BA published their top ten prospects today. The mystery of who would be number one was finally solved, BA went with the Batters Box concensus and Zach Stewart ascended to the top of the list.
Here are the top ten with the Batters Box ranking appearing after the name:
1. Zach Stewart (1)
2. JP Arencibia (5)
3. Chad Jenkins (4)
4. David Cooper (6)
5. Henderson Alvarez (3)
6. Jake Marisnick (29)
7. Josh Roenicke (not ranked)
8. Brad Mills (11)
9. Justin Jackson (14)
10. Carlos Perez (8)
The big differnce between BA and Batters Box was Moises Sierra. BB had Sierra at #2, BA has him out of the top ten. We will get an answer from BA on that later today. BA put Marisnick in their top ten while we here at daBox usually are slower to credit newly drafted players. Other than Sierra, there are three Batters Box top ten prospects who were not in BA's top ten, they are Tyler Pastornicky, Danny Farquhar and Tim Collins.
BA will take questions from insiders at 3pm today. Look for lot's of questions such as "Where would Philly player X rank on this list? Or, "how much better will the system be with the three Philly players?" Any noteworthy comments will be added here.
Comments from the BA chat:
Egan Smith is not in the top 30
Brian Dopirak is in
Johermyn Chavez was not considered for the top ten due to his uneven history
Eric Thames is impressive and in the top 30 but his injury history holds him back
Ryan Goins is not a major league SS
Kevin Ahrens just missed the top ten
Gustavo Pierre is very raw
Moises Sierra missed the top ten as BA is not sold on his power
https://www.battersbox.ca/article.php?story=20091215114501603