MLB Baseball Prospect Rankings for 2008

As always, our Prospect Rankings change very often, to reflect the latest and most promising prospects for the new season.

The Best 47 OF Prospects for 2008

Showing 1 to 47 of 47. Overall SB ranking for 2008 shown in parentheses.


CIN 1. Jay Bruce

OF, CIN (#1 overall)

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SB #1 | BA #1 | BP #1 | ML #1 | SN #1 | ES #2

CHC 2. Kosuke Fukudome

OF, CHC (#4 overall)

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SB #4 | BA #30 | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

FLA 3. Cameron Maybin

OF, FLA (#7 overall)

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SB #7 | BA #6 | BP #10 | ML #3 | SN #3 | ES #13

STL 4. Colby Rasmus

OF, STL (#9 overall)

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SB #9 | BA #5 | BP #8 | ML #7 | SN #17 | ES #5

BOS 5. Jacoby Ellsbury

OF, BOS (#11 overall)

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SB #11 | BA #13 | BP #16 | ML #13 | SN #6 | ES #19

PIT 6. Andrew McCutchen

OF, PIT (#14 overall)

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SB #14 | BA #14 | BP #24 | ML #8 | SN #8 | ES #12

ATL 7. Jason Heyward

OF, ATL (#20 overall)

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SB #20 | BA #28 | BP #36 | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES #33

NYM 8. Fernando Martinez

OF, NYM (#23 overall)

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SB #23 | BA #20 | BP #51 | ML #17 | SN unranked | ES #10

CHW 9. Alexei Ramirez

OF, CHW (#34 overall)

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SB #34 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

OAK 10. Carlos Gonzalez

OF, OAK (#35 overall)

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SB #35 | BA #22 | BP #26 | ML #23 | SN #32 | ES #42

CLE 11. Matt LaPorta

OF, CLE (#37 overall)

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SB #37 | BA #23 | BP #31 | ML unranked | SN #43 | ES #37

TOR 12. Travis Snider

OF, TOR (#38 overall)

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SB #38 | BA #11 | BP #7 | ML #15 | SN #37 | ES #7

MIN 13. Carlos Gomez

OF, MIN (#46 overall)

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SB #46 | BA #52 | BP #65 | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES #35

SEA 14. Wladimir Balentien

OF, SEA (#51 overall)

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SB #51 | BA n/a | BP #93 | ML unranked | SN #22 | ES #95

ATL 15. Brandon Jones

OF, ATL (#59 overall)

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SB #59 | BA #70 | BP #70 | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

NYY 16. Jose Tabata

OF, NYY (#66 overall)

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SB #66 | BA #37 | BP #48 | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES #21

ATL 17. Jordan Schafer

OF, ATL (#68 overall)

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SB #68 | BA #25 | BP #17 | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES #27

ATL 18. Josh Anderson

OF, ATL (#72 overall)

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SB #72 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

MIN 19. Ben Revere

OF, MIN (#88 overall)

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SB #88 | BA n/a | BP #97 | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

WAS 20. Michael Burgess

OF, WAS (#90 overall)

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SB #90 | BA n/a | BP #81 | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

NYY 21. Austin Jackson

OF, NYY (#106 overall)

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SB #106 | BA #41 | BP #47 | ML #49 | SN #44 | ES #24

COL 22. Dexter Fowler

OF, COL (#108 overall)

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SB #108 | BA #74 | BP #92 | ML #50 | SN #45 | ES unranked

TEX 23. David Murphy

OF, TEX (#110 overall)

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SB #110 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

OAK 24. Ryan Sweeney

OF, OAK (#111 overall)

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SB #111 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

CHC 25. Tyler Colvin

OF, CHC (#113 overall)

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SB #113 | BA #75 | BP unranked | ML #44 | SN #47 | ES unranked

ARZ 26. Gerardo Parra

OF, ARZ (#114 overall)

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SB #114 | BA #72 | BP #64 | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES #82

TB 27. Desmond Jennings

OF, TB (#120 overall)

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SB #120 | BA #59 | BP #18 | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES #11

CLE 28. Trevor Crowe

OF, CLE (#132 overall)

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SB #132 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

LAD 29. Delwyn Young

OF, LAD (#135 overall)

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SB #135 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

CIN 30. Daniel Dorn

OF, CIN (#140 overall)

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SB #140 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

HOU 31. Michael Bourn

OF, HOU (#147 overall)

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SB #147 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

SEA 32. Michael Saunders

OF, SEA (#155 overall)

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SB #155 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

BAL 33. Nolan Reimold

OF, BAL (#156 overall)

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SB #156 | BA #91 | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES #39

TEX 34. Engel Beltre

OF, TEX (#166 overall)

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SB #166 | BA n/a | BP #62 | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES #98

WAS 35. Kory Casto

OF, WAS (#172 overall)

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SB #172 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

CIN 36. Drew Stubbs

OF, CIN (#181 overall)

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SB #181 | BA #100 | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

SD 37. Cedric Hunter

OF, SD (#190 overall)

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SB #190 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

ATL 38. Gorkys Hernandez

OF, ATL (#218 overall)

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SB #218 | BA #92 | BP #83 | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES #99

BOS 39. Ryan Kalish

OF, BOS (#221 overall)

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SB #221 | BA #96 | BP #60 | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

NYY 40. Brett Gardner

OF, NYY (#230 overall)

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SB #230 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

OAK 41. Javier Herrera

OF, OAK (#246 overall)

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SB #246 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

CLE 42. Nick Weglarz

OF, CLE (#254 overall)

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SB #254 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES #62

MIN 43. Chris Parmelee

OF, MIN (#256 overall)

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SB #256 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

TB 44. Fernando Perez

OF, TB (#260 overall)

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SB #260 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES #72

MIN 45. Aaron Hicks

OF, MIN (#261 overall)

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SB #261 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

HOU 46. Eli Iorg

OF, HOU (#284 overall)

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SB #284 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

NYY 47. C. J. Henry

OF, NYY (#299 overall)

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SB #299 | BA n/a | BP unranked | ML unranked | SN unranked | ES unranked

 

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