck James (ATL)  lhp


10.  Travis Denker (LA)  2b


Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8 were all acquired this offseason.  Can you say "rebuilding"?



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Tom S

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Wow! Bethlehem has 4 MLB #1 prospects at the top of their list.

Tom T. isn't it THOMAS Diamond, not Travis?

Interesting so far that each team has at least one elite prospect.

Keep them coming.

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Eric

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Um, I don't think that I really like this game.  Perhaps I'll get back to you after the draft.  I could certainly build an impressive list of prospects who I drafted and then traded away.  In fact, there are 9 of those in the lists that have already been posted here. 


Actually, SOS still has a nice set of prospects.  It's Surprise that is painfully embarrassing right now...but they have collected a lot of extra draft picks to address that situation.  Yeah, that's the ticket.  So anyway, here's a list for SOS.


1) Ryan Braun (Mil)


2) Craig Hansen (Bos)


3) Jason Kubel (Min)


4) Cody Haerther (StL)


5) Josh Banks (Tor)


6) Nathan Schierholtz (SF)


7) Adam Harben (Min)


8) Francisco Hernandez (ChW)


9) Anthony Lerew (Atl)


10) Steven Shell (LAA)



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Tom T

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Tom T. isn't it THOMAS Diamond, not Travis?


He always lets me call him Travis.  Just my little pet name for him.



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keith

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here are High Desert's and Grand Prairie's


HDT


1- Chris Young ARZ


2- Erick Aybar LAA


3- Jeremy Sowers CLE


4- Neil Walker PIT


5- Javier Herera OAK


6- Eddy Esteve-Martinez SFO


7- Andre Either LAD


8- Ricky Romero TOR


9- Jed Lowrie BOS


10- Josh Fields CHA


 


GDP


1- John Lestor BOS


2- Andy LaRoche LAD


3- Carlos Quentin ARZ


4- Anthony Reyes STL


5- Anibal Sanchez FLA


6- Cole Hamels PHI


7- Cliff Pennington OAK


8- Daniel Bard UNC


9- Michael Bourn PHI


10- Travis Buck OAK


Hdt's list would be even better if the moron gm wouldn't have traded away Hermida.



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Tom S

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Maybe after we get some more someone will do a organization ranking based on top 10's. Keith is usually up to the task on matters like that. What do ya say Keith?

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Warren

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Phillipsburg Top 10:


1. Justin Upton


2. Lastings Milledge


3. Jonathon Broxton


4. Collin Ballester


5. Nick Adenhart


6. Wilkin Ramirez


7. Humberto Sanchez


8. Luis Cota


9. Taylor Teagarden


10. Jason Neighborgall (since BA usually puts a high ceiling, high risk at #10, I will offer up the


       ultimate High risk player- that and the rest of my minors are crap   )



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Jeff

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Elysian Fields


1. Andrew Miller (lhp, UNC)


2. Andrew McCutchen (of, Pit)


3. Jay Bruce (of, Cin)


4. Scott Elbert (lhp, LA)


5. Blake DeWitt (2b, LA)


6. Elijah Dukes (of, TB)


7. Stephen Head (1b, Cle)


8. Luis Soto (of, Bos)


9. Chris Marrero (3b, HS)


10. Kasey Kiker (lhp, HS)


**Damn that is depressing (2 HS kids!!!).  Everyone's got a sob story and this is mine:


Here's the part that is the worst as these are the guys I've owned and traded over the past 3 years (in an effort to compete) with their BA ranking.


Homer Bailey (rhp, Cin, #1), Neil Walker (c, Pit, #1), Justin Verlander (rhp, Det, #1)


Troy Patton (lhp, Hou, #2)


Joel Guzman (of, LA, #3), Clint Everts (rhp, Was, #3), Cameron Maybin (of, Det, #3)


Chris Snelling (of, Sea, #4)


Jered Weaver (rhp, LAa, #5), Eric Hurley (rhp, Tex, #5)


Ryan Harvey (of, CHn, #8)


Trevor Plouffe (ss, Min, #9)


Craig Whitaker (rhp, SF, #10), John Mayberry Jr (of, Tex, #10)


Hanley Ramirez (ss, Fla, not ranked b/c of trade), Mike Pelfrey (rhp, NYn, not ranked b/c he had not signed)....Both players would probably be #2s in their new systems behind Hermida and Milledge based on what I've read in BA.


**OK, I'm now depressed beyond belief as the departure of these guys have brought exactly ZERO ARBA crowns.  I'd rather have my minor league system at this point than a bunch of 5th-7th place finishes.  Now I have a depleted minor league system with an aging and expensive major league system and an overall team that can't get over the hump when they get in the playoffs.  Lovely!  Atleast with a good minor league system there is "hope" for the future.  I'm gonna go puke now.


 



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Tom S

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Jeff you are correct.  According to BA Prospect Handbook, Ramirez is Florida's #2 prosepct.  The Handbook has updated top 10's for teams that made trades after original top 10's were released.

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Jon

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Oh how the mighty have fallen, BRK's minors not up to their usual standards, but since that's largely due to them being in the show now I shouldn't complain. 8-14 in my depth chart are pretty much a wash.

1) Carlos Gonzalez - AZ
2) Joel Zumaya - DET
3) Ray Liotta - CHW
4) Ian Kinsler - TEX
5) Zach Jackson - TOR
6) Ubaldo Jimenez - COL
7) Delwyn Young - LA
8) Glen Perkins - MIN
9) Joey Votto - CIN
10) Dennis Sarfate - MIL

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Don

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Here's Petty's top ten (with notation that Zach Duke, Brian McCann, Dioner Navarro, Jonny Gomes, and Edwin Jackson have lost rookie status and no longer qualify).

1) Ian Stewart
2) Jeremy Hermida (ok, so BBA disagrees with me on the order of the top 2--sue me)
3) Cameron Maybin
4) Eric Duncan
5) Chris Volstad
6) Denard Span
7) Jeff Allison (I am a believer)
8) Eric Patterson
9) Kenji Johjima (higher if not for his age)
10) Take your pick: Waldrop, Christian Garcia, Vince Perkins, Jason Pridie, JD Martin, Mark McCormick, Boof Bonser, Wladimir Balentien).


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Don

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Buda (weakened by so many years of low draft status and failed picks--e.g. Ryan Anderson, Josh Hamilton, Jackson Melian, et al.--and Mauer, Betemit, and Gavin Floyd no longer qualify, not that Betemit or Floyd would rank too highly.)

1) Jeff Clement
2) Felix Pie
3) Franklin Gutierrez
4) Dexter Fowler (no, really)
5) Michael Taylor
6) Brignac
7) Tuiasosopolesdextriama (at least, I think that's the name I drafted him under)
8) Ryan Sweeney (BBA top 100; I just think guys 3-7 are better)
9) Juan Portes
10) Edgar Garcia

Hon. mention to Micah Owings, Vechionacci, and James Houser. Adrian Ortiz is still too early to tell.


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gary

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After years of dismal drafting Austin turned it around 3 years ago and started trying to build a quality minor league system while also tearing down the team and rebuilding. With a lot of help from Jeff, taking lessons from Don and Warren, and starting to spend countless hours of painstaking research, I can finally say I have a decent core of minor leaguers. A little short on numbers this year, but the quality is so much better than in the past. I actually had other managers asking for some of my minor leaguers in trades the last couple of years.


Daric Barton          OAK (#1)


Joel Guzman          LAD (#3)


Philip Hughes         NYY (#1)


Ian Kennedy          USC (Jr All American)


Justin Orenduff      LAD


Chris Lambert        StL (#4)


Craig Whitaker       SFO (#10)


Henry Sanchez      MIN ('05 1st round pick)


Wade Townsend    TB ('05 1st round pick, also BAL '04 1st round pick)


Brian Bass             KC - it drops off fast after number nine


Losing minor league status this year - Ryan Zimmerman, King Felix, Gustavo Chacin, and Willie Taveras


major disappointment - I cut Ronny Cedeno two years ago 



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Tom S

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OKay with Houston trade for Jason Kubel he slides in at number 3 moving everyone else down one.

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Kevin

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Ok, I'll play too.  Here is Springfield's list.  


 


1. Angel Guzman


2. Ryan Garko


3. Elizardo Ramirez


4. Bobby Basham


5. Shaun Marcum


6. Alexander Smit


7. Brian Dopirak


8. Jeff Salazar


9. Chris Resop


10. Chris Seddon


 


On the whole, not exactly the envy of the league!    


 


 



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Dennis D

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Davenport's


1   Dustin McGowen  P Tor


2   Phil Humber        P  NYN


3   Jason Hamel      P  TB


4   Paul Maholm     P Pit


5   Jeff Mathis       C LAA


6   Adam Lind       OF  Tor


7   Fausto Carmona  P  Cle


8   Billy Bray    P  Was


9   Freddie Lewis   OF  SF


10  Mike Aubrey    1B  Cle


 


 



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Dennis

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Iowa


 


1   Nick Markakis    OF  BAl


2   Travis Hanson   3B   StL


3   Juan Morillo      P    Col


4   Gaby Hernandez  P  NYN


5   Joe Sanders    P  LAA


6   Shane Costa   OF  KC


7   William Bergolla   2B  Cin


8   Cody Kirkland    3B  Det


9   Scott Thorman   1B  Atl


10  Melky Cabrera    OF NYA



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