Where The Top 100 Are
Apr. 9, 2009
Find out where our Top 100 Prospects are starting the 2009 season. [...] Continue Reading »

Top 100 Pitchers By The Numbers
Mar. 23, 2009
We turn our attention now to the statistical indicators of the pitchers among our Top 100 Prospects, focusing on trends that may signal future success. [...] Continue Reading »

Top 100 By The Numbers
Mar. 6, 2009
Before we say goodbye to the Top 100 Prospects for another year, let's take one final look at the best of the best, this time with an eye toward on-field performance in 2008. [...] Continue Reading »

Position Rankings Chat
Feb. 25, 2009
Ben Badler and Matt Eddy answer readers' questions about the top prospects by position. [...] Continue Reading »

Top 100 Prospects Chat
Feb. 24, 2009
John Manuel and Jim Callis answered Top 100 questions. [...] Continue Reading »

Top 100 Prospects, Inside The Numbers
Feb. 24, 2009
Stats on where the Top 100 come from. [...] Continue Reading »

Top 100 Prospects: No. 81-100
Feb. 24, 2009
Prospects No. 81-100 on our 2009 Top 100 Prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »

Top 100 Prospects: No. 41-60
Feb. 24, 2009
The Nos. 41-60 prospects on our 2009 Top 100 Prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »

The Great Debate
Feb. 24, 2009
Each Top 100 Prospects list takes on characteristics all its own, and one of the most notable features about this year's list is that Rays lefthander David Price and Orioles catcher Matt Wieters were a cut above everyone else. They were the top two prospects in the 2007 draft, and after their spectacular pro debuts in 2008, they're now the top two prospects in baseball. But who is guilty of being the game's No. 1 prospect? To answer that question, we assembled a jury of 12 eminent talent evaluators and asked them which player they'd choose if they were starting a team from scratch. Executive editor Jim Callis selected and interviewed the jurors, and we present their responses here. [...] Continue Reading »

Top 100 Prospects: No. 61-80
Feb. 24, 2009
The No. 61-80 prospects on the 2009 Top 100 Prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »

Top 100 Prospects: No. 21-40
Feb. 24, 2009
The Nos. 21-40 prospects on the 2009 Top 100 Prospects list. [...] Continue Reading »

Top 100 Prospects: 1-20
Feb. 24, 2009
The Nos. 1-20 prospects for the 2009 Top 100 Prospects. [...] Continue Reading »

Top 100 Prospects Update
Jul. 11, 2008
With three months of the season expired, we have a pretty good idea what the top quarter of the Top 100 Prospects list would look like. To qualify for this list, a player must be rookie-eligible; he must to be in the minor leagues at the time of the Futures Game; and he must have been under contract prior to 2008. [...] 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 »

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 »

Midseason Prospect Update: Top 100 Update
Jul. 16, 2007
We've now watched teams play nearly 90 games since our preseason Top 100 prospects list debuted in March. As we pass the midseason point, we figured it was time to take a snapshot of which Top 100 prospects have improved their stock and which ones are on the slide. Here's how the group breaks down in several categories. [...] Continue Reading »