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Links of the Day 2/24/09
The Victoria Times — The Vikings solving all their problems by trading for Sage Rosenfels. Sage..... Rosenfels..... It's odd that the Twins only ave 2 players on the Top 100 prospects list. Rich Eisen is one smart cookie.

Baseball America Top 100 Prospects
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects list is up.  Voters were tabulated from six BA regulars to form the results.  Matt Wieters, David Price, and Colby Rasmus snag the top three spots. ...

5 Rays On Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects
RaysProspects.com — ... Baseball America's 20th annual Top 100 Prospects list is out and 5 Rays are named. How they compile the list: This year we had six people who contributed to the voting that determines the list: editors in chief Will Lingo and John Manuel and executive editor Jim Callis, who have helped shape these lists for years; as well as Ben Badler, Kary Booher and Matt Eddy, who contribute significantly to our prospect coverage both in print and on the Web. Each person voted on a personal top 150 list, and after those results were tabulated, the six voters got together to go over the ...

Baseball America Top 100 is Posted
Roto Savants — Head over to the Top 100Prospects according to BaseballAmerica.com and see the new list posted today. You'll see some of our recently reviewed prospects there in the top 20: ...

Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects List
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine — Well, it's officially Prospect List season.  Three Blue Jays hopefuls make the Top 100 this year, though not necessarily in the order you might have thought. Ok, the list can be found here. Orioles' Catcher Matt Wieters edged out Tampa's David Price for the #1 slot.  As for the Jays: Travis Snider ranked 6th, J.P. Arencibia 43rd, and Brett Cecil 72nd. As you may recall, the Box crew ranked Cecil ahead of Arencibia.  Though I don't have my notes ...

Braves have two of the top-five prospects in baseball
Talking Chop — ... Baseball America, the most trusted source for prospect analysis, released their top-100 minor league prospects for 2009 today, and the Braves were very well represented. Ranking right behind Matt Wieters, David Price, and Colby Rasmus, are our top two prospects Tommy Hanson (ranked fourth) and Jason Heyward (ranked fifth). This is the first time two Braves have been ranked in the top-five, and only the second time that two Braves have appeared in the top-ten since the rankings started in 1990 (the other time was in 1992 when Chipper Jones was ranked fourth and ...

Prospect Pipeline Appears Thin
Blue Heaven — Baseball America just released their list of 100 top prospects and the Dodgers only have 2 representatives. At #49 is Andrew Lambo and at #56 is James McDonald. It appears that Chris Withrow and Ivan DeJesus, Jr. have been overlooked. Hat Tip: MLB Trade Rumors:

Tuesday a.m. things
Lone Star Ball — ... Baseball America has their top 100 prospct list up. Seven Rangers make it, with Engel Beltre apparently coming in at 101. ...

Baseball America Top 100 Prospects: Red Sox
The Bottom Line — Lars Anderson (17), Micheal Bowden (83) and Daniel Bard (98) made Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects list for 2009. Anderson is the most exciting prospect in the the Red Sox system. He's a first baseman by trade, but he'll be ...

Baseball America’s Top 100 Gives One Player A Big Fantasy Boost
Fantasy Ball Junkie — ... Baseball America has just released their Top 100 prospects, a list that tends to be extremely influential on fantasy baseball leagues that value young prospects. ...

4 Sox farmhands appear on Baseball America's Top 100
South Side Sox — ... With a major h/t to DirtySox for making me aware the list had finally been posted, we finally have the Baseball America Top 100 Prospects of 2009 list.  This year's edition contains four future (hopefully) White Sox: Gordon Beckham, Aaron Poreda, Dayan Viciedo, and Tyler Flowers.  This is a very positive sign in regards to how far our farm system has come since last season, when we did not have a single player deemed worthy enough to make the list.  More BA info on each prospect after the jump. ...

Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects
Lookout Landing — ... BA is a great resource (I really love the Handbook), and they've just released their top 100 prospects for 2009. You can find the list here. ...

Mets Fernando Martinez Top 30 Prospect
The Mets Report — ... Baseball America lists Mets minor league outfielder Fernando Martinez at #30 in their list of top 100 prospects. They estimate that he’ll be in the majors in 2010 and that’s fine. He’s only 20 years old. But I have a feeling we’re going to see him in one of the corner outfield positions for some period of time this year. Whether it’s an injury or poor performance, I think Martinez will spend at least one month at the major league level this year. ...

Baseball America Releases Top 100 Prospects
SOX & Dawgs — ... Baseball America released it’s 20th annual Top 100 Prospects today with Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters leading the way. David Price of the Tampa  Bay Rays was second and Colby Rasmus of the St. Louis Cardinals was third. ...

3 Red Sox on Baseball America's top 100 prospects list
Projo Sox Blog — ... Baseball America's list of top 100 prospects is out. Three Red Sox made it: first baseman Lars Anderson, 17th; pitcher Michael Bowden, 83rd; and pitcher Daniel Bard, 98th. See the list here. ...

Baseball America Top 100 prospects
Red Reporter — Baseball America Top 100 prospects The Reds have two on the list: #35 - Yonder Alonso: 140/66: Walk/strikeout ratio his last two college seasons at Miami. ETA: 2010 #60 - Todd Frazier: 52: Extra-base ...

Baseball America Top 100 Prospects - ETA 2009
Fantasy Baseball - RotoAuthority.com — ... Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects list came out today.  Let's look at those who have an estimated time of arrival of 2009, since these players might have an impact in fantasy baseball. ...

BA Top 100
Future Redbirds — Chris Perez ranked 91, Wallace 40th, Rasmus 3rd! Tweet This Post 

Baseball America Releases Top-100 Prospects
The Yankee Universe — ... BA released their annual presitigious list of the top-100 prospects in baseball. Its a very good list, although I think that they overrate a few guys (Colby Rasmus at #3), and underrate some others (Matt LaPorta at #27, Josh Vitters at #51). The Yankees prospects were rated very fairly - Austin Jackson was at #36 and Jesus Montero at #38, while Andrew Brackman made the list at #92. ...

BA’s Top 100 Prospects List
River Avenue Blues — ... Baseball America released their Top 100 Prospects List today, with Matt Wieters predictably at the top. David Price comes in at number two, and is followed by the usual suspects: Rasmus, Hanson, Heyward, Snider, et al. Three Yankees made the list, Austin Jackson at number 36, Jesus Montero right behind him at 38, and ...

Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects
Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest — The long awaited, well-researched Top 100 Prospect List from Baseball America is out. From the article: “The list follows our standard prospect guidelines, which means any player who has not exceeded the rookie limits of 130 at-bats or 50 innings in the major leagues (without regard to service time) is eligible for the list. Voters put together their ballots after talking with general managers, scouting directors, farm directors, scouts, managers, coaches and other people in the game, as well as many discussions with each other. ” First two Yankees ...

Baseball America's Top 100 in '09
My Pinstripes — ... Marlins outfielder Cameron Maybin, Giants lefty Madison Bumgarner, and Rangers right-hander Nefteli Perez, round out the top 10. The Yankees are represented by outfielder Austin Jackson (36), catcher Jesus Montero (38), and pitcher Andrew Brackman (92). Former Yankee Jose Tabata remains on the list at number 75. Click here to see the complete list.

Baseball America Names Top 100 Prospects
Phillies Nation — It’s that time of year. Baseball America has named its top 100 prospects. The Phillies listed are: 48. Dominic Brown, OF Opening Day Age: 21 ETA: 2011 52. Carlos Carrasco, RHP Opening Day Age: 22 ETA: 2009 66. Lou Marson, C Opening Day Age: 22 ETA: 2009 69. Jason Donald, SS Opening Day Age: 24 ETA: 2009 Former Phillie infield prospect Adrian Cardenas was ranked No. 74. The love affair with Brown continues; overall, ...

Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects
Purple Row — Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects The Rockies check in with three: Dexter Fowler (15), Jhoulys Chacin (46), and Christian Friedrich (95).

Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects for 2009
Beyond the Box Score — Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects for 2009 Who is that Colby Rasmus fellow? I never heard of him before.

BaseballAmerica.com Top 100 Prospects: So Who’s This David Price Character?
The Critical Fanatic — ... love the fact that the first Chicago Cub comes in at 51 - Josh Vitters, and there were just two total in the top 100 - Jeff Samardzija at 79. David Price? Oh right, last time we saw him he was throwing something nasty to the Boston Red Sox and closed out Game 7 of the ALCS. Very little doubt he’s the top MLB prospect and a clear front-runner for rookie of the year, but according to Baseball America Matt Wieters, catcher for the Baltimore Orioles in No. 1.  BaseballAmerica.com: Prospects: Rankings: Top 100 Prospects: Top 100 Prospects: 1-20. I ...

Three Pirates in BA's Top 100 Prospects
MVN RSS — ... It comes as no surprise to us, or anyone Pirates follower really, that three of the Pirates' prospects (Pedro Alvarez, Andrew McCutchen and Jose Tabata) showed up on Baseball America's Top 100 prospects list, which was released by the publication today. ...

The Rays Party Live 2/24/09
The Rays Party — ... Baseball America released their Top 100 MLB prospects today. David Price came in second behind Orioles catcher Matt Wieters. Other Rays on the list includes SS Tim Beckham at 28, #32 RHP Wade Davis, #78 SS Reid Brignac, and #80 Desmond Jennings. It seems Jeremy Hellickson had missed another list, but he is the ...

LOTD: Baseball America List of Top 100 Prospects in Baseball Released
Midwest Sports Fans — ... club. For you other White Sox junkies like me, here are the other White Sox prospects to make the Top 100: #61 - Dayan Viciedo, 3B/OF, Age 20, ETA 2009 #63 - Aaron Poreda, LHP, Age 22, ETA 2009 #99 - Tyler Flowers, C, Age 23, ETA 2010 For those of you wanting to know the Twins players who made the cut, I’m sure Tyler will break it down for you in a future post (hint, hint Tyler). And here is the complete list of Baseball America’s Top 20 Prospects in baseball: ...

Baseball America Releases Top 100 Prospects; Baltimore's Matt Wieters is Number One...
Oriole Post - Baltimore Orioles Analysis & News; The World of Baseball and Beyond — ... This morning, Baseball America released it’s 20th annual Top 100 Prospects with Oriole catcher Matt Wieters leading the way at number one. David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays was second and Colby Rasmus of the St. Louis Cardinals was third. ...

BA Top 100 Prospects Released: Old School List Falls In Line
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Few Links
Around the Majors — ... Baseball America released its Top 100 prospect list this morning. Definitely worth checking out. Matt Wieters took the top spot, as expected, followed by David Price at number two. Compare BA's list to ...

Marlins strike gold in Top 100 Prospects list
Florida Marlins | Sun-Sentinel Blogs — ... No surprise here: The loaded Marlins farm system has placed three position players among the game's top 18 prospects, according to Baseball America, the leading authority on such matters. ...

BA Ranks Top 100 Prospects
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog — And only two each from the Dodgers and Angels on the list, Nick Adenhart at #68 and Jordan Walden at #70. The Dodgers have Andrew Lambo at #48 and James McDonald at #56.

Twins Prospects In Baseball America's Top 100
Twinkie Town — ... In recent seasons we've been accustomed to seeing a Twin or two sitting pretty high in Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect rankings.  Francisco Liriano and Joe Mauer come to mind, but even when Minnesota isn't making appearances at the top of the list they at least get quantity points.  Here's how they stack up in 2009. ...

THE NEWS
Mondesi's House — ... --Pedro Alvarez is Baseball America's #12 prospect, and Andrew McCutchen is #33. That's good news. But guess who's #1? Does the name Matt Wieters ring a bell? [Baseball America] ...

There’s a game tomorrow!
Raise the Jolly Roger — ... [Baseball America released their Top 100 prospects list] (for all of baseball). Your Bucs representatives are Pedro Alvarez (#12), Andrew McCutchen (#33), and Jose Tabata (#7). Any guesses who’s #1? ...

Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects in 2009
Diamond Hoggers — So in case you haven't seen it, the Top 100 Prospects for 2009 have been released and are being now sponsored by Majestic. ...

In the News (2/25)
Right Field Bleachers — ... introduce himself. Nice, but we were first! - You like-a the old MB logo? High Five-ah!! - Want home opener tickets? Really really want home opener tickets? Want them so bad, you’d let someone poke you in the arm and drain you of your life fluid (for a good cause) just to have a chance at winning tickets? Then go to a BloodCenter of Wisconsin.   Minor Leagues - Baseball America has their Top 100 prospects out!!!! 1-20 (Brewers: 19, Alcides Escobar) 21-40 (Brewers: 34, Mat ...

Giants in the Top 100's
obsessivegiantscompulsive — Recently, Baseball America published their Top 100 list, and Baseball Prospectus did that earlier in a post as well. Also, I picked up Deric McKamey's book as well. BA Top 100 The Giants prospects were ranked there: 9th: Madison Bumgarner 14th: Buster Posey 44th: Angel Villalona 45th: Tim Alderson BP Top 100 The Giants prospects were ranked there: 3rd: Madison Bumgarner 9th: Buster Posey 47th: Angel Villalona 60th: Tim ...

Spring Training: Game 1 Game Thread: Washington Nationals vs Houston Astros.
Federal Baseball — Baseball America's List of the Top 100 Prospects in Baseball... There is one Washington Nationals' prospect on Baseball America.com's just-published list of the "Top 100 Prospects" in baseball, and his name is Jordan Zimmermann. (Two "nn's", got it?) The good news is that the 22-year-old, 6'2'', 200lb, right-handed starter is in the top half of that draw, coming in at #41, with the fact that his 2.90 '08 ERA was, "the lowest among Nationals farmhands" mentioned by the ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Better Know a Prospect: Matt Wieters
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss The WBC, Stu In Port Charlotte And Another Prospect List
Rays Index — ... Like most of the top prospect lists, David Price comes in at #2 on Baseball America’s top 100. Tim Beckham (28), Wade Davis (32), Reid Brignac (78) and Desmond Jennings (80) also make the list. Anybody else surprised by the lack of mention for Jeremy Hellickson on many of these lists? [Baseball America] ...

DMV: This Is Also Why Duke Sucks
Mr. Irrelevant — ... A look at Jose Theodore’s surprising success. [Puck Daddy] Catching up with Caps legend Peter Bondra. [Homer McFanboy] Penguins fans have beef with the honorable Chris Cooley. [D.C. Sports Bog] A roundup of reactions to the Haynesworth rumor. [The Redskins Blog] Just in case, a look at Nats GM candidates. [Nats Farm Authority] The top 100 prospects, starring Weiters (No. 1) and Zimmermann (41). [Baseball America] A look at the Nats new hitting coach (a.k.a. David Eckstein’s brother). ...

Glory Days
Baseball Analysts — ... Now, however, there is a new premier duo ready to take their talents to the Bigs. Baseball America released their top-100 prospects yesterday and numbers 1 and 23 batted 3 and 4 for Stratford High School in Goose Creek, SC. Matt Wieters is a 23 year-old, switch-hitting catcher who has hit .355/.454/.600 in his brief Minor League career. He might be the best player in the American League right now. Justin Smoak hit .304/.355/.518 in a brief Minor League stint after being drafted by the Texas Rangers last year but to give you a more complete sense for his potential, ...

Morning Prowl: Porcello, D-Train, Larish, and... Borowski?
Bless You Boys — ...   Baseball America has released its list of Top 100 prospects.  Rick Porcello's name doesn't pop up until ...

Round 'em Up: Wednesday (02/25/09)
Milwaukee Brewers Blog - Bernie's Crew — ... Baseball America flooded the internet with great content this morning.  They released their Top 100 prospects, and the Brewers had four youngsters crack the list.  Alcides Escobar checks in at #18.  Mat Gamel (#34), Brett Lawrie (#81), and Jeremy Jeffress (#100) make the list.  I wonder if Lawrie's switch to second will impact his ranking at all.  The Top 100 list is then broken up into the ...

Flotsam and Jetsam
FishStripes — ... with a day game today.  I guess everyone, not just the players, have to knock the rust off and get back into form. Anyway, we have a Flotsam and Jetsam, so here it is: WBC rosters set Cool story about Scott Proctor Danny and Bucky Dent's camp BA's Top 100 prospects.  And there are Marlins all over the list. ...

Four Mets Show Up on Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects List
New York Mets Fan Blog — Baseball America released its list of the top 100 prospects of 2009 , and four Mets made the cut. They are (with Baseball America's comments in parenthesis): You obviously want more than 4 top prospects in your system. And Niese is the only one we can expect to make any significant contributions to the Mets in the near future. But the farm isn't barren. That's refreshing. ------ Around the Web

Why Do First Round Draft Picks Matter?
Fire Ned Colletti Now — This is why: "BY DRAFT ROUND 36 First 9 Supplemental first 7 Second 5 Third 3 Fourth 2 Fifth, seventh, 11th, 14th, 22nd 1 Sixth, eighth, 10th, 12th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 25th, 33rd, 42nd"First rounders matter because they are usually more talented players. The same thing goes for football or any other sport. Listed in Baseball America's 2009 Top 100 Prospects are only 2 Dodger prospects, Andrew Lambo (#49) and James McDonald (#56). As far as their rankings go, I have some ...

Three Yankees Among Baseball America's Top 100
New York Yankees Fan Blog — Baseball America released its list of the top 100 prospects in baseball yesterday. The Yankees had three prospects on the list: Austin Jackson at 36; Jesus Montero at 38; and Andrew Brackman at 92. The total is down from the last year when the Yankees had four ranked prospects: Joba Chamberlain (3), Jose Tabata (37), Austin Jackson (41), and Ian Kennedy (45). The team also had five ranked prospects in 2007: Phil Hughes (4), Jose Tabata (27), Humberto Sanchez (57), Joba Chamberlain (75), and Dellin Betances (100). Former Yankee prospect Jose Tabata, who was part of the deal for ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

College Baseball Linkage
Friar Forecast — ... Speaking of Prospect Lists, a little publication I like to call Baseball America released their top 100 list which means all of the big guns have released their lists. ...

Top Met Prospects
24 Hours From Suicide...A Day In The Life of a Met Fan — ... /* List Definitions */ @list l0 {mso-list-id:1901942678; mso-list-type:hybrid; mso-list-template-ids:-898497588 607022010 975887006 -2123985750 -1079489582 822397778 -1025765754 -1488300690 -182953936 2093139044;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-number-format:bullet; mso-level-text:; mso-level-tab-stop:.5in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol;} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --> Baseball America has just listed their 100 top baseball prospects. Of the 100, four Mets have made the ...

Better Know a Prospect: Madison Bumgarner
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

Thursday Links
Three River Sports — ... -3 Pirates make the Baseball America Top 100 prospect list. And they are exactly who you'd expect and in the order you'd expect. Also of note, not only is Matt Wieters ranked number 1 overall, of the 10 players picked after the infamous Danny Moskos, there are 7 in the top 100 (including Wieters) and even 3 in the Top 10 overall prospects. If you'll excuse for a minute, I'm off to write my 3,000th piece of hate mail to Dave Littlefield. ...

Spot * On | Baseball America's Top 100 Part I
Rotodatabase.com blogs — [image] Every season, like clockwork, a new crop of Prospects hop aboard the hype train, and see how far they can ride it into fantasy owners' hearts. Right now, Super Prospect David Price, after just 14.0 innings of Major League experience last Fall, has ridden that train into the 10th Round of mixed league drafts - pretty impressive if you ask me. Well, Baseball America just released their annual Top 100 Prospects for 2009 , which contains several names that were not discussed during the 'Looking Ahead' Mini-Series a few weeks ago, either because they are unlikely to crack ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Better Know a Prospect: Gordon Beckham
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Lazy Sunday with Smoke Pouring Out of the DVR
The DiaTribe — ... names. Truthfully, I find myself fast-forwarding through a Grady AB (though with “one arrow” watching on DVR, you don’t miss much more than the broadcasters...which you can judge for yourself if that’s a good thing or not) or having to quickly rewind to see Victor’s two bombs and how the ball jumped off his bat because I’m more interested to see what Matt LaPorta looks like and how he looks in LF. The excitement comes from being able to see some of the guys that show up on the recent Baseball America Top Prospect List (that would be Santana – 26th, LaPorta – 27th, Weglarz – ...

Spot * On | Baseball America's Top 100 Part II
Rotodatabase.com blogs — [image] Well, we're back up on our grind, ready to round out Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects for 2009 , taking a look at each one of their listed starting pitchers with an ETA of this season. We already looked at the ...

Translating the farm system into dollars
Future Redbirds — ... $12.1, 76-100 $9.8 B hitters $5.5 B pitchers $7.3 C hitters 22 or younger $.7M C hitters 23+ $.5M C pitchers 22 or younger $2.1M C pitchers 23+ $1.5M That is a lot to chew on.  It’s interesting to see how many B and C hitters bust, dropping their value. I figure more pitchers make it in the lower tiers as relievers, giving them greater surplus value. Here’s the bottom line: Given the new rankings BA just published, and looking at John Sickels top twenty, the Cardinals farm system is ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Better Know a Prospect: Mike Moustakas
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

Baseball Handyman: Top 130 Prospects
Mets Geek — ... I agree with Mike–there’s something a little funky with the lists this year, not much agreement. I especially found the Baseball America list a little strange (Jason Castro 32 slots ahead of Kyle Skipworth?). ...

Farm system value rankings (Part 1)
The Hardball Times — ... article. Before I could allocate prospect values, I had to find a way to rate the top 100 prospects in baseball. To do this, I took prospect rankings from four sources: Baseball America , ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

AL West Farm System Values
Beyond the Box Score — ... To begin, I decided to take Mr. Greeley's advice to Go West. The AL West that is, which has two of the best farm systems in all of baseball, the Rangers and the A's. I just applied the dollar values using BA's most recent Top 100 and ...

Primer Dugout 3-3-09
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog — ... —The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Tuesday, March 03, 2009 Primer Dugout 3-3-09 Happy Birthday to Willie Keeler and John Montgomery Ward. ...

The Hardball Times: Farm System Value Rankings (Part 1)
Mets Geek — Not unlike what we saw from Mike Newman at Baseball Handyman yesterday, Victor Wang at the Hardball Times created his own list of the top 100 prospects in baseball by using a compilation of rankings from different sources: To do this, I took prospect rankings from four sources: Baseball America, Kevin Goldstein, Keith Law and Deric McKamey. For each list, I took the No. 1-rated prospect and gave him 100 points, 99 points to No. 2, 98 points to No. 3 etc. Victor then assigned a ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Better Know a Prospect: Jason Castro
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Better Know a Prospect: Cameron Maybin
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

Primer Dugout 3-6-09
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog — ... —The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Friday, March 06, 2009 Primer Dugout 3-6-09 Happy birthday to Lefty Grove and Willie Stargell. ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Phillies vs. Mets: Farm System Value Rankings
We're the Team to Beat - a Mets and Phillies Rivalry Blog — ... Before I could allocate prospect values, I had to find a way to rate the top 100 prospects in baseball. To do this, I took prospect rankings from four sources: Baseball America, ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Better Know a Prospect: Lars Anderson
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Better Know a Prospect: Austin Jackson
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Fort Myers 2009
Baseball Analysts — ... . Stanton is enormous. He could have played baseball and football at USC but instead chose to sign with the Marlins and as an 18-year old in the South Atlantic League, hit .293/.381/.611 (39 home runs) in 2008. Baseball America recently ranked Stanton the number 16 prospect in baseball. ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Better Know a Prospect: Neftali Feliz
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Prospects on the Rise...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

And Prospects on the Fall...
Scouting Book — ... , who they've ranked higher than anyone else this year. The entire BA list is available (for free, thank god) at this link: BA's Top 100 Prospects . BA's rankings are one of the factors that go into our Scouting Book Combine rankings, so you'll see a ew players move up or down a few notches over the next 24 hours in our system. Since these BA rankings so closely mirror the consensus to date, though, changes will be subtle. ...

Around the Majors Prospect Watch
Around the Majors — ... my radar. For example on position players ,he mentions names like Darin Holcomb of the Rockies, and Jonathan Lucroy of the Brewers. Similarly, on the pitching side, names he has rated high are James McDonald, Jess Todd, Jeremy Hellickson, James Happ, and Jeremy Jeffress. Its definitely a list worth checking out as he finds players before they are household names. However, if you are looking for names everyone is talking about you can't go wrong with Baseball America's Top 100, Baseball Prospectus Top 100, or ESPN Keith Law's Top 100 ...

Better Know a Prospect: Phillipe Aumont
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

Better Know a Prospect: Dexter Fowler
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

Better Know a Prospect: Michael Inoa. Or Ynoa.
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

Better Know a Prospect: Brett Cecil
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

Better Know a Prospect: Jeff Samardzija
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

Trevor Cahill Examined
Fantasy Baseball - RotoAuthority.com — ... league pick due to poor control.  Cahill will probably still be tough to hit and keep the ball in the park with lots of grounders.  But even his 90th percentile PECOTA calls for 4.44 BB/9.  A reason for optimism: Cahill has walked just 3 in 16 innings this spring (1.69 BB/9).  Also his top comp at BP, Yovani Gallardo, reduced his walk rate upon arriving in the Majors. Scouting-wise, here's how Cahill ranked on top prospects lists: Baseball America - 11th, Kevin Goldstein - 23rd, Keith Law - ...

Better Know a Prospect: Tommy Hanson
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

Scout.com More Optimistic About Padres System
The Sacrifice Bunt: A San Diego Padres Blog — While Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus weren’t particularly kind in their relative ranking of Padres prospects, Scout.com (home of Padres prospect site Mad Friars) is enjoying a cold glass of Padres kool-aid, Melvin Nieves style. Our Padres appear in the upper echelon of teams based on total players on the list, with 4 prospects in the top 100. First base monster Kyle Blanks tops the Padres farm hands at 39, unfortunately a bit high. This  confirms with about everyone else that the team lacks star caliber talent. ...

Better Know a Prospect: Alcides Escobar
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

Astros catcher Castro only top 100 prospect
The Unofficial Astros Blog: Because Drayton said I couldn't use the word official — Not like this is news or anything. We all know the Astros farm system stinks worse than that ugly girl you took to prom. I forgot to post this when it first came out. Not only that but I had two Monster Energy Drinks this morning on the way to work, so, i'm kinda ready to GGGGITTTY UP!. Have a look at the prospects. ...

Better Know a Prospect: Jose Tabata
3:10 To Joba — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. ...

Giants 10, Dodgers 8: Down Goes Milton
True Blue LA — ... The Giants' 19-year old uber prospect Madison Bumgarner allowed only a Juan Castro double in his three innings.  I have a feeling Bumgarner, rated by Baseball America as the ninth best prospect in baseball, will be pitching at AT&T Park sooner than we think ...

Rich Harden Leads Our All-Value-Per-Appearance Team
Fantasy Ball Junkie — ... a couple weeks ago despite only being projected for 371 at-bats (which is probably an optimistic total). He’s certainly not the best prospect in the world, not on Baseball America’s Top 100 list, but his tremendous speed and reasonable plate discipline translates to potential monster fantasy value. He’s projected for having 31 steals this season, and given 550 at bats, his adjusted projected value would compare to that of Adrian Gonzalez, Shane Victorino, or Garrett Atkins. He might be a big statistical quirk, ...

High Impact Youngsters: Nick Adenhart
Free Fantasy Magazine — ... . One year later, Baseball America ranked Brett Anderson the 7th overall prospect in all of baseball. If either of these two guys were called up at mid-season, there would be Scherzer or Kershaw type hype.  Adenhart was called up late last year, and brought the fail pretty hard but we won’t hold that against him. Adenhart is still going strong in the 6th inning, and has just been replaced by Arredondo which finalizes his line of 6IP, 7H, 3BB, 5K, and 0ER. Adenhart has always been more of a tools guy rather than a numbers guy.  His strike-out rate has regressed slowly, from an ...

The Tommy Hanson Article
Free Fantasy Magazine — ... Hanson’s name keeps popping up, and for good reason.  He’s 22, and ranked as Baseball America’s fourth best prospect .  He’s the second best pitcher, ranked only behind Mr. David Price — there’s obviously reason to be excited. However, Hanson’s been at it full-bore for a long time now.  In 2008, he pitched 138 innings in A+/AA, 29 innings in the Arizona Fall League, and almost 18 in Spring Training. I’m obviously not an expert in what kind of schedule is needed to promote an injury free career, but common sense suggest that it would be nice to have some rest in there — ...

Soon Will Be The Break Of Day: A Toronto Blue Jays Preview
South Side Sox — ... and the number six overall by Baseball America this pre-season.  Snider represents the best-hitting prospect in terms of power and average that the Blue Jays have to offer.  At age 21, Snider gives Toronto a legitimate RotY candidate and should quickly become a cornerstone of the team's linup for years to come. ...

Wieters vs. Strasburg
True Blue LA — ... Matt Wieters is an uber-prospect for the Baltimore Orioles. He is a 22 year-old switch hitting catcher whose 6'5" and 230 lb. He was ranked the number 1 overall minor league prospect by Baseball America and Sickels says of Wieters, "(He's the) best prospect in baseball. Mutant cross between Mauer and Piazza." In 2008 WIeters split his year between High-A and Double-A and hit a cool .355/.454/.600. He's also considered a great defensive catcher. He only had 3 passed balls all of last year and threw out 40% of potential base stealers. He ...

Keeper League Talk: The Mark Teixeira Trade Revisited.
Free Fantasy Magazine — ... you probably have to lean the way of Teixeira because of that old saying, “a bird in the basket is worth two in the bush , ” or put in language that we can understand:” a girl in the sac is worth ten numbers in your pocket. ” In keeper leagues, prospects are nice and all but it never turns out the way it should. Some Readings: Rangers Happy With Teixeira Trade Returns, MLB.com Rangers Future Bright Thanks To Teixeira Trade, MySanAntonio.com Baseball America’s Top 100 ( 2009 ) ( 2008 ) ( 2007 ) Braves trade Teixeira for Kotchman, ESPN . ...

David Price's Debut
Baseball Analysts — ... managing a surplus in pitching, opted to option the 23-year old southpaw down to AAA and keep youngsters Andy Sonnanstine and Jeff Niemann in the rotation as well as limit Price’s innings. Following Price's phenomenal postseason performance, Josh Kalk penned everything you need to know about the man, who was named the second-best prospect in baseball (behind Matt Wieters) by Keith Law, Kevin Goldstein, and Baseball America. In spring training, Price went 2-0 with a 1.08 ERA, ...

Game Thread #57: Milwaukee Brewers (33-23) at Atlanta Braves (26-28)
Brew Crew Ball — ... , ranked in the offseason as the fourth-best prospect in the game by Baseball America. Since that ranking, Hanson has done nothing but add to his legend, posting a 90/17 K/BB with only 40 hits allowed in 66.1 innings at Triple-A Gwinnett. ...

Is Reading’s Michael Taylor trade bait?
Sportin a Attitude — ... burn it up in the Eastern League (AA) for the Reading Phillies. Taylor, 23, is batting (.335) with (12) doubles, (4) triples, (10) homers, and (42) runs batted in. He also has shown promise on the base paths with ten (10) stolen bases in 60 ball games. Now you would not think success would not be a problem, but consider the fact that ahead of him is John Mayberry Jr., at Triple-A Lehigh Valley and on his tail is Dominic Brown playing for the Single-A Advanced Clearwater Threshers.  Baseball America ranks Dominic Brown, No. 1 and Michael Taylor No. 6 on the ...

Why The Trade Deadline May Be Disappointing For Tigers Fans
Baseball Reflections — ... Of the top 100 prospects listed by Baseball America the Detroit Tigers have one, the aforementioned Rick Porcello.  ...

Rangers prepping Feliz for second-half bullpen role
Circling The Bases — ... we're going to go down this path first." Letting young pitchers get their feet wet in the majors as relievers is never a bad idea and Feliz has averaged under five innings per start at Triple-A, so if he's going to help the Rangers down the stretch the bullpen makes sense. With that said, hopefully Daniels and company haven't given up on the notion of Feliz being a starter long term. In terms of raw stuff Feliz is second-to-none among minor-league pitchers and Baseball America ranked him as the 10th-best prospect in all of baseball after he posted a 2.69 ERA with 153 ...

Could The Rays Trade Crawford Before The Deadline?
Rays Index — ... But not just any prospect. This would be Madison Bumgarner, a 6′4″ lefty, that is only 19 years old and is a combined 9-2 with a 1.66 ERA between high-A and double-A this season. The same pitcher that was ranked by Baseball America as the 9th best prospect in all of baseball before the season. ...

Strasburg Countdown
Bulls n Balls — ... Washington is in the midst of one of the worst seasons in MLB history and their new post-All Star break Manager does not yet have a victory.  Meanwhile, despite the talk that the front office is building a solid farm system, there are few indications their minor league system has made the great strides they claim to have made.  Out of Baseball America’s top 100 Minor League prospects, the Nationals don’t have  a single prospect in the top 20 and only 1 in the top 50 (RHP Jordan Zimmerman).  ...

Mediocrity Breeds False Hope in Houston
Walkoff Walk — ... and I'm not exactly sure they even have any trade-worthy prospects (they have only one dude, Jason Castro, in the latest edition of Baseball America's top 100 prospects). ...

Rangers Promote Neftali Feliz!
Baseball Time in Arlington — ... to spring training link •Kevin Goldstein thinks that Neftali could be the Rangers closer by September link •Is his fastball really an 80 pitch as some have suggested? That would rank Feliz’ pitch alongside Mariano Rivera’s cutter as one of the most devastating pitches in the game. •Before the season began, Baseball America liked Feliz even more than Derek Holland link  •After months of mystery, you can decide whether his breaking ball is a ...