Baseball America’s Top 10 Cubs Prospects
November 16th, 2009 | by Mark |Baseball America released its list of the Cubs’ Top 10 prospects today. As I put together my own list of the Cubs’ Top 10 Prospects, I thought it would be fun to compare my list to the experts. Here are the respective lists:
Baseball America
- Starlin Castro
- Brett Jackson
- Josh Vitters
- Andrew Cashner
- Jay Jackson
- Hak-Ju Lee
- Logan Watkins
- Chris Carpenter
- Ryan Flaherty
- D.J. LeMahieu
My list:
- Josh Vitters
- Starlin Castro
- Andrew Cashner
- Jay Jackson
- Hak-Ju Lee
- Tyler Colvin
- Ryan Flaherty
- Chris Carpenter
- Brandon Guyer
- Steve Clevenger
First of all, I completely had a brain freeze when it came to Brett Jackson. He is certainly one of the Cubs top prospects and deservedly ranked high by Baseball America. If I had not forgotten about him, I probably would have included him in my top 5 (probably around 4 or 5).
Second, my rankings are based on the players stats and scouting reports of others (such as Baseball America), so some players with more minor league experience got the benefit of the doubt over others (e.g. LeMahieu and Watkins) who have limited experience.
The lists are pretty close. With the exception of Brett Jackson, we both have the same top 5 with only minor differences in order. The bottom 5, where things become more subjective, is where we have the most differences.
So, overall, not too bad for a non-scout “stathead”. However, for those of you who are in Dynasty Leagues and are constantly looking for the next hot prospect, I would recommend suscribing to Baseball America. They are the true experts when it comes minor league baseball.
Tags: Andrew Cashner, Brandon Guyer, Brett Jackson, Chris Carpenter, D.J. Lemahieu, Hak-Ju Lee, Jay Jackson, Josh Vitters, Logan Watkins, Ryan Flaherty, Stalin Castro, Starlin Castro, Steve Clevenger, Tyler Colvin
