Baseball Prospectus Updated Top 5 Prospects

chompsmcgee · Jun 26, 2013

They just released an updated Top 50 but you have to be a subscriber to view.

Baseball Prospectus | Prospects Will Break Your Heart: The Mid-Season Top 50 Prospects

New Top 5:

1. Byron Buxton
2. Oscar Taveras
3. Xander Bogaerts
4. Francisco Lindor
5. Archie Bradley

Other notes detailed on Sickel's site:

Mark Appel [URL=http://www.freedomcardboard.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1]#18[/URL]
Jonathan Gray #33
Julio Urias #41
Lucas Sims #50

Solid top 5, Buxton has certainly earned his share of hype. Not sold on him as #1 but he's certainly top 5 status. I am big on Oscar, Xander, and Lindor so nice to see them so high, especially Lindor. And a good argument could be made for Archie as the top pitching prospect but I'm biased for Taijuan as he's younger and now doing his thing at a higher level.

phillyfan0417 · Jun 26, 2013

Lindor is a surprise although a good one.

Isnt maikel franco now in the top 50? I believe he's 41 or 42...

padremurph · Jun 26, 2013

Liking Austin hedges at #13 . Hope his card prices start to pick up.

chompsmcgee · Jun 26, 2013

phillyfan0417 said:
Lindor is a surprise although a good one.

I'm pleasantly surprised by this as well. He hasn't exactly been a darling of prospect prognosticators or the casual fan who favors statistics. Such an aggressive ranking for Lindor is pretty refreshing.

phillyfan0417 · Jun 26, 2013

chompsmcgee said:
I'm pleasantly surprised by this as well. He hasn't exactly been a darling of prospect prognosticators or the casual fan who favors statistics. Such an aggressive ranking for Lindor is pretty refreshing.

I think its a testament to his overall game and he has so much room for growth. 30 walks and 30 K's and 18 stolen bases. his stats are impressive even with the fact he wasnt so great for a couple of weeks. there is almost nothing not to like about him...

shayscards79 · Jun 26, 2013

Alen Hanson > Lindor Imo

SydBarrett · Jun 26, 2013

Did Brad Miller make the list?

chompsmcgee · Jun 26, 2013

SydBarrett said:
Did Brad Miller make the list?

I can't confirm this. However, if he were a legit SS defensively I think there would be a good possibility. Dude can hit, we all know that by now. Yet every game I've watched him play SS he makes me cringe at least 2-3 times, mostly on the routine grounders.

There is still a lingering question of what will ultimately be his everyday position, but I'm definitely hoping he can work out those issues and become our SS of the future.

The thought of this infield is something for M's fans to be excited about:
1B Peterson
2B Franklin
SS Miller
3B Seager

jcmint · Jun 26, 2013

I am a big Lindor fan but thats too high for a guy who has showed very little power. The rest of his game is stout but without much power he will be exposed in the bigs

SydBarrett · Jun 26, 2013

chompsmcgee said:
I can't confirm this. However, if he were a legit SS defensively I think there would be a good possibility. Dude can hit, we all know that by now. Yet every game I've watched him play SS he makes me cringe at least 2-3 times, mostly on the routine grounders.

There is still a lingering question of what will ultimately be his everyday position, but I'm definitely hoping he can work out those issues and become our SS of the future.

The thought of this infield is something for M's fans to be excited about:
1B Peterson
2B Franklin
SS Miller
3B Seager

I read a really interesting writeup yesterday on Brad Miller and playing shortstop, and comparing him to Jeter's first year at AAA and how that are very similar defensively (with the exception that Miller is two years older). I have watched almost every game he has played in Tacoma, and a majority at Jackson (MiLB is awesome) and you can really tell that Miller is a confidence player. I firmly believe he's going to stay at shortstop and be very successful defensively (obviously not as good as Ryan).

chompsmcgee · Jun 26, 2013

jcmint said:
I am a big Lindor fan but thats too high for a guy who has showed very little power. The rest of his game is stout but without much power he will be exposed in the bigs

Lindor's never going to flash much power as it's just not part of his game. As mentioned, his all around game is stout - defense and arm tools are already elite, hit and speed tools are plus - and 4 legit tools are just not that common. Jose Reyes has had a very nice career with a similar skill-set.

phillyfan0417 · Jun 26, 2013

jcmint said:
I am a big Lindor fan but thats too high for a guy who has showed very little power. The rest of his game is stout but without much power he will be exposed in the bigs

Exposed for what? A .300 hitter who steals 30 bases with tons of doubles? Also, a gold glove caliber SS...

I'll take that exposure every day and twice on sunday.

Weimer · Jun 26, 2013

I should sell all of my Archie Bradley stuff...

jcmint · Jun 26, 2013

Reyes had alot more pop in his bat then Lindor has at this point. I am saying in the bigs he can be overpowered. I dont see him with alot of extra base hits in the bigs. I also believe we are touching on card values here. Is he gonna come up and hit a bunch of basehits and explode. I just dont see it and the Cleveland market stinks. I am invested in him but I honestly dont see a hobby star here.

phillyfan0417 said:
Exposed for what? A .300 hitter who steals 30 bases with tons of doubles? Also, a gold glove caliber SS...

I'll take that exposure every day and twice on sunday.

phillyfan0417 · Jun 26, 2013

jcmint said:
Reyes had alot more pop in his bat then Lindor has at this point. I am saying in the bigs he can be overpowered. I dont see him with alot of extra base hits in the bigs. I also believe we are touching on card values here. Is he gonna come up and hit a bunch of basehits and explode. I just dont see it and the Cleveland market stinks. I am invested in him but I honestly dont see a hobby star here.

With almost zero fanfare his gem chrome base sell in the 60's. that with almost no real buzz. If you're talking from card values, its not a huge leap that its a 100 dollar chrome with some press...

sheetskout · Jun 26, 2013

I don't get how someone can do what he did to the FSL at 19/20 years old and not make that list.

Miguel Sano Minor League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com

jcmint · Jun 26, 2013

can never see that happening, honestly. Carry this hype to the bigs, not gonna be easy. He has had plenty of buzz within the last year.

phillyfan0417 said:
With almost zero fanfare his gem chrome base sell in the 60's. that with almost no real buzz. If you're talking from card values, its not a huge leap that its a 100 dollar chrome with some press...

jcmint · Jun 26, 2013

Agreed with that bat I dont get it either.

sheetskout said:
I don't get how someone can do what he did to the FSL at 19/20 years old and not make that list.

Miguel Sano Minor League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com

shayscards79 · Jun 27, 2013

sheetskout said:
I don't get how someone can do what he did to the FSL at 19/20 years old and not make that list.

Miguel Sano Minor League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com

Id be willing to bet he's in BA's top 5 when that comes out in about a week.

SamHell · Jun 27, 2013

Gotta renew my BA subscription. Jason's prospect articles are always solid but he mixes in his own little touches so you know he's not just throwing out the same old list as everyone else.

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