2012 San Diego Padres Consensus Top 30 Prospects
Posted: February 29, 2012 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings Leave a comment »Introduction
I have created a cumulative prospect list for each team based on other (more knowledgeable) peoples’ lists. Each time a prospect appears on a list, he gets a number of points (21 minus his ranking). The prospect with the largest amount of points is ranked first. I will be posting each team once they have been completed by all of my sources. You can find a link to all of the other teams top prospects on the Team Prospects page. Clicking on the links below will take you to the team’s list on each respective site.
Three of the lists were not updated to account for the Yonder Alonso and Yasmani Grandal acquisitions. In order to account for this, I found each prospect’s average ranking from the rest of the lists and ranked him there on the three lists that missed him. One list did not include the Anthony Rizzo trade. I simply deleted him from the list and then re-ranked everyone else below him on that list. The points are still added up in the same way as before.
I included another column to the table named “Con. Rank,” which is the consensus overall ranking of each prospect, as compiled by me.
Lists with reports
Baseball America (scouting reports for subscribers)
Fangraphs (scouting reports for top 10)
Kevin Goldstein, Baseball Prospectus (scouting reports for top 11 for subscribers)
Other lists
Keith Law, ESPN (Subscription required)
The List
2012 Arizona Diamondbacks Consensus Top 28 Prospects
Posted: February 28, 2012 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings Leave a comment »Introduction
I have created a cumulative prospect list for each team based on other (more knowledgeable) peoples’ lists. Each time a prospect appears on a list, he gets a number of points (21 minus his ranking). The prospect with the largest amount of points is ranked first. I will be posting each team once they have been completed by all of my sources. You can find a link to all of the other teams top prospects on the Team Prospects page. Clicking on the links below will take you to the team’s list on each respective site.
One of the lists was not updated to account for the Jarrod Parker and Collin Cowgill trade. In order to account for this, I deleted them from the list and then re-ranked everyone else below them. The points are still added up in the same way as before.
Lists with reports
Baseball America (scouting reports for subscribers)
Fangraphs (scouting reports for top 10)
Kevin Goldstein, Baseball Prospectus (scouting reports for top 11 for subscribers)
Other lists
Keith Law, ESPN (Subscription required)
The List
2012 Consensus Top 185 Prospects
Posted: February 27, 2012 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings 2 Comments »On Friday, I took a look at 14 different prospect lists. Today, I will post the consensus Top 185 from these lists. Every time a player appears on a list, he is given 101-ranking number of points (A ranking of 1 gives 100 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 Aaron Hicks, for example. He appears on five lists with an average ranking of 62. However, his total points ranking is 87. We must take into account the fact that not all players are ranked by all lists, so an average ranking is misleading. Finally, I did exclude all players beyond the top 100 for each list.
Most lists had the same criteria for eligibility (rookie status); however, some lists did not include international free agents, namely Yu Darvish and Yoenis Cespedes. I have included these players at the spot of their average ranking when ranked.
Lists
Kevin Goldstein, Baseball Prospectus
2012 Cincinnati Reds Consensus Top 33 Prospects
Posted: February 27, 2012 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings Leave a comment »Introduction
I have created a cumulative prospect list for each team based on other (more knowledgeable) peoples’ lists. Each time a prospect appears on a list, he gets a number of points (21 minus his ranking). The prospect with the largest amount of points is ranked first. I will be posting each team once they have been completed by all of my sources. You can find a link to all of the other teams top prospects on the Team Prospects page. Clicking on the links below will take you to the team’s list on each respective site.
Four of the lists were not updated to account for the Yonder Alonso, Yasmani Grandal, Dave Sappelt and Brad Boxberger trades. In order to account for this, I deleted these prospects from the list and then re-ranked everyone else below him on that list. The points are still added up in the same way as before.
Lists with reports
Baseball America (scouting reports for subscribers)
Fangraphs (scouting reports for top 10).
Kevin Goldstein, Baseball Prospectus (scouting reports for top 11 for subscribers)
Other lists
Keith Law, ESPN (Subscription required)
The List
Taking a Look at 2012 Pre-Season Prospect Rankings
Posted: February 24, 2012 Filed under: Prospects 3 Comments »Last year I did a comparison post between various pre-season prospect lists. It went over extremely well, so it is back this year. However, I’ll be doing away with the graphs this year as they’re time-consuming and don’t add much to the discussion.
You can view the consensus top 185 here.
Lists
Kevin Goldstein, Baseball Prospectus
I also looked at Seedlings to Stars, but excluded that site from the actual rankings of prospects.
Likes: The list places a prospect at least two standard deviations below the average ranking. A prospect must be on at least five lists to qualify.
Dislikes: The list places a prospect at least two standard deviations above the average ranking. A prospect must be on at least five lists to qualify.
Surprising Inclusion: The list includes a prospect ranked better than 80 which is only included on at most four lists.
Surprising Exclusion: The list does not include a prospect that is ranked anywhere on at least eight other lists.
To determine overall rank, I gave each player a certain total depending where he was ranked on each list. a #1 ranking equals 100 points and a 100 ranking equals 1 point. These are all added together and the prospect with the highest total is ranked 1st.
Yu Darvish and Yoenis Cespedes were not ranked by every site, so that throws their ranking off a bit. Darvish’s average ranking is 5 and Cespedes’s is 19.
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2012 Atlanta Braves Consensus Top 24 Prospects
Posted: February 24, 2012 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings Leave a comment »Introduction
I have created a cumulative prospect list for each team based on other (more knowledgeable) peoples’ lists. Each time a prospect appears on a list, he gets a number of points (21 minus his ranking). The prospect with the largest amount of points is ranked first. I will be posting each team once they have been completed by all of my sources. You can find a link to all of the other teams top prospects on the Team Prospects page. Clicking on the links below will take you to the team’s list on each respective site.
Lists with reports
Baseball America (scouting reports for subscribers)
Fangraphs (scouting reports for top 10)
Kevin Goldstein, Baseball Prospectus (scouting reports for top 11 for subscribers)
Other lists
Keith Law, ESPN (Subscription required)
The List
2012 Boston Red Sox Consensus Top 28 Prospects
Posted: February 23, 2012 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings 1 Comment »Introduction
I have created a cumulative prospect list for each team based on other (more knowledgeable) peoples’ lists. Each time a prospect appears on a list, he gets a number of points (21 minus his ranking). The prospect with the largest amount of points is ranked first. I will be posting each team once they have been completed by all of my sources. You can find a link to all of the other teams top prospects on the Team Prospects page. Clicking on the links below will take you to the team’s list on each respective site.
Lists with reports
Baseball America (scouting reports for subscribers)
Fangraphs (scouting reports for top 10)
Kevin Goldstein, Baseball Prospectus (scouting reports for top 11 for subscribers)
Other lists
Keith Law, ESPN (Subscription required)
The List
2012 New York Mets Consensus Top 32 Prospects
Posted: February 22, 2012 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings Leave a comment »Introduction
I have created a cumulative prospect list for each team based on other (more knowledgeable) peoples’ lists. Each time a prospect appears on a list, he gets a number of points (21 minus his ranking). The prospect with the largest amount of points is ranked first. I will be posting each team once they have been completed by all of my sources. You can find a link to all of the other teams top prospects on the Team Prospects page. Clicking on the links below will take you to the team’s list on each respective site.
Lists with reports
Baseball America (scouting reports for subscribers)
Fangraphs (scouting reports for top 10)
Kevin Goldstein, Baseball Prospectus (scouting reports for top 11 for subscribers)
Other lists
Keith Law, ESPN (Subscription required)
The List
2012 Oakland Athletics Consensus Top 33 Prospects
Posted: February 21, 2012 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings Leave a comment »Introduction
I have created a cumulative prospect list for each team based on other (more knowledgeable) peoples’ lists. Each time a prospect appears on a list, he gets a number of points (21 minus his ranking). The prospect with the largest amount of points is ranked first. I will be posting each team once they have been completed by all of my sources. You can find a link to all of the other teams top prospects on the Team Prospects page. Clicking on the links below will take you to the team’s list on each respective site.
Three of the lists were not updated to account for the A.J. Cole, Brad Peacock and Derek Norris acquisitions. In order to account for this, I found each prospect’s average ranking from the rest of the lists and ranked him there on the three lists that missed him. I then re-ranked everyone else below him on that list. The points are still added up in the same way as before.
Lists with reports
Baseball America (scouting reports for subscribers)
Fangraphs (scouting reports for top 10)
Kevin Goldstein, Baseball Prospectus (scouting reports for top 11 for subscribers)
Other lists
Keith Law, ESPN (Subscription required)
The List
2012 Los Angeles Dodgers Consensus Top 34 Prospects
Posted: February 20, 2012 Filed under: Prospects, Rankings Leave a comment »Introduction
I have created a cumulative prospect list for each team based on other (more knowledgeable) peoples’ lists. Each time a prospect appears on a list, he gets a number of points (21 minus his ranking). The prospect with the largest amount of points is ranked first. I will be posting each team once they have been completed by all of my sources. You can find a link to all of the other teams top prospects on the Team Prospects page. Clicking on the links below will take you to the team’s list on each respective site.
Lists with reports
Baseball America (scouting reports for subscribers)
Baseball-Intellect (free scouting reports for some, others for subscribers)
Fangraphs (scouting reports for top 10)
Kevin Goldstein, Baseball Prospectus (scouting reports for top 11 for subscribers)
Other lists
Keith Law, ESPN (Subscription required)
