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2014 Top 101 Prospects Breakdown by Position, Organization, Age, and Tools: Link

Chat with Jason Parks About the Top 101 (1:00 PM ET) | Read the list with full commentary in Baseball Prospectus 2014

With a successful debut season notched on our collective belts, the Baseball Prospectus Prospect Staff entered the offseason rankings process with the arrogance of kings and virility of after-hours thespians; that is, until we started our first prospect debates and discussions and realized the enormity of the task at hand and responsibilities on our plate to produce at the highest possible level. Our process has been detailed several times on this site and is as vital to the finished product as the physical characteristics of the players we evaluate. Our prospect-based Socratic method is the tool that sculpts our results, a lengthy internal debate that weighs the merits and tool-based misfortunes of those we are tasked with studying and sorting. The names are chiseled down into an appealing form, and then outside-the-organization sources are brought into the mix, where their opinions and reports are added to the representational body. Only after the fact are the relevant teams contacted for their thoughts on the list; an opportunity to extract developmental progressions and check the accuracy of the tool-based grades. The finished product is a combination of art and science, a fluid and evolving subject matter that is captured and frozen in the snapshot of a given moment and put on display.

The process for the individual team lists is the same process used to compile the Baseball Prospectus 101, a team of hands shaping a work that I am fortunate enough to put my name on. While I get to reap the rewards of all the hard work, the wealth of scouting talent I get to feed from deserves due credit, and before we get to the meat of the meal, I’d like to shine some light on those who often live in the shadows.

From the original prospect team assembled before the ink on Kevin Goldstein’s Astros contract was dry, Nick J. Faleris, Mark Anderson, and Chris Mellen. Their voices carry substantial weight, and when their fingerprints are found on the work, the finished product is significantly better as a result. Over the last year, the prospect staff has grown, and it will continue to grow as long as teams like the Rays, Cardinals, and Diamondbacks don't stop hiring away our evaluators. We’ve added Jeff Moore, a former college coach who has taken over the Minor League Update and produces quality work for the site on a daily basis. We’ve added several new interns to our already strong stable of up-and-coming young talent, including Ryan Parker and Steffan Segui, two sharp talent evaluators who will eventually make some team stronger when they are hired on as scouts. But please don’t hire them yet.

Finally, our relationship with Perfect Game grants us an invaluable resource when it comes to the evaluation of prospects, as they can provide us with glimpses of what the applicable player looked like before entering the professional fold, the genesis of the developmental process and skeleton of the prospect profile.

Simply put, all the personnel involved elevate the product to a level it would fail to achieve without their influence. We don’t always [read: often] agree, and consensus isn’t the goal. But the information tug-of-war we engage in creates the necessary tension to support the decisions we make and players we choose to stand behind. The following is a byproduct of that collective scouting tension: The Baseball Prospectus 101.

1. Byron Buxton, OF, Minnesota Twins

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2013 Ranking: 8

2. Xander Bogaerts, SS, Boston Red Sox

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2013 Ranking: 12

3. Oscar Taveras, OF, St. Louis Cardinals

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2013 Ranking: 2

4. Javier Baez, SS, Chicago Cubs

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2013 Ranking: 20

5. Carlos Correa, SS, Houston Astros

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2013 Ranking: 26

6. Francisco Lindor, SS, Cleveland Indians

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2013 Ranking: 10

7. Addison Russell, SS, Oakland Athletics

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2013 Ranking: 22

8. Taijuan Walker, RHP, Seattle Mariners

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2013 Ranking: 9

9. Archie Bradley, RHP, Arizona Diamondbacks

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2013 Ranking: 31

10. Kevin Gausman, RHP, Baltimore Orioles

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2013 Ranking: 13

11. Noah Syndergaard, RHP, New York Mets

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2013 Ranking: 28

12. Yordano Ventura, RHP, Kansas City Royals

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2013 Ranking: 62

13. Lucas Giolito, RHP, Washington Nationals

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2013 Ranking: 70

14. Miguel Sano, 3B, Minnesota Twins

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2013 Ranking: 21

15. Dylan Bundy, RHP, Baltimore Orioles

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2013 Ranking: 4

16. Jonathan Gray, RHP, Colorado Rockies

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2013 Ranking: N/A

17. Kris Bryant, 3B, Chicago Cubs

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2013 Ranking: N/A

18. Austin Hedges, C, San Diego Padres

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2013 Ranking: 19

19. Jameson Taillon, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates

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2013 Ranking: 11

20. George Springer, OF, Houston Astros

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2013 Ranking: 55

21. Mark Appel, RHP, Houston Astros

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2013 Ranking: N/A

22. Robert Stephenson, RHP, Cincinnati Reds

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2013 Ranking: 78

23. Jackie Bradley, CF, Boston Red Sox

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2013 Ranking: 27

24. Gregory Polanco, CF, Pittsburgh Pirates

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2013 Ranking: 44

25. Albert Almora, CF, Chicago Cubs

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2013 Ranking: 18

26. Eddie Butler, RHP, Colorado Rockies

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2013 Ranking: N/A

27. Marcus Stroman, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays

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2013 Ranking: N/A

28. Chris Owings, SS, Arizona Diamondbacks

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2013 Ranking: 81

29. Raul Mondesi, SS, Kansas City Royals

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2013 Ranking: 58

30. Andrew Heaney, LHP, Miami Marlins

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2013 Ranking: N/A

31. Aaron Sanchez, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays

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2013 Ranking: 32

32. Alex Meyer, RHP, Minnesota Twins

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2013 Ranking: 88

33. Kolten Wong, 2B, St. Louis Cardinals

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2013 Ranking: 90

34. Kyle Zimmer, RHP, Kansas City Royals

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2013 Ranking: 41

35. Julio Urias, LHP, Los Angeles Dodgers

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2013 Ranking: N/A

36. Clint Frazier, CF, Cleveland Indians

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2013 Ranking: N/A

37. Nick Castellanos, 3B, Detroit Tigers

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2013 Ranking: 37

38. Kyle Crick, RHP, San Francisco Giants

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2013 Ranking: 65

39. Rougned Odor, 2B, Texas Rangers

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2013 Ranking: N/A

40. Lucas Sims, RHP, Atlanta Braves

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2013 Ranking: N/A

41. Jorge Alfaro, C, Texas Rangers

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2013 Ranking:76

42. Tyler Glasnow, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates

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2013 Ranking: N/A

43. Mike Foltynewicz, RHP, Houston Astros

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2013 Ranking: N/A

44. Corey Seager, SS, Los Angeles Dodgers

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2013 Ranking: N/A

45. Jorge Soler, RF, Chicago Cubs

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2013 Ranking: 36

46. Miguel Almonte, RHP, Kansas City Royals

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2013 Ranking: N/A

47. Matt Wisler, RHP, San Diego Padres

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2013 Ranking: N/A

48. Travis d’Arnaud, C, New York Mets

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2013 Ranking: 15

49. Billy Hamilton, CF, Cincinnati Reds

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2013 Ranking: 14

50. Joc Pederson, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers

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2013 Ranking: N/A

51. Garin Cecchini, 3B, Boston Red Sox

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2013 Ranking: N/A

52. Maikel Franco, 3B, Philadelphia Phillies

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53. A.J. Cole, RHP, Washington Nationals

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54. Kohl Stewart, RHP, Minnesota Twins

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55. Max Fried, LHP, San Diego Padres

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2013 Ranking: 61

56. Josmil Pinto, C, Minnesota Twins

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57. Jonathan Singleton, 1B, Houston Astros

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2013 Ranking: 25

58. Hunter Harvey, RHP, Baltimore Orioles

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59. Reese McGuire, C, Pittsburgh Pirates

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60. Eddie Rosario, 2B, Minnesota Twins

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61. Eduardo Rodriguez, LHP, Baltimore Orioles

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62. Braden Shipley, RHP, Arizona Diamondbacks

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63. Phillip Ervin, OF, Cincinnati Reds

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64. Matt Barnes, RHP, Boston Red Sox

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2013 Ranking: 38

65. D.J. Peterson, 3B, Seattle Mariners

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66. Stephen Piscotty, OF, St. Louis Cardinals

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67. Erik Johnson, RHP, Chicago White Sox

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68. James Paxton, LHP, Seattle Mariners

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2013 Ranking: 92

69. Henry Owens, LHP, Boston Red Sox

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70. Chi Chi Gonzalez, RHP, Texas Rangers

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71. Wilmer Flores, 2B/3B, New York Mets

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72. Luis Sardinas, SS, Texas Rangers

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2013 Ranking: 86

73. Blake Swihart, C, Boston Red Sox

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74. Colin Moran, 3B, Miami Marlins

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75. Jose Berrios, RHP, Minnesota Twins

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76. Alberto Tirado, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays

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77. Josh Bell, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates

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78. Sean Manaea, LHP, Kansas City Royals

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79. Michael Choice, OF, Texas Rangers

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2013 Ranking: 82

80. Nick Kingham, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates

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81. C.J. Edwards, RHP, Chicago Cubs

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82. Jonathan Schoop, 2B, Baltimore Orioles

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2013 Ranking: 80

83. Arismendy Alcantara, 2B, Chicago Cubs

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84. Zach Lee, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers

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2013 Ranking: 87

85. Gary Sanchez, C, New York Yankees

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2013 Ranking: 47

86. Brian Goodwin, OF, Washington Nationals

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2013 Ranking: 74

87. Christian Bethancourt, C, Atlanta Braves

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2013 Ranking: 93

88. Nick Williams, OF, Texas Rangers

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2013 Ranking: N/A

89. Austin Meadows, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates

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90. Enny Romero, LHP, Tampa Bay Rays

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91. Pierce Johnson, RHP, Chicago Cubs

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92. Jake Odorizzi, RHP, Tampa Bay Rays

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2013 Ranking: 83

93. Matt Davidson, 3B, Chicago White Sox

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2013 Ranking: 89

94. Jesse Biddle, LHP, Philadelphia Phillies

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2013 Ranking: 67

95. Joey Gallo, 3B, Texas Rangers

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96. Hunter Dozier, SS, Kansas City Royals

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97. Raimel Tapia, OF, Colorado Rockies

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98. Alexander Reyes, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals

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99. Jorge Bonifacio, OF, Kansas City Royals

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100. David Dahl, OF, Colorado Rockies

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2013 Ranking: 40

101. Lewis Thorpe, LHP, Minnesota Twins

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2013 Ranking: N/A