Prospect Ranking

J.P. Crawford Named #2 Prospect in South Atlantic League

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Baseball America continues their League Top 20s with the South Atlantic League.  The only member of the Blueclaws to make the list is shortstop and 2013 first round pick J.P. Crawford who came in at #2 on the list, just behind Nationals RHP Lucas Giolito.  BA notes that Crawford is the rare shortstop that combines … Read more

The Uneven Distribution of Prospects

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There have been a lot of questions lately about the strength of the Phillies system.  This is not going answer where the Phillies are because Top 100 prospects are not an exact sign of the strength of system.  This is because not all prospects are equal, but also because the depth of the system factors into the overall ranking.  However, what we can do with Top 100 prospects is see how uneven the distribution of prospects is in baseball.

For this exercise we are going to use MLB.com’s Top 100 prospect list because it is the only fairly live updating list including the 2014 draft class.  What I did was see how many top 100 prospects each team had and then grouped them by the number in each and here was the results:

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Misjudging Prospect Value

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We are now in trade speculation season, and everyone has become a prospect expert based on the names floated around in the media.  The problem is that all prospects are treated fairly equally unless they have name recognition.  What this does is erase the large differences in ceiling and profile among the group.  In reality, … Read more

MLB.com Midseason Rankings

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MLB.com has released their new team Top 20s and Top 100 prospects.  They have included players in the majors (with prospect eligibility) and 2014 draftees.  The ranking is compiled by Jonathan Mayo and Jim Callis.  The full list can be found here. J.P. Crawford (Overall #36, Shortstop #6) Aaron Nola (Overall #48) Maikel Franco (Overall … Read more

Some More Midseason Top Prospect Lists

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We are in the season of midseason ranking season.  I have already released my Midseason Top 20  and Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus have released their Midseason Top 50s.  But now we have another round of Top Prospect Lists. Minor League Ball Top 75 No 2014 draftees included. 28. J.P. Crawford I love the reports on his … Read more

Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus Release Midseason Top 50s

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Both Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus released their Top 50 Midseason Prospect Rankings.  The BA list can be found here and the BP list can be found here.  Both lists did not include recently drafted players, although the BP list had a quick preview (where it had Aaron Nola as a guy in the Top 101 … Read more

Phillies Midseason Top 20 Prospects

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Most of the draft picks are signed so it is time to revisit the preseason rankings.  It is still a small sample size, and an even smaller one for those newly drafted, so this list may be a bit conservative on any large scale changes.  In general the system is heading in the right direction, … Read more