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
First Base:
Rhys Hoskins
Willians Astudillo
Second Base:
Andrew Pullin
Drew Stankiewicz
Jesmuel Valentin
Shortstop:
Arquimedes Gamboa
Daniel Brito
Emmanuel Marrero
Grenny Cumana
J.P. Crawford
Jonathan Arauz
Malquin Canelo
Third Base:
Jan Hernandez
Maikel Franco
Mitch Walding
Zach Green
Left Field:
Cameron Perkins
Jake Sweaney
Jiandido Tromp
Luis Encarnacion
Samuel Hiciano
Center Field:
Aaron Altherr
Carlos Duran
Carlos Tocci
Jesus Alastre
Roman Quinn
Right Field:
Aaron Brown
Brian Pointer
Cord Sandberg
Dylan Cozens
Jose Pujols
Kelly Dugan
Left Handed Pitcher:
Adam Morgan
Austin Davis
Brandon Leibrandt
Denton Keys
Elniery Garcia
Ethan Stewart
Jesse Biddle
Josh Taylor
Matt Imhof
Yoel Mecias
Right Handed Pitcher:
Aaron Nola
Chris Oliver
Colton Murray
David Whitehead
Drew Anderson
Edubray Ramos
Ethan Martin
Franklyn Kilome
Jason Zgardowski
Jesen Therrien
Lewis Alezones
Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez
Miguel Nunez
Mitch Gueller
Nefi Ogando
Ricardo Pinto
Sam McWilliams
Severino Gonzalez
Shane Watson
Victor Arano
Yacksel Rios
Matt, there is more quality talent on your list than I would have imagined. It looks like we have good prospects coming up at SS (Crawford), 3B (Franco), CF (Quinn), LHP (Biddle & Morgan), RHP (Nola & Ogando), 2B (Pullin & Valetin) and RF (Dugan & Pujols). The Phillies need someone to break out in their Catching, 1B and LF prospects to assert themselves as future MLB starters. Thanks for the informative article.