The White Whale
Posted: May 10, 2015 Filed under: Administrative 1 CommentCall me Grant Desme.
Some years ago-never mind how long precisely-having little to no analytical or writing experience, but nothing particular to do in my downtime, I thought I would start a baseball blog and see the nerdy part of the world.
However my ship has sailed, life has changed and I will no longer be providing baseball analysis on the internet. I am now a licensed Pentecostal minister and the youth pastor at my church. That, combined with a new job with increased responsibilities have taken away much of the downtime I previously used to analyze statistics.
The next few paragraphs are the reminiscences of an amateur baseball blogger, so please indulge me. Toward the end of this post, I provide a challenge to the sports analytical community at large.
I started on Blogspot in September 2010 with a poem about Stephen Strasburg’s injury that not even my mom read. Four years later, I was blessed to get an article in the 2015 Hardball Times and well…I don’t think my mom read that either, but she is a proud owner of the book!
Over the years, many people were instrumental in getting me greater exposure to the baseball world. In 2011, R.J. Anderson and Tommy Rancel at The Process Report took the first gamble on me. Unfortunately this also led to a lifetime of Rays fandom and disappointment.
A month later, Justin Bopp brought me on at Beyond the Boxscore after reading a community post, Full on Double Wildcard–still one of my favorite titles–and getting to know me through the now-defunct baseball MMORPG 2 Out Rally. Bopp also brought me on at MLB Daily Dish, allowing me to expand my writing horizons into a more journalistic style.
One month after that, David Pease approached me about working at Baseball Prospectus, an offer a baseball writer can’t refuse. My time there was short-lived, mostly because my life was changing at that point just as it has been for the past few months. I started dating my future wife and spending time with her won out over running SQL queries on baseball statistics. I made the right choice ;). However, in that short period and only nine months after my first attempt at baseball writing, I was able to get published on ESPN.com, definitely a highlight in my “career.”
A month after that, I achieved international fame (where’s the sarcasm font when you need it?) by calling out the White Sox as the accusatory team in the “Man in White” incident.
I spent most of that year writing odds and ends here on my personal blog, reappearing in February 2012 at the Platoon Advantage, thanks to the invitation of “Saberboy” Bill Parker and Michael “The Common Man” Bates.
Finally, Bryan Grosnick asked me back to Beyond the Boxscore in 2013 and that’s where I stayed until finally hanging them up this year.
Many people helped me throughout the four-and-a-half years of on-again, off-again writing in addition to those already mentioned. I’m going to list a bunch of names and if I leave anyone off, I apologize as it was an honor writing and working with everyone. I’m also grateful to anyone who ever spent some of their precious time reading one of my articles.
So thanks go to…Chris Adragna, Cee Angi, Andrew Ball, John Choiniere, Carson Cistulli, Bryan Cole, JJ Cooper, Mike Fast, Adam Foster, Steven Goldman, Jordan Gorosh, Joe Hamrahi, Sky Kalkman, Sean Lahman, Keith Law, Mitchel Lichtman, Ben Lindbergh, Scott Lindholm, Stephen Loftus, Christopher Long, John Manuel, Rob McQuown, Jonathan Mitchell, Alan Nathan, Marc Normandin, Harry Pavlidis, Bill Petti, Jon Roegele, Eno Sarris, Ronit Shah, Mark Simon, Paul Swydan, Tom Tango, Lee Trocinski, Dan Turkenkopf, Stuart Wallace, Neil Weinberg, Daren Willman, Jason Wojciechowski, Colin Wyers, Jeff Zimmerman…and of course no list would be complete without a massive thank you to Sean Forman, Bill James, Pete Palmer and many of the legends upon which all future work is built.
And future work is where the challenge lies.
The online baseball community as a whole could grow in understanding by leaps and bounds if it was more well-read and stopped redoing the work that others have already completed. There can be a good side to repeat work as it helps the individual writer understand the underlying parts of various concepts but there must be links and attribution to previous work.
I believe part of this inundation of repetition comes from the monetization of websites and the focus on page views. This allows for higher quality work where writers can go full-time and focus on baseball, but also waters down the pool of information. It is exceedingly difficult to take analysis seriously when the reader must scroll through clickbait about Chloe Moretz’s dress or how switching to Geico is as easy as pie before getting to the comments section. It also means the writer has to pump out articles in order to get paid, regardless of if the work is novel or necessary. This has led to the availability of data and information like never before, but it has also led to a lot of reproduction of work. Again, this is not always bad, but if work is to be repeated, previous or similar work should at least be cited.
This is actually a fairly easy problem to make an impact on, though. Of course if you are a baseball writer, you should be reading work from everywhere as it helps you make connections in your mind and come up with more writing ideas. Furthermore, if you have an idea for an article but can’t remember reading anything about it, visit your favorite search engine first. It could be Google or Bing or even DuckDuckGo, but at least do a cursory search on the topic before you even start to pull the data or write the article. If you find someone who did this work already, great! You have a starting point! Reach out to that writer, see if he or she has any ideas on furthering the research or anything he thought to add later. If you don’t find anything, at least you’ve covered your bases. Finally, the Saber Archive is an amazing opportunity to build a public wealth of knowledge of baseball. But please, if you know of previous research that has been done on a subject that you write about, link to it! It’s the proper and kind thing to do, particularly if you are writing for a top site and similar work has appeared on other top sites. It’s also a wonderful opportunity to shine light on great work that not many people have read. If you are unaware of the other work–read more. It’s your job.
But it’s not mine anymore! You will still be able to reach me on Twitter if you have any questions on research I have done or just want to chat. I realize that I am but a pawn in the grand scheme of the baseball community at large and that time will pass, new writers will arrive, and my name will be (and is already) but a fading memory. But hopefully, whether through home run damage or JAVIER or some other work, I made some kind of an impact–no matter how small–on our understanding of the game we all love so much.
…
Now small fowls flew screaming over the yet yawning gulf; a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.
Taking a look at 2015 pre-season prospect rankings
Posted: March 9, 2015 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings Leave a commentWhat follows is a thorough analysis of my consensus top 184 prospects. I have done this in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 and have always received extremely positive reviews of it, so here we are for a fifth time!
You can view the 2015 compiled list here.
Regular Lists
Baseball America
Baseball Haven
Baseball Prospectus
Bleacher Report
Fueled By Sports
Fangraphs
Keith Law
Minor League Ball Community
MLB
MLB Prospect Pulse
Royals Review
Scout
Top Prospect Alert
Fantasy Lists
Baseball Prof
CBS
Dynasty Sports Empire
Fantasy Assembly
Prospect 361
Razzball
So Called Fantasy Experts
Sporting News
Definitions
Likes: The list places a prospect at least two standard deviations below the compiled ranking. A prospect must be on at least five regular or four fantasy lists to qualify.
Dislikes: The list places a prospect at least two standard deviations above the compiled ranking. A prospect must be on at least five regular or four fantasy lists to qualify.
Surprising Inclusion: The list includes a prospect ranked better than 80 which is only included on at most four regular or two fantasy lists.
Surprising Exclusion: The list does not include a prospect that is ranked anywhere on at least eight regular or six fantasy lists. For Royals Review this includes players only in the top 70 compiled. For CBS Sports, Dynasty Sports Empire, Razzball, and Sporting News, this includes players only in the top 50 compiled.
Compiled Rank: To determine overall rank, I gave each player a certain total depending where he was ranked on each list. a #1 ranking equals 150 points and a 150 ranking equals 1 point. These are all added together and the prospect with the highest total is ranked first.
Regular Lists
| BA | BH | BP | BR | FBS | FG | KL | MiLBC | MLB | MLBPP | RR | SC | TPA | |
| Likes | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Dislikes | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Inclusions | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Exclusions | 6 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| All Excursions | 18 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 29 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 13 | 19 | 26 |
Fantasy Lists
| BPRF | CBS | DSE | FA | P361 | RZ | SCFE | SN | |
| Likes | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dislikes | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Inclusions | 8 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Exclusions | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| All Excursions | 14 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 9 |
Baseball America
Likes:
| Name | BA | Con. Rank | SD |
| Steven Souza | 38 | 103 | 4.49 |
| C.J. Edwards | 39 | 77 | 3.43 |
| Jake Lamb | 79 | 104 | 2.47 |
| Reynaldo Lopez | 50 | 88 | 2.38 |
| Matt Wisler | 35 | 67 | 2.31 |
| Touki Toussaint | 72 | 105 | 2.03 |
Dislikes:
| Name | BA | Con. Rank | SD |
| Hunter Harvey | 69 | 25 | -2.95 |
| Dylan Bundy | 49 | 18 | -2.79 |
| D.J. Peterson | 86 | 44 | -2.44 |
| Henry Owens | 45 | 23 | -2.12 |
Inclusions:
| Name | BA | Lists |
| J.T. Realmuto | 77 | 3 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Kohl Stewart | 49 | 12 |
| Clint Frazier | 59 | 12 |
| Austin Hedges | 63 | 12 |
| Raimel Tapia | 73 | 10 |
| Albert Almora | 75 | 9 |
| Lucas Sims | 89 | 8 |
Baseball Haven
Likes:
| Name | BH | Con. Rank | SD |
| Alen Hanson | 75 | 106 | 2.93 |
| Mike Foltynewicz | 50 | 90 | 2.25 |
| Nick Kingham | 48 | 91 | 2.20 |
| Max Fried | 58 | 94 | 2.15 |
Dislikes:
| Name | BH | Con. Rank | SD |
| Lucas Giolito | 10 | 5 | -3.00 |
| Alex Jackson | 93 | 32 | -2.76 |
Inclusions:
| Name | BH | Lists |
| Domingo Santana | 57 | 4 |
| Garin Cecchini | 46 | 4 |
| Micah Johnson | 79 | 3 |
| Gary Sanchez | 72 | 2 |
| Steven Moya | 78 | 2 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Aaron Judge | 56 | 12 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | 58 | 11 |
| Steven Matz | 66 | 9 |
| Daniel Robertson | 68 | 11 |
| Jake Thompson | 70 | 10 |
| Alex Gonzalez | 81 | 9 |
| Rafael Devers | 82 | 10 |
| Manuel Margot | 83 | 9 |
| Franklin Barreto | 85 | 10 |
| Reynaldo Lopez | 88 | 8 |
| Orlando Arcia | 92 | 8 |
| Willy Adames | 94 | 8 |
Baseball Prospectus
Likes:
| Name | BP | Con. Rank | SD |
| Reese McGuire | 59 | 109 | 2.77 |
| Albert Almora | 38 | 75 | 2.18 |
| A.J. Cole | 30 | 79 | 2.05 |
| Amed Rosario | 78 | 114 | 2.01 |
Dislikes:
| Name | BP | Con. Rank | SD |
| Kris Bryant | 5 | 1 | -3.38 |
| Daniel Norris | 34 | 20 | -2.48 |
| Jose Peraza | 92 | 41 | -2.22 |
| Henry Owens | 46 | 23 | -2.22 |
| Carlos Rodon | 41 | 17 | -2.09 |
Inclusions:
| Name | BP | Lists |
| Miguel Almonte | 56 | 4 |
| Michael Lorenzen | 63 | 3 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Austin Meadows | 46 | 12 |
| Kyle Zimmer | 47 | 12 |
| Tyler Kolek | 55 | 10 |
| Trea Turner | 72 | 11 |
| C.J. Edwards | 77 | 8 |
| Sean Newcomb | 86 | 9 |
| Michael Conforto | 87 | 9 |
Bleacher Report
Likes:
| Name | BR | Con. Rank | SD |
| Alen Hanson | 72 | 106 | 3.22 |
| Jake Lamb | 73 | 104 | 3.06 |
Dislikes:
None
Inclusions:
| Name | BR | Lists |
| Garin Cecchini | 77 | 4 |
| Gabby Guerrero | 79 | 3 |
| Michael Lorenzen | 64 | 3 |
| Micah Johnson | 76 | 3 |
| Marcos Molina | 69 | 2 |
| Rymer Liriano | 67 | 1 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Tyler Kolek | 55 | 10 |
| Kyle Freeland | 74 | 11 |
| C.J. Edwards | 77 | 8 |
| Grant Holmes | 78 | 11 |
| Brandon Finnegan | 84 | 9 |
| Franklin Barreto | 85 | 10 |
| Sean Newcomb | 86 | 9 |
| Michael Conforto | 87 | 9 |
| Orlando Arcia | 92 | 8 |
Fangraphs
Likes:
| Name | FG | Con. Rank | SD |
| Steven Souza | 52 | 103 | 3.52 |
| Ozhaino Albies | 34 | 107 | 3.36 |
| Rio Ruiz | 43 | 112 | 3.29 |
| Amed Rosario | 60 | 114 | 3.02 |
| Ryan McMahon | 63 | 108 | 2.12 |
| Jake Thompson | 29 | 70 | 2.08 |
| Manuel Margot | 35 | 83 | 2.05 |
| Alex Gonzalez | 27 | 81 | 2.00 |
Dislikes:
| Name | FG | Con. Rank | SD |
| Aaron Sanchez | 70 | 35 | -2.80 |
| Jameson Taillon | 66 | 27 | -2.65 |
| Kyle Zimmer | 94 | 47 | -2.18 |
| Dalton Pompey | 80 | 42 | -2.00 |
Inclusions:
| Name | FG | Lists |
| Chance Sisco | 78 | 4 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Josh Bell* | 50 | 12 |
| Clint Frazier* | 59 | 12 |
| Michael Taylor* | 62 | 11 |
| Austin Hedges* | 63 | 12 |
| Kyle Freeland* | 74 | 11 |
| A.J. Cole | 79 | 10 |
*Since this list goes past 100, I included players whom McDaniel ranked higher than 100 that were included on at least eight other lists.
Fueled by Sports
Likes:
| Name | FBS | Con. Rank | SD |
| Alen Hanson | 64 | 106 | 3.97 |
| C.J. Edwards | 49 | 77 | 2.53 |
| Daniel Robertson | 20 | 68 | 2.38 |
| Christian Bethancourt | 37 | 97 | 2.35 |
| Rob Kaminsky | 58 | 98 | 2.19 |
Dislikes:
| Name | FBS | Con. Rank | SD |
| Mark Appel | 89 | 33 | -3.01 |
| Jorge Soler | 46 | 16 | -2.95 |
| Jameson Taillon | 69 | 27 | -2.85 |
| Blake Swihart | 35 | 15 | -2.54 |
| Carlos Rodon | 42 | 17 | -2.17 |
Inclusions:
| Name | FBS | Lists |
| Domingo Santana | 40 | 4 |
| Chance Sisco | 54 | 4 |
| Colin Moran | 61 | 4 |
| Kevin Ziomek | 77 | 1 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | 58 | 11 |
| Nomar Mazara | 64 | 10 |
| Steven Matz | 66 | 9 |
| Jake Thompson | 70 | 10 |
| Alex Reyes | 76 | 10 |
| Grant Holmes | 78 | 11 |
| Jeff Hoffman | 80 | 10 |
| Rafael Devers | 82 | 10 |
| Manuel Margot | 83 | 9 |
| Brandon Finnegan | 84 | 9 |
| Sean Newcomb | 86 | 9 |
| Reynaldo Lopez | 88 | 8 |
| Orlando Arcia | 92 | 8 |
| Willy Adames | 94 | 8 |
Keith Law
Likes:
| Name | KL | Con. Rank | SD |
| Michael Conforto | 41 | 87 | 3.10 |
| Vincent Velasquez | 56 | 99 | 2.78 |
| Ryan McMahon | 50 | 108 | 2.73 |
| Amed Rosario | 69 | 114 | 2.52 |
| Orlando Arcia | 54 | 92 | 2.46 |
| Mike Foltynewicz | 47 | 90 | 2.42 |
| Andrew Susac | 46 | 93 | 2.30 |
| Sean Newcomb | 48 | 86 | 2.14 |
Dislikes:
| Name | KL | Con. Rank | SD |
| Jose Berrios | 97 | 29 | -2.96 |
| Joc Pederson | 28 | 14 | -2.26 |
Inclusions:
| Name | KL | Lists |
| Colin Moran | 73 | 4 |
| J.T. Realmuto | 72 | 3 |
| Greg Bird | 80 | 4 |
| Justin O’Conner | 78 | 3 |
| Joe Ross | 63 | 3 |
| Brett Phillips | 76 | 2 |
| Dominic Smith | 65 | 1 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Luis Severino | 39 | 12 |
| Sean Manaea | 51 | 12 |
| Maikel Franco | 61 | 10 |
| Steven Matz | 66 | 9 |
| Matt Wisler | 67 | 10 |
| Albert Almora | 75 | 9 |
| C.J. Edwards | 77 | 8 |
| Jeff Hoffman | 80 | 10 |
| Brandon Finnegan | 84 | 9 |
| Lucas Sims | 89 | 8 |
| Willy Adames | 94 | 8 |
Minor League Ball Community
Likes:
| Name | MiLBC | Con. Rank | SD |
| Jake Lamb | 73 | 104 | 3.06 |
| Steven Souza | 65 | 103 | 2.62 |
| Manuel Margot | 26 | 83 | 2.43 |
| Dilson Herrera | 35 | 100 | 2.26 |
| Steven Matz | 30 | 66 | 2.13 |
| Andrew Susac | 50 | 93 | 2.11 |
Dislikes:
| Name | MilBC | Con. Rank | SD |
| Raul Mondesi | 79 | 30 | -2.90 |
Inclusions:
| Name | MiLBC | Lists |
| Rafael Montero | 67 | 2 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Stephen Piscotty | 65 | 11 |
| Lucas Sims | 89 | 8 |
Major League Baseball
Likes:
| Name | MLB | Con. Rank | SD |
| C.J. Edwards | 47 | 77 | 2.71 |
| Reese McGuire | 64 | 109 | 2.49 |
| Jake Lamb | 80 | 104 | 2.37 |
| Kyle Freeland | 30 | 74 | 2.13 |
Dislikes:
| Name | MLB | Con. Rank | SD |
| David Dahl | 59 | 26 | -2.21 |
Inclusions:
| Name | MLB | Lists |
| Domingo Santana | 71 | 4 |
| J.T. Realmuto | 70 | 3 |
| Justin O’Conner | 61 | 3 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Marco Gonzales | 68 | 11 |
| Raimel Tapia | 73 | 10 |
| Alex Reyes | 76 | 10 |
| Reynaldo Lopez | 88 | 8 |
MLB Prospect Pulse
Likes:
| Name | MLBPP | Con. Rank | SD |
| Steven Souza | 64 | 103 | 2.69 |
| C.J. Edwards | 48 | 77 | 2.62 |
| Trea Turner | 19 | 72 | 2.57 |
| Willy Adames | 61 | 94 | 2.54 |
| Rob Kaminsky | 58 | 98 | 2.19 |
| Jeff Hoffman | 44 | 80 | 2.05 |
| Max Fried | 60 | 94 | 2.03 |
| Touki Toussaint | 72 | 105 | 2.03 |
Dislikes:
| Name | MLBPP | Con. Rank | SD |
| Corey Seager | 13 | 6 | -3.25 |
| Braden Shipley | 98 | 31 | -3.13 |
| Noah Syndergaard | 37 | 13 | -2.92 |
| Robert Stephenson | 63 | 24 | -2.73 |
| David Dahl | 62 | 26 | -2.41 |
| Aaron Nola | 70 | 40 | -2.08 |
Inclusions:
| Name | MLBPP | Lists |
| Brian Johnson | 73 | 4 |
| Brandon Drury | 23 | 3 |
| Gabby Guerrero | 45 | 3 |
| Erick Fedde | 78 | 4 |
| Taylor Guerrieri | 57 | 2 |
| Alex Guerrero | 24 | 1 |
| Cory Spangenberg | 29 | 1 |
| James Ramsey | 30 | 1 |
| Clint Coulter | 47 | 1 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Andrew Heaney | 34 | 12 |
| Eddie Butler | 51 | 12 |
| Tim Anderson | 53 | 12 |
| Aaron Blair | 54 | 12 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 57 | 12 |
| Maikel Franco | 61 | 10 |
| Michael Taylor | 62 | 11 |
| Nomar Mazara | 64 | 10 |
| Steven Matz | 66 | 9 |
| Matt Wisler | 67 | 10 |
| Jake Thompson | 70 | 10 |
| Brandon Nimmo | 71 | 11 |
| Alex Gonzalez | 81 | 9 |
| Manuel Margot | 83 | 9 |
| Sean Newcomb | 86 | 9 |
| Reynaldo Lopez | 88 | 8 |
| Orlando Arcia | 92 | 8 |
Royals Review
Likes:
| Name | RR | Con. Rank | SD |
| Reynaldo Lopez | 53 | 88 | 2.19 |
| Rio Ruiz | 68 | 112 | 2.10 |
Dislikes:
| Name | RR | Con. Rank | SD |
| Joey Gallo | 34 | 9 | -3.17 |
| Tyler Glasnow | 24 | 12 | -2.57 |
Inclusions:
| Name | RR | Lists |
| Forrest Wall | 38 | 3 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Jose Peraza | 41 | 12 |
| Josh Bell | 50 | 12 |
| Tyler Kolek | 55 | 10 |
| Maikel Franco | 61 | 10 |
| Michael Taylor | 62 | 11 |
| Daniel Robertson | 68 | 11 |
| Marco Gonzales | 68 | 11 |
Scout
Likes:
| Name | SC | Con. Rank | SD |
| Jake Lamb | 65 | 104 | 3.86 |
| Alen Hanson | 77 | 106 | 2.74 |
| Matt Olson | 72 | 96 | 2.07 |
| Orlando Arcia | 61 | 92 | 2.01 |
Dislikes:
| Name | SC | Con. Rank | SD |
| Addison Russell | 8 | 4 | -2.68 |
| Jesse Winker | 62 | 37 | -2.13 |
| Jose Berrios | 76 | 29 | -2.05 |
Inclusions:
| Name | SC | Lists |
| Domingo Santana | 47 | 4 |
| Joe Ross | 78 | 3 |
| Lewis Brinson | 43 | 3 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Kevin Plawecki | 60 | 11 |
| Stephen Piscotty | 65 | 11 |
| Matt Wisler | 67 | 10 |
| Albert Almora | 75 | 9 |
| C.J. Edwards | 77 | 8 |
| Alex Gonzalez | 81 | 9 |
| Reynaldo Lopez | 88 | 8 |
| Lucas Sims | 89 | 8 |
Top Prospect Alert
Likes:
| Name | TPA | Con. Rank | SD |
| C.J. Edwards | 31 | 77 | 4.16 |
| Matt Olson | 62 | 96 | 2.93 |
| Franklin Barreto | 54 | 85 | 2.67 |
| Brandon Finnegan | 24 | 84 | 2.66 |
Dislikes:
| Name | TPA | Con. Rank | SD |
| Julio Urias | 25 | 8 | -3.40 |
| Jesse Winker | 71 | 37 | -2.89 |
| Jonathan Gray | 63 | 22 | -2.86 |
| Alex Meyer | 99 | 36 | -2.72 |
| Jorge Alfaro | 100 | 38 | -2.71 |
| David Dahl | 59 | 26 | -2.21 |
Inclusions:
| Name | TPA | Lists |
| Billy McKinney | 69 | 4 |
| Brian Johnson | 77 | 4 |
| Spencer Adams | 79 | 4 |
| Tyrone Taylor | 51 | 3 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Nick Gordon | 48 | 12 |
| Kevin Plawecki | 60 | 11 |
| Nomar Mazara | 64 | 10 |
| Raimel Tapia | 73 | 10 |
| Albert Almora | 75 | 9 |
| A.J. Cole | 79 | 10 |
| Alex Gonzalez | 81 | 9 |
| Manuel Margot | 83 | 9 |
| Michael Conforto | 87 | 9 |
| Willy Adames | 94 | 8 |
Baseball Prof
Likes:
| Name | BPRF | Con. Rank | SD |
| Manuel Margot | 23 | 63 | 3.35 |
Dislikes:
| Name | BPRF | Con. Rank | SD |
| Dalton Pompey | 67 | 29 | -2.23 |
| Mark Appel | 57 | 38 | -2.16 |
| Braden Shipley | 99 | 47 | -2.11 |
| Tyler Glasnow | 46 | 21 | -2.03 |
Inclusions:
| Name | BPRF | Lists |
| Alex Gonzalez | 54 | 2 |
| Brandon Drury | 52 | 2 |
| Gabby Guerrero | 58 | 2 |
| Gary Sanchez | 79 | 2 |
| Francellis Montas | 39 | 1 |
| Christian Walker | 41 | 1 |
| Alex Guerrero | 56 | 1 |
| Steven Moya | 63 | 1 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Sean Manaea | 55 | 5 |
CBS
Likes:
None
Dislikes:
| Name | CBS | Con. Rank | SD |
| Corey Seager | 13 | 5 | -3.14 |
| Carlos Correa | 9 | 3 | -2.58 |
| Byron Buxton | 5 | 2 | -2.34 |
| Addison Russell | 7 | 4 | -2.30 |
| Lucas Giolito | 17 | 8 | -2.15 |
Inclusions:
| Name | CBS | Lists |
| Peter O’Brien | 47 | 2 |
| Raisel Iglesias | 50 | 2 |
| Jeong-ho Kang | 46 | 2 |
| Devon Travis | 43 | 1 |
| Ryan Rua | 45 | 1 |
| Micah Johnson | 48 | 1 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Josh Bell | 37 | 7 |
| Jose Berrios | 39 | 7 |
| Hunter Harvey | 41 | 6 |
| Luis Severino | 43 | 6 |
| Alex Meyer | 44 | 6 |
| Jorge Alfaro | 45 | 6 |
| Tyler Kolek | 46 | 6 |
| Braden Shipley | 47 | 6 |
| Austin Meadows | 48 | 6 |
| Raimel Tapia | 50 | 5 |
Dynasty Sports Empire
Likes:
| Name | DSE | Con. Rank | SD |
| Kyle Zimmer | 22 | 64 | 2.47 |
| Henry Owens | 10 | 30 | 2.46 |
Dislikes:
| Name | DSE | Con. Rank | SD |
| Robert Stephenson | 45 | 25 | -3.40 |
| Dylan Bundy | 27 | 13 | -2.32 |
| Archie Bradley | 40 | 19 | -2.23 |
| Francisco Lindor | 44 | 16 | -2.05 |
Inclusions:
None
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| J.P. Crawford | 32 | 7 |
| Aaron Sanchez | 40 | 6 |
| Jorge Alfaro | 45 | 6 |
| Aaron Nola | 49 | 6 |
| Raimel Tapia | 50 | 5 |
| Clint Frazier | 51 | 5 |
| Steven Souza | 53 | 5 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 54 | 5 |
| Tim Anderson | 56 | 5 |
| Aaron Judge | 57 | 5 |
| Rafael Devers | 58 | 5 |
| Stephen Piscotty | 65 | 5 |
Fantasy Assembly
Likes:
None
Dislikes:
| Name | FA | Con. Rank | SD |
| Joc Pederson | 15 | 6 | -2.36 |
| Andrew Heaney | 62 | 33 | -2.02 |
Inclusions:
| Name | FA | Lists |
| Amed Rosario | 65 | 2 |
| Alex Gonzalez | 76 | 2 |
| Adrian Rondon | 69 | 1 |
| Forrest Wall | 77 | 1 |
| Ozhaino Albies | 80 | 1 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Brandon Finnegan | 59 | 5 |
Prospect 361
Likes:
| Name | P361 | Con. Rank | SD |
| Raul Mondesi | 29 | 60 | 2.91 |
| Hunter Harvey | 24 | 41 | 2.19 |
Dislikes:
| Name | P361 | Con. Rank | SD |
| Jose Peraza | 57 | 26 | -2.34 |
| Jose Berrios | 73 | 39 | -2.25 |
Inclusions:
| Name | P361 | Lists |
| Lucas Sims | 65 | 2 |
| Nick Kingham | 79 | 2 |
| Tyrone Taylor | 66 | 2 |
| Reese McGuire | 72 | 2 |
| Austin Hedges | 77 | 2 |
| Michael Conforto | 60 | 1 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Brandon Finnegan | 59 | 5 |
Razzball
Likes:
None
Dislikes:
| Name | RZ | Con. Rank | SD |
| Kris Bryant | 2 | 1 | -2.83 |
| Carlos Rodon | 38 | 15 | -2.45 |
| Daniel Norris | 48 | 20 | -2.20 |
Inclusions:
| Name | RZ | Lists |
| Amed Rosario | 37 | 2 |
| Lewis Brinson | 33 | 2 |
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| Jonathan Gray | 28 | 7 |
| Henry Owens | 30 | 7 |
| Andrew Heaney | 33 | 7 |
| Jameson Taillon | 34 | 7 |
| Mark Appel | 38 | 7 |
| Aaron Sanchez | 40 | 6 |
| Hunter Harvey | 41 | 6 |
| Luis Severino | 43 | 6 |
| Alex Meyer | 44 | 6 |
| Tyler Kolek | 46 | 6 |
| Braden Shipley | 47 | 6 |
| Aaron Nola | 49 | 6 |
So Called Fantasy Experts
Likes:
| Name | SCFE | Con. Rank | SD |
| Raul Mondesi | 26 | 60 | 3.19 |
Dislikes:
| Name | SCFE | Con. Rank | SD |
| Yasmany Tomas | 72 | 23 | -2.43 |
| Rusney Castillo | 51 | 17 | -2.39 |
Inclusions:
| Name | SCFE | Lists |
| Lucas Sims | 71 | 2 |
| Nick Kingham | 77 | 2 |
| Max Fried | 73 | 2 |
| Kyle Crick | 45 | 1 |
| Kyle Freeland | 70 | 1 |
| Grant Holmes | 79 | 1 |
Exclusions:
None
Sporting News
Likes:
| Name | SN | Con. Rank | SD |
| Hunter Harvey | 24 | 41 | 2.19 |
Dislikes:
| Name | SN | Con. Rank | SD |
| Robert Stephenson | 38 | 25 | -2.21 |
Inclusions:
None
Exclusions:
| Name | Con. Rank | Lists |
| David Dahl | 31 | 7 |
| Alex Jackson | 34 | 7 |
| Maikel Franco | 36 | 7 |
| Michael Taylor | 42 | 7 |
| Austin Meadows | 48 | 6 |
| Raimel Tapia | 50 | 5 |
2015 Top 184 Compiled Prospect List
Posted: March 9, 2015 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings 3 CommentsFinally, the overall compilation of top prospects! What’s better than a top 100 prospect list? Twenty-one of them! Every time a player appears on a list, he is given 151 minus his ranking number of points (A ranking of No. 1 gives 150 points). All of the points are added up and the player with the highest total is ranked at the top. The reason I do this instead of taking the average ranking is very simple: It’s better.
Take Mike Foltynewicz for example. He appears on seven lists with an average ranking of 69. However, his total points ranking is 90. We must take into account the fact that not all players are ranked by all lists, so an average ranking is misleading.
I split the list into two – regular and fantasy. Each type of list focuses on different parts of a player and they should be separate. I found 13 regular lists and eight fantasy lists.
Unfortunately, not all lists have the same criteria and as a result, many did not rank Cuban imports Yoan Moncada, Rusney Castillo, or Yasmany Tomas. In order to keep a good ranking system, I placed the average of each of these player’s rankings from the other lists in those empty slots. This is how Castillo placed as the number 28 prospect, even though he was only ranked on five of the 13 lists. Raisel Iglesias and Jung-ho Kang were not even ranked by all lists where they were eligible so I did not include any extra rankings for them.
Moncada was a different animal altogether, as he signed so late and lists that may have ranked him came out before he was eligible. Baseball America said he would rank as the number 10 prospect and others have said he is similar in value to J.P. Crawford (ranked 19). So for the lists that did not rank Moncada, I gave him a ranking of 15. This slots him in as the number 11 prospect in baseball, just behind Miguel Sano, whom Ben Badler compared Moncada to back in January.
I will post an analysis comparing each of these lists and link it once it goes live. Here is a spreadsheet with all of the rankings together. You can view the team compilations for 2015 here and compiled prospect lists going back to 2011 here. I also have done a lot of prospect ranking and statistical analysis, including creating my own prospect comparison system called JAVIER and you can find those links here. That link also includes a downloadable database for every top 100 prospect ranking I could find since 1990, but does not yet include the 2015 rankings. Enjoy!
Regular Lists
Baseball America
Baseball Haven
Baseball Prospectus
Bleacher Report
Fueled By Sports
Fangraphs
Keith Law
Minor League Ball Community
MLB
MLB Prospect Pulse
Royals Review
Scout
Top Prospect Alert
Fantasy Lists
Baseball Prof
CBS
Dynasty Sports Empire
Fantasy Assembly
Prospect 361
Razzball
So Called Fantasy Experts
Sporting News
The List
| Rank | FRank | Player | POS | Team | Total | FTotal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Kris Bryant | 3B | CHC | 1941 | 1199 |
| 2 | 2 | Byron Buxton | OF | MIN | 1940 | 1186 |
| 3 | 3 | Carlos Correa | SS | HOU | 1921 | 1181 |
| 4 | 4 | Addison Russell | SS | CHC | 1907 | 1171 |
| 5 | 8 | Lucas Giolito | RHP | WAS | 1878 | 1137 |
| 6 | 5 | Corey Seager | SS | LAD | 1870 | 1146 |
| 7 | 16 | Francisco Lindor | SS | CLE | 1859 | 1060 |
| 8 | 14 | Julio Urias | LHP | LAD | 1822 | 1070 |
| 9 | 11 | Joey Gallo | 3B | TEX | 1817 | 1105 |
| 10 | 8 | Miguel Sano | 3B | MIN | 1798 | 1137 |
| 11 | 12 | Yoan Moncada | 2B | BOS | 1773 | 1092 |
| 12 | 21 | Tyler Glasnow | RHP | PIT | 1767 | 999 |
| 13 | 10 | Noah Syndergaard | RHP | NYM | 1756 | 1113 |
| 14 | 6 | Joc Pederson | OF | LAD | 1753 | 1141 |
| 15 | 22 | Blake Swihart | C | BOS | 1752 | 993 |
| 16 | 6 | Jorge Soler | OF | CHC | 1744 | 1141 |
| 17 | 15 | Carlos Rodon | LHP | CHW | 1740 | 1063 |
| 18 | 13 | Dylan Bundy | RHP | BAL | 1708 | 1077 |
| 19 | 32 | J.P. Crawford | SS | PHI | 1700 | 853 |
| 20 | 20 | Daniel Norris | LHP | TOR | 1698 | 1020 |
| 21 | 19 | Archie Bradley | RHP | ARI | 1693 | 1026 |
| 22 | 28 | Jonathan Gray | RHP | COL | 1661 | 910 |
| 23 | 30 | Henry Owens | LHP | BOS | 1607 | 878 |
| 24 | 25 | Robert Stephenson | RHP | CIN | 1557 | 945 |
| 25 | 41 | Hunter Harvey | RHP | BAL | 1548 | 720 |
| 26 | 31 | David Dahl | OF | COL | 1505 | 865 |
| 27 | 34 | Jameson Taillon | RHP | PIT | 1487 | 807 |
| 28 | 17 | Rusney Castillo | OF | BOS | 1458 | 1046 |
| 29 | 39 | Jose Berrios | RHP | MIN | 1442 | 761 |
| 30 | 60 | Raul Mondesi | SS | KAN | 1433 | 458 |
| 31 | 47 | Braden Shipley | RHP | ARI | 1423 | 600 |
| 32 | 34 | Alex Jackson | OF | SEA | 1416 | 807 |
| 33 | 38 | Mark Appel | RHP | HOU | 1414 | 776 |
| 34 | 33 | Andrew Heaney | LHP | LAA | 1403 | 832 |
| 35 | 40 | Aaron Sanchez | RHP | TOR | 1394 | 728 |
| 36 | 44 | Alex Meyer | RHP | MIN | 1392 | 665 |
| 37 | 24 | Jesse Winker | OF | CIN | 1372 | 960 |
| 38 | 45 | Jorge Alfaro | C | TEX | 1335 | 613 |
| 39 | 43 | Luis Severino | RHP | NYY | 1328 | 672 |
| 40 | 49 | Aaron Nola | RHP | PHI | 1323 | 566 |
| 41 | 26 | Jose Peraza | SS | ATL | 1322 | 918 |
| 42 | 29 | Dalton Pompey | OF | TOR | 1317 | 899 |
| 43 | 18 | Kyle Schwarber | C | CHC | 1315 | 1036 |
| 44 | 27 | D.J. Peterson | 3B | SEA | 1290 | 917 |
| 45 | 23 | Yasmany Tomas | OF | ARI | 1273 | 962 |
| 46 | 48 | Austin Meadows | OF | PIT | 1272 | 598 |
| 47 | 64 | Kyle Zimmer | RHP | KAN | 1254 | 442 |
| 48 | 77 | Nick Gordon | SS | MIN | 1215 | 281 |
| 49 | 52 | Kohl Stewart | RHP | MIN | 1214 | 508 |
| 50 | 37 | Josh Bell | OF | PIT | 1183 | 788 |
| 51 | 55 | Sean Manaea | LHP | KAN | 1161 | 488 |
| 51 | 72 | Eddie Butler | RHP | COL | 1161 | 331 |
| 53 | 56 | Tim Anderson | SS | CHW | 1138 | 475 |
| 54 | 76 | Aaron Blair | RHP | ARI | 1135 | 306 |
| 55 | 46 | Tyler Kolek | RHP | MIA | 1115 | 601 |
| 56 | 57 | Aaron Judge | OF | NYY | 1113 | 471 |
| 57 | 54 | Hunter Renfroe | OF | SDP | 1053 | 502 |
| 58 | 82 | Eduardo Rodriguez | LHP | BOS | 1038 | 260 |
| 59 | 51 | Clint Frazier | OF | CLE | 1036 | 510 |
| 60 | 70 | Kevin Plawecki | C | NYM | 1023 | 348 |
| 61 | 36 | Maikel Franco | 3B | PHI | 987 | 795 |
| 62 | 42 | Michael Taylor | OF | WAS | 986 | 713 |
| 63 | 112 | Austin Hedges | C | SDP | 971 | 119 |
| 64 | 62 | Nomar Mazara | OF | TEX | 966 | 448 |
| 65 | 65 | Stephen Piscotty | OF | STL | 930 | 413 |
| 66 | 77 | Steven Matz | LHP | NYM | 918 | 281 |
| 67 | 74 | Matt Wisler | RHP | SDP | 915 | 309 |
| 68 | 85 | Marco Gonzales | LHP | STL | 906 | 254 |
| 68 | 92 | Daniel Robertson | SS | TAM | 906 | 217 |
| 70 | 90 | Jake Thompson | RHP | TEX | 899 | 219 |
| 71 | 71 | Brandon Nimmo | OF | NYM | 894 | 332 |
| 72 | 75 | Trea Turner | SS | WAS | 878 | 307 |
| 73 | 50 | Raimel Tapia | OF | COL | 855 | 532 |
| 74 | 125 | Kyle Freeland | LHP | COL | 847 | 81 |
| 75 | 68 | Albert Almora | OF | CHC | 839 | 358 |
| 76 | 80 | Alex Reyes | RHP | STL | 837 | 272 |
| 77 | 67 | C.J. Edwards | RHP | CHC | 813 | 368 |
| 78 | 127 | Grant Holmes | RHP | LAD | 796 | 72 |
| 79 | 91 | A.J. Cole | RHP | WAS | 792 | 218 |
| 80 | 73 | Jeff Hoffman | RHP | TOR | 790 | 311 |
| 81 | 96 | Alex Gonzalez | RHP | TEX | 779 | 172 |
| 82 | 58 | Rafael Devers | 3B | BOS | 772 | 460 |
| 83 | 63 | Manuel Margot | OF | BOS | 769 | 445 |
| 84 | 59 | Brandon Finnegan | LHP | KAN | 739 | 459 |
| 85 | 77 | Franklin Barreto | SS | OAK | 712 | 281 |
| 86 | 88 | Sean Newcomb | LHP | LAA | 710 | 233 |
| 87 | 122 | Michael Conforto | OF | NYM | 671 | 91 |
| 88 | 94 | Reynaldo Lopez | RHP | WAS | 649 | 177 |
| 89 | 100 | Lucas Sims | RHP | ATL | 604 | 166 |
| 90 | 82 | Mike Foltynewicz | RHP | ATL | 576 | 260 |
| 91 | 106 | Nick Kingham | RHP | PIT | 563 | 146 |
| 92 | 99 | Orlando Arcia | SS | MIL | 553 | 168 |
| 93 | 101 | Andrew Susac | C | SFO | 531 | 162 |
| 94 | 109 | Max Fried | LHP | ATL | 508 | 132 |
| 94 | 121 | Willy Adames | SS | TAM | 508 | 94 |
| 96 | 61 | Matt Olson | 1B | OAK | 496 | 451 |
| 97 | 131 | Christian Bethancourt | C | ATL | 482 | 64 |
| 98 | 130 | Rob Kaminsky | LHP | STL | 481 | 65 |
| 99 | 97 | Vincent Velasquez | RHP | HOU | 478 | 170 |
| 100 | 66 | Dilson Herrera | 2B | NYM | 475 | 393 |
| 101 | 84 | Bradley Zimmer | OF | CLE | 473 | 256 |
| 102 | 117 | Kyle Crick | RHP | SFO | 472 | 106 |
| 103 | 53 | Steven Souza | OF | TAM | 460 | 504 |
| 104 | 148 | Jake Lamb | 3B | ARI | 441 | |
| 105 | 139 | Touki Toussaint | RHP | ARI | 438 | 58 |
| 106 | 81 | Alen Hanson | SS | PIT | 437 | 271 |
| 107 | 128 | Ozhaino Albies | SS | ATL | 416 | 71 |
| 108 | 69 | Ryan McMahon | 3B | COL | 406 | 355 |
| 109 | 110 | Reese McGuire | C | PIT | 399 | 123 |
| 110 | 133 | Domingo Santana | OF | HOU | 389 | 63 |
| 110 | 135 | Nick Williams | OF | TEX | 389 | 62 |
| 112 | 129 | Rio Ruiz | 3B | ATL | 384 | 68 |
| 113 | 89 | Hunter Dozier | 3B | KAN | 358 | 231 |
| 114 | 93 | Amed Rosario | SS | NYM | 349 | 200 |
| 115 | 101 | Raisel Iglesias | RHP | CIN | 321 | 162 |
| 116 | 141 | Garin Cecchini | 3B | BOS | 318 | 56 |
| 117 | 147 | Chance Sisco | C | BAL | 288 | 43 |
| 118 | 114 | Billy McKinney | OF | CHC | 276 | 111 |
| 119 | 143 | Brian Johnson | LHP | BOS | 265 | 55 |
| 119 | 148 | Miguel Almonte | RHP | KAN | 265 | |
| 121 | 103 | Brandon Drury | 3B | ARI | 255 | 160 |
| 121 | 148 | Colin Moran | 3B | HOU | 255 | |
| 123 | 105 | Gabby Guerrero | OF | SEA | 247 | 152 |
| 124 | 148 | Erick Fedde | RHP | WAS | 243 | |
| 125 | 148 | Spencer Adams | RHP | CHW | 242 | |
| 126 | 148 | Michael Lorenzen | RHP | CIN | 238 | |
| 127 | 136 | J.T. Realmuto | C | MIA | 234 | 61 |
| 128 | 86 | Greg Bird | 1B | NYY | 227 | 252 |
| 129 | 148 | Justin O’Conner | C | TAM | 218 | |
| 130 | 144 | Joe Ross | RHP | WAS | 215 | 53 |
| 131 | 119 | Micah Johnson | 2B | CHW | 211 | 103 |
| 132 | 107 | Tyrone Taylor | OF | MIL | 197 | 144 |
| 133 | 137 | Derek Hill | OF | DET | 194 | 59 |
| 134 | 145 | Max Pentecost | C | TOR | 190 | 52 |
| 135 | 126 | Forrest Wall | 2B | COL | 186 | 74 |
| 136 | 98 | Lewis Brinson | OF | TEX | 184 | 169 |
| 137 | 148 | Jorge Polanco | 2B | MIN | 174 | |
| 138 | 148 | Taylor Guerrieri | RHP | TAM | 160 | |
| 139 | 133 | Rafael Montero | RHP | NYM | 148 | 63 |
| 140 | 148 | Marcos Molina | RHP | NYM | 135 | |
| 141 | 108 | Gary Sanchez | C | NYY | 134 | 142 |
| 142 | 120 | Alex Guerrero | 2B | LAD | 127 | 95 |
| 143 | 123 | Steven Moya | OF | DET | 124 | 88 |
| 144 | 148 | Cory Spangenberg | 2B | SDP | 122 | |
| 145 | 148 | James Ramsey | OF | CLE | 121 | |
| 146 | 148 | Francisco Mejia | C | CLE | 119 | |
| 146 | 148 | Brett Phillips | OF | HOU | 119 | |
| 148 | 87 | Jorge Mateo | SS | NYY | 114 | 247 |
| 149 | 148 | Clint Coulter | OF | MIL | 104 | |
| 150 | 113 | Francellis Montas | RHP | CHW | 98 | 112 |
| 151 | 148 | Pierce Johnson | RHP | CHC | 94 | |
| 152 | 148 | Luis Ortiz | RHP | TEX | 89 | |
| 153 | 110 | Tyler Beede | RHP | SFO | 87 | 123 |
| 154 | 148 | Dominic Smith | 1B | NYM | 86 | |
| 155 | 148 | Rymer Liriano | OF | SDP | 84 | |
| 156 | 141 | Lance McCullers | RHP | HOU | 83 | 56 |
| 157 | 148 | Luke Jackson | RHP | TEX | 82 | |
| 158 | 148 | Kevin Ziomek | LHP | DET | 74 | |
| 159 | 148 | Anthony Ranaudo | RHP | BOS | 70 | |
| 160 | 148 | Tyrell Jenkins | RHP | ATL | 69 | |
| 161 | 146 | Roman Quinn | OF | PHI | 67 | 50 |
| 161 | 148 | Rosell Herrera | SS | COL | 67 | |
| 163 | 148 | Adalberto Mejia | RHP | SFO | 65 | |
| 163 | 148 | Austin Voth | RHP | WAS | 65 | |
| 165 | 148 | Justin Nicolino | LHP | MIA | 64 | |
| 166 | 148 | Tyler Naquin | OF | CLE | 62 | |
| 167 | 148 | Lewis Thorpe | LHP | MIN | 60 | |
| 168 | 148 | Yoan Lopez | RHP | ARI | 59 | |
| 169 | 148 | Avery Romero | 2B | MIA | 56 | |
| 170 | 148 | Kyle Parker | OF | COL | 55 | |
| 171 | 148 | Casey Gillaspie | 1B | TAM | 54 | |
| 172 | 148 | Nick Burdi | RHP | MIN | 52 | |
| 173 | 148 | Jacob Lindgren | LHP | NYY | 51 | |
| 174 | 148 | Kodi Medeiros | LHP | MIL | 36 | |
| 175 | 148 | Roberto Osuna | RHP | TOR | 32 | |
| 176 | 148 | Alex Blandino | 2B | CIN | 29 | |
| 177 | 148 | Jack Flaherty | RHP | STL | 28 | |
| 178 | 148 | Duane Underwood | RHP | CHC | 27 | |
| 179 | 148 | Travis Demeritte | 2B | TEX | 24 | |
| 180 | 148 | Nick Howard | RHP | CIN | 23 | |
| 181 | 148 | Ian Clarkin | LHP | NYY | 14 | |
| 182 | 148 | Ricardo Sanchez | LHP | ATL | 13 | |
| 183 | 148 | Nick Travieso | RHP | CIN | 10 | |
| 184 | 148 | Tyler Danish | RHP | CHW | 9 | |
| 185 | 95 | Peter O’Brien | C | ARI | 173 | |
| 185 | 103 | Jeong-ho Kang | SS | PIT | 160 | |
| 185 | 115 | Christian Walker | 1B | BAL | 110 | |
| 185 | 116 | Devon Travis | 2B | TOR | 108 | |
| 185 | 117 | Ryan Rua | OF | TEX | 106 | |
| 185 | 124 | Adrian Rondon | SS | TAM | 82 | |
| 185 | 131 | Matt Barnes | RHP | BOS | 64 | |
| 185 | 137 | Dan Vogelbach | 1B | CHC | 59 | |
| 185 | 139 | Braxton Davidson | OF | ATL | 58 |
Prospects by Team
Just for good measure, here is a table with the number of prospects per team. I have also included the total number of ranking points for all of the prospects on each team. Ranking by descending total gives a fairly good measure of organizational strength.
| Team | Players | Total |
|---|---|---|
| BOS | 13 | 9822 |
| MIN | 11 | 9287 |
| CHC | 11 | 8956 |
| PIT | 8 | 7108 |
| COL | 9 | 6743 |
| ARI | 9 | 6717 |
| TEX | 13 | 6564 |
| NYM | 11 | 6455 |
| LAD | 7 | 6368 |
| WAS | 9 | 5706 |
| TOR | 10 | 5421 |
| KAN | 8 | 5210 |
| HOU | 10 | 4659 |
| ATL | 12 | 4374 |
| PHI | 8 | 4077 |
| CLE | 8 | 3670 |
| CIN | 9 | 3550 |
| BAL | 4 | 3544 |
| CHW | 11 | 3438 |
| STL | 5 | 3182 |
| SDP | 10 | 3145 |
| NYY | 13 | 2981 |
| SEA | 8 | 2953 |
| TAM | 14 | 2306 |
| LAA | 3 | 2113 |
| MIA | 4 | 1469 |
| OAK | 3 | 1208 |
| SFO | 5 | 1155 |
| MIL | 5 | 890 |
| DET | 4 | 392 |
2015 New York Yankees Unified Top Prospect List
Posted: March 2, 2015 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings Leave a commentIt’s that time of year again–unified prospect list season! It seems that these lists come out later every year. I want to just get these finished and done with before the season starts, so those sources that have not completed their rankings yet (looking at you MLB dot com…) will not be included in this combined list.
I scrapped much of the additional coverage this year (like the graphical representation and prospects missing from the list from last year) due to time constraints.
As always, you can view a full spreadsheet for every site’s ranking for the team here, see the team list from 2014 here and view all other team lists for 2015 here.
Regular Lists
Baseball America
Baseball Hot Corner
Baseball Prospectus
Bleacher Report
Bronx Baseball Daily
Fangraphs
Fueled by Sports
Keith Law
Minor League Ball
Pinstripe Alley
Pinstripe Pundits
Prospect Digest
Rant
River Ave Blues
Top Prospect Alert
Fantasy Lists
The List
| Rank | FRank | Player | Pos | Total | FTo | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Luis Severino | RHP | 743 | 96 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | Aaron Judge | OF | 732 | 100 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 | Gary Sanchez | C | 696 | 92 | -1 |
| 4 | 6 | Ian Clarkin | LHP | 685 | 89 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | Greg Bird | 1B | 681 | 96 | 3 |
| 6 | 7 | Robert Refsnyder | 2B | 667 | 88 | 20 |
| 7 | NA | Jacob Lindgren | LHP | 648 | 2nd Round | |
| 8 | 8 | Jorge Mateo | SS | 583 | 48 | Unranked last year |
| 9 | 9 | Luis Torrens | C | 540 | 44 | 10 |
| 10 | 5 | Eric Jagielo | 3B | 504 | 90 | -4 |
| 11 | NA | Domingo German | RHP | 442 | From Marlins in Martin Prado trade | |
| 12 | NA | Jake Cave | OF | 378 | 24 | |
| 13 | 11 | Miguel Andujar | 3B | 375 | 42 | 11 |
| 14 | 10 | Tyler Austin | OF | 354 | 43 | -9 |
| 15 | NA | Bryan Mitchell | RHP | 302 | 6 | |
| 16 | NA | Ty Hensley | RHP | 230 | 1 | |
| 17 | NA | Austin DeCarr | RHP | 201 | 3rd Round | |
| 18 | 12 | Leonardo Molina | CF | 185 | 41 | 20 |
| 19 | NA | Jose Ramirez | RHP | 169 | -8 | |
| 20 | NA | Ramon Flores | LF | 162 | 5 | |
| 21 | NA | Brady Lail | RHP | 149 | 22 | |
| 22 | NA | Tyler Wade | SS | 137 | 11 | |
| 23 | NA | J.R. Murphy | C | 127 | -14 | |
| 24 | NA | Gosuke Katoh | 2B | 126 | -8 | |
| 25 | NA | Abiatal Avelino | SS | 116 | -7 | |
| 26 | NA | Chasen Shreve | LHP | 91 | From Braves in Manny Banuelos trade | |
| 27 | NA | Angel Aguilar | SS | 90 | Venezuelan IFA | |
| 28 | 12 | Mason Williams | OF | 78 | 41 | -25 |
| 29 | NA | Alexander Palma | OF | 72 | ||
| 30 | NA | Nick Rumbelow | RHP | 60 | Unranked last year | |
| 31 | NA | Dermis Garcia | 3B | 56 | Dominican IFA | |
| 32 | NA | Slade Heathcott | CF | 50 | -28 | |
| 33 | NA | Justin Kamplain | LHP | 37 | 18th Round | |
| 34 | NA | Jaron Long | RHP | 34 | ||
| 35 | NA | Bryan Cuevas | SS | 33 | ||
| 35 | NA | Miguel Flames | C | 33 | Venezuelan IFA | |
| 35 | NA | Juan DeLeon | RF | 33 | IFA | |
| 35 | NA | Caleb Smith | LHP | 33 | 21 | |
| 39 | NA | Dan Camarena | LHP | 32 | 2 | |
| 40 | NA | Dante Bichette Jr. | 3B | 31 | -6 | |
| 40 | NA | James Pazos | LHP | 31 | 14 | |
| 42 | NA | Thairo Estrada | SS | 24 | 13 | |
| 43 | NA | Jonathan Amundaray | RF | 23 | Venezuelan IFA | |
| 43 | NA | Danny Burawa | RHP | 23 | 14 | |
| 45 | NA | Johnny Barbato | RHP | 21 | From Padres for Shawn Kelley | |
| 46 | NA | Nelson Gomez | 3B | 15 | Dominican IFA |
2015 Chicago White Sox Unified Top Prospect List
Posted: March 2, 2015 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings Leave a commentIt’s that time of year again–unified prospect list season! It seems that these lists come out later every year. I want to just get these finished and done with before the season starts, so those sources that have not completed their rankings yet (looking at you MLB dot com…) will not be included in this combined list.
I scrapped much of the additional coverage this year (like the graphical representation and prospects missing from the list from last year) due to time constraints.
As always, you can view a full spreadsheet for every site’s ranking for the team here, see the team list from 2014 here and view all other team lists for 2015 here.
Regular Lists
Baseball America
Baseball Hot Corner
Baseball Prospectus
Bleacher Report
Fangraphs
Fueled by Sports
Future Sox
Keith Law
Minor League Ball
Prospect Digest
Rant
South Side Sox
Top Prospect Alert
Fantasy Lists
Fake Teams
Prospect 361
Razzball
The List
| Rank | FRank | Player | Pos | Total | FTo | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Carlos Rodon | LHP | 388 | 90 | 1st Round |
| 2 | 2 | Tim Anderson | SS | 375 | 87 | 3 |
| 3 | 4 | Francellis Montas | RHP | 356 | 80 | 13 |
| 4 | 5 | Spencer Adams | RHP | 345 | 77 | 2nd Round |
| 5 | 7 | Tyler Danish | LHP | 333 | 68 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | Micah Johnson | 2B | 329 | 83 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | Courtney Hawkins | RF | 280 | 74 | -3 |
| 8 | 8 | Trey Michalczewski | 3B | 241 | 47 | 13 |
| 9 | NA | Carlos Sanchez | SS | 210 | 2 | |
| 10 | 8 | Matt Davidson | 3B | 182 | 47 | -7 |
| 11 | 12 | Jacob May | CF | 179 | 21 | 2 |
| 12 | 10 | Micker Adolfo | RF | 170 | 44 | 8 |
| 13 | NA | Nolan Sanburn | RHP | 158 | From A’s for Adam Dunn | |
| 14 | 12 | Chris Beck | RHP | 149 | 21 | -6 |
| 15 | NA | Trayce Thompson | RF | 114 | -8 | |
| 16 | NA | Cleuluis Rondon | SS | 58 | 12 | |
| 17 | NA | Tyler Saladino | SS | 53 | ||
| 18 | NA | Andy Wilkins | 1B | 48 | ||
| 19 | NA | Jace Fry | LHP | 47 | 3rd Round | |
| 20 | NA | Andre Wheeler | LHP | 42 | Unranked last year | |
| 21 | 11 | Rangel Ravelo | 1B | 40 | 26 | 10 |
| 22 | NA | Keon Barnum | 1B | 39 | -4 | |
| 23 | NA | Adam Engel | CF | 32 | -4 | |
| 24 | NA | Kevan Smith | C | 29 | ||
| 25 | NA | Amado Nunez | SS | 24 | ||
| 25 | NA | Jeffrey Wendelken | RHP | 24 | ||
| 25 | NA | Luis Martinez | RHP | 24 | Unranked last year | |
| 28 | NA | Jhoandro Alfaro | C | 23 | ||
| 29 | NA | Chris Bassitt | RHP | 19 | -12 | |
| 30 | NA | David Trexler | RHP | 16 | 17th Round | |
| 31 | NA | Mason Robbins | OF | 15 | 25th Round | |
| 32 | NA | Scott Snodgress | LHP | 13 | -18 | |
| 33 | NA | Miguel Chalas | RHP | 12 | Unranked last year | |
| 33 | NA | Jake Peter | 2B | 12 | 7th Round | |
| 35 | NA | Adam Lopez | RHP | 11 | -10 | |
| 36 | NA | Michael Ynoa | RHP | 9 | ||
| 37 | NA | Jordan Guerrero | LHP | 5 | ||
| 38 | NA | Mike Recchia | RHP | 3 | ||
| 39 | NA | Andrew Mitchell | RHP | 2 | -24 | |
| 40 | NA | Eddy Alvarez | INF | 1 |
2015 Minnesota Twins Unified Top Prospect List
Posted: March 2, 2015 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings Leave a commentIt’s that time of year again–unified prospect list season! It seems that these lists come out later every year. I want to just get these finished and done with before the season starts, so those sources that have not completed their rankings yet (looking at you MLB dot com…) will not be included in this combined list.
I scrapped much of the additional coverage this year (like the graphical representation and prospects missing from the list from last year) due to time constraints.
As always, you can view a full spreadsheet for every site’s ranking for the team here, see the team list from 2014 here and view all other team lists for 2015 here.
Regular Lists
Baseball America
Baseball Hot Corner
Baseball Prospectus
Bleacher Report
Fangraphs
Fueled by Sports
Keith Law
Knuckleballs
Minor League Ball
Prospect Digest
Puckett’s Pond
Rant
Tenth Inning Stretch
Top Prospect Alert
Twins Daily
Twinkie Town
Fantasy Lists
The List
| Rank | FRank | Player | Pos | Total | FTo | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Byron Buxton | CF | 797 | 100 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | Miguel Sano | 3B | 786 | 98 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | Jose Berrios | RHP | 748 | 90 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Meyer | RHP | 747 | 94 | -1 |
| 5 | 3 | Kohl Stewart | RHP | 739 | 95 | -1 |
| 6 | 5 | Nick Gordon | SS | 724 | 93 | 1st Round |
| 7 | 10 | Jorge Polanco | 2B | 653 | 42 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | Nick Burdi | RHP | 614 | 82 | 2nd Round |
| 9 | 7 | Lewis Thorpe | LHP | 587 | 88 | -1 |
| 10 | 8 | Eddie Rosario | CF | 543 | 86 | -5 |
| 11 | NA | Trevor May | RHP | 469 | -2 | |
| 12 | NA | Max Kepler | LF | 460 | -1 | |
| 13 | 10 | Stephen Gonsalves | LHP | 452 | 42 | -1 |
| 14 | NA | Amaurys Minier | LHP | 318 | 14 | |
| 15 | NA | Travis Harrison | LF | 309 | -2 | |
| 16 | NA | Adam Walker | RF | 290 | -1 | |
| 17 | NA | Stuart Turner | C | 280 | 4 | |
| 18 | NA | Jake Reed | RHP | 234 | 5th Round | |
| 19 | NA | Chih-Wei Hu | RHP | 210 | Unranked last year | |
| 20 | NA | Michael Cederoth | RHP | 183 | 3rd Round | |
| 21 | NA | Felix Jorge | RHP | 111 | -5 | |
| 22 | NA | Taylor Rogers | LHP | 101 | 8 | |
| 23 | NA | Mason Melotakis | LHP | 68 | 1 | |
| 24 | NA | Mitch Garver | C | 66 | ||
| 24 | NA | Tyler Duffey | RHP | 66 | 14 | |
| 26 | NA | Fernando Romero | RHP | 59 | -7 | |
| 27 | NA | Lewin Diaz | 1B | 42 | ||
| 28 | NA | J.R. Graham | RHP | 40 | Rule 5 from Braves | |
| 29 | NA | J.T. Chargois | RHP | 39 | 16 | |
| 30 | NA | Levi Michael | 2B | 36 | 30 | |
| 31 | NA | Jorge Fernandez | C | 33 | ||
| 32 | NA | Cameron Booser | LHP | 31 | UFA | |
| 32 | NA | Engelb Vielma | SS | 31 | ||
| 34 | NA | Zach Jones | RHP | 29 | ||
| 35 | NA | Huascar Ynoa | RHP | 27 | Dominican IFA | |
| 36 | NA | Sean Gilmartin | LHP | 25 | -13 | |
| 37 | NA | Aaron Slegers | RHP | 24 | 22 |
2015 Detroit Tigers Unified Top Prospect List
Posted: March 2, 2015 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings Leave a commentIt’s that time of year again–unified prospect list season! It seems that these lists come out later every year. I want to just get these finished and done with before the season starts, so those sources that have not completed their rankings yet (looking at you MLB dot com…) will not be included in this combined list.
I scrapped much of the additional coverage this year (like the graphical representation and prospects missing from the list from last year) due to time constraints.
As always, you can view a full spreadsheet for every site’s ranking for the team here, see the team list from 2014 here and view all other team lists for 2015 here.
Regular Lists
Baseball America
Baseball Hot Corner
Baseball Prospectus
Bleacher Report
Bless You Boys
Fueled by Sports
Grading on the Curve
Keith Law
Minor League Ball
Prospect Digest
Rant
Sakowski Scouting
Top Prospect Alert
Fantasy Lists
Fake Teams
Prospect 361
Razzball
The List
| Rank | FRank | Player | Pos | Total | FTo | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Steven Moya | OF | 375 | 88 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | Derek Hill | OF | 365 | 89 | 1st Round |
| 3 | 4 | Buck Farmer | RHP | 350 | 53 | 20 |
| 4 | 3 | Kevin Ziomek | LHP | 347 | 80 | 13 |
| 5 | 9 | James McCann | C | 310 | 24 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | Austin Kubitza | RHP | 291 | 26 | 18 |
| 7 | 10 | Hernan Perez | SS/2B | 235 | 23 | Unranked last year |
| 8 | 5 | Tyler Collins | OF | 229 | 47 | 5 |
| 9 | NA | Dixon Machado | SS | 224 | Unranked last year | |
| 10 | 5 | Spencer Turnbull | RHP | 179 | 47 | 2nd Round |
| 11 | 5 | Javier Betancourt | IF | 177 | 47 | 8 |
| 12 | NA | Grayson Greiner | C | 164 | 3rd Round | |
| 13 | NA | Drew VerHagen | RHP | 160 | -1 | |
| 14 | NA | Joe Jimenez | RHP | 158 | 19 | |
| 15 | NA | Kyle Lobstein | LHP | 88 | 5 | |
| 16 | 11 | Jose Valdez | RHP | 69 | 22 | 9 |
| 17 | NA | Kyle Ryan | LHP | 57 | 9 | |
| 18 | NA | Endrys Briceno | RHP | 56 | -9 | |
| 19 | NA | Edgar De La Rosa | RHP | 53 | Unranked last year | |
| 20 | NA | Angel Nesbitt | RHP | 51 | 25 | |
| 21 | NA | Chad Green | RHP | 33 | 34 | |
| 22 | NA | Adam Ravenelle | RHP | 32 | 4th Round | |
| 23 | NA | Connor Harrell | OF | 29 | 31 | |
| 23 | NA | Joey Pankake | 3B | 29 | 7th Round | |
| 25 | NA | Bruce Rondon | RHP | 22 | ||
| 25 | NA | Daniel Fields | CF | 22 | -14 | |
| 27 | NA | Zach Shepherd | 3B | 21 | Unranked last year | |
| 28 | 12 | Steven Fuentes | 3B | 18 | 21 | -6 |
| 29 | NA | Julio Martinez | OF | 17 | Dominican IFA | |
| 29 | NA | Ross Kivett | OF | 17 | 6th Round | |
| 31 | NA | Anthony Castro | RHP | 14 | 8 | |
| 32 | NA | Joe Mantiply | LHP | 13 | Unranked last year | |
| 33 | NA | Arvicent Perez | C | 12 | Unranked last year | |
| 33 | NA | Ben Verlander | OF | 12 | ||
| 35 | NA | Nate Fury | RHP | 11 | 36th Round |
2015 Kansas City Royals Unified Top Prospect List
Posted: March 2, 2015 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings Leave a commentIt’s that time of year again–unified prospect list season! It seems that these lists come out later every year. I want to just get these finished and done with before the season starts, so those sources that have not completed their rankings yet (looking at you MLB dot com…) will not be included in this combined list.
I scrapped much of the additional coverage this year (like the graphical representation and prospects missing from the list from last year) due to time constraints.
As always, you can view a full spreadsheet for every site’s ranking for the team here, see the team list from 2014 here and view all other team lists for 2015 here.
Regular Lists
Baseball America
Baseball Hot Corner
Baseball Prospectus
Bleacher Report
Fueled by Sports
Grading on the Curve
Keith Law
Minor League Ball
Prospect Digest
Rant
Royals Review
Top Prospect Alert
Fantasy Lists
The List
| Rank | FRank | Player | Pos | Total | FTo | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Raul Mondesi | SS | 345 | 59 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | Sean Manaea | LHP | 342 | 58 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | Kyle Zimmer | RHP | 339 | 56 | -2 |
| 4 | 4 | Brandon Finnegan | LHP | 333 | 53 | 1st Round |
| 5 | 6 | Miguel Almonte | RHP | 308 | 51 | -1 |
| 6 | 4 | Hunter Dozier | SS | 302 | 53 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 | Foster Griffin | LHP | 282 | 46 | 1st Round |
| 8 | 11 | Christian Binford | RHP | 247 | 21 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | Jorge Bonifacio | OF | 246 | 46 | -4 |
| 10 | NA | Scott Blewett | RHP | 212 | 2nd Round | |
| 11 | 9 | Chase Vallot | C/1B | 152 | 23 | 1st Round |
| 12 | 11 | Bubba Starling | OF | 123 | 21 | -5 |
| 13 | NA | Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 106 | -1 | |
| 14 | NA | Christian Colon | SS/2B | 88 | 2 | |
| 14 | NA | Sam Selman | LHP | 88 | -1 | |
| 16 | NA | Ryan O’Hearn | 1B/OF | 82 | 8th Round | |
| 17 | NA | Martin Gasparini | SS | 73 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Elier Hernandez | OF | 72 | 23 | -4 |
| 19 | NA | Orlando Calixte | SS | 70 | -9 | |
| 20 | NA | Glenn Sparkman | RHP | 62 | ||
| 21 | NA | Reymond Fuentes | OF | 39 | ||
| 22 | NA | Ramon Torres | SS | 31 | Unranked last year | |
| 23 | NA | Samir Duenez | 1B | 30 | ||
| 24 | NA | Brian Flynn | LHP | 21 | Unranked last year | |
| 25 | NA | Colin Rodgers | LHP | 16 | Unranked last year | |
| 26 | NA | Frank Schwindel | 1B | 15 | Unranked last year | |
| 27 | NA | Dominique Taylor | OF | 14 | ||
| 28 | NA | Carlos Garcia | 2B | 13 | Unranked last year | |
| 28 | NA | Terrance Gore | OF | 13 | 5 | |
| 30 | NA | Ricky Aracena | SS | 12 | ||
| 31 | NA | Lane Adams | OF | 11 | -6 | |
| 32 | NA | Pedro Fernandez | 9 | -4 | ||
| 33 | NA | John Lamb | 7 | -3 | ||
| 34 | NA | Zane Evans | 6 | -19 | ||
| 35 | NA | Cody Stubbs | 1B/OF | 5 | ||
| 36 | NA | Whit Merrifield | OF | 4 | ||
| 37 | NA | Daniel Stumpf | 3 | |||
| 38 | NA | Cody Reed | 2 | -20 | ||
| 39 | NA | Luke Farrell | 1 |
2015 Colorado Rockies Unified Top Prospect List
Posted: March 2, 2015 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings Leave a commentIt’s that time of year again–unified prospect list season! It seems that these lists come out later every year. I want to just get these finished and done with before the season starts, so those sources that have not completed their rankings yet (looking at you MLB dot com…) will not be included in this combined list.
I scrapped much of the additional coverage this year (like the graphical representation and prospects missing from the list from last year) due to time constraints.
As always, you can view a full spreadsheet for every site’s ranking for the team here, see the team list from 2014 here and view all other team lists for 2015 here.
Regular Lists
Baseball America
Baseball Hot Corner
Baseball Prospectus
Bleacher Report
Fangraphs
Fueled by Sports
Grading on the Curve
Keith Law
Minor League Ball
Prospect Digest
Purple Row
Rant
Top Prospect Alert
Fantasy Lists
Fake Teams
Prospect 361
Razzball
The List
| Rank | FRank | Player | Pos | Total | FTo | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Jonathan Gray | RHP | 453 | 101 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | David Dahl | CF | 441 | 103 | 1 |
| 3 | 7 | Eddie Butler | RHP | 423 | 64 | -1 |
| 4 | 6 | Kyle Freeland | LHP | 413 | 88 | 1st Round |
| 5 | 4 | Ryan McMahon | 3B | 399 | 95 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | Raimel Tapia | CF | 394 | 100 | 4 |
| 7 | 5 | Forrest Wall | 2B | 370 | 90 | Sandwich Round |
| 8 | 10 | Tyler Anderson | LHP | 276 | 28 | 3 |
| 9 | 10 | Rosell Herrera | 3B | 266 | 28 | -5 |
| 10 | 8 | Trevor Story | SS | 254 | 57 | -2 |
| 10 | 12 | Tom Murphy | C | 254 | 27 | -3 |
| 12 | NA | Antonio Senzatela | RHP | 208 | 3 | |
| 13 | 14 | Kyle Parker | 1B | 185 | 26 | -7 |
| 14 | NA | Cristhian Adames | SS | 180 | 5 | |
| 15 | 14 | Dom Nunez | C | 152 | 26 | 13 |
| 16 | NA | Ryan Castellani | RHP | 123 | 2nd Round | |
| 17 | NA | Jairo Diaz | RHP | 104 | From Angels for Josh Rutledge | |
| 18 | 9 | Kevin Padlo | 3B | 79 | 29 | 5th Round |
| 19 | NA | Scott Oberg | RHP | 69 | 17 | |
| 20 | NA | Correlle Prime | 1B | 68 | ||
| 21 | NA | Jordan Patterson | OF | 52 | 10 | |
| 22 | NA | Jose Briceno | 3B | 51 | 2 | |
| 23 | NA | Emerson Jimenez | SS | 50 | 3 | |
| 24 | NA | Johendi Jiminian | RHP | 47 | ||
| 25 | NA | Ryan Casteel | C | 39 | -9 | |
| 26 | 12 | Pedro Gonzalez | 3B | 38 | 27 | Dominican IFA |
| 27 | NA | Alex Balog | RHP | 37 | -13 | |
| 28 | NA | Helmis Rodriguez | LHP | 31 | ||
| 29 | NA | Ben Paulsen | 1B | 27 | Unranked last year | |
| 30 | NA | Sam Moll | LHP | 25 | -4 | |
| 31 | NA | Taylor Featherston | SS | 24 | -1 | |
| 32 | NA | Danny Winkler | RHP | 21 | -14 | |
| 33 | NA | Troy Neiman | RHP | 19 | ||
| 33 | NA | Jayson Aquino | 19 | -20 | ||
| 35 | NA | Matt Flemer | RHP | 17 | Unranked last year | |
| 35 | NA | Yonathan Daza | OF | 17 | ||
| 37 | NA | Carlos Estevez | RHP | 14 | ||
| 37 | NA | Pat Valaika | 14 | -8 | ||
| 39 | NA | Matt Carasiti | RHP | 13 |
2015 Cincinnati Reds Unified Top Prospect List
Posted: March 2, 2015 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings Leave a commentIt’s that time of year again–unified prospect list season! It seems that these lists come out later every year. I want to just get these finished and done with before the season starts, so those sources that have not completed their rankings yet (looking at you MLB dot com…) will not be included in this combined list.
I scrapped much of the additional coverage this year (like the graphical representation and prospects missing from the list from last year) due to time constraints.
As always, you can view a full spreadsheet for every site’s ranking for the team here, see the team list from 2014 here and view all other team lists for 2015 here.
The Reds have several special cases due to offseason transactions. If these players were missed on a certain list, they were given the average ranking of the other lists which did rank them.
Regular Lists
Baseball America
Baseball Prospectus
Bleacher Report
Fangraphs
Fueled by Sports
Grading on the Curve
Keith Law
Minor League Ball
Prospect Digest
Rant
Red Reporter
Reds Minor Leagues
Top Prospect Alert
Fantasy Lists
Fake Teams
Prospect 361
Razzball
The List
| Rank | FRank | Player | Pos | Total | FTo | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Robert Stephenson | RHP | 321 | 74 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | Jesse Winker | LF | 313 | 73 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | Michael Lorenzen | RHP | 296 | 64 | 5 |
| 4 | 8 | Raisel Iglesias | RHP | 282 | 54 | Cuban IFA |
| 5 | 7 | Nick Howard | RHP | 263 | 56 | 1st Round |
| 6 | 9 | Anthony DeSclafini | RHP | 243 | 51 | From Marlins in Mat Latos trade |
| 7 | 11 | Alex Blandino | SS | 202 | 23 | 1st Round |
| 8 | 12 | Nick Travieso | RHP | 200 | 21 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | Yorman Rodriguez | RF | 186 | 61 | -4 |
| 10 | NA | Jonathan Crawford | RHP | 157 | From Tigers in Alfredo Simon trade | |
| 11 | 10 | Amir Garrett | LHP | 153 | 35 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | Aristides Aquino | RF | 139 | 59 | 11 |
| 13 | 4 | Phil Ervin | CF | 124 | 63 | -10 |
| 14 | NA | Kyle Waldrop | LF | 102 | 13 | |
| 15 | NA | Sal Romano | RHP | 63 | 26 | |
| 16 | NA | Tucker Barnhart | C | 60 | -3 | |
| 17 | NA | Chad Wallach | C | 59 | From Marlins in Mat Latos trade | |
| 18 | NA | Gavin LaValley | 3B | 56 | 4th Round | |
| 19 | NA | David Holmberg | LHP | 54 | -13 | |
| 20 | NA | Jon Moscot | RHP | 47 | -8 | |
| 20 | NA | Daniel Corcino | RHP | 47 | -9 | |
| 22 | NA | Seth Mejias-Brean | 3B | 37 | -4 | |
| 23 | NA | Taylor Sparks | 3B | 31 | 2nd Round | |
| 24 | NA | Ismael Guillon | LHP | 26 | -10 | |
| 25 | NA | Jackson Stephens | RHP | 24 | -4 | |
| 26 | NA | Wyatt Strahan | RHP | 20 | 3rd Round | |
| 26 | NA | Junior Arias | CF | 20 | -2 | |
| 28 | NA | Tyler Mahle | RHP | 17 | 7 | |
| 29 | NA | Carlton Daal | SS | 11 | Unranked last year | |
| 30 | NA | Jeremy Kivel | RHP | 9 | -11 | |
| 31 | NA | Rey Navarro | SS/2B | 6 | Unranked last year | |
| 32 | NA | Jose Ortiz | C | 5 | -18 | |
| 33 | NA | Daniel Wright | RHP | 2 | Unranked last year | |
| 34 | NA | Juan Silva | 1 | 4 |
Steal of Home 