my top 50 prospects-feel free to criticize

[thedude]

With all of the "experts" starting to post thier top 50/100 porspects. I figured I'd post mine. This is the result of some reasearch.

Feel free to critize and suggest improvements.


1. Delmon Young
2. Brandon Wood
3. Justin Upton
4. Hermida
5. Liriano
6. Fielder
7. Marte
8. Ian Stewart
9. Verlander
10. Butler
11. Billingsley
12. Barton
13. S. Drew
14. Lester
15. Milledge
16. Zimmerman
17. Quentin
18. Matt Cain
19. Craig Hansen
20. Saltalamacchia
21. LaRoche
22. Weaver
23. J. Guzman
24. Kendrick
25. C. Jackson
26. Chris Young
27. Paplebon
28. Jeff Clement
29. Zumaya
30. Alex Gordon
31. A. Reyes
32. Scott Olson
33. Pie
34. Morales
35. Diamond
36. Pedroia
37. Petit
38. Hanley Ramirez
39. Brian Anderson
40. Danks
41. Adam Miller
42. Nick Markakis
43. Anibal Sanchez
44. Jason Kubel
45. Adam Jones
46. Hayden Penn
47. Jeff Mathis
48. Carlos Gonzales
49. Edwin Encarnacion
50. Phil Hughes

[quack quack]

i think it is a very good list, the only thing i would pick at is i would move drew to top 10 mabey 6-7 area and i would move gonzolez up and penn off the top 50. good list though

[hybrid]

Out of curoiusity, is this prospect list for fantasy baseball or real life? It would make a fair amount of difference depending on something like that.

[EvSolo]

IMO E. Encarnacion is way too low on the list. Many players ranked above him havent seen a major league inning while Encarnacion could put up 20+ homers and 15+ steals THIS year, his first full season. But your top 20 looks accurate, with only a few minor discrepencies e.g. Cain should definatley be above Billinglsy, and probably above verlander. Like i said before about Encarnacion, Cain will make a bigger impact in the majors (and your fantasy team) this year while billinglsy's role could be a limited one with more depth in the LA rotation.

[thedude]

Out of curoiusity, is this prospect list for fantasy baseball or real life? It would make a fair amount of difference depending on something like that.

real life.

[jvmillion83]

Alex Gordon should at least be in your top 20

[rhd]

Thanx for the list. It's pretty good, but if it's for fantasy, Jenks should be on the list (has only about 40 MLB IP, so most would consider him rookie-eligible). Also, Kinsler and Barfield look like they will be starters, so I'd put them on, too. Also, Encarnacion has way too many ABs (at least around 300, I think), so he should come off. I'd remove Papelbon and Petit to make room for the other 2 I mentioned. Also, interesting that you list Adam Jones, but not Jeff Clement.