MLB Top Prospects

[Frayed Knot]

Not great news as, for the second year in a row, the top of the list* is populated by NL East-ers other than those destined for Queens, NY
Last season's list was dominated by the likes of Jason Heyward, Mike Stanton, and Steven Strasberg while this year sees three NL-East-ers populate the top five.

- #2 Bryce Harper is certainly no immediate threat.
-The Phils' RF job, open on account of the Jayson Werth defection down I-95, should be Domonic Brown's job to lose.
- Julio Teheran will likely make the Braves rotation either from opening day or soon thereafter
- and Freddie Freeman played 1B in Atlanta late last season and would have to have a bomb of a spring to play his way out of the starting lineup

Also, check out THREE Royals in the Top-10 and FIVE in the top 25!



1 - Mike Trout - OF, Angels
2 - Bryce Harper - OF, Nationals
3 - Domonic Brown - OF, Phillies
4 - Jesus Montero - C, Yankees
5 - Julio Teheran - RHP, Braves
6 - Jeremy Hellickson - RHP, Rays
7 - Eric Hosmer - 1B, Royals
8 - Aroldis Chapman - RHP, Reds
9 - Mike Moustakas - 3B, Royals
10 - Wil Myers - OF, Royals
11 - Dustin Ackley - 2B/OF, Mariners
12 - Shelby Miller - RHP, Cardinals
13 - Jameson Taillon - RHP, Pirates
14 - Matt Moore - LHP, Rays
15 - Kyle Drabek - RHP, Blue Jays
16 - Desmond Jennings - OF, Rays
17 - Michael Pineda - RHP, Mariners
18 - Zach Britton - LHP, Orioles
19 - Manny Machado - SS, Orioles
20 - Jacob Turner - RHP, Tigers
21 - Mike Montgomery - LHP, Royals
22 - Brandon Belt - 1B, Giants
23 - Freddie Freeman - 1B, Braves
24 - Martin Perez - LHP, Rangers
25 - John Lamb - LHP, Royals

...
53 - Jennry Mejia - RHP, Mets
...
69 - Wilmer Flores - SS, Mets




* List calculated by combining 'Top-50' lists from Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus, ESPN (Keith Law), and MLB.com (Jonathan Mayo)

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Frayed Knot wrote: - Julio Teheran will likely make the Braves rotation either from opening day or soon thereafter

Was looking up something about WIlmer Flores the other day, and came across this

. The movement he gets on his cutter is quite remarkable.

4 - Jesus Montero - C, Yankees --- 20yo's slugging 500 at AAA are a scary proposition
9 - Mike Moustakas - 3B, Royals --- Nephew of Tom Robson
15 - Kyle Drabek - RHP, Blue Jays --- Should get the called-up this year, but what happened to the rest of loot from the Halladay trade?
19 - Manny Machado - SS, Orioles ---"Slappy, Part Deux"