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 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 11 | 16 | TB | LHP | David Price |
| 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 13 | FLA | OF | Cameron Maybin |
| 3 | 12 | 12 | 46 | 21 | 14 | BAL | C | Matt Wieters |
| 4 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 15 | 7 | TOR | OF | Travis Snider |
| 5 | 23 | 31 | 43 | - | 37 | CLE | OF | Matt LaPorta |
| 6 | 54 | 68 | - | 28 | 53 | PHI | RHP | Carlos Carrasco |
| 7 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 12 | PIT | OF | Andrew McCutchen |
| 8 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 5 | STL | OF | Colby Rasmus |
| 9 | 39 | 25 | 33 | 32 | 49 | TB | SS | Reid Brignac |
| 10 | 46 | 20 | - | - | 36 | ARZ | RHP | Jarrod Parker |
| 11 | 28 | 36 | - | - | 33 | ATL | OF | Jason Heyward |
| 12 | 29 | - | - | - | - | OAK | RHP | Trevor Cahill |
| 13 | 20 | 51 | - | 17 | 10 | NYM | OF | Fernando Martinez |
| 14 | 74 | 92 | 45 | 50 | - | COL | OF | Dexter Fowler |
| 15 | 43 | 45 | - | 30 | 17 | CHC | 3B | Josh Vitters |
| 16 | 24 | 27 | 38 | 18 | 23 | LAA | RHP | Nick Adenhart
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| 17 | 67 | 44 | - | - | - | BAL | RHP | Chris Tillman |
| 18 | 36 | 50 | - | - | - | OAK | LHP | Brett Anderson |
| 19 | 88 | 66 | - | 36 | - | LAD | LHP | Scott Elbert |
| 20 | - | - | - | - | - | CIN | 1B | Yonder Alonso |
| 21 | 21 | 11 | - | 14 | 22 | DET | RHP | Rick Porcello |
| 22 | 17 | 15 | 29 | 12 | 15 | TB | RHP | Wade Davis |
| 23 | 40 | 100 | - | - | 28 | BOS | 1B | Lars Anderson |
| 24 | 33 | 29 | - | - | 20 | SF | 3B | Angel Villalona |
| 25 | 26 | 56 | 27 | 24 | - | OAK | LHP | Gio Gonzalez |
| 26 | - | - | - | - | - | PIT | 3B | Pedro Alvarez |
| 27 | - | - | - | - | - | MLW | 3B | Mat Gamel |
| 28 | 84 | - | - | - | 59 | SF | RHP | Tim Alderson |
| 29 | 19 | 58 | 36 | 38 | 31 | TEX | SS | Elvis Andrus |
| 30 | - | - | - | - | 75 | TB | RHP | Jeremy Hellickson |
| 31 | - | - | - | - | - | SF | LHP | Madison Bumgarner |
| 32 | 71 | - | - | - | - | CLE | LHP | Chuck Lofgren |
| 33 | 18 | 19 | - | 22 | 47 | KC | 3B | Mike Moustakas |
| 34 | 41 | 47 | 44 | 49 | 24 | NYY | OF | Austin Jackson |
| 35 | 25 | 17 | - | - | 27 | ATL | OF | Jordan Schafer |
| 36 | 93 | 30 | - | - | - | TEX | RHP | Neftali Feliz |
| 37 | 83 | - | - | - | - | SEA | RHP | Phillippe Aumont |
| 38 | - | - | - | - | - | SD | RHP | Will Inman |
| 39 | - | - | - | - | - | TEX | 1B | Justin Smoak
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| 40 | 87 | - | - | - | - | CLE | 3B | Beau Mills |
| 41 | 51 | 35 | 41 | 37 | 51 | WAS | LHP | Ross Detwiler |
| 42 | 80 | 77 | - | - | 40 | TEX | C | Taylor Teagarden
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| 43 | 99 | - | 48 | - | - | TB | RHP | Jeff Niemann |
| 44 | 94 | 95 | - | - | - | BOS | RHP | Michael Bowden |
| 45 | - | - | - | - | - | BAL | LHP | Brian Matusz |
| 46 | 62 | 55 | - | 48 | 18 | SEA | 3B | Carlos Triunfel |
| 47 | 77 | 49 | 20 | 25 | 60 | TEX | RHP | Eric Hurley |
| 48 | - | - | - | - | - | TB | SS | Tim Beckham |
| 49 | 79 | 89 | - | - | 87 | LAA | C | Hank Conger
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| 50 | - | - | - | - | - | KC | 1B | Eric Hosmer |
| 51 | - | - | - | - | 85 | STL | LHP | Jaime Garcia |
| 52 | - | - | - | - | - | BOS | RHP | Daniel Bard |
| 53 | - | 63 | - | - | - | ATL | SS | Brent Lillibridge |
| 54 | - | - | - | - | - | SF | C | Gerald Posey |
| 55 | - | - | - | - | - | BAL | RHP | Brandon Erbe |
| 56 | - | - | - | - | - | CHW | SS | Gordon Beckham |
| 57 | 50 | 39 | 39 | 27 | 93 | SD | 2B | Matt Antonelli |
| 58 | - | - | - | - | - | TB | RHP | Matt Walker |
| 59 | - | - | - | - | - | FA | RHP | Kenshin Kawakami |
| 60 | - | - | - | - | - | STL | 3B | Brett Wallace
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| 61 | - | - | - | - | - | SEA | OF | Michael Saunders |
| 62 | - | - | - | 42 | - | MLW | SS | Alcides Escobar |
| 63 | - | 97 | - | - | - | MIN | OF | Ben Revere |
| 64 | - | 99 | 49 | - | - | OAK | 1B | Chris Carter |
| 65 | 61 | 94 | - | - | 89 | PIT | 3B | Neil Walker |
| 66 | - | 80 | - | - | 77 | COL | SS | Chris Nelson |
| 67 | - | 81 | - | - | - | WAS | OF | Michael Burgess |
| 68 | - | - | - | - | - | BOS | SS | Oscar Tejada |
| 69 | 37 | 48 | - | - | 21 | PIT | OF | Jose Tabata |
| 70 | 85 | 71 | - | - | - | STL | C | Bryan Anderson |
| 71 | - | - | - | - | - | NYM | 1B | Ike Davis |
| 72 | 92 | 83 | - | - | 99 | ATL | OF | Gorkys Hernandez |
| 73 | - | 91 | - | - | - | COL | RHP | Casey Weathers |
| 74 | - | - | - | - | 91 | MIN | LHP | Tyler Robertson |
| 75 | 27 | 28 | - | 31 | 64 | WAS | 1B | Chris Marrero |
| 76 | - | - | - | - | - | CLE | RHP | Jonathan Meloan |
| 77 | 78 | - | - | - | - | BAL | LHP | Troy Patton |
| 78 | 95 | - | - | - | - | COL | SS | Hector Gomez |
| 79 | - | - | - | - | 66 | ATL | RHP | Tommy Hanson |
| 80 | - | - | - | - | - | OAK | RHP | Jason Windsor |
| 81 | - | - | - | - | - | MIN | OF | Aaron Hicks |
| 82 | - | - | - | - | - | NYY | C | Jesus Montero |
| 83 | 97 | 69 | - | - | - | STL | RHP | Chris Perez
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| 84 | 75 | - | 47 | 44 | - | CHC | OF | Tyler Colvin |
| 85 | 72 | 64 | - | - | 82 | ARZ | OF | Gerardo Parra |
| 86 | - | - | - | - | - | FA | RHP | Junichi Tazawa
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| 87 | - | - | - | - | - | BAL | 3B | Billy Rowell |
| 88 | 60 | 46 | - | - | 57 | OAK | RHP | Fautino De Los Santos |
| 89 | 90 | 96 | - | - | - | PHI | LHP | Joe Savery |
| 90 | - | - | - | - | - | KC | RHP | Yasuhiko Yabuta |
| 91 | - | - | - | - | - | LAD | RHP | James McDonald |
| 92 | 59 | 18 | - | - | 11 | TB | OF | Desmond Jennings |
| 93 | - | - | - | - | - | OAK | RHP | Michel Inoa |
| 94 | - | - | - | - | - | CHC | LHP | Donald Veal |
| 95 | - | - | - | - | - | NYM | 1B | Mike Carp |
| 96 | 76 | - | - | - | - | OAK | 2B | Adrian Cardenas |
| 97 | - | - | - | - | - | NYY | RHP | Humberto Sanchez |
| 98 | - | - | - | - | - | FA | RHP | Yu Darvish |
| 99 | - | - | - | - | - | STL | RHP | Adam Ottavino |
| 100 | - | - | - | - | - | CLE | OF | Trevor Crowe |
| 101 | - | 76 | - | 43 | - | MLW | RHP | Jeremy Jeffress |
| 102 | 35 | 79 | - | - | 80 | MIN | RHP | Deolis Guerra |
| 103 | - | - | - | - | - | CLE | LHP | Scott Lewis
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| 104 | - | - | - | - | - | CHC | RHP | Jeff Samardzija |
| 105 | - | - | - | - | - | NYM | LHP | Jon Niese
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| 106 | - | - | - | - | - | NYY | 1B | Eric Duncan |
| 107 | 81 | 59 | - | - | 79 | LAA | RHP | Jordan Walden
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| 108 | - | - | - | - | - | PHI | C | Lou Marson |
| 109 | - | - | - | - | 83 | WAS | RHP | Jordan Zimmermann |
| 110 | - | - | - | - | - | COL | RHP | Jhoulys Chacin |
| 111 | - | - | - | - | - | COL | 1B | Joe Koshansky |
| 112 | - | - | - | - | - | TB | RHP | Mitch Talbot |
| 113 | - | - | - | - | - | FA | RHP | Aaron Crow |
| 114 | - | - | - | - | - | NYM | 1B | Nick Evans |
| 115 | - | 78 | - | - | - | CLE | 3B | Wes Hodges |
| 116 | - | 84 | - | - | 74 | SF | RHP | Henry Sosa |
| 117 | - | - | - | - | - | PHI | RHP | Edgar Garcia |
| 118 | - | - | - | - | - | MLW | 2B | Callix Crabbe |
| 119 | 57 | - | - | - | - | KC | RHP | Daniel Cortes |
| 120 | - | - | - | - | - | SD | RHP | Cesar Carrillo |
| 121 | - | - | - | - | - | FLA | LHP | Sean West |
| 122 | - | - | 26 | - | - | MIN | RHP | Anthony Swarzak |
| 123 | - | - | - | - | - | KC | 1B | Kila Ka'aihue |
| 124 | 91 | - | - | - | 39 | BAL | OF | Nolan Reimold |
| 125 | - | - | - | - | - | NYY | RHP | Dellin Betances |
| 126 | - | - | - | - | - | SD | LHP | Steve Garrison |
| 127 | - | - | - | - | - | SEA | 3B | Matt Tuiasosopo |
| 128 | - | - | - | - | 63 | TOR | LHP | Brett Cecil |
| 129 | - | 62 | - | - | 98 | TEX | OF | Engel Beltre |
| 130 | - | - | - | - | - | MLW | SS | Brent Brewer |
| 131 | - | - | - | - | - | WAS | RHP | Tyler Clippard |
| 132 | - | - | - | - | - | WAS | OF | Kory Casto |
| 133 | - | - | - | - | - | TEX | OF | Greg Golson |
| 134 | - | - | - | - | - | TB | 3B | Joel Guzman |
| 135 | - | - | - | - | - | OAK | LHP | Josh Outman |
| 136 | - | - | - | - | - | TB | RHP | Chris Mason |
| 137 | 29 | 52 | 9 | 10 | 29 | CLE | RHP | Adam Miller |
| 138 | - | - | - | - | - | MIN | RHP | Kevin Mulvey |
| 139 | - | 61 | - | - | - | SD | RHP | Mat Latos |
| 140 | - | - | - | - | - | CIN | OF | Daniel Dorn |
| 141 | - | 87 | - | - | 67 | CHW | LHP | Aaron Poreda |
| 142 | - | - | - | - | - | BAL | RHP | James Hoey |
| 143 | - | - | - | - | - | PHI | LHP | Matt Maloney |
| 144 | - | - | - | - | 92 | ATL | LHP | Cole Rohrbough |
| 145 | - | - | - | - | - | CHW | 2B | Jayson Nix |
| 146 | - | - | - | - | - | SD | OF | Cedric Hunter |
| 147 | - | - | - | - | - | FA | LHP | Hitoki Iwase |
| 148 | - | - | - | - | - | CHW | RHP | Lance Broadway |
| 149 | - | - | - | - | - | SEA | RHP | Joshua Fields |
| 150 | - | - | - | - | - | OAK | RHP | Tyson Ross |
| 151 | - | - | - | - | - | CLE | RHP | Rob Bryson |
| 152 | - | - | - | - | - | OAK | C | Josh Donaldson |
| 153 | - | - | - | - | - | SD | RHP | Adis Portillo |
| 154 | - | - | - | - | - | TEX | RHP | Blake Beavan |
| 155 | - | - | - | - | - | TOR | C | J.P. Arencibia |
| 156 | - | - | - | - | - | ATL | 3B | Eric Campbell |
| 157 | - | - | - | - | - | BOS | RHP | Bryan Price |
| 158 | - | 73 | - | - | 46 | TEX | RHP | Michael Main |
| 159 | - | - | - | - | 68 | SD | 1B | Kyle Blanks |
| 160 | - | - | - | - | 62 | CLE | OF | Nick Weglarz |
| 161 | - | - | - | - | - | MIN | RHP | Phil Humber |
| 162 | 15 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 26 | TB | LHP | Jacob McGee |
| 163 | - | - | - | - | - | PIT | RHP | Romulo Sanchez |
| 164 | - | - | - | - | - | FLA | C | Gaby Sanchez |
| 165 | - | - | - | - | - | MIN | OF | Chris Parmelee |
| 166 | - | - | - | - | 73 | STL | RHP | Mitchell Boggs |
| 167 | 96 | 60 | - | - | - | BOS | OF | Ryan Kalish |
| 168 | - | - | - | - | - | WAS | RHP | Beltran Perez |
| 169 | - | - | - | - | - | PHI | RHP | Kyle Drabek |
| 170 | - | - | - | - | - | NYM | SS | Reese Havens |
| 171 | - | - | - | - | - | FA | RHP | Kazumi Saitoh |
| 172 | - | - | - | - | - | COL | LHP | Christian Friedrich |
| 173 | - | 75 | - | - | 96 | BAL | RHP | Chorye Spoone |
| 174 | - | - | - | - | - | MLW | 3B | Taylor Green |
| 175 | - | - | - | - | - | PHI | OF | John Mayberry |
| 176 | - | - | - | - | - | PIT | LHP | Daniel Moskos |
| 177 | - | - | - | - | - | ATL | 1B | Cody Johnson |
| 178 | - | - | - | - | - | OAK | 2B | Jemile Weeks |
| 179 | - | - | - | - | - | NYY | RHP | Oneli Perez |
| 180 | - | - | - | - | 90 | WAS | LHP | Josh Smoker |
| 181 | - | - | - | - | - | HOU | C | Jason Castro |
| 182 | - | - | - | - | - | BOS | SS | Casey Kelly |
| 183 | - | - | - | - | - | SF | 2B | Travis Denker |
| 184 | - | - | - | - | - | LAD | RHP | Ethan Martin |
| 185 | - | - | - | - | - | ATL | LHP | Jeff Locke |
| 186 | - | - | - | - | - | FLA | RHP | Ryan Tucker |
| 187 | - | - | - | - | - | BOS | 1B | Chris Carter |
| 188 | - | - | - | - | - | ARZ | LHP | Daniel Schlereth |
| 189 | - | - | - | - | - | NYY | OF | Brett Gardner |
| 190 | 68 | - | - | - | - | FLA | RHP | Brett Sinkbeil |
| 191 | - | - | - | - | - | FLA | C | Kyle Skipworth |
| 192 | - | - | - | - | - | BAL | RHP | Pedro Beato |
| 193 | - | - | - | - | - | LAD | 2B | Luis Maza |
| 194 | - | - | - | - | - | CLE | LHP | David Huff |
| 195 | 100 | - | - | - | - | CIN | OF | Drew Stubbs |
| 196 | - | - | - | - | - | SEA | 2B | Tug Hulett |
| 197 | - | - | - | - | - | PHI | SS | Anthony Hewitt |
| 198 | - | - | - | - | - | OAK | OF | Javier Herrera |
| 199 | - | - | - | - | - | TEX | RHP | Kazuo Fukumori |
| 200 | - | - | - | - | 97 | PIT | RHP | Brad Lincoln |
| 201 | - | - | - | - | - | DET | RHP | Yorman Bazardo |
| 202 | - | - | - | - | - | TEX | LHP | Beau Jones |
| 203 | - | - | - | - | - | KC | LHP | Dusty Hughes |
| 204 | - | - | - | - | - | MLW | LHP | Evan Frederickson |
| 205 | - | 67 | 21 | - | - | NYY | RHP | Alan Horne |
| 206 | - | - | - | - | - | CHW | 3B | Dayan Viciedo
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| 207 | - | - | - | - | - | TOR | 1B | David Cooper |
| 208 | - | - | - | - | - | PIT | RHP | Daniel McCutchen |
| 209 | - | - | - | - | - | DET | RHP | Ryan Perry |
| 210 | - | - | - | - | - | CHC | RHP | Andrew Cashner |
| 211 | - | - | - | - | - | SD | 1B | Allan Dykstra |
| 212 | - | - | - | - | 100 | NYY | RHP | Andrew Brackman |
| 213 | - | - | - | - | - | MIN | RHP | Carlos Gutierrez |
| 214 | - | - | - | - | - | NYM | RHP | Bradley Holt |
| 215 | - | - | - | - | - | TB | SS | Andy Cannizaro |
| 216 | - | - | - | - | - | FA | SS | Tomohiro Nioka |
| 217 | - | - | - | - | - | CIN | RHP | Dallas Buck |
| 218 | - | - | - | - | - | ARZ | LHP | Wade Miley |
| 219 | - | - | - | - | - | BOS | C | George Kottaras |
| 220 | - | - | - | - | - | MIN | RHP | Steven Hunt |
| 221 | - | - | - | - | - | HOU | RHP | Jordan Lyles |
| 222 | - | - | - | - | 66 | HOU | RHP | Felipe Paulino |
| 223 | - | - | - | - | - | MLW | C | Brett Lawrie |
| 224 | - | - | - | - | - | CLE | SS | Lonnie Chisenhall |
| 225 | - | - | - | - | - | BAL | LHP | Tony Butler |
| 226 | - | - | - | - | - | CLE | LHP | Zach Jackson |
| 227 | - | - | - | - | - | ATL | 1B | Kala Ka'aihue |
| 228 | - | - | - | - | - | SF | 3B | Conor Gillaspie |
| 229 | - | - | - | - | 54 | FLA | 3B | Matt Dominguez |
| 230 | - | - | - | - | - | MIN | RHP | Tom Shearn |
| 231 | - | - | - | - | - | TOR | 3B | Kevin Ahrens |
| 232 | - | - | - | - | - | SD | OF | Jaff Decker |
| 233 | - | - | - | - | - | SF | LHP | Steve Hammond |
| 234 | - | - | - | - | - | DET | 2B | Scott Sizemore |
| 235 | - | - | - | - | - | MLW | RHP | Mark Rogers |
| 236 | - | - | - | - | - | SF | OF | Darren Ford |
| 237 | - | - | - | - | - | KC | 2B | Johnny Giavotella |
| 238 | - | - | - | - | - | SD | RHP | Carlos Guevara |
| 239 | - | - | - | - | - | BOS | 1B | Aaron Bates |
| 240 | - | - | - | - | - | MLW | RHP | Jacob Odorizzi |
| 241 | - | - | - | - | 72 | TB | OF | Fernando Perez |
| 242 | - | - | - | - | - | PHI | LF | Zachary Collier |
| 243 | - | - | - | - | - | KC | LHP | Michael Montgomery |
| 244 | - | - | - | - | - | ATL | LHP | Brett DeVall |
| 245 | - | - | - | - | - | CHC | SS | Ryan Flaherty |
| 246 | - | - | - | - | - | SD | RHP | Chad Reineke |
| 247 | - | - | - | - | - | NYY | LHP | Jeremy Bleich |
| 248 | - | - | - | - | - | SD | 3B | John Forsythe |
| 249 | - | - | - | - | - | MLW | RHP | Seth Lintz |
| 250 | - | - | - | - | - | BAL | CF | Xavier Avery |
| 251 | - | - | - | - | - | MLW | OF | Cutter Dykstra |
| 252 | - | - | - | - | - | KC | LHP | Danny Duffy |
| 253 | - | - | - | - | - | FA | RHP | Tanner Scheppers
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| 254 | - | - | - | - | - | FLA | LHP | Brad Hand |
| 255 | - | - | - | - | - | PHI | OF | Anthony Gose |
| 256 | - | - | 31 | - | - | CHW | RHP | Jack Egbert |
| 257 | - | - | - | - | - | WAS | LF | Destin Hood |
| 258 | - | - | - | - | - | TB | LHP | Kyle Lobstein |
| 259 | - | - | - | - | - | TEX | LHP | Yukinaga Maeda |
| 260 | - | - | - | - | - | FA | RHP | Koji Uehara |
| 261 | - | - | - | - | - | STL | RHP | Michael Lynn |
| 262 | - | - | - | - | - | HOU | CF | Joseph Austin |
| 263 | - | - | - | - | - | HOU | OF | Eli Iorg |
| 264 | - | - | - | - | - | FA | 1B | Michihiro Ogasawara |
| 265 | - | - | - | - | - | FA | RHP | Gerrit Cole |
...
Shutting Down, Starting Up
Closing the Book on 2008 and Looking Ahead to Next Year
Closing Time: Wait 'Til Next Year!
Seven Teams are Taking an Early Look at 2009 Closer Options
Dunn Just Right for Prospects
Adam Dunn Traded for Dallas Buck, Others
And One More Thing...
Prospects, Relievers and Throw-ins are Often Keys to Deadline Deals
Batters Up!
As the Second Half Starts, New Top Prospects Emerge
Second Half Prospects for 2008 and 2009
Midseason Cleanup Underway for Second Half Prospects
Harden Traded for Prospects
In trading Rich Harden, the A's continue to load up on prospects
Many Prospects for One Big Pitcher
CC is Traded, We Survey the Prospects Included
Closer... Closer... Almost There...
In the NL, a Number of Closer Situations in Flux
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