Midseason top prospects

[navamind]

BA's midseason top 100

Baseball Prospectus midseason top 50

both agree on Moncada as the #1 prospect. BA has Vlad Jr. at #2 whereas BP has him at #13. That bat could be pretty special especially if he sticks at 3rd. He's hitting .316/.409/.480 in the Midwest league at 18 years old. He has more walks than strikeouts.

 

[Mike A. S.]

Giolito and Crawford falling far...

 

[richig07]

Giolito and Crawford falling far...

That'll happen when you carry a 5.00+ ERA and a 1.488 WHIP through half of the season in AAA.

 

[navamind]

That'll happen when you carry a 5.00+ ERA and a 1.488 WHIP through half of the season in AAA.

For such a highly touted prospect, his K/BB rates above A+ ball haven't been all that impressive. Still, age is a factor and he is about 5 years younger than the average AAA player. But he is giving up home runs and his walk rate's high. I still think he'll be good but I don't think he'll be an ace.

 

[Rock Strongo]

BA's midseason top 100

Baseball Prospectus midseason top 50

both agree on Moncada as the #1 prospect. BA has Vlad Jr. at #2 whereas BP has him at #13. That bat could be pretty special especially if he sticks at 3rd. He's hitting .316/.409/.480 in the Midwest league at 18 years old. He has more walks than strikeouts.

watched the minor league all star game this weekend

vlad jr is going to be very very good

 

[Rock Strongo]

i also felt old watching bo bichette.

 

[navamind]

MLB's midseason top 100 is out:

MLB.com 2017 Prospect Watch

Yoan Moncada tops 2017 midseason Prospect list

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Prediction: Bo Bichette's a top 15 prospect by season's end.

 

[navamind]

Chavis is currently hitting .270/.297/.486 (106 wRC+) in 118 PA since getting promoted to AA. He does need to draw more walks, but it's encouraging to see he's only struck out 17 times (14.4%). His strikeout rate was 22.8% in Salem before he got promoted.

 

[Mike A. S.]

MLB's midseason top 100 is out:

MLB.com 2017 Prospect Watch

Yoan Moncada tops 2017 midseason Prospect list

There's actually a lot more change to it then I thought there'd be!

 

[Fountain City Blues]

As expected: No Royals prospects

 

[Rock Strongo]

MLB's midseason top 100 is out:

MLB.com 2017 Prospect Watch

Yoan Moncada tops 2017 midseason Prospect list

bo bichette and vlad jr are going to terrorize the AL east within 3 years.

fucking jays killed it

 

[Rock Strongo]

Prediction: Bo Bichette's a top 15 prospect by season's end.

hes going to lap his father...different types of player, but bo is 5 times what his old man was.

i hope he has his old mans bat flip

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

bo bichette and vlad jr are going to terrorize the AL east within 3 years.

fucking jays killed it

If the Jays can turn Donaldson into another blue chipper they'll be set.

Interesting how few pitchers there are at the top of that list though. They'll probably have a premium on them going forward in trade talks.

 

[$500 Million]

Clint Frazier falls from #33 to #49, shows you what these rankings are worth.

 

[navamind]

Clint Frazier falls from #33 to #49, shows you what these rankings are worth.

Those rankings also include guys from this year's MLB draft. And some of the guys that passed him were guys that were drafted last year and have seen their stock skyrocket (i.e. A.J. Puk, Ronald Acuna).

It's not like Frazier doesn't have question marks, he's struck out a fair amount (21.3% in AAA, 28.6% so far in MLB) and some scouts have said his plate discipline can be erratic. Frazier's hit well at every level, but he hasn't really dominated any of those levels either.

MLB Rookie Profile: Clint Frazier, OF, New York Yankees

Is it really worth fretting over someone being ranked 49th anyway?

 

[$500 Million]

Is it really worth fretting over someone being ranked 49th anyway?

Not really, just goes to show that these rankings are a guide, not a bible.

In 2014 Baseball America had Gary Sanchez ranked #1 in the Yankee organization and Dellin Betances was #26, Betances finished 3rd in ROY voting that year.

 

[navamind]

Not really, just goes to show that these rankings are a guide, not a bible.

In 2014 Baseball America had Gary Sanchez ranked #1 in the Yankee organization and Dellin Betances was #26, Betances finished 3rd in ROY voting that year.

That's why it's a better idea to look at different rankings rather than just one. There's always a level of uncertainty with prospects.

As for Betances, he was up and down as a SP in the minors, so I think that's why he was ranked so low. He had a career walk rate of 4.9 in the minors. The Yankees hadn't moved him to the bullpen until sometime around the 2013 season. The year before that, he had an ERA north of 6 and he walked almost a batter per inning in AAA, not to mention he had three different trials in AAA. That ranking doesn't look great now, but I can see why they were low on him at the time. There was some sense of prospect fatigue and he had just recently become a reliever.

 

[navamind]

Beyond The Box Score did a good piece a few years ago on BA Top 100 lists. Not sure if I can find anything recent.

Are the Best Players Former Prospects?

 

[navamind]

Fangraphs KATOH midseason top 100 is out. Vlad Jr. is #1. Moncada is #3.

KATOH’s Midseason 2017 Top-100 | FanGraphs Baseball