By J.J. Cooper and Jim Shonerd
September 7, 2012


We've filed the last Hot Sheet for another year. After more than a decade of compiling a weekly look at who are the hottest prospects in the game, we still love taking a look at who is tearing up the minor leagues.

The Hot Sheet has been going on long enough now that Mark Teixeira, Victor Martinez, Jose Reyes and Hanley Ramirez were among the first players to be spotlighted on the Hot Sheet. Over the years, the Hot Sheet has gotten bigger and bigger, as a list that was once limited to 12 players a week plus some honorable mentions now breaks down 27 players a week in a variety of categories.

But before we say good-bye to another year of the Hot Sheet, here's a look at which prospects and organizations had the most Hot Sheet success in 2012. As the disclaimer on each in-season Hot Sheet explains, do remember that the Hot Sheet is not a re-ranking of our Top 100 Prospects list. Instead, it's a look at which prospects had the best week.

To get an idea of which players did best on the Hot Sheet, each spot on the Hot Sheet was given a point value on a sliding scale and we added up the points. Fittingly, Wil Myers, our 2012 Minor League Player of the Year, is also our most honored Hot Sheeter.

Rk.	Player	Pos.	Org	Pts
1	Wil Myers	of	KC	57
2	Danny Hultzen	lhp	Sea	53
3	Trevor Bauer	rhp	Ari	44
3	Jose Fernandez	rhp	Mia	44
5	Alen Hanson	ss	Pit	40
6	Anthony Rizzo	1b	CHC	38
7	Zack Wheeler	rhp	NYM	37
8	Travis d'Arnaud	c	Tor	36
9	Dan Straily	rhp	Oak	35
10	Jesse Biddle	lhp	Phi	34
11	Andrew Chafin	lhp	Ari	33
12	Miles Head	3b	Oak	31
13	Cody Buckel	rhp	Tex	30
14	Billy Hamilton	ss	Cin	29
14	Christian Yelich	of	Mia	29
16	Matt Barnes	rhp	Bos	28
17	Dylan Bundy	rhp	Bal	27
17	Manny Machado	ss	Bal	27
17	Kyle Parker	of	Col	27
17	Nick Maronde	lhp	LAA	27
21	Will Middlebrooks	3b	Bos	26
22	Mike Zunino	c	Sea	25
23	Jake Odorizzi	rhp	KC	24
23	Joc Pederson	of	LAD	24
25	Daniel Corcino	rhp	Cin	23
25	Delino DeShields, Jr.	2b	Hou	23
25	Yordano Ventura	rhp	KC	23
25	Gerrit Cole	rhp	Pit	23
25	Danny Rosenbaum	lhp	Was	23

Taking a look at which teams made the most appearances on the Hot Sheet, No. 1 will probably not surprise. With Trevor Bauer, Andrew Chafin, Tyler Skaggs, David Holmberg and Archie Bradley, Arizona has plenty of pitchers who popped up on the Hot Sheet. They also had depth as no team had more players make at least one appearance among that week's top 13.

The next two teams, the Mets and the Marlins, may be less expected. Neither was highly ranked as a farm system coming into the season, but the strong seasons by Zack Wheeler, Matt Harvey and Wilmer Flores gave New York a big boost this year. The Mets also got plenty of appearances from their talented Class A pitching staffs.

The Marlins got great seasons from breakout prospect Jose Fernandez as well as Fernandez's Jupiter teammate Christian Yelich. Those two provided more than half of the points the Marlins racked up in Hot Sheet appearances, but lefthander Adam Conley, power-hitting outfielder Marcell Ozuna and outfielder Kyle Jensen contributed significantly as well.

At the bottom of the list, Jesus Aguilar was the only Indians prospect to make a Hot Sheet top 13 appearance this season. Likely Indians No. 1 prospect Francisco Lindor had a great season, but his consistent success didn't include a week that stood out enough to crack a top 13 spot.

Rk.	Team	Preseason System Rk.	Top 13 Apps	Top 13 Players	Not Hot Apps	Not Hot Plyrs	Total Pts
1	Diamondbacks	4	19	10	5	5	167
2	Mets	25	15	10	2	2	150
3	Marlins	28	15	9	1	1	141
4	Mariners	6	14	9	5	5	139
5	Athletics	7	13	8	4	3	136
6	Royals	2	14	6	3	3	136
7	Rangers	1	13	8	3	3	114
8	Red Sox	9	12	7	2	2	114
9	Cubs	14	13	9	2	2	112
10	Rockies	17	14	7	5	5	110
11	Pirates	11	11	6	1	1	107
12	Angels	19	11	9	3	3	100
13	Phillies	27	9	7	3	2	90
14	Astros	18	9	7	9	9	76
15	Reds	16	9	4	1	1	75
16	Blue Jays	5	8	6	3	2	74
17	Orioles	21	7	3	1	1	65
18	Giants	22	8	6	0	0	52
19	Twins	20	5	4	4	3	52
20	Nationals	12	6	4	0	0	51
21	Rays	8	5	4	3	3	48
22	Dodgers	24	6	5	2	2	47
23	Yankees	13	6	5	5	5	45
24	Padres	3	6	4	3	3	41
25	Tigers	23	4	4	1	1	37
26	Brewers	26	5	5	3	2	34
27	White Sox	30	4	3	2	2	33
28	Braves	15	4	3	5	4	30
29	Cardinals	10	5	4	1	1	25
30	Indians	29	1	1	2	2	10