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Before getting to the list of top baseball prospects for 2017, here are a few notes on its compilation:

15 of our staff submitted a list of top 100 prospects with bias towards fantasy baseball contributions. Prospect eligibility is only based on # of at-bats or innings pitched (i.e., we did not factor in service time)

The lists were combined to generate an aggregated list of prospects (in this case, 186 individual players).

To determine the final ranking, prospects were given points (3rd column) relative to their position in each top 100 list (e.g., 1st place = 100 points and 100th place = 1 point).

Also, 27 players in the Top 100 from our preseason Overall Top 209 prospects have graduated from this list, either for having surpassed 130 AB or 50 IP in the major leagues, or our editorial committee anticipates the player will exceed those thresholds before the end of the regular season. Those players who have graduated are:

Andrew Benintendi BOS

Yoan Moncada CWS

Amed Rosario NYM

Dansby Swanson ATL

Cody Bellinger LAD

Lucas Giolito CWS

Rafael Devers BOS

Ozzie Albies ATL

Clint Frazier NYY

Josh Bell PIT

Francis Martes HOU

Bradley Zimmer CLE

Ian Happ CHC

Hunter Renfroe SD

Aaron Judge NYY

Jeff Hoffman COL

Raimel Tapia COL

Amir Garrett CIN

Luke Weaver STL

Sean Newcomb ATL

Derek Fisher HOU

Nick Williams PHI

Albert Almora CHC

Yulieski Gurriel HOU

German Marquez COL

Robert Stephenson CIN

Robert Gsellman NYM

Updated Prospects1500 Overall Top 186 Prospects (September 2017)



Rank Player Name Total Points %of Lists Position Team 1 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1464 100 3B Blue Jays 2 Ronald Acuna 1463 100 CF Braves 3 Victor Robles 1453 100 CF Nationals 4 Eloy Jimenez 1452 100 OF White Sox 5 Brendan Rodgers 1448 100 SS Rockies 6 Gleyber Torres 1447 100 SS Yankees 7 Nick Senzel 1356 100 3B Reds 8 Brent Honeywell 1350 100 RHP Rays 9 Michael Kopech 1347 100 RHP White Sox 10 Lewis Brinson 1335 100 CF Brewers 11 Francisco Mejia 1332 100 C Indians 12 Kyle Tucker 1330 100 OF Astros 13 Alex Reyes 1290 100 RHP Cardinals 14 Walker Buehler 1251 100 RHP Dodgers 15 Triston McKenzie 1246 100 RHP Indians 16 Austin Meadows 1224 100 OF Pirates 17 Bo Bichette 1212 100 INF Blue Jays 18 Willy Adames 1208 100 SS Rays 19 Alex Verdugo 1202 100 OF Dodgers 20 Mitch Keller 1152 100 RHP Pirates 21 Hunter Greene 1151 100 RHP Reds 22 Luis Robert 1095 100 OF White Sox 23 Kolby Allard 1087 100 LHP Braves 24 Franklin Barreto 1064 100 SS/CF Athletics 25 A.J. Puk 1050 100 LHP Athletics 26 Royce Lewis 1032 100 CF Twins 27 Mike Soroka 1016 100 RHP Braves 28 Brendan McKay 1012 100 LHP/1B Rays 29 Nick Gordon 998 100 SS Twins 30 MacKenzie Gore 996 100 LHP Padres 31 Kyle Wright 967 100 RHP Braves 32 Leody Taveras 961 100 CF Rangers 33 Forrest Whitley 913 100 RHP Astros 34 Willie Calhoun 910 100 DH Rangers 34 Dominic Smith 902 100 1B Mets 36 Juan Soto 901 100 OF Nationals 37 Mickey Moniak 871 100 OF Phillies 38 Blake Rutherford 867 100 OF White Sox 39 Kevin Maitan 862 93 3B Braves 40 Cal Quantrill 847 93 RHP Padres 41 Fernando Tatis Jr. 836 100 SS Padres 42 Kyle Lewis 815 100 OF Mariners 43 Yadier Alvarez 813 100 RHP Dodgers 44 Carson Kelly 800 93 C Cardinals 45 Scott Kingery 792 93 2B Phillies 46 Franklin Perez 784 93 RHP Astros 47 Jack Flaherty 754 93 RHP Cardinals 48 Chance Adams 752 93 RHP Yankees 49 Anthony Alford 749 93 OF Blue Jays 50 Jason Groome 728 100 LHP Red Sox 51 Sixto Sanchez 728 100 RHP Phillies 52 Ryan McMahon 690 93 1B Rockies 53 Matt Manning 689 100 RHP Tigers 54 Ian Anderson 659 100 RHP Braves 55 J.P. Crawford 654 93 SS Phillies 55 Dylan Cease 648 93 RHP White Sox 57 Luis Urias 630 93 2B Padres 58 Chance Sisco 604 87 C Orioles 59 Corey Ray 593 93 OF Brewers 60 Josh Hader 580 93 LHP Brewers 61 Adrian Morejon 518 67 LHP Padres 62 Anderson Espinoza 502 73 RHP Padres 63 Brandon Woodruff 493 87 RHP Brewers 64 Jesus Sanchez 491 80 OF Rays 65 Riley Pint 485 93 RHP Rockies 66 Jake Bauers 482 87 1B Rays 67 Pavin Smith 447 93 1B Diamondbacks 68 Estevan Florial 432 100 OF Yankees 69 Alex Faedo 428 80 RHP Tigers 70 Stephen Gonsalves 425 73 LHP Twins 71 Luiz Gohara 413 93 LHP Braves 72 Tyler O'Neill 396 80 OF Cardinals 73 Keston Hiura 356 87 2B Brewers 74 Jorge Alfaro 350 80 C Phillies 75 Justus Sheffield 342 87 LHP Yankees 76 Luis Ortiz 341 80 RHP Brewers 77 Tyler Mahle 335 87 RHP Reds 78 Austin Hays 330 93 OF Orioles 79 Dustin Fowler 326 73 CF Athletics 80 Taylor Trammell 310 67 OF Reds 81 Erick Fedde 293 87 RHP Nationals 82 Alec Hansen 280 67 RHP White Sox 83 Christian Arroyo 278 53 3B Giants 84 Jeren Kendall 253 40 OF Dodgers 85 Jo Adell 246 67 OF Angels 86 Beau Burrows 240 67 RHP Tigers 87 Adam Haseley 232 87 CF Phillies 88 Michael Chavis 228 53 3B Red Sox 89 Jose De Leon 222 73 RHP Rays 90 Michel Baez 201 80 RHP Padres 91 Isan Diaz 183 27 2B Brewers 92 Anthony Banda 172 73 LHP Diamondbacks 93 Zack Collins 169 47 C White Sox 94 Jorge Mateo 168 27 SS/CF Athletics 94 Harrison Bader 168 33 OF Cardinals 96 Jeimer Candelario 163 60 3B Tigers 97 Bobby Bradley 161 67 1B Indians 98 Shane Baz 143 47 RHP Pirates 99 Yusniel Diaz 141 53 OF Dodgers 99 Shed Long 141 33 2B Reds 101 Joey Wentz 137 53 LHP Braves 101 Jahmai Jones 129 47 CF Angels 101 Jesse Winker 124 27 LF Reds 104 Christin Stewart 120 33 OF Tigers 105 Fernando Romero 117 27 RHP Twins 105 Ryan Mountcastle 117 40 3B Orioles 107 Delvin Perez 110 33 SS Cardinals 108 Yordan Alvarez 107 20 1B Astros 109 J.B. Bukauskas 102 40 RHP Astros 110 Corbin Burnes 99 33 RHP Brewers 111 Kevin Newman 90 40 SS Pirates 112 Nick Neidert 88 33 RHP Mariners 112 Heliot Ramos 88 33 OF Giants 113 Thomas Szapucki 81 33 LHP Mets 113 Braxton Garrett 80 13 LHP Marlins 116 Yohander Mendez 75 27 LHP Rangers 117 Brandon Marsh 69 20 CF Angels 117 Chris Shaw 67 13 1B/OF Giants 119 Jon Duplantier 57 27 RHP Diamondbacks 120 Matt Thaiss 52 20 1B Angels 121 Dane Dunning 49 27 RHP Nationals 121 Carter Kieboom 49 20 SS/3B Nationals 123 Austin Beck 48 13 OF Athletics 124 Bryse Wilson 46 13 RHP Braves 125 Lourdes Gurriel 43 13 2B Blue Jays 125 Tyler Beede 41 7 RHP Giants 127 James Kaprielian 38 7 RHP Athletics 128 Cristian Pache 35 7 CF Braves 129 Brett Phillips 34 13 OF Brewers 130 Sandy Alcantara 32 13 RHP Cardinals 130 Cedric Mullins 32 13 OF Orioles 132 Nolan Jones 30 13 3B Indians 133 Adbert Alzolay 29 7 RHP Cubs 133 Wander Franco 29 13 SS Rays 135 Keibert Ruiz 28 7 C Dodgers 136 Isaac Paredes 25 7 SS Tigers 137 Magneuris Sierra 24 13 OF Cardinals 137 Miguel Andujar 24 7 3B Yankees 139 Rogelio Armenteros 23 13 RHP Astros 140 Danny Jansen 22 7 C Blue Jays 140 Sam Travis 22 7 1B Red Sox 142 Brian Anderson 21 7 3B Marlins 142 Phil Bickford 21 7 RHP Brewers 142 Alex Kirilloff 21 7 OF Twins 142 DJ Peters 21 7 OF Dodgers 146 Renato Nunez 20 7 3B Athletics 147 Daz Cameron 19 13 OF Tigers 148 Jhailyn Ortiz 18 7 OF Phillies 149 Jen-Ho Tseng 17 7 RHP Cubs 149 Seuly Matias 17 20 OF Royals 151 Brandon Lowe 16 7 2B Rays 152 Trevor Richards 14 13 RHP Marlins 152 Andres Gimenez 14 7 SS Mets 152 Tanner Scott 14 7 LHP Orioles 152 David Paulino 14 7 RHP Astros 156 Kyle Funkhouser 13 7 RHP Tigers 157 Bryan Reynolds 12 7 OF Giants 157 Eric Lauer 12 7 LHP Padres 159 Franklyn Kilome 11 7 RHP Phillies 159 Teoscar Hernandez 11 7 OF Blue Jays 159 Randy Arozarena 11 7 OF Cardinals 162 Billy Mckinney 10 7 OF Yankees 163 Cole Tucker 9 7 SS Pirates 163 Shane Bieber 9 7 RHP Indians 165 Ryan Helsley 8 13 RHP Cardinals 165 Garrett Hampson 8 7 2B Rockies 167 Ryan Borucki 7 7 LHP Blue Jays 167 Brent Rooker 7 7 OF Twins 167 Jose Almonte 7 7 OF Rangers 167 Zach Littell 7 7 RHP Twins 167 Jose Albertos 7 7 RHP Cubs 172 Richard Urena 6 7 SS Blue Jays 172 Justin Williams 6 7 OF Rays 172 Sean Reid-Foley 6 7 RHP Blue Jays 175 Ronald Guzman 5 13 1B Rangers 175 Touki Toussaint 5 7 RHP Braves 175 Jake Burger 5 7 3B White Sox 175 Bobby Dalbec 5 7 3B Red Sox 179 Mauricio Dubon 4 7 SS Brewers 179 Lucas Erceg 4 7 3B Brewers 179 Tom Eshelman 4 7 RHP Phillies 182 Nick Solak 3 7 2B Yankees 183 Will Benson 2 7 OF Indians 184 Mitchell White 1 7 RHP Dodgers 184 Evan White 1 7 1B Mariners 184 Jamie Barria 1 7 RHP Angels

Still need more prospect lists? Check out our top 50 prospects list by team. Each list is developed by an individual member of our staff. We will also publish a new updated 2018 Overall Top 200+ Prospects list in February as team Top 50s are likely to change and the Overall will probably see some changes as well.

Featured image of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – courtesy Jason Woodell (@JasonAtTheGame)