MLB Prospect Rankings for 2008: Matrix (ESPN)

The table below shows the top 100 prospects for 2008 as chosen by ESPN's Scout Inc., with other rankings shown for comparison. Click headings to re-sort.

SB BA BP SN ML ES Team Pos'n Player

8 5 8 17 7 5 STL OF Colby Rasmus  
- 7 5 23 4 6 LAD LHP Clayton Kershaw  
4 11 7 37 15 7 TOR OF Travis Snider  
13 20 51 - 17 10 NYM OF Fernando Martinez  
92 59 18 - - 11 TB OF Desmond Jennings  
7 14 24 8 8 12 PIT OF Andrew McCutchen  
2 6 10 3 3 13 FLA OF Cameron Maybin  
3 12 12 46 21 14 BAL C Matt Wieters  
22 17 15 29 12 15 TB RHP Wade Davis  
1 10 6 24 11 16 TB LHP David Price  
15 43 45 - 30 17 CHC 3B Josh Vitters  
46 62 55 - 48 18 SEA 3B Carlos Triunfel  
24 33 29 - - 20 SF 3B Angel Villalona  
69 37 48 - - 21 PIT OF Jose Tabata  
21 21 11 - 14 22 DET RHP Rick Porcello  
16 24 27 38 18 23 LAA RHP Nick Adenhart  
34 41 47 44 49 24 NYY OF Austin Jackson  
162 15 40 30 20 26 TB LHP Jacob McGee  
35 25 17 - - 27 ATL OF Jordan Schafer  
23 40 100 - - 28 BOS 1B Lars Anderson  
137 29 52 9 10 29 CLE RHP Adam Miller  
29 19 58 36 38 31 TEX SS Elvis Andrus  
11 28 36 - - 33 ATL OF Jason Heyward  
10 46 20 - - 36 ARZ RHP Jarrod Parker  
5 23 31 43 - 37 CLE OF Matt LaPorta  
124 91 - - - 39 BAL OF Nolan Reimold  
42 80 77 - - 40 TEX C Taylor Teagarden  
- 32 23 28 29 43 SD 3B Chase Headley  
158 - 73 - - 46 TEX RHP Michael Main  
33 18 19 - 22 47 KC 3B Mike Moustakas  
9 39 25 33 32 49 TB SS Reid Brignac  
41 51 35 41 37 51 WAS LHP Ross Detwiler  
6 54 68 - 28 53 PHI RHP Carlos Carrasco  
229 - - - - 54 FLA 3B Matt Dominguez  
- 73 57 - - 55 BOS SS Jed Lowrie  
88 60 46 - - 57 OAK RHP Fautino De Los Santos  
28 84 - - - 59 SF RHP Tim Alderson  
47 77 49 20 25 60 TEX RHP Eric Hurley  
160 - - - - 62 CLE OF Nick Weglarz  
128 - - - - 63 TOR LHP Brett Cecil  
75 27 28 - 31 64 WAS 1B Chris Marrero  
222 - - - - 66 HOU RHP Felipe Paulino  
79 - - - - 66 ATL RHP Tommy Hanson  
141 - 87 - - 67 CHW LHP Aaron Poreda  
159 - - - - 68 SD 1B Kyle Blanks  
- 65 74 - - 69 TEX 3B Chris Davis  
- 38 - 34 41 70 COL 3B Ian Stewart  
241 - - - - 72 TB OF Fernando Perez  
166 - - - - 73 STL RHP Mitchell Boggs  
116 - 84 - - 74 SF RHP Henry Sosa  
30 - - - - 75 TB RHP Jeremy Hellickson  
66 - 80 - - 77 COL SS Chris Nelson  
107 81 59 - - 79 LAA RHP Jordan Walden  
102 35 79 - - 80 MIN RHP Deolis Guerra  
85 72 64 - - 82 ARZ OF Gerardo Parra  
109 - - - - 83 WAS RHP Jordan Zimmermann  
51 - - - - 85 STL LHP Jaime Garcia  
49 79 89 - - 87 LAA C Hank Conger  
- - 88 42 39 88 FLA RHP Chris Volstad  
65 61 94 - - 89 PIT 3B Neil Walker  
180 - - - - 90 WAS LHP Josh Smoker  
74 - - - - 91 MIN LHP Tyler Robertson  
144 - - - - 92 ATL LHP Cole Rohrbough  
57 50 39 39 27 93 SD 2B Matt Antonelli  
- - 93 22 - 95 SEA OF Wladimir Balentien  
173 - 75 - - 96 BAL RHP Chorye Spoone  
200 - - - - 97 PIT RHP Brad Lincoln  
129 - 62 - - 98 TEX OF Engel Beltre  
72 92 83 - - 99 ATL OF Gorkys Hernandez  
212 - - - - 100 NYY RHP Andrew Brackman  

 

 

 

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