Prospect Ranking

2015 Top 50 Phillies Prospects: 41-50

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The Top 50 starts at the very bottom, where the differences in rankings are very slight compared to the differences between players towards the top of the list.  That does not mean it lacks for talent, but these ten players still have a lot growth in front of them before we can consider them among the … Read more

2015 Top 50 Phillies Prospects: Primer

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There seems to be no better time to kick off the most ambitious ranking project I have undertaken than the beginning of the year.  The whole exercise was both very exhausting and fun, and I am very excited to share the finished product with everyone.  Before moving into the actual ranking, I just wanted to … Read more

Baseball America Releases Their Top 10 Phillies Prospects List

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Both Zach Eflin and Tom Windle were not eligible for the list because the Jimmy Rollins trade has not been officially finished.  Also due to BA’s publishing deadlines neither will appear in the book on the Phillies list, and will be listed for the Padres and Dodgers respectively. Today Baseball America released their Phillies Top 10 prospect … Read more

Top 50 Prospects – Player Pool

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This week I sent out the first draft of the Top 50 to a group of people for initial review.  The list itself will go through significant revisions between now and when it is released this spring.  What has been narrowed down is the main player pool I am working with.  There is a lot of names here to discuss, feel free to debate overall and within the positional groupings.

Catcher:

Andrew Knapp
Cameron Rupp
Deivi Grullon
Gabriel Lino
Jesus Posso
Lenin Rodriguez
Tommy Joseph

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Ranking Retrospective: The Evolution of the Top 10

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The most scrutinized part of any prospect ranking is the Top 10 and then the last 1-2 spots on the list.  The latter is because we want to argue for someone who missed the list, but the former is what I am interested in.  Everyone ranks at least a Top 10, and this makes the easiest to compare one list against another.  In this case we are going to compare three lists, all by the same writer.  I have been ranking Phillies prospects since after the 2012 season, so here is my 2012 and 2013 published Top 10s and the first draft of the 2014 Top 10 (which is subject to lots of change over the 4+ months until I release it).

2012 2013 2014
Jesse Biddle Maikel Franco J.P. Crawford
Adam Morgan Jesse Biddle Aaron Nola
Roman Quinn J.P. Crawford Maikel Franco
Tommy Joseph Carlos Tocci Roman Quinn
Ethan Martin Kelly Dugan Jesse Biddle
Maikel Franco Aaron Altherr Kelly Dugan
Cody Asche Roman Quinn Deivi Grullon
Carlos Tocci Deivi Grullon Yoel Mecias
Jonathan Pettibone Ethan Martin Carlos Tocci
Shane Watson Cord Sandberg Matt Imhof

Lets take a look at this spot by spot and see how it compares over the years:

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Maikel Franco named #4 Prospect in the International League

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Today Baseball America named Maikel Franco the #4 prospect in the International League.  He comes in behind Gregory Polanco, Mookie Betts, and Francisco Lindor.  For those that thought Franco would build on a breakout 2013 and rocket to the majors 2014 will be viewed as a disappointment.  Instead AAA proved to be a steep learning … Read more