Wallace ranks No. 42
Obviously, You're Not a Golfer — ... As an icebreaker to get back to blogging, I wanted to point out the start of a new Top 50 prospects by my very good friend and esteemed colleague Jonathan Mayo, over at MiLB.com. More specifically, I wanted to point out that he has Brett Wallace ranked No. 42. There's a writeup of Wallace, including some video, that you can see at this link. And the complete list will be posted 10 at a time ...

Tuesday's Frosty Mug
Brew Crew Ball — ... , I noticed that MILB.com has started their Top 50 prospects list, and Jeremy Jeffress is #44. There's a joke here about being high on Jeffress, but I'll pass. Prospects 31-40 are due out today. ...

Cardinals Community Top 30: The bigger picture & vote for No. 16
Bird Land — ... The far better way for us to have a real grasp of the quality and quantity of prospects in the Cardinals’ system is to check the rankings within leagues and the overall rankings. The first of those overall rankings has started its roll-out at MiLB.com. Jonathan Mayo is revealing his annual “Top 50 Prospects” by 10s, with Nos. 31-40 debuting Tuesday. The list so far is available here at MiLB.com, and you’ll notice a Cardinal prospect has already been mentioned: ...

Minors: F’Mart ranked No. 32 in Top 50
MetsBlog.com — ... Jonathan Mayo at MiLB.com ranks Mets OF Fernando Martinez No. 32 on his list of the Top 50 Prospects in MLB. ...

Jackson named 27th best prospect in baseball
River Avenue Blues — The fine folks at milb.com have started to release their list of the top 50 prospects in the game. As the title says, Austin Jackson came in at number 27, right alongside some big names like Tommy Hanson, Lars Anderson and Eric Hosmer. Jesus Montero was ranked #40, between Jeremy Hellickson and Adam Miller. No other Yanks’ farmhands are expected to the make the list, which be fully released over the rest of the week. Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blog ...

Ajack & Montero make the Top 50 Prospects in MLB
Zell's Pinstripe Blog — Top 50 Prospects in MLB   Austin Jackson made the list and he is ranked 27th overall. Jesus Montero was ranked 40th on the list. These two guys are pretty much the top 2 prospects in the farm system, so I doubt any other Yankees will make the list ahead of them. Austin Jackson Scouting Report: Scouting report: He is an athletic outfielder, who used to be basketball standout, and is still refining game. He’s working on a more consistent approach at the plate, but needs to cut down on strikeouts a bit. There’s potential to have decent power at some point down the ...

The Washington Nationals...In Puerto Rico, The Dominican Republic, Sports Illustrated And The ESPN.com Spotlight...
Federal Baseball — ... If you haven't been following along, it's not too late to start before MLB.com announces their list of the Top 10 Prospects in Baseball. They've already counted down from 50 to 21, and tomorrow, 12/4/08, numbers 20-11 will be unveiled, with the #'s 10-1 on 12/5...And in case you were wondering, MLB.com is 29 prospects into their list, and they haven't named one Washington Nationals' prospect yet...I'm sure one of DC's guys was #51... ...

Mayo on the Vazquez trade
Tremendous Upside Potential — ... Also on MLB.com: the top 50 prospect rankings will be complete in the morning. No Sox yet (and I doubt Beckham cracks the top ten), but Fernando Martinez comes in at 32, which is lower than I expected. A lot of the guys on this list were drafted last year though (I only recognize the names because the Sox looked at lots of them before electing to the go with Beckham), so maybe it's a case of having less things to nitpick on with the new players or something. ...

12/5 Winter Ball Report
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog — ... - MiLB.com also came out with their list of the top 50 prospects. Two Yankees made the list; Austin Jackson was no. 27, and Jesus Montero was no. 40. ...

Friday's Frozen Mug
Brew Crew Ball — ... in the FanShots (a term that has a different connotation during hunting season --- no booing, or else!), mlb.com opined on the top 50 prospects in baseball.  Given 50 prospects, you'd expect teams to have maybe one or two on the list; the Cream City Crushers have 3 1/2.  (I'm including Matt LaPorta as the half.)  Interestingly, they list Alcides Escobar ahead of LaPorta in their rankings and #8 overall. ...

Scattershot Friday
Obviously, You're Not a Golfer — Some stuff from all over the map... * MiLB.com's Top 50 prospects wrapped up, and there's one more Cardinal prospect included. Colby Rasmus, even after a rough year, still ranked No. 10. Kid's pretty good. * It's expected that the club will have some news this afternoon regarding Chris Carpenter's tests. I'll of course have a story on that once we know what's going on. * Might also get a chance to talk to the newest Cardinal. I hope so. If so, then the site will have a story on that too. * Picks for this weekend: BC, UF, OU. I know, bold. I ...

Top 50 Prospects for '09
MLB.com Fantasy 411 — The much anticipated list is out, hot off the press!  Keeper leaguers take note.  Price #1, what a surprise. -Zach

Texas Trade Wind Anemometer: The Gerald Laird Saga
Baseball Time in Arlington — ... I ask the following not so much out of displeasure or disappointment as out of incredulity: how exactly did MiLB.com arrive at the conclusion that Justin Smoak isn't one of the 50 best prospects in baseball, but Cincinnati's Yonder Alonso -- who has been regarded almost universally as a lesser talent than Smoak, both pre- and post-draft -- is among the top 35 in the game? Did Alonso's dashingly good looks put him over the top or something? ...

MLB.com Top-50 Prospects
Talking Chop — MLB.com Top-50 Prospects Jason Heyward at #3 Tommy Hanson at #24 Freddie Freeman at #36 They've got video for some of these guys too. A couple of our former prospects are on there as well, Neftali Feliz at #9 and Elvis Andrus at #21. ...

Minor League Baseball Top 50 Prospects
The Rays Party — ... MiLB.com announced their top 50 prospects for the 2009 season. As expected, the number one prospect is Rays pitcher David Price. He has number one starter stuff, and has very good mentality for facing major leaguers. At number #2, Baltimore Oriole's 1st round pick for 2007 draft, switch-hitting catcher Matt Wieters. A steal in the 2007 draft, he tore up the Double-A and Single-A level this year, batting .355 with a total of 27 home runs and 1.053 OPS in both levels. And according to the video report, he has a great chance of starting opening day 2009 for the ...

2009 MLB Prospects
Fantasy Baseball Through The Eyes of a Gaijin — Keeper League Owners. The top 50 prospects for 2009. You might have to pay a hefty Price for the #1 prospect. **CLICK HERE** PS. Courtesy of MLB.com

The J&J Boys, Jackson & Jesus, Yanks Best Hope?
WasWatching.com — ... In case you missed it, Jonathan Mayo has posted his “Top 50 Prospects” at MiLB.com. Austin Jackson came in at #27 and Jesus Montero came in at #40 for the Yankees. This ties into what ...

MLB.com's Top 50 Prospects Revealed...Are There Any Nationals? Winter League Updates.
Federal Baseball — ... The announcement of the Top 10 of MLB.com's Top 50 Prospects this afternoon was the last chance for a Washington Nationals' prospect to find their way onto the list, but as I clicked through them all, from 10 down to 1: ...

The AJC Poops on Journalism
Talking Chop — ... Reading the title of the article, "Braves failing to keep farm stocked," will tell you the first inaccurate statement. This is an article that comes on the heels of MLB.com naming three Braves among the top-50 prospects in baseball. Bisher begins the defense of his title by saying, "Once upon a time the Braves usually dealt from within when talent was in need." The assumption here is that they don't do that anymore... that's just wrong. The Braves just dealt four prospects for an established starting pitcher in his early 30's. They traded five prospects two years ...

Washington Nationals: Weekend News In Review...Rule 5, The MLB.com Top 50, and A Clue in The Federalbaseball.com Mystery.
Federal Baseball — ...  I was going over the list of MLB's Top 50 Prospects that was published in its completed form this past Friday, and after noting that no Nationals' prospects had made the list, I began to wonder if they were actually the only franchise without a representative, so I laboriously listed the 30 MLB teams on an erasable board and clicked through the list...since they don't have a MASTER LIST WITH TEAM NAMES!!.. and checked off each team as I went down...until I was finally left with a list of four teams, The ...

Rick Porcello, Carlos Guillen and Adam Everett
TigerBlog — ... , who spent the season as a backup for the Twins last year. Everett has spent most of his time with the Astros and when he was playing full time, he probably warranted a gold glove or two.  The problem is, he’s never had a slugging percentage above .400 in any given season.  I still think they should give Ramon Santiago a shot (not that he’s all that great of a hitter) and use the money they save somewhere else. Rick Porcello was picked as the fourth best prospect in minor league baseball by MiLB.com.  The Florida State League player of the year should make his debut at ...

[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Speculate Haphazardly On What It Would Take For Rays To Land Brian Giles
Rays Index — ... MLB.com has their list of the top 50 prospects. The list is topped by David Price and includes four Rays farmhands in total. Tim Beckham (22), Wade Davis (31) and Jeremy Hellickson (39) are also on the list. [MLB] ...

Giants Got 3 of Top 50 2009 Prospects
obsessivegiantscompulsive — MLB.com started publishing a Top 50 prospect list last season, and just recently released their version for the 2009 season. Last year we didn't have anybody on the list but this year we have three, Madison Bumgarner at 6th, Buster Posey at 19th, and Angel Villalona at 48th. Here is what they said about each: ...

Links for 9 Dec 08
Ducksnorts — ... Top 50 Prospects for 2009. MLB.com unveils its top 50 prospects for 2009. The Padres’ Kyle Blanks checks in at #47. Nice to see folks finally getting wise to the big kid from New Mexico. ...

[RI CONFIDENCE GRAPH] The Tampa Bay Rays Confidence Survey
Rays Index — ... sidebar. The goal of the Confidence Graph is to get a feeling of how Rays fans feel about the team and the franchise and track how that level of confidence changes through time. Raysiverse events of the past week that could impact confidence levels... Gerry Hunsicker appears to be staying put after rumors that he would take a GM position with another club. The Rays have four players in MLB.com's list of the Top 50 Prospects. There was some idle speculation that the Rays might once ...

Links for 16 Dec 08
Ducksnorts — ... Top 50 Prospects for 2009. MLB.com unveils its top 50 prospects for 2009. The Padres’ Kyle Blanks checks in at #47. Nice to know folks are finally getting wise to the big kid from New Mexico. ...

Some more kids that you ain’t used to: the Diamondbacks non-roster invitees
Fanster.com — ... at Baseball Prospectus last week [Parker was #32 and Daniel Schlereth #89. MLB.com rated him even higher, at #18 in their recent survey] He was our first-round pick, ninth overall, in 2007 and posted a 3.44 ERA at South Bend in his first full pro season - and that figure was after the pitching staff ...

Some more kids that you ain't used to: the Diamondbacks non-roster invitees
AZ Snakepit — ... at Baseball Prospectus last week [Parker was #32 and Daniel Schlereth #89. MLB.com rated him even higher, at #18 in their recent survey] He was our first-round pick, ninth overall, in 2007 and posted a 3.44 ERA at South Bend in his first full pro season - and that figure was after the pitching staff ...

Around the Majors Prospect Watch
Around the Majors — ... 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. If you are looking at the prospects for the upcoming 2009 draft, look no further than here for names to know.Also, for names that were left unprotected and selected in the Rule V draft, here is that list. The Fantasy Phenoms site breaks down prospects to know by position. Of course,  MLB.com has their list of top prospects.The Baseball Dugout gives you the Top Prospects in ...

The Tampa Bay Rays’ Top Prospects
The Bull Gator — ... After this weekend, a number of NFL prospects will know where they will be spending at least the early part of their careers. Due to the minor league system, we already know where some of the best MLB prospects will end up. Based on the MLB’s list of top 50 prospects, here’s a look at how some future Tampa Bay Rays are doing. ...

Does Mat Gamel Have Fantasy Value?
FanHouse — by Knox Bardeen Filed under: MLB Kids Are AlrightFor those of you who keep up with minor league prospects, you'll know the significance of the Brewers promotion of Mat Gamel yesterday. If his name is unfamiliar to you, familiarize yourself with one of the top 100 prospects (Baseball America #34, MLB #23 & Baseball Prospectus #58) in all of baseball. Through 33 games (119 at-bats) Gamel is batting .336/.428/.647 for the Triple-A Nashville Sounds. He also has 11 doubles and eight home runs. This kid can really mash the ball ...

Stacked in the Minors: Tampa and Texas
The Big Lead — ... Top 50 MLB Prospects: This list is good news for fans of the Tampa Bay Rays (five players in the top 50), Texas Rangers (four), Baltimore Orioles, Florida Marlins, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, and Boston Red Sox (three apiece). How much does the list matter? If you look at the preseason version, 17 players are currently in the majors. That could easily be bumped up to 25 or 30 by season’s end. Team with a weak minor-league system? Toronto, which has nobody in the Top 50. [ ...