BA's Midseason Top 50 Prospects List

The article is for subscribers, but here's the list itself.


Rk. Player Pos. Team
1 Byron Buxton of Twins
2 Kris Bryant 3b Cubs
3 Carlos Correa ss Astros
4 Joey Gallo 3b Rangers
5 Addison Russell ss Cubs
6 Francisco Lindor ss Indians
7 Javier Baez ss Cubs
8 Jon Gray rhp Rockies
9 Miguel Sano 3b Twins
10 Dylan Bundy rhp Orioles
11 Lucas Giolito rhp Nationals
12 Archie Bradley rhp Diamondbacks
13 Julio Urias lhp Dodgers
14 Blake Swihart c Red Sox
15 Henry Owens lhp Red Sox
16 Corey Seager ss Dodgers
17 Austin Hedges c Padres
18 Joc Pederson of Dodgers
19 Noah Syndergaard rhp Mets
20 Robert Stephenson rhp Reds
21 Tyler Glasnow rhp Pirates
22 Raul A. Mondesi ss Royals
23 J.P. Crawford ss Phillies
24 Jameson Taillon rhp Pirates
25 Daniel Norris lhp Blue Jays
26 Kyle Zimmer rhp Royals
27 Jose Berrios rhp Twins
28 David Dahl of Rockies
29 Jesse Winker of Reds
30 Kohl Stewart rhp Twins
31 Hunter Harvey rhp Orioles
32 Alex Meyer rhp Twins
33 Arismendy Alcantara 2b Cubs
34 Luis Severino rhp Yankees
35 Josh Bell of Pirates
36 Braden Shipley rhp Diamondbacks
37 Nick Kingham rhp Pirates
38 Jimmy Nelson rhp Brewers
39 Hunter Dozier 3b Royals
40 Kevin Plawecki c Mets
41 Matt Wisler rhp Padres
42 Clint Frazier of Indians
43 Austin Meadows of Pirates
44 Aaron Blair rhp Diamondbacks
45 Jorge Alfaro c Rangers
46 D.J. Peterson 3b/1b Mariners
47 Dalton Pompey of Blue Jays
48 Brandon Nimmo of Mets
49 Stephen Piscotty of Cardinals
50 Maikel Franco 3b Phillies

Love seeing 5 Twins in the Top 32, especially the big jump by Berrios! Just got called up to AA last night.

28% of this list belongs to 3 teams:

Twins - 5
Pirates - 5
Cubs - 4

And the Cubs are absolutely loaded with prospects, obviously. This list doesn't even include Almora, Soler, Edwards, Johnson and more. I agree with Alcantara's big jump.

Buxton still #1 . Funny his cards, are still very, very cheap.

Great list.

Love seeing the Dahl, Alcantara, Bell and Winker jump.

The Franco decline is a bit depressing.

The Gallo ranking is aggressive IMO

The top two omissions from this list, IMO, are Michael Taylor (Nats) and Aaron Sanchez.

Taylor's been having a breakout year, although I'm guessing his K rate excluded him.

Sanchez's stuff is as it's always been, although I assume his control excluded him.

Was also hoping to see Folty make an appearance.

Finally, I was also curious to see where current Major Leaguers (who have yet to graduate from prospect status) would have ranked, such as Taijuan Walker and Mookie Betts.

No Almora either. Bad news bears.

Love the Jimmy Nelson love. Is Taillon that much better at this point?

3 Mets make the list #19 Syndergaard, #40 Plawecki and #48 Nimmo

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#13 , 17 years old, and two spots ABOVE Henry Owens?



Ranaudo and Webster should both be on the list.

Nice to know my team's only top prospect is #50 on this list :-(

allstars said:

Nice to know my team's only top prospect is #50 on this list :-(

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JP Crawford??

I'm surprised DJ Peterson is so low, I'm not asking top 25, but he should definitely be in the mid thirties.

Also a little bit surprised Alex Jackson is not on the list the consensus best bat in this years draft not even making top 50 is surprising.

SydBarrett said:

Also a little bit surprised Alex Jackson is not on the list the consensus best bat in this years draft not even making top 50 is surprising.

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No 2014 draft picks were included - that was deliberate.

Jaypers said:

No 2014 draft picks were included - that was deliberate.

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Did not know that. If you were making a top 100 including this year's, where would you put him? Ballpark is fine.

SydBarrett said:

Did not know that. If you were making a top 100 including this year's, where would you put him? Ballpark is fine.

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Probably in the 30's.

Schwing.


Would Morgan make your list?

SydBarrett said:

Schwing.


Would Morgan make your list?

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Gareth? No.

Michael Taylor has to make this list. He is an Adam Jones clone. He will get to 30 / 30 by the end of the season. I really can't understand his omission