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2013 Top 100 Prospects Chat With John Manuel and JJ Cooper
John and JJ answered your Top 100 questions on Feb. 19.
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Top 100 Prospects: Best Tools
After sorting through all of the grades, here are the players at the head of each class.
Top 100 Prospects By The Numbers
See which teams have the most and fewest Top 100 Prospects.
Five Near-Misses To Watch
Deciding the final spots on the Top 100 Prospects list is never easy. These five near-misses missed the Top 100 in large part because of their brief track records—none has spent a month in full-season ball yet. Keep an eye on all five, as they could be big movers on next year's list.
Top 100 Prospects: Risk Factors
Looking at how Top 100 prospects stack up by a variety of statistical measures.
2013 Top 100 Prospects
Our Top 100 Prospects with tools grades.
Top 100 Prospects Chat
We answered your Top 100 Prospects questions in a three-hour chat.
How The Positions Stack Up Year-By-Year
Looking at how the Top 100 has stacked up by position over the past five years.
Looking Back At Previous Trios
This isn't the first time we've had a trio of prospects who all could make a great case for the top spot on the Top 100. A look back shows that when you have three "can't miss" prospects, there's a decent chance that one of them will miss. Here are some other notable trios from previous lists.
Comps For This Year’s Terrific Trio
The Comps Scouts often use comparisons to paint a physical picture of a player and to project what he might become. Bryce Harper, Mike Trout and Matt Moore are unusually gifted, which led to some interesting comps.
Hard To Go Wrong With Top 100′s Top Trio
In most years, Bryce Harper would be an easy pick as baseball's No. 1 prospect. So would Matt Moore. And Mike Trout. But this isn't most years, and we have to choose between the best young power hitter many scouts ever have seen, an ace lefthander and a legitimate five-tool center fielder. All three proved their bona fides in 2011, with Harper reaching Double-A at age 18, Moore narrowly missing a third straight minor league strikeout title before overpowering the Rangers in the playoffs and Trout winning Baseball America's Minor League Player of the Year award. Our staff had differing opinions on how to stack Harper, Moore and Trout up against each other. So did 11 player-personnel officials with big league clubs whom we contacted. Here's what they had to say:<br/>
2012 Top 100 Prospects By The Numbers
We breakdown the stats on our Top 100
2012 Top 100 Prospects
Our 2012 Top 100 Prospects list leads off with a trio of prospects who all could stake claims to being No. 1.
2011 Top 100 Prospects Chat
We chatted for three hours about the Top 100 Prospects.
2011 Top 100 Prospects
A one-page listing of our Top 100 Prospects.
2011 Top 100 Prospects: 41-60
Ranking prospects from Manny Banuelos to Miguel Sano.
2011 Top 100 Prospects: 21-40
We rank prospects from Jacob Turner to Brett Lawrie.
2011 Top 100 Prospects: 1-20
Ranking 2011's top prospects from Bryce Harper to Chris Sale.
2011 Top 100 Prospects: 61-80
Our rankings from Drew Pomeranz to Nolan Arenado
2011 Top 100 Prospects: 81-100
Ranking prospects from Matt Dominguez to Joe Benson.
