Gabrielle O. Alvarez-Tillman - Contributing Reporter.
The blog writers seem to have less time these days as the blog editor seems to have shifted his staff to running the Tokyo Nomo, now known as the Scottsdale Sazeracs. But that said we are still here and will get articles up as we can; including this one about the top prospects in the league. Now we've ran all 4,324 through the computers - yes the computers, sorry Houston; not our fault they don't like NASA - and in record time of 0.00002 seconds it spit out this list of top Cobbfather prospects. That said, there are obviously going to miscalculations or omissions, it's part of any list. If we miss one of your guys, get over it; the blog isn't based in Canada and we aren't saying..."soar-ee". (EDITOR note: Is anyone actually Canadian here? - just having fun, don't want to offend). One last thing, the blog doesn't care where you have a player positioned currently, we base positions on where we think they should be played without being a detriment to the defense and the pitcher on the mound.
By the way, this was done during the offseason, so some players may have changed teams.
- Top Catchers
- Tier I
- Greg Thomson (R) - Huntington - AAA
- Graham Tatterree (R) - Atlanta - HiA
- Jose Johnson (R) - Mexico City - LoA
- Harry Belliard (R) - New Orleans - AAA
- Tier II
- Starling Mota (L) - Tacoma - AAA
- Anthony Febles (R) - Hartford - AA
- Emil Espinosa (R) - Minnesota - LoA
- Touki Terrell (S) - Jacksonville - AAA
- Top First Basemen
- Tier I
- Miguel Feliz (S) - Fargo - AA
- Tier II
- Nicky Anderson (L) - Mexico City - HiA
- Don Sano (R) - Tacoma - AAA
- TJ Bowman (R) - Mexico City - AAA
- Bronson Yamakazi (R) - New York - AAA
- JO Castro (R) - Charleston - AAA
- Radhames Sanchez (L) - Washington DC - RL
- Franklin Robertson (L) - Boston
- Top Second Basemen
- Tier I
- Al Vogt (R) - Minnesota - LoA
- Tier II
- Dewayne Jones (R) - Houston - AA
- Joakim Bocachica (S) - Tacoma - AAA
- Kid Kottaras (L) - Salem - RL
- Top Shortstops
- Tier I
- Gordon Eyre (R) - New York - ML (S60 #1 pick in Rule 5 this year)
- Duke Omogrosso (R) - Huntington - AAA
- Albert Dykstra (R) - Austin - LoA
- Tier II
- Jacob Helms (R) - Pittsburgh - AAA
- Viosergy Barrett (R) - Austin - AAA
- Top Third Basemen
- Tier I
- Lorenzo Mendez (R) - Buffalo - HiA
- Tier II
- Hector Pascual (R) - New York - AAA
- Malachi Mitchell (R) - New York - AAA
- Carl Walsh (R) - Hartford - LoA
- Freddy Smith (R) - Austin - AA
- Sid Jenkins (L) - Hartford - AAA
- David Parrott (R) - Scottsdale - HiA
- Top Left Fielders
- Tier I
- Chris Wagner (L) - Charleston - AA
- Reese Bruce (R) - Pittsburgh - AA
- Reid Taylor (R) - Charleston - AA
- Tier II
- Jamie Porter (R) - Buffalo - AAA
- Ali Hall (R) - Colorado Springs - AA
- Stephen Telford (R) - Washington DC - LoA
- Charles Suzuki (R) - New York - AAA
- Pascual Padilla (S) - Charleston - LoA
- James Bong (S) - Charleston - AAA
- Rob Wooster (R) - Montreal - LoA
- Top Center Fielders
- Tier I
- Larry Hall (L) - Tucson - AAA
- Tier II
- Dale Barker (R) - New Orleans - AAA
- Alex Terrero (R) - Tucson - AAA
- Hector Miles (L) - Fargo - AA
- Vic Martinez (S) - Atlanta - HiA
- Top Right Fielders
- Tier I
- Darrell Schneider (S) - Pittsburgh - LoA
- Stu Hawkins (L) - Montreal - LoA
- Tier II
- Kevin Walker (R) - Buffalo - AAA
- Top Designated Hitters
- Meh, the blog is now based in Scottsdale, an NL team. No need to rank DH, our fan base doesn't care about them. It's seems every team has 1-2 guys who can't field if their grandma's life depending on it but can smack the crap out of the ball.
- Top Fielders (future Rule 5 picks)
- Tier I
- Kaleb Niese (R) - Chicago - RL
- Erisbel De Leon (R) - Houston - RL
- Mack Shackleford (L) - Boston - LoA
- Miguel Hernandez (L) - New York - HiA
- Know how New York doesn't care about this guy? He's not in AAA with every other prospect that will eventually make the majors
- Tier II
- Viosergy Barrett (R) - Austin - AAA
- Taylor Moss (R) - Buffalo - AA
- Greg Slotnick (R) - Fargo - AA
- Rafael Urena (S) - Boston - AA
- Gene Parrish (R) - Vancouver - AAA
- Bronson Bang (R) - Chicago - HiA
Okay, and now for the pitchers.
- Top Starting Pitchers
- Tier I
- Kes Baines (R) - Augusta - RL
- Dave Cisco (R) - Augusta - HiA
- Dane Santayana (R) - Atlanta - AA
- Marwin Villanueva (R) - New York - AAA
- Tier II
- Efren Gutierrez (R) - Dover - AAA
- Gene Newson (R) - Jacksonville - AA
- Leyson Gregorius (R) - Augusta - RL
- Andrew Blume (L) - Buffalo - AA
- Al Estrada (L) - Washington DC - AA
- Roland Lambo (L) - Scottsdale - AA
- Top Relief Pitchers
- Tier I
- Logan Galloway (L) - Augusta - HiA
- Todd Parrish (L) - Boston - HiA
- Tier II
- Souta Tuivailala (L) - Colorado Springs - HiA
- Todd Torreyes (R) - New Orleans - AA
- David Matos (R) - Augusta - AA
- Allen Roberts (R) - Tacoma - AAA
- Derrick Dydalewicz (L) - New Orleans - AA
- Alexei Reynoso (R) - Tucson - LoA
- Jose Bazardo (L) - Atlanta - AAA
- Julio Mangual (R) - Anaheim - LoA
- Rosell Perez (R) - Scottsdale - HiA
- Alex Holmes (R) - Vancouver - AA
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