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Written by J Status
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Sunday, 28 December 2008 |
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Here is the list of Top 75 prospects to own in your deep keeper fantasy pool. This is not a reflection of a player’s actual upside in the MLB, but more of an indicator of his value in pools. It takes into account how many years away from the majors a player is, as well as his upside. Besides basic statistical comparisons, age versus competition level is an important factor in the analysis. Projected position is also given significant weight.
In general, a player must play 50 games as a hitter or make 15 appearances as a pitcher to be removed from this list. You should never find any players over the age of 29 on this list. Still, baseball has a very large share of late bloomers in the late 20's. Regardless, all cases for qualification as a prospect will be subject to my discretion. Graduates: None (Most graduates will not appear on Top 100 Hitters/Pitchers until the following month's update) | Dec | Player | Team | Pos | Score | Nov | Change | | 1 | David Price | TB | P | 263.9 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | Matt Wieters | BAL | C | 261.9 | 2 | 0 | | 3 | Travis Snider | TOR | OF | 256.5 | 3 | 0 | | 4 | Cameron Maybin | FLA | OF | 256.0 | 4 | 0 | | 5 | Phil Hughes | NYY | P | 253.5 | 6 | 1 | | 6 | Brandon Wood | LAA | SS/3B | 253.0 | 5 | -1 | | 7 | Nelson Cruz | TEX | OF | 252.0 | 7 | 0 | | 8 | Chris Volstad | FLA | P | 250.9 | 8 | 0 | | 9 | Madison Bumgarner | SF | P | 250.7 | 9 | 0 | | 10 | Andrew McCutchen | PIT | OF | 248.7 | 10 | 0 | | 11 | Mat Gamel | MIL | 3B | 248.7 | 11 | 0 | | 12 | Mike Moustakas | KC | SS | 248.6 | 12 | 0 | | 13 | Anibal Sanchez | FLA | P | 248.2 | 13 | 0 | | 14 | Trevor Cahill | OAK | P | 248.1 | 14 | 0 | | 15 | Max Scherzer | ARI | P | 246.8 | 18 | 3 | | 16 | Rick Porcello | DET | P | 246.8 | 15 | -1 | | 17 | Dexter Fowler | COL | OF | 246.8 | 17 | 0 | | 18 | Carlos Triunfel | SEA | SS | 246.7 | 16 | -2 | | 19 | Jesus Montero | NYY | C | 246.7 | 19 | 0 | | 20 | Matt LaPorta | MIL | OF | 244.7 | 20 | 0 | | 21 | Angel Villalona | SF | 1B | 244.6 | 22 | 1 | | 22 | Jason Heyward | ATL | RF | 244.1 | 21 | -1 | | 23 | Brett Anderson | OAK | P | 244.1 | 23 | 0 | | 24 | Mike Stanton | FLA | OF | 244.0 | 24 | 0 | | 25 | Jholys Chacin | COL | P | 243.7 | 25 | 0 | | 26 | Colby Rasmus | STL | OF | 242.4 | 26 | 0 | | 27 | Wade Davis | TB | P | 242.3 | 27 | 0 | | 28 | Dallas McPherson | FLA | 3B | 242.2 | 28 | 0 | | 29 | Hank Conger | LAA | C | 241.8 | 29 | 0 | | 30 | Alcides Escobar | MIL | SS | 241.7 | 30 | 0 | | 31 | Neftali Feliz | TEX | P | 241.6 | 31 | 0 | | 32 | Chris Tillman | BAL | P | 240.2 | 32 | 0 | | 33 | Jaime Garcia | STL | P | 239.9 | 33 | 0 | | 34 | Pablo Sandoval | SF | C/1B/3B | 239.9 | 35 | 1 | | 35 | Jose Tabata | PIT | OF | 239.7 | 36 | 1 | | 36 | Gordon Beckham | CWS | SS | 239.7 | 34 | -2 | | 37 | Tim Beckham | TB | SS | 239.2 | 40 | 3 | | 38 | Chris Dickerson | CIN | OF | 239.2 | 37 | -1 | | 39 | Kendry Morales | LAA | 1B/RF | 239.1 | 38 | -1 | | 40 | Fernando Martinez | NYM | OF | 238.9 | 39 | -1 | | 41 | Austin Jackson | NYY | OF | 238.3 | 41 | 0 | | 42 | Josh Fields | CWS | 3B/OF | 238.1 | 42 | 0 | | 43 | Lars Anderson | BOS | 1B | 236.5 | 43 | 0 | | 44 | Tim Alderson | SF | P | 236.5 | 44 | 0 | | 45 | Kila Kaaihue | KC | 1B | 235.8 | 45 | 0 | | 46 | Jarrod Parker | ARI | P | 235.6 | 46 | 0 | | 47 | Brett Wallace | STL | 3B | 235.5 | 47 | 0 | | 48 | Jake McGee | TB | P | 235.3 | 48 | 0 | | 49 | Elvis Andrus | TEX | SS | 235.2 | 49 | 0 | | 50 | Josh Vitters | CHC | 3B | 235.1 | 50 | 0 | | 51 | Carlos Carrasco | PHI | P | 234.9 | 51 | 0 | | 52 | Engel Beltre | TEX | OF | 234.4 | 52 | 0 | | 53 | Micheal Burgess | WAS | OF | 233.4 | 54 | 1 | | 54 | Gio Gonzalez | OAK | P | 232.5 | 55 | 1 | | 55 | Scott Lewis | CLE | P | 232.3 | 53 | -2 | | 56 | Junichi Tazawa | BOS | P | 232.2 | 56 | 0 | | 57 | Wladimir Balentien | SEA | OF | 232.1 | 57 | 0 | | 58 | Chris Marrero | WAS | 1B | 231.9 | 58 | 0 | | 59 | Angel Guzman | CHC | P | 231.9 | 59 | 0 | | 60 | Kason Gabbard | TEX | P | 230.9 | 60 | 0 | | 61 | Reid Brignac | TB | SS | 229.7 | 61 | 0 | | 62 | Tommy Hanson | ATL | P | 228.2 | 62 | 0 | | 63 | Ian Kennedy | NYY | P | 228.0 | 63 | 0 | | 64 | Bryan Anderson | STL | C | 227.6 | 64 | 0 | | 65 | Jesus Guzman | OAK | 3B | 227.6 | 65 | 0 | | 66 | Logan Morrison | FLA | 1B | 227.3 | 72 | 6 | | 67 | Rob Delaney | MIN | P | 226.8 | 66 | -1 | | 68 | Jerry Owens | CWS | OF | 226.6 | 68 | 0 | | 69 | Homer Bailey | CIN | P | 225.7 | 67 | -2 | | 70 | Jeremy Hellickson | TB | P | 225.4 | 70 | 0 | | 71 | Freddie Freeman | ATL | 1B | 224.7 | 101 | 30 | | 72 | Eric Hosmer | KC | 1B | 224.2 | NR | NA | | 73 | Matt Antonelli | SD | 2B | 223.7 | 71 | -2 | | 74 | Jeremy Jeffress | MIL | P | 223.4 | 90 | 16 | | 75 | Ryan Shealy | KC | 1B | 223.0 | 69 | -6 |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 28 December 2008 )
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