Quick note: I will start adding 2008 draftees like Pedro Alvarez and Aaron Crow to the top 50s and team top 5's when they sign a contract officially making them property of the team. Some may consider it folly to rank a guy who has yet to play pro ball very highly, but we're talking upside and projectability. In some cases like with Chicago's Gordon Beckham and Washington's Aaron Crow, guys are going to be their organization's top prospect almost by default.
National League
5 Cameron Maybin FLA OF A- He's alive! .382 with 5 HR in June. Another month of that and he's in Florida.
6 Andrew McCutcheon PIT OF A- .289/.377/.446. 19 SB and a respectable 82% contact rate. Will replace either Bay or Nady.
7 Colby Rasmus STL OF A Finally some signs of life - .316 in June with 2 HR. 0.67 EYE on the year.
8 Andy LaRoche LAD 3B A- Will play against move lefties and some righties. Superutility role (1B, 3B, 2B).
31 Michael Burgess WAS OF B .243 ISO but 77 K in 60 games suppresses AVG to .257. Just needs time.
10 Tommy Hanson ATL SP A- Does have a 5.06 ERA in AA but that's due to one bad start. He's still an elite SP prospect.
15 Carlos Carrasco PHI SP B+ 11 ER in 12.1 innings over his last two starts. 72 K in 73.2 innings on the year.
21 Jamie Garcia STL SP B+ 2.29 ERA and 18:6 K:BB in last three starts. STL may not be able to keep him down for much longer.
25 Joe Savery PHI SP B+ 3 ER or less in each of last four starts but 61:32 K:BB on the year = too many BB.
29 James McDonald LAD SP B 3 ER or less in each of last 7 GS. 68 K in 67.1 innings on the season.
American League
9 Jeff Clement SEA C A- .378 w/ 5 HR in last 10 G. You'd think the Mariners could use a guy like that.
13 Mike Moustakas KC SS A- .300/.343/.570 with 5 HR in May after hitting .190 with 1 XBH in all of April.
15 Reid Brignac TAM SS A- .323 in May but drew just 3 BB all month. Just .224 in June, but 4 BB. Needs a huge June.
16 Austin Jackson NYY OF A- Opened June w/ a 7 RBI game. .135 ISO keeps us wondering when the power will come.
19 Desmond Jennings TAM OF A- Pretty good in 10 games following back injury: .393/.541/.571 with 3 SB in 10 G.
12 Chris Tillman BAL SP A- 9 K in first June start (5 IP), but 30 BB in 58.2 innings probably attributable to his youth.
13 Nick Adenhart LAA SP A- 43 hits in 27.1 innings since returning from poor big league stint. Still quite young though.
14 Gio Gonzalez OAK SP A- 4.9 BB/9 is his big problem. Also 27 hits in last 19.1 innings.
17 Jeremy Hellickson TAM SP B+ 2.26 ERA and a pretty good 76:5 K:BB in 67.2 innings. Ratio was 106:34 last year.
20 Jordan Walden LAA SP B+ 2.91 ERA, 56:20 K:BB in 69.2 innings. Flying under the prospect radar a bit it seems.
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