With spring training upon us, it’s time to talk prospects — and we’re not taking half-measures. Here is the fourth and final installment of my epic ranking of the top 200 prospects in baseball. (Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here).



The rankings are based on a combination of opinions from GMs, other front office executives, scouts, minor league managers, coaches, evaluators and my own personal experiences with scouting these players. I also factored in actual performance based on their statistics, metrics and trends, as well as other miscellaneous information such as health, off-field behavior and character.



Scouting Grades Key:



* ARM=Throwing arm, FLD=Fielding, PWR=Power, HIT=Hitting, RUN=Running



* FB=Fastball, SF=Splitter, SLI=Slider, CB=Curveball, CH=Changeup, SC: Screwball, CTL=Control, CMND=Command



* Scale is 20-80; 20-30 is well below average, 40 is below average, 50 is average, 60 is above average and...