Mid-Season Top 100 Prospects

Matt Wieters heads the list...at least until he uses up his eligibilty in a couple of weeks

We just completed our mid-season Performance Evaluations for each of the full-season leagues and with most of the full-season leagues in the midst of their All-Star breaks, it seems like a good time to update our Top 100 prospect list. This list is our list of who we feel, and that the numbers support, has the best combination of the two “C’s”—‘ceiling’ and ‘certainty’. No young player in baseball represents that more than the Orioles Matt Wieters, and he heads our list. Keep in mind that we considered only players that have not exceeded their ‘rookie eligibility’ (130 MLB ABs or 60 IP), and we did consider any of the 2009 draft picks that have already signed.

The list has some changes from our pre-season list, though many of the changes were due to players no longer being eligible. Five players fell from the Top 20 (Moustakas, Freeman, Hosmer, Bowden and Morrison) and they were replaced by Gordon Beckham, Carlos Santana, Desmond Jennings, Jesus Montero and Neftali Feliz. As to which teams fare the best, the Rangers still have the deepest system in baseball, placing 9 players on the list. They are followed by the Orioles, Indians and Athletics which each placed seven players. On the negative side, the Tigers, Cubs, Astros and Diamondbacks have only one player each.

We haven’t provided any write-ups, as we will do with the 2010 Pre-Season list, but we will be happy to answer any questions or address any comments over the next couple of weeks. Just post your question as a comment to this article, or feel free to email us at baseballnumbers@ix.netcom.com.

2009 Mid-Season Top 100 Prospects

1 ) Wieters, Matt C BAL ETA: 2009
2 ) Parker, Jarrod RHP ARZ ETA: 2010
3 ) Heyward, Jason OF ATL ETA: 2010
4 ) Alderson, Tim RHP SFG ETA: 2010
5 ) Bumgarner, Madison LHP SFG ETA: 2010
6 ) Price, David LHP TBR ETA: 2009
7 ) Posey, Buster C SFG ETA: 2010
8 ) Hanson, Tommy RHP ATL ETA: 2009
9 ) Smoak, Justin 1B TEX ETA: 2010
10 ) McCutchen, Andrew CF PIT ETA: 2009
11 ) Beckham, Gordon SS CHA ETA: 2009
12 ) Santana, Carlos C CLE ETA: 2009
13 ) Stanton, Mike OF FLA ETA: 2011
14 ) Tillman, Chris RHP BAL ETA: 2009
15 ) Martinez, Fernando OF NYM ETA: 2009
16 ) Jennings, Desmond OF TBR ETA: 2010
17 ) Alvarez, Pedro 3B PIT ETA: 2010
18 ) Montero, Jesus C NYY ETA: 2011
19 ) Vitters, Josh 3B CHN ETA: 2011
20 ) Feliz, Neftali RHP TEX ETA: 2009
21 ) Wallace, Brett 3B STL ETA: 2010
22 ) Chacin, Jhoulys RHP COL ETA: 2010
23 ) Holland, Derek LHP TEX ETA: 2009
24 ) Anderson, Lars 1B BOS ETA: 2010
25 ) Gamel, Mat 3B MIL ETA: 2009
26 ) Brown, Dominic OF PHI ETA: 2011
27 ) Matusz, Brian LHP BAL ETA: 2010
28 ) LaPorta, Matt 1B/LF CLE ETA: 2009
29 ) Beckham, Tim SS TBR ETA: 2011
30 ) Jackson, Austin OF NYY ETA: 2009
31 ) Latos, Mat RHP SDP ETA: 2010
32 ) Rondon, Hector RHP CLE ETA: 2010
33 ) Reimold, Nolan OF BAL ETA: 2009
34 ) Norris, Derek C WSN ETA: 2012
35 ) Freeman, Freddie 1B ATL ETA: 2011
36 ) Kelly, Casey RHP BOS ETA: 2012
37 ) Medlen, Kris RHP ATL ETA: 2009
38 ) Taylor, Michael OF PHI ETA: 2010
39 ) Hicks, Aaron CF MIN ETA: 2011
40 ) Villalona, Angel 1B SFG ETA: 2011
41 ) Hosmer, Eric 1B KCR ETA: 2011
42 ) Alonso, Yonder 1B CIN ETA: 2010
43 ) Moustakas, Mike 3B? KCR ETA: 2011
44 ) Hellickson, Jeremy RHP TBR ETA: 2009
45 ) Flores, Wilmer SS NYM ETA: 2011
46 ) Lawrie, Brett 2B? MIL ETA: 2011
47 ) Revere, Ben OF MIN ETA: 2011
48 ) Bowden, Michael RHP BOS ETA: 2009
49 ) Cardenas, Adrian 2B OAK ETA: 2010
50 ) Mejia, Jenry RHP NYM ETA: 2011
51 ) Chisenhall, Lonnie 3B/2B CLE ETA: 2011
52 ) Decker, Jaff OF SDP ETA: 2011
53 ) Carrasco, Carlos RHP PHI ETA: 2009
54 ) Escobar, Alcides SS MIL ETA: 2009
55 ) Reckling, Trevor LHP LAA ETA: 2010
56 ) Mazzaro, Vin RHP OAK ETA: 2009
57 ) Walden, Jordan RHP LAA ETA: 2010
58 ) Morrison, Logan 1B FLA ETA: 2010
59 ) Perez, Martin LHP TEX ETA: 2011
60 ) Tabata, Jose OF PIT ETA: 2010
61 ) Coghlan, Chris 2B FLA ETA: 2009
62 ) Viciedo, Dayan 3B/1B CHA ETA: 2010
63 ) Wheeler, Tim OF COL ETA: 2011
64 ) Liddi, Alex 3B SEA ETA: 2011
65 ) Carp, Mike 1B SEA ETA: 2009
66 ) Snyder, Brandon 1B BAL ETA: 2010
67 ) Arrieta, Jake RHP BAL ETA: 2010
68 ) Drabek, Kyle RHP PHI ETA: 2011
69 ) Gonzalez, Gio LHP OAK ETA: 2009
70 ) Danks, Jordan OF CHA ETA: 2010
71 ) Dominguez, Matt 3B FLA ETA: 2011
72 ) Teagarden, Taylor C TEX ETA: 2009
73 ) Triunfel, Carlos SS SEA ETA: 2011
74 ) Poreda, Aaron LHP CHA ETA: 2009
75 ) Friedrich, Christian LHP COL ETA: 2011
76 ) McDonald, James RHP LAD ETA: 2009
77 ) Bard, Daniel RHP BOS ETA: 2009
78 ) Weeks, Jemile 2B OAK ETA: 2010
79 ) Hernandez, David RHP BAL ETA: 2009
80 ) Cunningham, Aaron OF OAK ETA: 2009
81 ) Ynoa, Michael RHP OAK ETA: 2012
82 ) Burgess, Michael OF WSN ETA: 2011
83 ) Cecil, Brett LHP TOR ETA: 2009
84 ) Hernandez, Gorkys CF PIT ETA: 2010
85 ) Davis, Wade RHP TBR ETA: 2009
86 ) Jones, Darryl OF STL ETA: 2010
87 ) Marrero, Chris 1B WSN ETA: 2011
88 ) Lyles, Jordan RHP HOU ETA: 2011
89 ) Martin, Ethan RHP LAD ETA: 2012
90 ) Francisco, Juan 3B CIN ETA: 2010
91 ) Crosby, Casey LHP DET ETA: 2012
92 ) Salome, Angel C MIL ETA: 2009
93 ) Frazier, Todd OF CIN ETA: 2010
94 ) Tazawa, Junichi RHP BOS ETA: 2010
95 ) Withrow, Chris RHP LAD ETA: 2010
96 ) Aumont, Phillippe RHP SEA ETA: 2011
97 ) Brackman, Andrew RHP NYY ETA: 2011
98 ) Banuelos, Manuel LHP NYY ETA: 2012
99 ) Inman, Will RHP SDP ETA: 2010
100 ) Holt, Brad RHP NYM ETA: 2010

Just missed: Carter, Chris 1B OAK; Brantley, Michael LF CLE; McAllister, Zach RHP NYY; Gilles, Tyson OF SEA; Knapp, Jason RHP PHI; Duffy, Dan LHP KCR; Arencibia, J.P. C TOR; Ramirez, Max C/1B TEX; Montgomery, Mike LHP KCR; Borbon, Julio CF, TEX; Kiker, Kasey LHP TEX; Main, Michael RHP TEX; Gomez, Jenmar RHP CLE; Lambo, Andrew LF LAD; Huff, David LHP CLE.