MLB Prospect Rankings for 2008: Matrix

The table below shows every player who's currently had enough input to register in our prospect ranking formula. This list is extremely fluid, especially in the spring, when it changes almost every day based on development, reports, club info, and our own shifting consensus view. Our formula gets tweaked a lot in the spring, too, which means players might make what seem to be "big" jumps because of the math adjustments. The list should never be taken as a 'finished' product. It's a website, not a book!

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SB BA BP SN ML ES Team Pos'n Player
1 1 1 1 1 2 CIN OF Jay Bruce  
2 3 4 4 5 3 NYY RHP Joba Chamberlain  
3 4 2 2 6 4 BOS RHP Clay Buchholz  
4 30 - - - - CHC OF Kosuke Fukudome  
5 2 3 5 2 1 TB 3B Evan Longoria  
6 44 21 12 34 56 CIN 1B Joey Votto  
7 6 10 3 3 13 FLA OF Cameron Maybin  
8 34 41 25 47 30 CIN RHP Johnny Cueto  
9 5 8 17 7 5 STL OF Colby Rasmus  
10 47 37 - - 32 CHC C Geovany Soto  
11 13 16 6 13 19 BOS OF Jacoby Ellsbury  
12 - - - - - LAD RHP Hiroki Kuroda  
13 12 12 46 21 14 BAL C Matt Wieters  
14 14 24 8 8 12 PIT OF Andrew McCutchen  
15 48 22 14 - 38 OAK 1B Daric Barton  
16 43 45 - 30 17 CHC 3B Josh Vitters  
17 7 5 23 4 6 LAD LHP Clayton Kershaw  
18 39 25 33 32 49 TB SS Reid Brignac  
19 46 20 - - 36 ARZ RHP Jarrod Parker  
20 28 36 - - 33 ATL OF Jason Heyward  
21 24 27 38 18 23 LAA RHP Nick Adenhart  
22 42 33 11 46 44 SEA C Jeff Clement  
23 20 51 - 17 10 NYM OF Fernando Martinez  
24 53 54 35 - 61 HOU C J.R. Towles  
25 45 34 13 26 45 NYY RHP Ian Kennedy  
26 54 68 - 28 53 PHI RHP Carlos Carrasco  
27 10 6 24 11 16 TB LHP David Price  
28 31 14 10 33 25 LAD 3B Andy LaRoche  
29 89 43 - - - PIT 1B Steve Pearce  
30 71 - - - - CLE LHP Chuck Lofgren  
31 17 15 29 12 15 TB RHP Wade Davis  
32 66 90 40 35 81 ARZ RHP Max Scherzer  
33 26 56 27 24 - OAK LHP Gio Gonzalez  
34 - - - - - CHW OF Alexei Ramirez  
35 22 26 32 23 42 OAK OF Carlos Gonzalez  
36 88 66 - 36 - LAD LHP Scott Elbert  
37 23 31 43 - 37 CLE OF Matt LaPorta  
38 11 7 37 15 7 TOR OF Travis Snider  
39 16 38 18 19 34 LAA SS Brandon Wood  
40 9 9 7 9 9 CIN RHP Homer Bailey  
41 64 53 - - 58 BOS RHP Justin Masterson  
42 18 19 - 22 47 KC 3B Mike Moustakas  
43 19 58 36 38 31 TEX SS Elvis Andrus  
44 73 57 - - 55 BOS SS Jed Lowrie  
45 33 29 - - 20 SF 3B Angel Villalona  
46 52 65 - - 35 MIN OF Carlos Gomez  
47 40 100 - - 28 BOS 1B Lars Anderson  
48 51 35 41 37 51 WAS LHP Ross Detwiler  
49 61 94 - - 89 PIT 3B Neil Walker  
50 49 86 - - - ATL RHP Jair Jurrjens  
51 - 93 22 - 95 SEA OF Wladimir Balentien  
52 38 - 34 41 70 COL 3B Ian Stewart  
53 21 11 - 14 22 DET RHP Rick Porcello  
54 - - - - - CLE RHP Masahide Kobayashi  
55 - - - - - SD RHP Will Inman  
56 63 72 19 40 - KC RHP Luke Hochevar  
57 32 23 28 29 43 SD 3B Chase Headley  
58 94 95 - - - BOS RHP Michael Bowden  
59 70 70 - - - ATL OF Brandon Jones  
60 65 74 - - 69 TEX 3B Chris Davis  
61 8 13 15 16 8 COL LHP Franklin Morales  
62 - 88 42 39 88 FLA RHP Chris Volstad  
63 - - - - - LAD 2B Blake Dewitt  
64 50 39 39 27 93 SD 2B Matt Antonelli  
65 36 50 - - - OAK LHP Brett Anderson  
66 37 48 - - 21 NYY OF Jose Tabata  
67 - - - - - SF LHP Madison Bumgarner  
68 25 17 - - 27 ATL OF Jordan Schafer  
69 87 - - - - CLE 3B Beau Mills  
70 - - - - - LAA SS Sean Rodriguez  
71 - - - - - CIN RHP Edinson Volquez  
72 - - - - - ATL OF Josh Anderson  
73 99 - 48 - - TB RHP Jeff Niemann  
74 29 52 9 10 29 CLE RHP Adam Miller  
75 62 55 - 48 18 SEA SS Carlos Triunfel  
76 77 49 20 25 60 TEX RHP Eric Hurley  
77 - - - - - SF 3B Nate Schierholtz  
78 - - - - 85 STL LHP Jaime Garcia  
79 - 63 - - - ATL SS Brent Lillibridge  
80 - - - - - OAK RHP Joey Devine  
81 - - - - - BAL RHP Brandon Erbe  
82 35 79 - - 80 MIN RHP Deolis Guerra  
83 - - - - - CLE LHP Aaron Laffey  
84 - - - - - TB RHP Matt Walker  
85 27 28 - 31 64 WAS 1B Chris Marrero  
86 - - - - - OAK RHP Jason Windsor  
87 - - - 42 - MLW SS Alcides Escobar  
88 - 97 - - - MIN OF Ben Revere  
89 - 80 - - 77 COL SS Chris Nelson  
90 - 81 - - - WAS OF Michael Burgess  
91 - - - - - BOS SS Oscar Tejada  
92 55 32 - - 50 LAD SS Chin-Lung Hu  
93 69 85 16 45 - BAL RHP Radhames Liz  
94 85 71 - - - STL C Bryan Anderson  
95 - - - - - SD 1B Justin Huber  
96 82 - - - 71 CHC RHP Sean Gallagher  
97 - - - - 91 MIN LHP Tyler Robertson  
98 - 99 49 - - OAK 1B Chris Carter  
99 83 - - - - SEA RHP Phillippe Aumont  
100 - - - - - MIN LHP Glen Perkins  
101 - - - - - NYY 1B Shelley Duncan  
102 - - - - - LAD RHP Jonathan Meloan  
103 67 44 - - - BAL RHP Chris Tillman  
104 79 89 - - 87 LAA C Hank Conger  
105 78 - - - - BAL LHP Troy Patton  
106 41 47 44 49 24 NYY OF Austin Jackson  
107 95 - - - - COL SS Hector Gomez  
108 74 92 45 50 - COL OF Dexter Fowler  
109 - - - - - NYY C Jesus Montero  
110 - - - - - TEX OF David Murphy  
111 - - - - - OAK OF Ryan Sweeney  
112 - - - - - PIT 3B Pedro Alvarez  
113 75 - 47 44 - CHC OF Tyler Colvin  
114 72 64 - - 82 ARZ OF Gerardo Parra  
115 - - - - - BAL 3B Billy Rowell  
116 - - - - - LAD RHP James McDonald  
117 - - - - - KC RHP Yasuhiko Yabuta  
118 - 42 - - 41 MLW LHP Manny Parra  
119 - - - - - CIN 1B Yonder Alonso  
120 59 18 - - 11 TB OF Desmond Jennings  
121 56 - - - - MIN RHP Nick Blackburn  
122 - - - - - NYM 1B Mike Carp  
123 - - - - - CHC LHP Donald Veal  
124 15 40 30 20 26 TB LHP Jacob McGee  
125 - - - - - BAL LHP Brian Matusz  
126 - - - - - NYY RHP Humberto Sanchez  
127 - - - - - MLW 2B Callix Crabbe  
128 - - - - - STL RHP Adam Ottavino  
129 - - - - - BAL RHP James Hoey  
130 - - - - 75 TB RHP Jeremy Hellickson  
131 - - - - - BOS RHP Daniel Bard  
132 - - - - - CLE OF Trevor Crowe  
133 - 76 - 43 - MLW RHP Jeremy Jeffress  
134 - - - - - SF C Gerald Posey  
135 - - - - - LAD OF Delwyn Young  
136 - - - - - NYY 1B Eric Duncan  
137 - - - - - NYY RHP Edwar Ramirez  
138 - - - - - COL 1B Joe Koshansky  
139 - - - - - TEX RHP Kazuo Fukumori  
140 - - - - - CIN OF Daniel Dorn  
141 - - - - - KC 2B Michael Aviles  
142 - - - - - TB RHP Mitch Talbot  
143 - - - - - BOS RHP Craig Hansen  
144 - - - - - CHW SS Gordon Beckham  
145 - - - - - KC 1B Eric Hosmer  
146 - - - - - PHI RHP Edgar Garcia  
147 - - - - - HOU OF Michael Bourn  
148 57 - - - - KC RHP Daniel Cortes  
149 - - - - - SD RHP Cesar Carrillo  
150 - - - - - FLA LHP Sean West  
151 - - 26 - - MIN RHP Anthony Swarzak  
152 - - - - - TEX 1B Justin Smoak  
153 - - - - - WAS LHP John Lannan  
154 93 30 - - - TEX RHP Neftali Feliz  
155 - - - - - SEA OF Michael Saunders  
156 91 - - - 39 BAL OF Nolan Reimold  
157 - - - - - FA RHP Yu Darvish  
158 - - - - - ARZ 2B Emilio Bonifacio  
159 - - - - - NYM 1B Nick Evans  
160 76 - - - - PHI 2B Adrian Cardenas  
161 - - - - - NYY RHP Dellin Betances  
162 - - - - - SD LHP Steve Garrison  
163 - - - - - SEA 3B Matt Tuiasosopo  
164 - - - - 63 TOR LHP Brett Cecil  
165 - - 50 - - CLE RHP Jensen Lewis  
166 - 62 - - 98 TEX OF Engel Beltre  
167 - - - - - MLW SS Brent Brewer  
168 - - - - - WAS RHP Tyler Clippard  
169 - - - - - CHW 2B Danny Richar  
170 80 77 - - 40 TEX C Taylor Teagarden  
171 - - - - - FLA C Kyle Skipworth  
172 - - - - - WAS OF Kory Casto  
173 - - - - - LAA RHP Jose Arredondo  
174 84 - - - 59 SF RHP Tim Alderson  
175 - - - - - TB 3B Joel Guzman  
176 - - - - - TB RHP Chris Mason  
177 - - - - 66 ATL RHP Tommy Hanson  
178 - - - - - MIN RHP Kevin Mulvey  
179 - - - - - TB SS Tim Beckham  
180 - - - - - OAK RHP Michel Inoa  
181 100 - - - - CIN OF Drew Stubbs  
182 - 84 - - 74 SF RHP Henry Sosa  
183 - - - - - TEX LHP Matt Harrison  
184 90 96 - - - PHI LHP Joe Savery  
185 - - - - - PHI LHP Matt Maloney  
186 - - - - 92 ATL LHP Cole Rohrbough  
187 - - - - - CLE LHP Scott Lewis  
188 - - - - - COL 2B Jayson Nix  
189 - - - - - MLW 3B Mat Gamel  
190 - - - - - SD OF Cedric Hunter  
191 - - - - - FA LHP Hitoki Iwase  
192 - - - - - CHW RHP Lance Broadway  
193 - - - - - SEA RHP Joshua Fields  
194 86 - - - - WAS RHP Colin Balester  
195 - - - - - CHC RHP Jeff Samardzija  
196 - - - - - CLE RHP Rob Bryson  
197 - - - - - WAS RHP Beltran Perez  
198 - - - - - PHI LHP Josh Outman  
199 - - - - - SD RHP Adis Portillo  
200 - - - - - STL 3B Brett Wallace  
201 - - - - - SF LHP Jose Capellan  
202 - - - - - TEX RHP Blake Beavan  
203 - - - - - TOR C J.P. Arencibia  
204 - - - - - ATL 3B Eric Campbell  
205 - 73 - - 46 TEX RHP Michael Main  
206 - - - - 68 SD 1B Kyle Blanks  
207 - - - - - NYY RHP Gerrit Cole  
208 - 78 - - - CLE 3B Wes Hodges  
209 - 91 - - - COL RHP Casey Weathers  
210 - 87 - - 67 CHW RHP Aaron Poreda  
211 - - - - - CHC SS Eric Patterson  
212 - - - - - NYM RHP Joe Smith  
213 - - - - - MIN RHP Phil Humber  
214 - - - - - ATL RHP Charlie Morton  
215 - - - - - PIT RHP Romulo Sanchez  
216 81 59 - - 79 LAA RHP Jordan Walden  
217 - - - - - FLA C Gaby Sanchez  
218 92 83 - - 99 ATL OF Gorkys Hernandez  
219 - - - - 73 STL RHP Mitchell Boggs  
220 - - - - - DET RHP Yorman Bazardo  
221 96 60 - - - BOS OF Ryan Kalish  
222 - - - - - PHI RHP Kyle Drabek  
223 - - - - - FA RHP Kazumi Saitoh  
224 - - - - - ATL RHP Manny Acosta  
225 - - - - 100 NYY RHP Andrew Brackman  
226 - - - - - ATL RHP Jorge Campillo  
227 - - - - - NYM 1B Ike Davis  
228 - - - - - KC 1B Kila Ka'aihue  
229 - - - - - MLW 3B Taylor Green  
230 - - - - - NYY OF Brett Gardner  
231 - - - - - ATL 1B Cody Johnson  
232 - - 31 - - CHW RHP Jack Egbert  
233 - - - - - SF 2B Travis Denker  
234 - - - - - ATL LHP Jeff Locke  
235 - - - - - FLA RHP Ryan Tucker  
236 - - - - - MLW C Brett Lawrie  
237 - - - - - CLE LHP Zach Jackson  
238 - 61 - - - SD RHP Mat Latos  
239 - - - - - WAS RHP Aaron Crow  
240 68 - - - - FLA RHP Brett Sinkbeil  
241 - - - - - BAL RHP Pedro Beato  
242 - - - - - LAD 2B Luis Maza  
243 - - - - - CLE LHP David Huff  
244 - - - - - SEA 2B Tug Hulett  
245 - - - - 90 WAS LHP Josh Smoker  
246 - - - - - OAK OF Javier Herrera  
247 - - - - 97 PIT RHP Brad Lincoln  
248 - 75 - - 96 BAL RHP Chorye Spoone  
249 97 69 - - - STL RHP Chris Perez  
250 - - - - - TEX LHP Beau Jones  
251 - - - - - KC LHP Dusty Hughes  
252 - - - - - COL RHP Jhoulys Chacin  
253 - - - - - CLE RHP Oneli Perez  
254 - - - - 62 CLE OF Nick Weglarz  
255 - - - - - HOU C Jason Castro  
256 - - - - - MIN OF Chris Parmelee  
257 - - - - - BOS 1B Chris Carter  
258 - 67 21 - - NYY RHP Alan Horne  
259 - - - - - MLW RHP Mark Rogers  
260 - - - - 72 TB OF Fernando Perez  
261 - - - - - MIN OF Aaron Hicks  
262 - - - - - LAD RHP Ethan Martin  
263 - - - - - TOR 1B David Cooper  
264 - - - - - CHC RHP Andrew Cashner  
265 - - - - - DET RHP Ryan Perry  
266 - - - - - NYM SS Reese Havens  
267 - - - - - SD 1B Allan Dykstra  
268 - - - - - PHI SS Anthony Hewitt  
269 - - - - - COL LHP Christian Friedrich  
270 - - - - - ARZ LHP Daniel Schlereth  
271 - - - - - OAK 2B Jemile Weeks  
272 - - - - - MIN RHP Carlos Gutierrez  
273 - - - - - NYM LHP Jon Niese  
274 - - - - - TB SS Andy Cannizaro  
275 - - - - - FA SS Tomohiro Nioka  
276 - - - - - BOS C George Kottaras  
277 98 - - - - COL RHP Greg Reynolds  
278 - - - - 48 FA SS German Duran  
279 - - - - - BOS SS Casey Kelly  
280 - - - - 66 HOU RHP Felipe Paulino  
281 - - - - 83 WAS RHP Jordan Zimmermann  
282 - - - - - CLE SS Lonnie Chisenhall  
283 - - - - - BAL LHP Tony Butler  
284 - - - - - HOU OF Eli Iorg  
285 - - - - - NYY RHP Daniel McCutchen  
286 - - - - - ATL 1B Kala Ka'aihue  
287 - - - - 54 FLA 3B Matt Dominguez  
288 - - - - - CIN RHP Tom Shearn  
289 - - - - - TOR 3B Kevin Ahrens  
290 - - - - - KC LHP Danny Duffy  
291 - - - - - FA RHP Kenshin Kawakami  
292 - - - - - DET 2B Scott Sizemore  
293 - - - - - FA LHP Yukinaga Maeda  
294 - - - - - FA RHP Koji Uehara  
295 - - - - - SD RHP Carlos Guevara  
296 60 46 - - 57 OAK RHP Fautino De Los Santos  
297 - - - - - BOS 1B Aaron Bates  
298 - - - - - FA 1B Michihiro Ogasawara  
299 - - - - - NYY OF C. J. Henry  

 

 

 

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