How is Banuelos ahead of Pomeranz? Yankee bias!!!

I'm semi-surprised that Leonys Martin wasn't higher on the list. I'm expecting him to be top 15/top 10 pre-season next year.

Are there really 4 SS's and 46 other players ahead of Nick Franklin?

Where is David Phelps and Adam Warren?

Is Viciedo's exclusion due to his BB%? Because he is tearing up AAA, and looks like a legit OF prospect. Then again, I understand why he is left out, but was wondering how close he was.

It's great to see #19 LHP Tyler Skaggs in the top 20 and he should be in the top 10 by next year for sure. 1B Paul Goldschmidt should be higher then #50 and the same goes to #40 RHP Jarrod Parker too. Those three will be All-Star players for the Diamondbacks for years and years to come.

I'm curious to know where Brandon Belt would fit since he was optioned back to AAA the same day the article was written and he only has 57 AB's which should still qualify him for this list.

Would have expected Kipnis to be even higher than #31.

Question about Zach Cozart, not on the list because he's in the majors, or not on the list because he's not top 50?

I can't believe all the minor league experts out there but I guess BA can't hire them all.  Thanks for the list guys!

Where is Darin Gorski!?!?

No love for Matt Adams?

once again jose altuve gets no love, look past his height please

Funny, everytime Harper went up against the Greensboro Grasshoppers they owned him.  Christian Yelich looked like the better prospect by far, and he didn't even make the list.  Oh well, it's tough to overcome manufactured hype!
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The point of a midseason list is to update our off-season Top 100 Prospects list. It’s not to overreact to the first half of the season. As mentioned in the chat, Peacock is a very good prospect–it’s why we put him in the top 50, but I can’t find a scout who would rather have him the the other pitchers you mentioned.

You are correct, there are very good future major leaguers who didn’t make this list. And you’re also right, we’re not handing out gold stars for first-half accomplishments. This list is compiled by taking the stats, analyzing them, but even more importantly talking to scouts and front office officials and getting their opinions. That explains why Wheeler’s great first half wasn’t enough to get him on the list–considering his past performance scouts want to see him do it for a little while longer. And it’s why Goldschmidt isn’t a top 10 prospect.

Strikeout rate is still a concern.

Well aware of the stats, but not really a Top 50 guy.

Walk rate is one concern, defensive position is another. But he is doing a lot to rekindle his prospect status this year.

We were being pretty aggressive with him. Once scouts have seen more than 150 U.S. at-bats from him he could climb even higher.

Moore’s curveball is better, his fastball is just as good (and his changeup is not far behind Teheran’s) and he’s doing it from the left side. They’re 1A and 1B as a scout said in our Scout’s View, but that’s why Moore ranks ahead of Teheran.

always wonder why relievers who fly up to the majors are never on these list hardly shrug

The fact that Trayvon Robinson isn't on this list really makes you have to scratch your head — let alone not being in the Top 15 or so.
Disappointing list to say the least. No list that places Hak-Ju Lee at #22 and leaves off one of the best all around talents in the game in Robinson is one that should be all that respected.
Like BA 99% of the time, but this is one poorly constructed list.

Hello from Thailand.  I am enjoying this baseball season on my computer through your site and MLBTV.  My favorite team is the Giants and I see that they are right about average given each team should have 1 and two thirds players on it. The Giants have two listed so I am encouraged, even though the Giants are ranked pretty low as a farm system. Funny because they are very successful ML teams.  But I would like to know if Brandon Belt was not considered a prospect any more because he was called up briefly… and if that is the case how about the other rookie Brandon… Brandon Crawford. I never saw him rated as a very high prospect and yet he had to jump several levels, arriving at the show as an emergency fix because of the tremendous amount of Giant injuries. So is he still a prospect? He might stick as a good glove no hit guy or then again he might go back to AA to resume his development. Would he be rated then?

You guys really missed this one! Brad Peacock no 42 is a travesty. His #'s in a tough eastern league ar stupid. He is leading the minors in k's and his hits to innings pitched are off the charts. Just because he was a late round pick doesn't mean he's not a dominant player in the minor's. He should be a top 5! I mean he's touching 96 with a hammer curve ball. Watch him in the future's game on sunday. I would think he will be called up to the show or at least triple A right after the future's game he has nothing more to prove at double A. I don't get this one!

Robinson’s a good prospect, but you do have to temper the enthusiasm a little bit. Albuquerque is a very good place for hitters, just ask John Lindsey, who flirted with hitting .400 there last year. And not only does Robinson play his home games in Albuquerque, much of his road schedule is at places like Reno, Colorado Springs and Las Vegas, other parks where the ball flies out. We ran our list by roughly 10 scouts/front office officials. None of them suggested that Robinson should be a top 25 prospect.

Also, Robinson’s strikeout rate is a concern, 100 Ks in just over 300 ABs.

How on earth did Anthony Gose rise on your top 50 mid-season list when he struggled the entire first half of AA baseball? Gose is on pace to have 150 strikeouts as a leadoff hitter? He is likely to turn into Carlos Gomez, not Carl Crawford! Leadoff hitters need to get on base and with a .260 AVG or worse, he will not succeed!!

Love it.  Great list!  Thanks for the work.

After finally getting to see Moore pitch in the Futures Game, Aaron Boone gave him the best nickname, "Easy Cheese". Can we all agree that he has the most effortless looking upper 90's FB? Wow! I have no problem placing him above Teheran. Shields, Price, Niemann, Hellickson, and Moore next year…..ummmm, yikes!
 

I like the "choose-your-own-adventure" nature of the responses JJ… Enough of the answers don't specify which player you're talking about that most of the whiners above can console themselves with the belief that their suggestion was the one "not far off but didn't make the Top 50" or is "doing a lot to rekindle his prospect status this year."