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calsnowskier
Sarcastic F-wad
I posted this over at the dumdum, but I thought you guys would enjoy as well...
This is my top-10 list as of now. I put it together relatively quickly, so I am sure there are points of argument to be had, so blast away
1) Brandon Belt
2) Zach Wheeler
3) Thomas Neal
4) Brandon Crawford
5) Steve Edlefson
6) Charlie Culberson
7) Gary Brown
8) Francisco Peguero
9) Thomas Joseph
10) Chris Dominguez
I used a mix of MLB-ready and potential. This is not consistent (I included Wheeler, but left RafRod off, for example), but I worked off of gut as well. I probably have Edlefson rated too high, to be honest, but he will likely be graduating this year, so that carried a lot of weight.
Others could make a move: Jones, Perez, Surkamp, Verdugo, Kickham, Gillaspie, Noonan, Rodriguez, Windster, Willoughby, Villalona(!!)
Our top 2 prospects are legit top 2 prospect. Any team in the MLB would be happy to have them as their top 2 prospects, especially given that we just graduated 2 A+ blue-chippers and a solid B prospect from the system this year.
After that, however, there is a pretty steep downgrade at the top. The system is deep, but not top-heavy. Let's hope we have a guy or two step up to be a legit B+ or better prospect this year. Early faves would be Neal, Culberson, Gillaspie, and Jones.
This is my top-10 list as of now. I put it together relatively quickly, so I am sure there are points of argument to be had, so blast away

1) Brandon Belt
2) Zach Wheeler
3) Thomas Neal
4) Brandon Crawford
5) Steve Edlefson
6) Charlie Culberson
7) Gary Brown
8) Francisco Peguero
9) Thomas Joseph
10) Chris Dominguez
I used a mix of MLB-ready and potential. This is not consistent (I included Wheeler, but left RafRod off, for example), but I worked off of gut as well. I probably have Edlefson rated too high, to be honest, but he will likely be graduating this year, so that carried a lot of weight.
Others could make a move: Jones, Perez, Surkamp, Verdugo, Kickham, Gillaspie, Noonan, Rodriguez, Windster, Willoughby, Villalona(!!)
Our top 2 prospects are legit top 2 prospect. Any team in the MLB would be happy to have them as their top 2 prospects, especially given that we just graduated 2 A+ blue-chippers and a solid B prospect from the system this year.
After that, however, there is a pretty steep downgrade at the top. The system is deep, but not top-heavy. Let's hope we have a guy or two step up to be a legit B+ or better prospect this year. Early faves would be Neal, Culberson, Gillaspie, and Jones.