Keith Law's Top 100 Prospects of 2014

[Jaypers]

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Top 100 prospects

RANK PLAYER POSITION TEAM
1 Byron Buxton CF MIN
2 Xander Bogaerts SS BOS
3 Addison Russell SS OAK
4 Carlos Correa SS HOU
5 Oscar Taveras OF STL
6 Francisco Lindor SS CLE
7 Javier Baez SS CHC
8 Miguel Sano 3B MIN
9 Archie Bradley RHP ARI
10 Kyle Zimmer RHP KC
11 Mark Appel RHP HOU
12 Jonathan Gray RHP COL
13 Gregory Polanco CF PIT
14 Julio Urias LHP LAD
15 Kris Bryant 3B CHC
16 Taijuan Walker RHP SEA
17 Eddie Butler RHP COL
18 Corey Seager SS/3B LAD
19 George Springer CF HOU
20 Tyler Glasnow RHP PIT
21 Lucas Giolito RHP WAS
22 Raul Mondesi SS KC
23 Kevin Gausman RHP BAL
24 Noah Syndergaard RHP NYM
25 Braden Shipley RHP ARI
26 Jorge Soler RF CHC
27 Jameson Taillon RHP PIT
28 Albert Almora CF CHC
29 Robert Stephenson RHP CIN
30 Aaron Sanchez RHP TOR
31 Dylan Bundy RHP BAL
32 Nick Castellanos 3B DET
33 Austin Hedges C SD
34 Andrew Heaney LHP MIA
35 Austin Meadows CF PIT
36 Travis d'Arnaud C NYM
37 Dominic Smith 1B NYM
38 Hunter Harvey RHP BAL
39 Matt Wisler RHP SD
40 Lucas Sims RHP ATL
41 Joc Pederson CF LAD
42 Henry Owens LHP BOS
43 Eduardo Rodriguez LHP BAL
44 Jorge Alfaro C TEX
45 Clint Frazier OF CLE
46 J.P. Crawford SS PHI
47 David Dahl OF COL
48 Max Fried LHP SD
49 Eddie Rosario CF/2B MIN
50 Yordano Ventura RHP KC
51 Jackie Bradley Jr. CF BOS
52 Billy Hamilton CF CIN
53 Garin Cecchini 3B BOS
54 Rosell Herrera SS COL
55 Colin Moran 3B MIA
56 Blake Swihart C BOS
57 Stephen Piscotty RF STL
58 Marcus Stroman RHP TOR
59 Erik Johnson RHP CWS
60 Rafael Montero RHP NYM
61 Mookie Betts 2B BOS
62 Alex Meyer RHP MIN
63 Maikel Franco 3B/1B PHI
64 Rougned Odor 2B TEX
65 A.J. Cole RHP WAS
66 Taylor Guerrieri RHP TB
67 C.J. Edwards RHP CHC
68 Gary Sanchez C NYY
69 Kyle Crick RHP SF
70 Mike Foltynewicz RHP HOU
71 Arismendy Alcantara 2B CHC
72 Chris Owings SS ARI
73 Nick Kingham RHP PIT
74 Alen Hanson SS PIT
75 Zach Lee RHP LAD
76 Kohl Stewart RHP MIN
77 Jesse Biddle LHP PHI
78 Jonathan Singleton 1B HOU
79 Hak-Ju Lee SS TB
80 Delino DeShields CF/LF HOU
81 Miguel Almonte RHP KC
82 Vincent Velazquez RHP HOU
83 Brian Goodwin CF WAS
84 Jake Marisnick CF MIA
85 Tyler Austin RF NYY
86 Jonathan Schoop 2B/3B BAL
87 Mason Williams CF NYY
88 Matt Davidson 3B CWS
89 Matt Barnes RHP BOS
90 Christian Bethancourt C ATL
91 Kolten Wong 2B STL
92 Brandon Nimmo OF NYM
93 Justin Nicolino LHP MIA
94 Hunter Renfroe OF SD
95 Nick Ciuffo C TB
96 Chris Anderson RHP LAD
97 Josh Bell OF PIT
98 Tim Anderson SS CWS
99 Jose Peraza SS ATL
100 Rob Kaminsky LHP STL

 

[BBCgalaxee]

Brandon nimmo!!!!!

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[clarkzac]

He's that high on Eddie Rosario? I also think Alex Meyer is too low. I pay closer attention to the Twins prospects though

 

[Bill Menard]

5 SS in the top 10?

Baez to #3 please

Sano too low at #9

Zimmer and Bradley too high. I like Walker before both of them

Syndergaard, Smith, and D'Arnaud are all too low. This guy must hate the Mets

JB Jr. - huh? what?

 

[longbomberz]

5 SS in the top 10?

Baez to #3 please

Sano too low at #9

Zimmer and Bradley too high. I like Walker before both of them

Syndergaard, Smith, and D'Arnaud are all too low. This guy must hate the Mets

JB Jr. - huh? what?

Go listen to this and see if you think he hates the Mets. http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=10368996

 

[All The Hype]

I know a lot of people are high on him but Addison Russell doesn't strike me as a top 5 guy. I wouldn't have him in the top 15 yet.

Again I admit that I'm biased but here's yet another list that feels like CJ Edwards is pretty low...he's been virtually unhittable in professional baseball. I wonder if another comparable season will help the 'experts' to have some faith in him.

Love seeing some Kyle Zimmer support...top 10 and second highest ranked pitcher. Like Edwards, Zimmer was untouchable in the second half once he made some adjustments. Projection certainly matters, but it seems like every year the 'experts' ignore guys who are ALREADY producing in lieu of guys who MIGHT produce down the road. I'm a fan of giving support to those guys who already are putting up numbers and making an impact on the field.




And an observation on pricing.......I find it interesting that Clint Frazier sells for close to what Buxton sells for, even though you're talking about the undisputed top prospect in baseball versus a guy who has fallen in the 40s and 50s on all these lists so far. If you're gonna spend $700 on a Frazier gold, why not pony up a few hundred more and go get a Buxton gold?

 

[padremurph]

Three Padres in the top 50, nice.

He's also high on the 2013 draft class yet low on Kohl Stewart at #76 .

 

[padremurph]

Three Padres in the top 50, nice.

He's also high on the 2013 draft class yet low on Kohl Stewart at #76 .

 

[padremurph]

Three Padres in the top 50, nice.

He's also high on the 2013 draft class yet low on Kohl Stewart at #76 .

 

[padremurph]

Sorry for the triple post, phone acting up...

 

[Bill Menard]

And an observation on pricing.......I find it interesting that Clint Frazier sells for close to what Buxton sells for, even though you're talking about the undisputed top prospect in baseball versus a guy who has fallen in the 40s and 50s on all these lists so far. If you're gonna spend $700 on a Frazier gold, why not pony up a few hundred more and go get a Buxton gold?

Well said. That is a good point. I think you could translate it right down the pipeline for all parallels and base and I think it applies to many of these guys, both high and low on THIS list that don't quite match up with what people are spending on guys, but this is definitely one of the bigger disparities.

 

[Bill Menard]

ok ok, he CLEARLY likes them.

Good listen. Interestingly, they discussed nearly everything I noted in the post!

Go listen to this and see if you think he hates the Mets. http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=10368996

 

[PeteD]

Jays have dropped off.

 

[r2d2]

Urias at 14?

 

[jbhofmann]

And an observation on pricing.......I find it interesting that Clint Frazier sells for close to what Buxton sells for, even though you're talking about the undisputed top prospect in baseball versus a guy who has fallen in the 40s and 50s on all these lists so far. If you're gonna spend $700 on a Frazier gold, why not pony up a few hundred more and go get a Buxton gold?

I call this the different product reasoning. Each release has the "golden boy" in it and regardless of if that kid is really a top level talent he will command "golden boy" prices on the outset.

 

[shayscards79]

Like Rosario at 49. Like Polancos ranking compared to some others. Russell probably isn't deserving to be in the top five yet.

 

[LazerShow15]

Wow he hates the BREWERS, dead last, come on Keith!!!!!