Baseball America Top 100 (2018)

[navamind]

Top 100 MLB Prospects 2018 | BaseballAmerica.com

Jays have two top 10 guys, Vlad Jr. (#3) and Bo Bichette (#8). Pretty good chance Vlad will be #1 next year IMO.

Red Sox have only two in the top 100 (Groome and Chavis). A bit surprised to see Groome at #83, I figured he'd be a bit higher.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Braves 8
Brewers 6
Padres 6
Rays 6
Yankees 6
Phillies 5
Reds 5
Twins 5
White Sox 5
Astros 4
Athletics 4
Blue Jays 4
Cardinals 4
Dodgers 4
Angels 3
Orioles 3
Rockies 3
Tigers 3
Indians 2
Marlins 2
Nationals 2
Pirates 2
Rangers 2
Red Sox 2
D’backs 1
Giants 1
Mariners 1
Mets 1
Royals 0

 

[Mike A. S.]

I love seeing these Top 100 prospects, but I get more excited for the MLB.com pipeline's unveiling of the top 100...which is this Saturday. Either way though, I'm sure it will be similar to this one. I'm surprised Robles & Brendan Rodgers are lower than I thought. Both very high still (#5 & #22 I believe), but I expected both to be higher.

 

[tducey]

Look forward to this every year. Like that they break down each team's top 30 prospects as well.

 

[navamind]

I love seeing these Top 100 prospects, but I get more excited for the MLB.com pipeline's unveiling of the top 100...which is this Saturday. Either way though, I'm sure it will be similar to this one. I'm surprised Robles & Brendan Rodgers are lower than I thought. Both very high still (#5 & #22 I believe), but I expected both to be higher.

Rodgers has been good in the minors, but he hasn't really been that great save for his stint at Lancaster (.387/.407/.671) That's also a very hitter friendly ballpark (and it was driven by a .413 BABIP) and league in general. He batted .260/.323/.413 in AA after being promoted. He had some very meager walk rates (2.5% in A+ ball, 4.9% in AA) and he saw his strikeout rate spike from 14.8% in A+ to 22% in AA.

Dansby Swanson's another SS that was a high draft pick that played well in the minors, but never really excelled. Of course, Swanson also showed better plate discipline than Rodgers has thus far.

 

[Bolts]

Tatis Jr. only #9? BOOOOOOOOO!

 

[navamind]

MLB.com's 2018 list is out

MLB.com 2018 Prospect Watch

No real surprises in the top 10 except maybe Kopech at #10 and Bichette at #14. Their Chavis/Groome rankings are in line with BA.

 

[navamind]

2018 Top 100 Prospects | FanGraphs Baseball

2018 Prospects: The Top 101 - Baseball Prospectus

 

[navamind]

2018 Top 100 KATOH Prospects | FanGraphs Baseball

Groome's the only Sox prospect listed, though KATOH is higher on him than the other prospect lists. KATOH really likes Jake Rogers and Daz Cameron. I'm a bit surprised it has Bichette higher than Vlad Jr.

 

[calsnowskier]

2018 Top 100 KATOH Prospects | FanGraphs Baseball

Groome's the only Sox prospect listed, though KATOH is higher on him than the other prospect lists. KATOH really likes Jake Rogers and Daz Cameron. I'm a bit surprised it has Bichette higher than Vlad Jr.

Fangraphs gets out of their lane too often, IMHO. They have Alex Canario listed at #33? He is a kid who isn’t getting some helium in Giants prospect circles, but he has yet to step foot in the states. I like him, but I am pressed to list him as a top 10 Giants prospect at this point, let alone #33 in all of baseball.

 

[DragonfromTO]

Fangraphs gets out of their lane too often, IMHO. They have Alex Canario listed at #33? He is a kid who isn’t getting some helium in Giants prospect circles, but he has yet to step foot in the states. I like him, but I am pressed to list him as a top 10 Giants prospect at this point, let alone #33 in all of baseball.

I would not say that Fangraphs has Canario at #33. KATOH is not really "their rankings", it is something different.

 

[calsnowskier]

I would not say that Fangraphs has Canario at #33. KATOH is not really "their rankings", it is something different.

I think you understood what I meant, but I meant to say “He is a kid who IS getting some helium in Giants prospect circles”. My iPad often autocorrects “is” to “isn’t”.

 

[JohnU]

Braves 8
Brewers 6
Padres 6
Rays 6
Yankees 6
Phillies 5
Reds 5
Twins 5
White Sox 5
Astros 4
Athletics 4
Blue Jays 4
Cardinals 4
Dodgers 4
Angels 3
Orioles 3
Rockies 3
Tigers 3
Indians 2
Marlins 2
Nationals 2
Pirates 2
Rangers 2
Red Sox 2
D’backs 1
Giants 1
Mariners 1
Mets 1
Royals 0

How you fix this is, if your team is sucking and out of contention, you trade your No. 3 starter to a team that isn't sucking and out of contention on the trade deadline. You get prospects back in the deal and you suddenly go from 0 to 2 in about 15 minutes. The sucking may continue but it allows people who create these vapid lists to say ... wow, the Royals have 2 guys in the top 100 or some such thing.