Well, it's officially Prospect List season. Three Blue Jays hopefuls make the Top 100 this year, though not necessarily in the order you might have thought.
Ok, the list can be found here.
Orioles' Catcher Matt Wieters edged out Tampa's David Price for the #1 slot. As for the Jays:
Travis Snider ranked 6th, J.P. Arencibia 43rd, and Brett Cecil 72nd.
As you may recall, the Box crew ranked Cecil ahead of Arencibia. Though I don't have my notes handy, I recall Cecil being #2 almost unanimously on our individual lists.
Other notes from BA's list:
- Colby Rasmus ranking #3 overall. Despite hitting 252/351/401 in 90 injury plagued games, Rasmus somehow moved up two slots.
- Tampa SS Reid Brignac's fall from grace continues. After dropping from 17th to 39th between 2007 and 2008, Brignac's 0-for-10 stint in the Majors and .188 average in AAA after his demotion earned him another drop, this time to 78th overall.
- Canadian Brett Lawrie finds himself 81st overall, while fellow Canuck Phillippe Aumont ranks 93rd.
- As for the rest of the AL East, the Rays lay claim to #s 2 (Price), 28 (SS Tim Beckham), 32 (SP Wade Davis), 78 (SS Brignac), and 80 (OF Desmond Jennings).
- The Orioles feature four of their own: #1 (C Wieters), 22 (SP Chris Tillman), 25 (SP Brian Matusz), and 67 (SP Jake Arrieta).
- The Red Sox list lost some lustre with the graduation of Jacoby Ellsbury and Clay Buchholz. That said, they're still fairly well represented by #17 (1B Lars Anderson), 83 (SP Michael Bowden), and 98 (SP Daniel Bard).
- The Yankees' contingent is perhaps the weakest in the division with OF Austin Jackson 36th, Catcher Jesus Montero 38th, and SP Andrew Brackman 92nd. A note on Brackman, though. He's yet to throw a professional pitch despite being drafted in 2007. Brackman underwent Tommy John surgery shortly after the draft and is expected to make his debut this April. Many predict great things from Brackman so he may vault up this list fairly quickly.
So, all that said, feel free to post your own thoughts on BA's list or any others you find out there.
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