Prospects: Rankings
Where The Top 100 Prospects Are
Apr. 4, 2008
Find out where your team's top prospects ended up with our Opening Day Top 100 Update. [...] Continue Reading »
2008 Organizational Rankings
Apr. 1, 2008
Ranking each teams farm system in terms of depth and impact talent. [...] Continue Reading »
Split Decisions: First Basemen
Feb. 27, 2008
As part of our 19th annual Top 100 Prospects list, we present Split Decisions, where our prospect experts explain why they favored certain players over others. Editors in chief Will Lingo and John Manuel, executive editor Jim Callis and national writer Chris Kline put together the Top 100 and defend their thinking. Here's a look at some first base prospects: Lars Anderson, Daric Barton and Joey Votto. [...] Continue Reading »
Split Decisions: Future Closers
Feb. 27, 2008
As part of our 19th annual Top 100 Prospects list, we present Split Decisions, where our prospect experts explain why they favored certain players over others. Editors in chief Will Lingo and John Manuel, executive editor Jim Callis and national writer Chris Kline put together the Top 100 and defend their thinking. Here's a look at a pair of likely future closers: Max Scherzer and Chris Perez. [...] Continue Reading »
Split Decisions: Low K Rate Pitchers
Feb. 27, 2008
As part of our 19th annual Top 100 Prospects list, we present Split Decisions, where our prospect experts explain why they favored certain players over others. Editors in chief Will Lingo and John Manuel, executive editor Jim Callis and national writer Chris Kline put together the Top 100 and defend their thinking. Here's a look at three righthanders who are bunched together in the rankings: Carlos Carrasco, Chris Volstad and Nick Blackburn. [...] Continue Reading »
Split Decisions: Online Extra
Feb. 27, 2008
BA's experts square off in debates over five more groups of players who sparked disagreement in our Top 100 Prospects rankings. [...] Continue Reading »
Split Decisions: Apples And Oranges
Feb. 27, 2008
As part of our 19th annual Top 100 Prospects list, we present Split Decisions, where our prospect experts explain why they favored certain players over others. Editors in chief Will Lingo and John Manuel, executive editor Jim Callis and national writer Chris Kline put together the Top 100 and defend their thinking. Here they compare two outfielders with dramatically different resumes: Kosuke Fukudome and Jason Heyward. [...] Continue Reading »
Split Decisions: Future AL East Aces
Feb. 27, 2008
As part of our 19th annual Top 100 Prospects list, we present Split Decisions, where our prospect experts explain why they favored certain players over others. Editors in chief Will Lingo and John Manuel, executive editor Jim Callis and national writer Chris Kline put together the Top 100 and defend their thinking. First up is a discussion of the game's top two pitching prospects: Clay Buchholz and Joba Chamberlain. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 Prospects: Best Of The Rest
Feb. 26, 2008
In the first step of our Top 100 process, each voter compiles a personal top 150, and then we tabulate them and let the arguments begin. They couldn't crack the official Top 100, but 92 additional prospects received votes in the top 150s. Here they are in alphabetical order, with the number of votes they received and their highest ranking on any list. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 By The Numbers
Feb. 26, 2008
See how the Top 100 breaks down by organization, draft round and country of origin. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 Prospects Chat
Feb. 26, 2008
John Manuel explains how we came to our Top 100 rankings. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 Prospects: Depth Chart
Feb. 26, 2008
A depth chart of where the Top 100 plays. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 Prospects: No. 81-100
Feb. 26, 2008
Wrapping up the Top 100 Prospects with No.'s 81-100. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 Prospects: No. 61-80
Feb. 26, 2008
The No. 61-80 prospects in this year's Top 100 Prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 Prospects: No. 41-60
Feb. 26, 2008
The No. 41-60 prospects on this year's Top 100 Prospects. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 Prospects: No. 21-40
Feb. 26, 2008
The No. 21-No. 40 prospects for this year's Top 100. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 Prospects: No. 1-20
Feb. 25, 2008
The Top 100 Prospects from 1-20. [...] Continue Reading »
Texas Rangers: Top 10 Prospects Chat With Aaron Fitt
Feb. 4, 2008
Aaron Fitt wraps up our tour of Top 10s with a look at the Rangers farm system. [...] Continue Reading »
Texas Rangers: Top 10 Prospects With Scouting Reports
Feb. 3, 2008
Aaron Fitt looks at scouting reports on the Rangers top 10 prospects. [...] Continue Reading »
Texas Rangers: Top 10 Prospects
Feb. 3, 2008
The Rangers have revamped their system and future with several recent trades. [...] Continue Reading »
Seattle Mariners: Top 10 Prospects Chat With Matt Eddy
Feb. 1, 2008
Matt Eddy chatted about the Mariners farm system and touched on how the Mariners' future would be affected should the team complete a trade for Erik Bedard. [...] Continue Reading »
Seattle Mariners: Top 10 Prospects With Scouting Reports
Feb. 1, 2008
The Mariners haven't made the playoffs since 2001, but after finishing with 88 wins last year, there is hope in Seattle. There should be some help coming soon as well, as several of the Top 10 Prospects are nearly ready for the big leagues. Our scouting reports will fill you in on what to expect from those prospects when they arrive. [...] Continue Reading »
Seattle Mariners: Top 10 Prospects
Feb. 1, 2008
The Mariners haven't made the playoffs since 2001, but after finishing with 88 wins last year, there is hope in Seattle. There should be some help coming soon as well, as several of the Top 10 Prospects are nearly ready for the big leagues. [...] Continue Reading »
Oakland Athletics: Top 10 Prospects With Scouting Reports
Jan. 30, 2008
Scouting reports on the Athletics top prospects. [...] Continue Reading »
Oakland Athletics: Top 10 Prospects Chat With Chris Kline
Jan. 30, 2008
Chris Kline chatted about the Athletics farm system. [...] Continue Reading »
Oakland Athletics: Top 10 Prospects
Jan. 30, 2008
Some recent trades have bolsted the A's Top 10. [...] Continue Reading »
Los Angeles Angels: Top 10 Prospects Chat With Jim Callis
Jan. 28, 2008
Jim Callis answered questions about the Angels Top 10 Prospects. [...] Continue Reading »
Los Angeles Angels: Top 10 Prospects With Scouting Reports
Jan. 28, 2008
Scouting reports on the top prospects in the Angels farm system. [...] Continue Reading »
Los Angeles Angels: Top 10 Prospects
Jan. 28, 2008
A look at the top prospects in the Angels farm system. [...] Continue Reading »
Minnesota Twins: Top 10 Prospects Chat With John Manuel
Jan. 24, 2008
John Manuels answered questions about Minnesota's system. [...] Continue Reading »
Where The Top 100 Prospects Are
Apr. 4, 2008
Find out where your team's top prospects ended up with our Opening Day Top 100 Update. [...] Continue Reading »
2008 Organizational Rankings
Apr. 1, 2008
Ranking each teams farm system in terms of depth and impact talent. [...] Continue Reading »
Split Decisions: First Basemen
Feb. 27, 2008
As part of our 19th annual Top 100 Prospects list, we present Split Decisions, where our prospect experts explain why they favored certain players over others. Editors in chief Will Lingo and John Manuel, executive editor Jim Callis and national writer Chris Kline put together the Top 100 and defend their thinking. Here's a look at some first base prospects: Lars Anderson, Daric Barton and Joey Votto. [...] Continue Reading »
Split Decisions: Future Closers
Feb. 27, 2008
As part of our 19th annual Top 100 Prospects list, we present Split Decisions, where our prospect experts explain why they favored certain players over others. Editors in chief Will Lingo and John Manuel, executive editor Jim Callis and national writer Chris Kline put together the Top 100 and defend their thinking. Here's a look at a pair of likely future closers: Max Scherzer and Chris Perez. [...] Continue Reading »
Split Decisions: Low K Rate Pitchers
Feb. 27, 2008
As part of our 19th annual Top 100 Prospects list, we present Split Decisions, where our prospect experts explain why they favored certain players over others. Editors in chief Will Lingo and John Manuel, executive editor Jim Callis and national writer Chris Kline put together the Top 100 and defend their thinking. Here's a look at three righthanders who are bunched together in the rankings: Carlos Carrasco, Chris Volstad and Nick Blackburn. [...] Continue Reading »
Split Decisions: Online Extra
Feb. 27, 2008
BA's experts square off in debates over five more groups of players who sparked disagreement in our Top 100 Prospects rankings. [...] Continue Reading »
Split Decisions: Apples And Oranges
Feb. 27, 2008
As part of our 19th annual Top 100 Prospects list, we present Split Decisions, where our prospect experts explain why they favored certain players over others. Editors in chief Will Lingo and John Manuel, executive editor Jim Callis and national writer Chris Kline put together the Top 100 and defend their thinking. Here they compare two outfielders with dramatically different resumes: Kosuke Fukudome and Jason Heyward. [...] Continue Reading »
Split Decisions: Future AL East Aces
Feb. 27, 2008
As part of our 19th annual Top 100 Prospects list, we present Split Decisions, where our prospect experts explain why they favored certain players over others. Editors in chief Will Lingo and John Manuel, executive editor Jim Callis and national writer Chris Kline put together the Top 100 and defend their thinking. First up is a discussion of the game's top two pitching prospects: Clay Buchholz and Joba Chamberlain. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 Prospects: Best Of The Rest
Feb. 26, 2008
In the first step of our Top 100 process, each voter compiles a personal top 150, and then we tabulate them and let the arguments begin. They couldn't crack the official Top 100, but 92 additional prospects received votes in the top 150s. Here they are in alphabetical order, with the number of votes they received and their highest ranking on any list. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 By The Numbers
Feb. 26, 2008
See how the Top 100 breaks down by organization, draft round and country of origin. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 Prospects Chat
Feb. 26, 2008
John Manuel explains how we came to our Top 100 rankings. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 Prospects: Depth Chart
Feb. 26, 2008
A depth chart of where the Top 100 plays. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 Prospects: No. 81-100
Feb. 26, 2008
Wrapping up the Top 100 Prospects with No.'s 81-100. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 Prospects: No. 61-80
Feb. 26, 2008
The No. 61-80 prospects in this year's Top 100 Prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 Prospects: No. 41-60
Feb. 26, 2008
The No. 41-60 prospects on this year's Top 100 Prospects. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 Prospects: No. 21-40
Feb. 26, 2008
The No. 21-No. 40 prospects for this year's Top 100. [...] Continue Reading »
Top 100 Prospects: No. 1-20
Feb. 25, 2008
The Top 100 Prospects from 1-20. [...] Continue Reading »
Texas Rangers: Top 10 Prospects Chat With Aaron Fitt
Feb. 4, 2008
Aaron Fitt wraps up our tour of Top 10s with a look at the Rangers farm system. [...] Continue Reading »
Texas Rangers: Top 10 Prospects With Scouting Reports
Feb. 3, 2008
Aaron Fitt looks at scouting reports on the Rangers top 10 prospects. [...] Continue Reading »
Texas Rangers: Top 10 Prospects
Feb. 3, 2008
The Rangers have revamped their system and future with several recent trades. [...] Continue Reading »
Seattle Mariners: Top 10 Prospects Chat With Matt Eddy
Feb. 1, 2008
Matt Eddy chatted about the Mariners farm system and touched on how the Mariners' future would be affected should the team complete a trade for Erik Bedard. [...] Continue Reading »
Seattle Mariners: Top 10 Prospects With Scouting Reports
Feb. 1, 2008
The Mariners haven't made the playoffs since 2001, but after finishing with 88 wins last year, there is hope in Seattle. There should be some help coming soon as well, as several of the Top 10 Prospects are nearly ready for the big leagues. Our scouting reports will fill you in on what to expect from those prospects when they arrive. [...] Continue Reading »
Seattle Mariners: Top 10 Prospects
Feb. 1, 2008
The Mariners haven't made the playoffs since 2001, but after finishing with 88 wins last year, there is hope in Seattle. There should be some help coming soon as well, as several of the Top 10 Prospects are nearly ready for the big leagues. [...] Continue Reading »
Oakland Athletics: Top 10 Prospects With Scouting Reports
Jan. 30, 2008
Scouting reports on the Athletics top prospects. [...] Continue Reading »
Oakland Athletics: Top 10 Prospects Chat With Chris Kline
Jan. 30, 2008
Chris Kline chatted about the Athletics farm system. [...] Continue Reading »
Oakland Athletics: Top 10 Prospects
Jan. 30, 2008
Some recent trades have bolsted the A's Top 10. [...] Continue Reading »
Los Angeles Angels: Top 10 Prospects Chat With Jim Callis
Jan. 28, 2008
Jim Callis answered questions about the Angels Top 10 Prospects. [...] Continue Reading »
Los Angeles Angels: Top 10 Prospects With Scouting Reports
Jan. 28, 2008
Scouting reports on the top prospects in the Angels farm system. [...] Continue Reading »
Los Angeles Angels: Top 10 Prospects
Jan. 28, 2008
A look at the top prospects in the Angels farm system. [...] Continue Reading »
Minnesota Twins: Top 10 Prospects Chat With John Manuel
Jan. 24, 2008
John Manuels answered questions about Minnesota's system. [...] Continue Reading »
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