Diamond Futures’ Retrospective: Our 2006 Top 100

We were pretty sure that Delmon Young would reach stardom in 2006

A number of you have inquired recently as to where you can find our previous Top Prospect Lists. In response, we have begun to post our previous lists and will get through all of them before the season starts. Up until now we have provided recaps with the highlights and lowlights from our previous lists, but as we get to 2006, we still don’t know the future of many of the players on the list, so from here on out we will just provide the lists without commentary.

The complete list can be found below:


Diamond Futures 2006 Top 100

1 ) Young , Delmon
2 ) Upton , Justin
3 ) Wood , Brandon
4 ) Hermida , Jeremy
5 ) Marte , Andy
6 ) Billingsley , Chad
7 ) Fielder , Prince
8 ) Drew , Stephen
9 ) Markakis , Nick
10 ) Guzman , Joel
11 ) Butler , Billy
12 ) Liriano , Francisco
13 ) Barton , Daric
14 ) Saltalamacchia , Jarrod
15 ) Cain , Matt
16 ) LaRoche , Andy
17 ) Pie , Felix
18 ) Gonzalez , Giovany
19 ) Kendrick , Howie
20 ) Milledge , Lastings
21 ) Sanchez , Anibal
22 ) Zimmerman , Ryan
23 ) Jackson , Conor
24 ) Zumaya , Joel
25 ) Jones , Adam
26 ) Danks , John
27 ) Hart , Corey
28 ) Patton , Troy
29 ) Gonzales , Carlos
30 ) Braun , Ryan
31 ) Verlander , Justin
32 ) Jones , Brandon
33 ) Bailey , Homer
34 ) Petit , Yusmeiro
35 ) Young , Chris
36 ) Tiffany , Charles
37 ) Hughes , Philip
38 ) Broxton , Jonathan
39 ) Lester , Jon
40 ) Duncan , Eric
41 ) Gordon , Alex
42 ) Huber , Justin
43 ) Snyder , Brad
44 ) Moses , Matthew
45 ) Volquez , Edison
46 ) Reyes , Anthony
47 ) Stewart , Ian
48 ) Sowers , Jeremy
49 ) Olsen , Scott
50 ) Quentin , Carlos
51 ) Nieve , Fernando
52 ) Penn , Hayden
53 ) Clement , Jeff
54 ) Elbert , Scott
55 ) Mathis , Jeff
56 ) Niemann , Jeff
57 ) Diamond , Thomas
58 ) Weaver , Jered
59 ) Maybin , Cameron
60 ) Martin , Russell
61 ) Kemp , Matt
62 ) Snell , Ian
63 ) Pedroia , Dustin
64 ) Pelfrey , Mike
65 ) Cabrera , Asdrubal
66 ) Swarzak , Anthony
67 ) Hirsh , Jason
68 ) Andrus , Elvis
69 ) Loney , James
70 ) McCutchen , Andrew
71 ) Bruce , Jay
72 ) Teagarden , Taylor
73 ) Snelling , Chris
74 ) Johnson , Dan
75 ) Ramirez , Hanley
76 ) Loewen , Adam
77 ) Reimold , Nolan
78 ) Carrillo , Cesar
79 ) McGowan , Dustin
80 ) McGee , Jacob
81 ) Kinsler , Ian
82 ) Orenduff , Justin
83 ) Hammels , Cole
84 ) Snyder , Brandon
85 ) Bankston , Wes
86 ) Anderson , Brian
87 ) Martinez-Esteve , Eddy
88 ) Miller , Adam
89 ) Clippard , Tyler
90 ) Villanueva , Carlos
91 ) Tulowitzki , Troy
92 ) Jenks , Bobby
93 ) Rasmus , Colby
94 ) Hill , Rich
95 ) Morales , Kendry
96 ) Aybar , Erick
97 ) Napoli , Mike
98 ) Salome , Angel
99 ) Nolasco , Ricky
100 ) Hansen , Craig