Buried in everything going on Jonathan Mayo released his supplement to the Phillies Top 20 on mlb.com. I was excited because it is the first time a certain 6’6″ Dominican RHP has appeared on a national list of any sort, so without hinting around, here is his list.
Prospect Ranking
The Uneven Distribution of Prospects
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:
Misjudging Prospect Value
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
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
Keith Law Ranks J.P. Crawford #15 Prospect in Baseball
Keith Law has released his midseason Top 50 prospect list. Shortstop J.P. Crawford comes in at #15 on the list, after coming in at #46 in the preseason list. Keith ranked the Phillies system #14 coming into the season and was a big fan of their 2013 draft. Crawford is the #5 shortstop on the … Read more
Some More Midseason Top Prospect Lists
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
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
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