BaseballAmerica.com: Prospects: 2007 Top 100 Prospects

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  Matt Garza (#21) isn't necessarily a mainstay in the rotation yet. He's battling guys like Carlos Silva, Ramon Ortiz and Sidney Ponson for a spot at the end of the rotation...wait a minute, maybe he IS a mainstay.

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Top 100 List
Published 3/1/2007 by Mike A. at River Ave. Blues
... BA released their Top 100 prospects list, with 5 Yankee prospects making the cut:

Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects
Published 3/1/2007 at FakeTeams
... Baseball America has posted its Top 100 propsects.  It appears to be available to non-subscribers so click through via this this link and check it out.  I doubt there will be any surprises following the relaes of John Sickel's Top 50 Hitters and Pitchers, Baseball Notebook's Top 100, and Baseball Prospectus' list.  Throw-in various other lists, and there should be few stones left unturned.  

Minors: Four Mets on BA's Top 100 Prospect List
Published 3/1/2007 by Matthew Cerrone at MetsBlog.com
... Baseball America has released their Top 100 Prospects List.

Double your games, double your fun
Published 3/1/2007 by thewizardsofoz <info@southsidesox.com> at South Side Sox: Front Page Posts
... at Colorado (2:05p.m.): Ozuna, LF; Sweeney, RF; Crede, 3B; E. Perez, 1B; Spivey, 2B; W. Gonzalez, C; Terrero, CF; A. Gonzalez, SS; Phillips, P ***** BTW, as shaftr pointed out, Baseball America's

Prospecting The Rivalry
Published 3/1/2007 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
... The Yankees and Red Sox each have 5 of the "Top 100 Prospects" in the game today, according to Baseball America.

Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects
Published 3/1/2007 by Matt Birnbach at Future Fish
... You can read the rest of the top 100 over at Baseball America.

Eight Rockies make BA's top 100
Published 3/1/2007 by Rox Girl <info@purplerow.com> at Purple Row: Front Page Posts
... Starting with Tulo and #15 and finishing with Chris Iannetta at #92, the Rockies had more than any other club this year.

Felix Pie Is Not Corey Patterson
Published 3/2/2007 by RotoAuthority at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Tim Lincecum compared to Bob Feller and Sandy Koufax as a part of Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects.  BA has a cool new feature this year called Risk Factor.

Prospect Lists Won’t Go away
Published 3/2/2007 by davidbloom at BaseballHappenings.com
... .  But, No. Baseball America had to release their Top 100 today. CBS Sportsline had

Rookie 3B
Published 3/2/2007 at FakeTeams
... Baseball America ranked Tampa Bay thirdbaseman Evan Longoria as its 7th best prospect in the minor leagues. I suspect this will be one of the most contoversial rankings this year. Looking over their list, there are a total of six 3B who Misters Callis, Manuel, Lingo and Kline guess will arrive in the majors this season.

The top 100 prospects
Published 3/2/2007 by Rowdy at Honest Wagner
... The Pirates have a few on Baseball America's list: McCutchen (#13), Lincoln (#69), Walker (#74). Lillibridge, the guys the Braves got with Gonzo for LaRoche, comes in at #93.

5 in 100
Published 3/2/2007 by Mantlemurcer at My Pinstripes
... Click Here to view the entire list.

Evan Longoria: An Elite Prospect?
Published 3/2/2007 by Jacob Larsen at DRaysBay: Front Page Posts
... In a surprise move, coming with the unveiling of Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects List, Baseball America named Evan Longoria their 7th best prospect (6th, if you don't count Daisuke Matsuzaka as a prospect like myself).

Three Angels Listed on BA Top 100 Prospects List
Published 3/4/2007 by Stephen Smith at FutureAngels.com
... Three Angels appear on the Baseball America Top 100 Prospects list.

Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects
Published 3/4/2007 by Daryl at Singapore Sox Fan
... Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects has Matsuzaka as the #1 prospect. I suppose that's true, insofar as Daisuke hasn't proven anything at the major league level. But it's still odd to think of players as old as Daisuke as prospects. Ellsbury (#33), Buchholz (#51), Bard (#81) and Bowden (#83) round up the Sox representation in the top.

Alberto Callaspo Drawing Interest
Published 3/4/2007 by RotoAuthority at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... came to .280/.337/.395 in 2006, so yes, he could start for many teams.  Baseball America doesn't go in-depth about his defense, saying just that he can "play anywhere on the field."  They liked him enough to rate him the 82nd best prospect in the game and fourth best D'Back.

Will Royals Trade Mike Sweeney?
Published 3/4/2007 by RotoAuthority at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... (BA's #25 prospect) a half-season trial in the bigs and get a prospect back.  Of course, the more likely scenario is that Butler is granted his chance when Sweeney hits the DL.

Two million and growing...
Published 3/4/2007 by Dodger MLBlog at Inside the Dodgers
... I meant to point this out a few days ago, but in case you missed it, here's Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects entering 2007.

Quick links
Published 3/5/2007 by Pat at Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke?
... Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects list is out. The Pirates have McCutchen (#13), Lincoln (#69), and Walker (#74) all on the list.

BA’s Top 100 Prospects Features Eight Rockies
Published 3/5/2007 by Drew Bienhoff at Up in the Rockies
... If you need a reason to be optimistic about the future of the Rockies franchise, look no further than the contents of this column.  Baseball America, the undisputed experts on MLB prospects, recently released their 2007 Top 100 Prospects rankings.  The Rockies placed a total of eight players on the list, from Troy Tulowitzki at #15 to Chris Iannetta at #92.  The Rox finished with one more player than Tampa Bay, which saw seven prospects from its number one ranked farm system make the list.  Here is a quick synopsis of the eight prospects (in the exact words of BA) and what I see in store for them in 2007.

Jason Hirsh Interview
Published 3/5/2007 by RotoAuthority at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... was recently ranked the 42nd best prospect in baseball by Baseball America. Recently, he was kind enough to answer some questions for MLBTradeRumors.com via email.  Jason and his brother Matt maintain a website called

Jim Callis Chat
Published 3/7/2007 at FakeTeams
... It is Wednesday so that means Jim Callis will be answering questions for his ESPN Chat at 2Pm today. With Baseball America's Top 100 out, I am sure he will be fielding questions about where so and so ranks and why so and so isn't higher than Player X. Specifically, how does Evan Longoria rank higher than Ryan Braun and Andy LaRoche?  Is it simply a bias towards the latest exciting thing?

Housecleaning linkage
Published 3/7/2007 by Jeff at Brew Crew Ball: Front Page Posts
... Baseball America's top 100 prospects includes Yovani Gallardo (#16), Ryan Braun (#26), and Will Inman (#91).  Since the first two of those ought to graduate by year's end, we need another guy or two to step up and claim the mantle of "Brewers farmhand who will be on everybody's prospect list."

Spring Roundup III
Published 3/8/2007 by Paul SF at YFSF
... A bit late, but Baseball America released its list of Top 100 prospects last week. Daisuke Matsuzaka heads the list, with Phillip Hughes at No. 4. The rest of the Sox/Yanks: 27, Jose Tabata; 33, Jacoby Ellsbury; 51, Clay Buchholz; 57, Humberto Sanchez; 75 Joba Chamberlain; 81, Daniel Bard; 83, Michael Bowden; 100, Dellin Betances.

Baseball America Releases Top 100 Prospects List
Published 3/8/2007 by digital-derek at SawxBlog
... Baseball America has released their Top 100 Prospects List and the Boston Red Sox have 5 players to claim as their own on that list. Daisuke Matsuzaka leads all prospects (not surprisingly) on the list at number one and is next followed by one of my favorite players to watch this spring,

It's Willie Time!
Published 3/10/2007 by mr. met at the metropolitans
... The Mets had four prospects crack BA's top 100.

Jim Callis Chat
Published 3/14/2007 at FakeTeams
... It is Wednesday so that means Jim Callis will be answering questions for his ESPN Chat at 2 o'clock this afternoon Eastern Standard Time. With Baseball America's Top 100 out, Mr. Callis has a reference point to compare and contrast his answers to the various who's-better type of questions like, "With Hunter Pence's breakout Spring, do you still believe he should be ranked below  Player X?"

Tigers Prospects Maybin #6 and Miller #10 in BA’s Top 100 Prospects — But That’s It
Published 3/15/2007 by Mike McClary at The Daily Fungo | A Detroit Tigers Blogazine
... Coming on the heels of my post earlier this week on Cameron Maybin and Andrew Miller being Baseball America’s third-best prospect duo, the pair shows up in the top 10 of the magazine’s 100 best prospects list.

Tigers Prospects Maybin #6 and Miller #10 in BA’s Top 100 Prospects — But That’s It
Published 3/15/2007 by Mike McClary at The Daily Fungo | A Detroit Tigers Blogazine
... Coming on the heels of my post earlier this week on Cameron Maybin and Andrew Miller being Baseball America’s third-best prospect duo, the pair shows up in the top 10 of the magazine’s 100 best prospects list.

Now with 2875% More Iron
Published 3/15/2007 by Jason at BallHype Blog
... And, despite the preponderance of basketball bloggers participating in the beta, the most popular story on the old server was Baseball America’s Top 100 2007 Prospects. Everyone likes a list.

Yovani Gallardo: Milwaukee Brewers Starting Pitcher Sleeper
Published 3/15/2007 by Knox at Crooked Pitch
... Those numbers are pretty powerful, which may be why Baseball America has Gallardo as #16 on their Top 100 Prospect list and

Mining for Hotties: Baseball Prospect Draft
Published 4/2/2007 by Texas Gal at Ladies...
... Opening Day has arrived, and that means several things: everyone’s stocking up on beer for the festivities, looking ahead to how their favorite team will perform (c’mon Astros, Cubs & Phillies- I know it’s your year… for at least one of you!) and putting together their fantasy baseball rosters. Here at Ladies… that means it’s time for the Hottie Prospect Draft. Metschick and I scoured through Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects (and beyond) to draft our lineup of the hottest top prospects for this season (and by “hottest”, we mean in every way possible). Our Hottie Prospect roster will highlight all the very best up and… comers.

Welcome To The Big Leagues Brandon Wood
Published 4/26/2007 by Knox at Crooked Pitch
... Thursday April 26, 2007 marks the beginning of what Angels fans’ hope is the Brandon Wood era. Woods is being called up, and the 8th ranked prospect in baseball hopes to make the best of it.

The Phuture Of The Phranchise Has Phinally Arrived
Published 4/26/2007 by Jason Davis at Baseball & The Boogie Down
... The day is upon us.  All eyes will be focused on the Bronx tonight when highly-touted rookie prospect Phil Hughes makes his ML debut against the Blue Jays.  While I don't think he's going to be our savior this year, he is definitely going to be the face of the Yankee rotation in the future.  By all accounts, he's got the stuff to be the real deal.  And it all starts tonight.  I just hope it lives up to the hype.

Lies, Damned Lies: The PECOTA Top 100 by Nate Silver
Published 4/27/2007 at Baseball Prospectus
... Top 100. Daisuke Matsuzaka would rank second on this list if he were eligible. Pitchers are shaded in light blue. You’ll also notice the presence of a handful of relief pitchers on this list, who we didn’t write about in detail because frankly, I think relief pitching prospects are pretty boring beyond their being rare. ‘BA’ and ‘KG’ represent a player’s placement on the Baseball America and

Tim Lincecum To Pitch Sunday For Giants
Published 5/4/2007 by Knox at Crooked Pitch
... Lincecum is ranked 11th on Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects report where he draws comparisons to “Bullet” Bob Feller and Sandy Koufax.

Latest Rangers Trade Rumors
Published 7/30/2007 by Joey Matschulat at Baseball Time in Arlington
... Carlos Gonzalez is a toolsy corner outfield prospect, who ranked 18th on Baseball America’s Top 100 rankings this spring and ...

Advantage, Atlanta
Published 7/30/2007 by Ryan McConnell at NJ.com: Always Amazin'
... 27-year-old first baseman (and soon to be very rich man) Mark Teixeira and reliever Ron Mahay for a bunch of very good, but unproven prospects (Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Elvis Andrus, Neftali Perez and a player to be named later). Some thoughts: Don't be mistaken, the Braves gave up a lot in this deal. Saltalamacchia, despite his ridiculous name, is the top prospect in all of baseball at a position that will be very scarce with talented players very shortly, and Baseball America ranked the 18-year-old Andrus as the #65 prospect in the sport. (If you want more information about Andrus, I included him in ...

Blockbuster In Texas: Analyzing The Mark Teixeira Trade
Published 7/31/2007 by Joey Matschulat at Baseball Time in Arlington
... Jarrod Saltalamacchia, the 22-year-old centerpiece of Atlanta’s trade package, was listed as the 36th best prospect in the game on Baseball America’s Top 100 rankings this spring (as well as the Braves’ best overall prospect, and the best catching prospect in baseball), and 51st on Baseball Prospectus’s Top 100 ...

Trade Deadline Post-Mortem
Published 8/6/2007 by Geoff Young at Ducksnorts
... If the Padres had received a pick as compensation for Linebrink, what are the chances that the player drafted would have developed into a prospect as good as Inman (#91 in BA’s Top 100 for 2007), and how long would it have taken for the player to reach that status? ...

Where Will They End Up?
Published 10/17/2007 by EJ Fagan at Pending Pinstripes
... I’m basing this off what BA has said in the past about the prospects. Last year, the Rockies led the list with 8 prospects in the top 100. The Yankees had 5. The Yankees could easily beat that this year - 9 is conceivable, with an outside shot at 10. ...

Rangers Notebook: The Clock Keeps Ticking
Published 11/12/2007 by Joey Matschulat at Baseball Time in Arlington
... Carlos Gonzalez is a toolsy corner outfield prospect, who ranked 18th on Baseball America’s Top 100 rankings this spring and ...

Baserunning in a Minor Key
Published 11/15/2007 by Dan Agonistes at Dan Agonistes
... I thought it might also be interesting to take a look at how a few of the other top prospects going into 2007 fared. So below we have a table of those players who made it into the top 20 of Baseball America's Top Prospects list published at the end of February. ...

Who Is Matt Garza?
Published 11/26/2007 by Anthony De Rosa at Hot Foot
... Entering this past season, Garza was rated the top prospect in the Twins organization by Baseball America and 21st overall in baseball. Garza started 15 games and posted a 3.69 ERA with a 1.54 WHIP. ...

Yankees and Sox Fighting For Santana
Published 11/30/2007 by Brian at Depressed Fan
... By no means is this list gospel, but to get an idea of what the Yanks are offering, vs. what the Sox are offering, check out Baseball America's top 100 prospects heading into the 2007 season. The Sox have 5 players on the list, not one of them is on the table right now. Tabata was number 27, Hughes was number 4. For more perspective, check out Baseball Prospectus' ...

[THE HANGOVER] Four Rays Prospects Make Top 20
Published 11/30/2007 by The Professor at Rays Index
... that prospects will be productive major leaguers, much less develop into a perennial all-star. But for the sake of argument, let's assume that all three of these starting pitchers develop into mid-rotation major league starting pitchers, with one of them blossoming into an ace. If the Rays struggle to sign Soctt Kazmir to a long-term contract, there is a very good chance he will be traded following the 2009 season. Until then? Let's enjoy the show. 2007 Top 100 Prospects [Baseball America] Promotions lead to changing of the guard in 2007 [MiLB] ...

Tigers Land Cabrera, Willis
Published 12/5/2007 by Vegas Watch at Vegas Watch
... are trying hard to trivialize their loss, Maybin is one of the top prospects in the game. Before 2007, Baseball America rated him as the 6th best prospect in the game. He hit .304/.393/.486 in high-A this year, made a quick stop in AA, and made his ML debut in Yankee Stadium on August 17. At the age of twenty. He'll be Florida's centerfielder for years to come. Although this raises an interesting question- what to do with Hanley Ramirez? I had kind of figured that he'd end up in center, but this puts an end to that idea. Third base? I have no idea how his ...

I love New York (NL)
Published 1/31/2008 by Jake at Motown Sports Revival
... The Tigers—facing the same "unproven talent or proven awesomeness" dilemma—gave up Cameron Maybin and Andrew Miller—who were both rated among the top 10 prospects in baseball—along with Dallas Trahern, Eulogio De La Cruz, Mike Rabelo, and Burke Badenhop for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis. Willis was essentially a “throw in.” The Tigers clearly weren’t offended by having to take Willis but the only way Cabrera was coming to Detroit was by giving up both Maybin and Miller. That package is considerably more potent than anything the Yankees and Red Sox discussed for ...

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