Where is Rymer Liriano?

no way should danny hultzen be above gerrit cole or jamison taillon.  danny has a soft arm with no upside.  he has maxed out his potential and i dont see him every being above a 3rd started.  tho only reason why cole or taillon wont be a #1 is cause they will both be in the same rotation.  was equally surprised at arizonas trevor bauer being above these two.  not on list now cause hes in the majors.  his first two starts didn't warrant a top prospect rating. it will be interesting to see were trevor ranks once arizona sends him back to the minors.  last but not least anyone not ranking luis herridia in the top 50 i question their knowledge of the game.  the kid just turned 17 and he is 6-6 with a fastball topping out 98, which in a year will hit triple digits with consitency and accuracy.  he's a child dominating a mans game.

Surprised Teheran is ranked higher than Matt Harvey at this stage of their careers.  Harvey is suddenly handling AAA while Teheran gets rocked every start

Archie Bradley at 16, all of the big 3 Lansing pichers have out pitched him by a country mile.
 
OT at 18 and Arenado at 17, please

Where are Noah Syndergaard, Aaron Sanchez and Justin Nicolino on this list? Can't believe not one of these guys did not make this list . .

@ Nick

We didn't forget about Manny Banuelos. His name appears twice in our subscriber-only Midseason Top 50 content.

In the main ranking with analysis feature: http://www.baseballamerica.com.....13645.html

And in the stock up, stock down piece: http://www.baseballamerica.com.....13646.html

@ TJ
I like Gyorko as an average regular at third base, .275-.285, solid on-base skills with 15 homers in a neutral environment. Does he have a plus attribute? Maybe not, but his floor is lower than many prospects.

Matt,
If we were going to have a next 5…who was #51 through #55?
And how long until we see Mr. Myers and Mr. Odorizzi in Kansas City?

With everybody and their brother posting top prospect lists, what are BA's distinctives? Most people don't have the industry sources, but at least a few others do.  Everyone has their biases and blind spots, players they undervalue, players they fall in love with.  By virtue of the committee approach and discussion process, BA has been able to mostly avoid extreme rankings and hasty overreactions.  
I am not indignant about a particular player being omitted/underrated, nor am I outraged at any particular player being ranked too highly.  I am disappointed at the quality of the work.  I can appreciate Mr. Cooper's opinions for what they are.  They just aren't representative of the thorough approach we expect from BA.
There are several rankings that don't seem to make sense, and I mean by BA criteria, not by mine.  For example, look at the grade and ranking of  Jose Fernandez in February. Look at the grades of the highly ranked players from the same list.  Think about what Fernandez would need to do for the remainder of the season in order to maintain his current position  Look where Fernandez gets ranked next winter.  Then try to explain where he is on this list.  The explanation is that this list does not meet the standards I have come to expect from BA.  It is very apparent that the usual perspective and balance are not present.
Producing excellent work got BA to the top of the industry.  Being at the top, however, does not guarantee that all the work will be excellent.  Defending sub-standard work erodes the consumer confidence that is the foundation of BA's success.  

Great list, thank you! My inquiry is on Brett Jackson and his fall from grace compared to the Top 100 list put out in February. What are you seeing that has so many other OF's (Gose, Marisnick, Marte, J,.Bradley even) passing him up? Certainly he has shown regression in the first half of this year, but his counting stats are still there with a 20-20 plus season in AAA. Secondly, who might be a comp for Jackson? Rasmus?

No Tony Cingrani?

Billy Hamilton at #27 is insulting. The kid has almost 100 steals at the All Star break!!! I don't recall any player since Vince Coleman with as much skill and aggressiveness on the base paths.
Hamilton will eventually move to center field in the majors but he is a future MLB steals leader while 50% of the guys in front of him will flame out or eventually be traded.

Taijuan #4 overall?!?!? 
Taijuan — currently streaking 7 straight starts of 3+ Runs, < 6 IP

Why is Adam Eaton not on this list? His minor league numbers are very impressive. With the lack of quality leadoff hitters in The Show, this kid deserves more recognition.

You got to be kidding me.  You guys put Oscar Taveras at #18.  He has showed that he is betting for his age than any other hitter except Myers including Profar.  He hits for better average than Profar and has way more power.  Oh yeah he is only about 8 months older than Profar.  You guys must be blind.  Come on you put Nolan Arenado, Machado,Nick Castello.  Mike Olt is to old for what he is doing compared to Taveras.  Taveras has put up better numbers than all these guys and the only one that is younger than him is Profar and not by much.  You guys have him #74 on the BA 100.  I think he has more Power potencial than even your beloved Sano.  The only reason Sano hits for power and not average is because he swings at everything.  Oscar does it all.  Go Oscar.

I was intrigued by the comparison between Taveras and Vlad Guerrero.  If Guerrero could succeed with an unorthodox approach, maybe Oscar can do the same.
Who knows?

Are scouts really impressed with Billy Hamilton the ball palyer or Billy Hamilton the track star?  While he may have + + speed I don't see much more in him.  He certainly has a 2B arm at best, evidenced by his workout and play in the Futures game.  All these high rankings for a pinch runner seems excessive or does he seriously have a chance to hit and field at the big league level? 

Good list, everyone is going to debate things, but whatever. Anyone who think Profar shoul be anywhere but #1, and it's by a mile, has no business talking.
 
As someone already mentioned a plus defensive and arm SS. 
 
Taveras swings at everything and is not even a good fielder.
 
He is ranked just where he should be.
 
Arenado is still the top 3B prospect in my book, pitchers are so hard to rate it doesn't matter…guess some people don't realize most of them are working on pitches and command in the minors, not necessarily trying to pitch just for THAT game.

For real, how can the baseball world's leading strikeout pitcher NOT be listed. Dan Straily has torn his way through every level of the minors this year and'll likely be called up in the next few weeks and he doesn't make the top 50 midseason?

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where's alex meyer? he had a really good year.