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| 01 |
JAY
BRUCE |
OF, REDS |
| 2: Leagues (IL, FSL) in which he ranked as the No. 1 prospect in 2007, en route to BA's Minor League Player of the Year award. |
Opening
Day Age: 20 |
ETA: 2008 |
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| 11 |
TRAVIS
SNIDER |
OF, BLUE JAYS |
| 4: Major categories in which he led the Midwest League in 2007: slugging percentage (.523), doubles (35), extra-base hits (58) and RBIs (93). |
Opening
Day Age: 20 |
ETA: 2009 |
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| 02 |
EVAN
LONGORIA |
3B, RAYS |
| 70: Grade on the 20-80 scouting scale for both his bat and his power. |
Opening
Day Age: 22 |
ETA: 2008 |
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| 12 |
MATT
WIETERS |
C, ORIOLES |
| $6 million: His bonus, the largest up-front payout in draft history. |
Opening
Day Age: 21 |
ETA: 2009 |
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| 03 |
JOBA
CHAMBERLAIN |
RHP, YANKEES |
| 0.38: His ERA in 19 big league appearances. |
Opening
Day Age: 22 |
ETA: 2008 |
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| 13 |
JACOBY
ELLSBURY |
OF, RED SOX |
| 438: His team-high batting average in Boston's World Series sweep. |
Opening
Day Age: 24 |
ETA: 2008 |
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| 04 |
CLAY
BUCHHOLZ |
RHP, RED SOX |
| 2: Big league starts it took him to throw a no-hitter. |
Opening
Day Age: 23 |
ETA: 2008 |
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| 14 |
ANDREW
McCUTCHEN |
OF, PIRATES |
| 19: Age at which he reached Double-A for the first time (in 2006). |
Opening
Day Age: 21 |
ETA: 2009 |
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| 05 |
COLBY
RASMUS |
OF, CARDINALS |
| 29: His Texas League-leading total of homers in 2007. |
Opening
Day Age: 21 |
ETA: 2008 |
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| 15 |
JAKE
McGEE |
LHP, RAYS |
| 346: Strikeouts the last two years, third in the minors behind Matt Maloney (357) and Gio Gonzalez (351). |
Opening
Day Age: 21 |
ETA: 2009 |
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| 06 |
CAMERON
MAYBIN |
OF, MARLINS |
| 2: Games it took him to hit his first major league homer (off Roger Clemens, no less). |
Opening
Day Age: 20 |
ETA: 2008 |
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| 16 |
BRANDON
WOOD |
3B/SS, ANGELS |
| 92, 415: Homers and strikeouts over the last three seasons. |
Opening
Day Age: 23 |
ETA: 2008 |
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| 07 |
CLAYTON
KERSHAW |
LHP, DODGERS |
| 12.0, .201: His K/9 and opponent average in 2007, both the best among minor league starters. |
Opening
Day Age: 20 |
ETA: 2009 |
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| 17 |
WADE
DAVIS |
RHP, RAYS |
| 2: No-hitters (both seven innings) thrown in two years in full-season ball. |
Opening
Day Age: 22 |
ETA: 2009 |
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| 08 |
FRANKLIN
MORALES |
LHP, ROCKIES |
| 20: Consecutive scoreless innings he threw in September, a Colorado record for starters. |
Opening
Day Age: 22 |
ETA: 2008 |
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| 18 |
MIKE
MOUSTAKAS |
SS, ROYALS |
| 24, 52: California high school single-season and career records for homers that he established last spring. |
Opening
Day Age: 19 |
ETA: 2010 |
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| 09 |
HOMER
BAILEY |
RHP, REDS |
| 3: Years he rated No. 1 on our Reds Top 10 list before Jay Bruce displaced him. |
Opening
Day Age: 21 |
ETA: 2008 |
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| 19 |
ELVIS
ANDRUS |
SS, RANGERS |
| .353: Batting average last year in the Arizona Fall League, where he was the circuit's youngest player. |
Opening
Day Age: 19 |
ETA: 2010 |
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| 10 |
DAVID
PRICE |
LHP, RAYS |
| 16: Years since the last previous lefty (Brien Taylor) to go No. 1 overall in the draft before Tampa Bay took Price last June. |
Opening
Day Age: 22 |
ETA: 2008 |
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| 20 |
FERNANDO
MARTINEZ |
OF, METS |
| 9: Dominican Republic products on the Top 100, the most of any foreign nation; he's the highest ranked. |
Opening
Day Age: 19 |
ETA: 2010 |
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