Updated Prospect Ranks

[mt99808]

1 Jason Heyward ATL – OF
2 Stephen Strasburg WAS – SP
3 Mike Stanton FLA – OF
4 Carlos Santana CLE – C
5 Buster Posey SF – C
6 Desmond Jennings TB – OF
7 Mike Leake CIN – SP
8 Jesus Montero NYY – C
9 Starlin Castro CHC – SS
10 Ike Davis NYM – 1B
11 Jeremy Hellickson TB – SP
12 Pedro Alvarez PIT 3B
13 Neftali Feliz TEX – RP
14 Domonic Brown PHI – OF
15 Justin Smoak TEX – 1B
16 Aroldis Chapman CIN – SP
17 Mike Montgomery KC – SP
18 Martin Perez TEX – SP
19 Freddie Freeman ATL – 1B
20 Chris Carter OAK – DH
21 Brett Wallace OAK – 1B
22 Madison Bumgarner SF – SP
23 Andrew Cashner CHC – SP
24 Mike Trout LAA – OF
25 Mike Moustakas KC – 3B
26 Kyle Gibson MIN – SP
27 Tanner Scheppers TEX – SP
28 Logan Morrison FLA – 1B
29 Lars Anderson BOS – 1B
30 Dustin Ackley SEA – 2B
31 Christian Friedrich COL – SP
32 Casey Kelly BOS – SP
33 Michael Pineda SEA – SP
34 Michael Taylor OAK – OF
35 Josh Vitters CHC – 3B

Here is a list I just posted in the minor league forum.

I made it to Castro before i started laughing and then I saw Ike Davis and I was on the floor laughing.

[Tony Micelli]

I made it to Castro before i started laughing and then I saw Ike Davis and I was on the floor laughing.

Go on ...

[MasterX1918]

How is Heyward still considered a prospect? Same with Smoak, Davis and Castro.

[bigken117]

Technically 130 AB is the limit, not sure who's passed it yet...

[Zito is God]

1 Jason Heyward ATL – OF
2 Stephen Strasburg WAS – SP
3 Mike Stanton FLA – OF
4 Carlos Santana CLE – C
5 Buster Posey SF – C
6 Desmond Jennings TB – OF
7 Mike Leake CIN – SP
8 Jesus Montero NYY – C
9 Starlin Castro CHC – SS
10 Ike Davis NYM – 1B
11 Jeremy Hellickson TB – SP
12 Pedro Alvarez PIT 3B
13 Neftali Feliz TEX – RP
14 Domonic Brown PHI – OF
15 Justin Smoak TEX – 1B
16 Aroldis Chapman CIN – SP
17 Mike Montgomery KC – SP
18 Martin Perez TEX – SP
19 Freddie Freeman ATL – 1B
20 Chris Carter OAK – DH
21 Brett Wallace OAK – 1B
22 Madison Bumgarner SF – SP
23 Andrew Cashner CHC – SP
24 Mike Trout LAA – OF
25 Mike Moustakas KC – 3B
26 Kyle Gibson MIN – SP
27 Tanner Scheppers TEX – SP
28 Logan Morrison FLA – 1B
29 Lars Anderson BOS – 1B
30 Dustin Ackley SEA – 2B
31 Christian Friedrich COL – SP
32 Casey Kelly BOS – SP
33 Michael Pineda SEA – SP
34 Michael Taylor OAK – OF
35 Josh Vitters CHC – 3B

Here is a list I just posted in the minor league forum.

I made it to Castro before i started laughing and then I saw Ike Davis and I was on the floor laughing.

Sadly I agree, this is a horrid list. I OWN Scheppers and would gladly trade him for half the guys you have listed behind him. The list is ok for the first 5 or so spots and after that its pretty bad.

[oddmanout7]

I made it to Castro before i started laughing and then I saw Ike Davis and I was on the floor laughing.

I apologize. Shoulda mentioned that I skew them for the rest of the season. Thanks for the solid response though! A Big help!

[oddmanout7]

Sadly I agree, this is a horrid list. I OWN Scheppers and would gladly trade him for half the guys you have listed behind him. The list is ok for the first 5 or so spots and after that its pretty bad.

Gotta love people who bag and then offer nothing besides criticism.

And just because you would trade Scheppers doesn't mean that I agree with you. He can be an ace. He has injury issues, but he has pitched well thus far, and showed great stuff.

Prospect lists are always interesting. People have such varied opinions on them, and come from different bias. I made an attempt and got shot down. Just trying to throw out an opinion to help the community. Is it the best list available? No, but then again I am not a scout. I do the best I can with what I can find on the internet, and then tweak it based off gut feeling.

I included guys like Smoak and Heyward ect. as they are still under the 130 ab and thus can be deemed rookies. It is something that throws the list off a bit (as seen by the over ranking of guys in the bigs) but it is done by all the rankings sites. AEscobar was on every prospect list coming into this season, despite having service time as he was still considered a rookie.

The list needs to be tweaked, but I thought for sure I would get better responses than being laughed at.

[bigken117]

Sadly I agree, this is a horrid list. I OWN Scheppers and would gladly trade him for half the guys you have listed behind him. The list is ok for the first 5 or so spots and after that its pretty bad.

I bet your list from 3 years ago looks horrid as well.

[jswede]

The list needs to be tweaked, but I thought for sure I would get better responses than being laughed at.

I think a list like this needs to be done in tiers. I mean, there's nothing objective one can point to in a list of 30 guys of different ages, in different leagues, playing against different competition, none of whom are expected to be at potential within the next couple of years.

This is the reason people say they are 'laughing' - bc they have nothing objective to disagree with. So they throw a dumb comment on it without discussion.

[Zito is God]

Sadly I agree, this is a horrid list. I OWN Scheppers and would gladly trade him for half the guys you have listed behind him. The list is ok for the first 5 or so spots and after that its pretty bad.

I bet your list from 3 years ago looks horrid as well.

What can I say, not all of us can find an owner to dump an aging Papi on for 2 all stars in their mid 20s...