Marc Hulet's Midseason Top 50 Prospects

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by Marc Hulet - July 16, 2012

 

I stated last week that I had no plans to release a mid-season top prospects list, but the popularity of the Top 100 prospects review series forced me to reconsider. So I spent the weekend compiling an updated Top 50 prospect list.

 

The prospect ranks are a little thin this year, with teams leaning on young talent more — and more prospects, in general, appear to be spending less time in the minors before getting thrown into the big league fire.

 

With this particular list the Top 25, or so, prospects are set pretty firmly in my mind while the latter half of the list is very interchangeable and there are 10-15 players leftover who could easily slide onto the list with much argument.

 

Please note, the list does not include any 2012 draft picks or prospects currently playing in the Majors.

 

1. Jurickson Profar, SS, Texas Rangers

2. Dylan Bundy, RHP, Baltimore Orioles

3. Wil Myers, OF, Kansas City Royals

4. Zack Wheeler, RHP, New York Mets

5. Jameson Taillon, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates

6. Taijuan Walker, RHP, Seattle Mariners

7. Danny Hultzen, LHP, Seattle Mariners

8. Travis d’Arnaud, C, Toronto Blue Jays

9. Manny Machado, SS, Baltimore Orioles

10. Gerrit Cole, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates

11. Tyler Skaggs, LHP, Arizona Diamondbacks

12. Julio Teheran, RHP, Atlanta Braves

13. Nick Castellanos, 3B, Detroit Tigers

14. Jose Fernandez, RHP, Miami Marlins

15. Archie Bradley, RHP, Arizona Diamondbacks

16. Nolan Arenado, 3B, Colorado Rockies

17. Xander Bogaerts, 3B, Boston Red Sox

18. Oscar Taveras, OF, St. Louis Cardinals

19. Carlos Martinez, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals

20. Shelby Miller, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals

21. Francisco Lindor, SS, Cleveland Indians

22. Matt Harvey, RHP, New York Mets

23. Christian Yelich, 1B/OF, Miami Marlins

24. Jonathan Singleton, OF/1B, Houston Astros

25. Jacob Turner, RHP, Detroit Tigers

26. Zach Lee, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers

27. Miguel Sano, 3B, Minnesota Twins

28. Jake Odorizzi, RHP, Kansas City Royals

29. Gary Sanchez, C, New York Yankees

30. Hak-Ju Lee, SS, Tampa Bay Rays

31. Mike Olt, 3B, Texas Rangers

32. Mason Williams, OF, New York Yankees

33. Bubba Starling, OF, Kansas City Royals

34. Matt Barnes, RHP, Boston Red Sox

35. Anthony Gose, OF, Toronto Blue Jays

36. Javier Baez, SS, Chicago Cubs

37. Billy Hamilton, SS, Cincinnati Reds

38. Aaron Sanchez, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays

39. Jake Marisnick, OF, Toronto Blue Jays

40. Matt Davidson, 3B, Arizona Diamondbacks

41. Alen Hanson, SS, Pittsburgh Pirates

42. Rymer Liriano, OF, San Diego Padres

43. Anthony Rendon, 3B, Washington Nationals

44. Jackie Bradley, OF, Boston Red Sox

45. Tyler Austin, OF, New York Yankees

46. James Paxton, LHP, Seattle Mariners

47. Jesse Biddle, LHP, Philadelphia Phillies

48. Eddie Rosario, 2B/OF, Minnesota Twins

49. Tyler Thornburg, RHP, Milwaukee Brewers

50. Jedd Gyorko, 3B, San Diego Padres

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/fangraphs-top-50-prospects/

 

Interesting to see this one in comparison with the one from Baseball America.

Edited July 16, 2012 by Sarge

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Ever since you posted that list from Baseball America,I've been searching for videos and articles about the players listed..Apart from Gerrit Cole and Jameson Taillon who are known as the great prospects,I've seen a couple of Nick Castellanos' games and I can tell that he's one of the best,if not the best 3B prospects..The guy is just amazing..Also,that Orioles pitcher,Danny Hultzen is supposedly very good..

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I had the misfortune of spending a few weeks with two pitchers in the Orioles system, both young kids, 20 years old. Glad to see those twats are not on this list.