In order of when they came of the top of my head so there in a semi ranking if u wanna call it that. add or remove with opinions looking at it now i no i should have cain and others but they just didnt come to my mind at the time, and too tired to change all rankings for a few coming to me now
1)Delmon young
2)Justin Upton
3)Brandon Wood
4)Hermida Jeremy
5)Fransisco Liriano
6) Stephen Drew
7)Prince Fielder
8)Carlos Quentin
9)Chad Billingsley
10)Andy Marte
11)Ian Stewart
12)Lastings Millidge
13)Billy Butler
14)Andy LaRoch
15)Ryan Zimmerman
16)J. Saltalamacchia
17)Kendry Morales
18)Joel Guzman
19)Carlos Gonzolez
20)Conor Jackson
21)Jon Lester
22)Jon Paplebon
23)Deric Barton
24)Chris Young
25)Jeff Clement
26)Felix Pie
27)Ian Kinsner
28)Adam Jones
29)Joel Zumaya
30)Miguel Montero
31)Cole Hamels
32)Nick Markakis
33)Howie Kendrick
34)Phil Hughes
35)Anibal Sanchez
36)Yusmero Petit
37)Wes Bankston
38)Edison Volquez
39)Jeremy Sowers
40)Anthony Reyes
41)Thomas Diamond
42)Homer Baily
43)Mark Pawlek
44)Andre Ethier
45)Adam Miller
46)Chris Nelson
47)Josh Barfield
48)Alex Gordon
49)Hanley Ramirez
50)Jeff Mathis
good post, but im sure you would have better feedback and would do more service by reposting your list in the minors forum. But otherwise decent list. The only disagreement i have is wood being listed so high. I know he just had a huge season but he is not proven over time, and no one expected/projected this from him. So until he proves that last season was the real deal I dont think he deserves top 5 or maybe even top 10 status. I mean if were going by one season then where is sean gallagher on the list. He had a huge season, just fizzeled at the end and finished with a sub 3 era. and hes only 19. So to sum it all up, dont put too much faith in wood yet, over his whole career hes struck out 314 times and walked 114 times. So its all or nothing with him. Hardly deserving of top 5 status. Butler would be a better choice, better power projections and a much better overall hitter. Just my 2 cents.
oakiedragon wrote:good post, but im sure you would have better feedback and would do more service by reposting your list in the minors forum. But otherwise decent list. The only disagreement i have is wood being listed so high. I know he just had a huge season but he is not proven over time, and no one expected/projected this from him. So until he proves that last season was the real deal I dont think he deserves top 5 or maybe even top 10 status. I mean if were going by one season then where is sean gallagher on the list. He had a huge season, just fizzeled at the end and finished with a sub 3 era. and hes only 19. So to sum it all up, dont put too much faith in wood yet, over his whole career hes struck out 314 times and walked 114 times. So its all or nothing with him. Hardly deserving of top 5 status. Butler would be a better choice, better power projections and a much better overall hitter. Just my 2 cents.
From everything I've heard so far Wood will be at the top three of just about everyone's prospect list. Good list...I might have Anthony Reyes listed higher but prospects are a gamble anyway.