List of 209 Top MLB Prospects for 2017

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Before getting to the list of top baseball prospects for 2017, here are a few notes on its compilation:

25 of our staff submitted a list of top 100 prospects with bias towards fantasy baseball contributions.
Prospect eligibility is only based on # of at-bats or innings pitched (i.e., we did not factor in service time)
The lists were combined to generate an aggregated list of prospects (in this case, 209 individual players).
To determine the final ranking, prospects were given points (3rd column) relative to their position in each top 100 list (e.g., 1st place = 100 points and 100th place = 1 point).
The number of lists a player appeared on is included as an additional data point to consider when evaluating a prospect. Given that there were 25 original lists, 4% indicates a player appeared on 1 list, 20% indicates a player appeared on 5 lists, and so on (e.g., Nick Williams is ranked 86th but only appeared on 8 out of 25 lists).

Rank	Player Name	Total Points	Position	Team	% of Lists
1	Andrew Benintendi	2471	OF	Red Sox	100
2	Yoan Moncada	2467	2B/3B	White Sox	100
3	Alex Reyes**	2395	RHP	Cardinals	100
4	Dansby Swanson	2362	SS	Braves	100
5	Gleyber Torres	2297	SS	Yankees	100
6	Austin Meadows	2287	OF	Pirates	100
7	Victor Robles	2270	OF	Nationals	100
8	Brendan Rodgers	2239	SS	Rockies	100
9	Cody Bellinger	2205	1B/OF	Dodgers	100
10	Lucas Giolito	2194	RHP	White Sox	100
11	Tyler Glasnow	2178	RHP	Pirates	100
12	Amed Rosario	2170	SS	Mets	100
13	Rafael Devers	2133	3B	Red Sox	100
14	Eloy Jimenez	2126	OF	Cubs	100
15	J.P. Crawford	2079	SS	Phillies	96
16	Ozzie Albies	2029	2B	Braves	100
17	Clint Frazier	2001	OF	Yankees	100
18	Josh Bell	1975	1B/OF	Pirates	100
19	Willy Adames	1946	SS	Rays	100
20	Lewis Brinson	1936	OF	Brewers	100
21	Anderson Espinoza	1911	RHP	Padres	100
22	Michael Kopech	1879	RHP	White Sox	100
23	Francis Martes	1867	RHP	Astros	100
24	Nick Senzel	1853	3B	Reds	100
25	Manuel Margot	1851	OF	Padres	96
26	Jose De Leon	1818	RHP	Dodgers	100
27	Brent Honeywell	1735	SP	Rays	100
28	Josh Hader	1720	LHP	Brewers	100
29	Bradley Zimmer	1666	OF	Indians	100
30	Franklin Barreto	1651	2B/SS	Athletics	100
31	Kyle Tucker	1626	OF	Astros	100
32	Francisco Mejia	1625	C	Indians	100
33	Ian Happ	1619	2B/OF	Cubs	100
34	Corey Ray	1564	OF	Brewers	96
35	Kyle Lewis	1537	OF	Mariners	100
36	Yadier Alvarez	1521	RHP	Dodgers	96
37	Mitch Keller	1475	SP	Pirates	100
38	Hunter Renfroe	1461	OF	Padres	96
38	Tyler O'Neill	1461	OF	Mariners	100
40	Mickey Moniak	1432	OF	Phillies	100
41	Jason Groome	1400	LHP	Red Sox	96
42	Blake Rutherford	1352	OF	Yankees	96
43	Reynaldo Lopez	1308	RHP	White Sox	96
44	Aaron Judge	1306	OF	Yankees	96
45	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1299	3B	Blue Jays	92
46	Kolby Allard	1267	P	Braves	100
47	Alex Verdugo	1208	OF	Dodgers	92
48	Jorge Mateo	1118	2B/SS	Yankees	96
49	David Paulino	1105	RHP	Astros	96
50	Jeff Hoffman	1055	RHP	Rockies	96
51	Isan Diaz	1043	2B/SS	Brewers	92
52	Kevin Newman	1027	SS	Pirates	96
53	Nick Gordon	1007	SS	Twins	92
53	Raimel Tapia	1007	OF	Rockies	100
55	Kevin Maitan	997	3B	Braves	84
56	Triston McKenzie	983	RHP	Indians	92
57	Amir Garrett	967	LHP	Reds	96
58	Jesse Winker	933	OF	Reds	92
59	Erick Fedde	925	RHP	Nationals	92
60	Dominic Smith	904	1B	Mets	96
61	Riley Pint	880	LHP	Rockies	88
62	Leody Taveras	840	OF	Rangers	76
63	A.J. Puk	820	LHP	Athletics	96
64	Zack Collins	813	C	White Sox	88
65	Luke Weaver	812	RHP	Cardinals	92
66	Yohander Mendez	778	LHP	Rangers	96
67	Jorge Alfaro	758	C	Phillies	96
68	Ronald Acuna	748	OF	Braves	72
69	Jake Bauers	741	1B/OF	Rays	88
70	Braxton Garrett	737	LHP	Marlins	84
71	Sean Newcomb	725	LHP	Braves	92
72	James Kaprielian	689	RHP	Yankees	84
73	Sean Reid-Foley	640	RHP	Blue Jays	96
74	Willie Calhoun	603	2B	Dodgers	88
75	Anthony Alford	602	OF	Blue Jays	76
76	Luis Ortiz	572	RHP	Brewers	80
77	Chance Sisco	540	C	Orioles	80
78	Matt Manning	523	RHP	Tigers	84
79	Carson Kelly	513	C	Cardinals	56
80	Derek Fisher	456	OF	Astros	68
81	Carson Fulmer	441	RHP	White Sox	64
82	Mike Soroka	432	RHP	Braves	72
83	Tyler Jay	381	LHP	Twins	48
84	Ian Anderson	376	P	Braves	68
85	Nick Williams	345	OF	Phillies	32
86	Bobby Bradley	329	1B	Indians	60
87	Stephen Gonsalves	325	LHP	Twins	60
88	Dylan Cease	323	RHP	Cubs	60
89	Cal Quantrill	320	RHP	Padres	64
90	Albert Almora	309	OF	Cubs	36
91	Delvin Perez	300	SS	Cardinals	72
92	Yuliesky Gurriel	293	IF	Astros	24
93	Justus Sheffield	281	LHP	Yankees	60
94	Walker Buehler	278	RHP	Dodgers	36
95	German Marquez	274	RHP	Rockies	40
96	Robert Stephenson	269	RHP	Reds	52
97	Tyler Beede	258	RHP	Giants	68
98	Robert Gsellman	250	RHP	Mets	40
99	Tom Murphy	249	C	Rockies	32
100	Christin Stewart	247	OF	Tigers	40
101	Francelis Montas	244	RHP	Athletics	24
101	Richard Urena	244	SS	Blue Jays	36
103	Alex Kirilloff	240	OF	Twins	44
104	Casey Gillaspie	223	1B	Rays	24
105	A.J. Reed	219	1B	Astros	28
106	Matt Chapman	214	3B	Athletics	60
107	Franklin Perez	206	RHP	Astros	28
108	Jeimer Candelario	197	3B	Cubs	36
109	Christian Arroyo	191	3B/SS	Giants	44
110	Lourdes Gurriel	189	SS	Blue Jays	24
111	Phil Bickford	186	SP	Brewers	28
112	Forrest Whitley	182	RHP	Astros	56
113	Rhys Hoskins	169	1B	Phillies	20
114	Dan Vogelbach	164	1B	Mariners	16
115	Juan Soto	163	OF	Nationals	32
115	Yusniel Diaz	163	OF	Dodgers	20
117	Thomas Szapucki	162	LHP	Mets	36
118	Jharel Cotton	157	RHP	Athletics	44
119	Harrison Bader	154	OF	Cardinals	44
120	Brett Phillips	147	OF	Brewers	28
121	Grant Holmes	143	RHP	Athletics	48
122	Rowdy Tellez	137	1B/OF	Blue Jays	28
123	Andrew Toles	126	OF	Dodgers	8
124	Alec Hansen	121	RHP	White Sox	12
125	Roman Quinn	120	OF	Phillies	20
126	Brady Aiken	118	LHP	Indians	28
127	Dylan Cozens	116	OF	Phillies	16
128	Domingo Acevedo	96	RHP	Yankees	20
129	Fernando Tatis Jr.	93	SS	Padres	16
130	Mark Zagunis	86	OF	Cubs	4
131	Luiz Gohara	84	LHP	Braves	20
132	Hunter Dozier	74	3B	Royals	16
133	Adrian Morejon	71	LHP	Padres	28
134	Cody Reed	69	LHP	Diamondbacks	12
135	Luis Castillo	68	RHP	Marlins	8
136	Andres Giminez	65	SS	Mets	8
137	Jahmai Jones	62	OF	Angels	8
138	Joe Jimenez	59	RHP	Tigers	12
139	Lucas Erceg	55	3B	Brewers	12
140	Ryan McMahon	53	3B/1B	Rockies	20
141	Bobby Dalbec	51	3B	Red Sox	4
142	Matt Thaiss	50	1B	Angels	8
143	Cody Sedlock	49	RHP	Orioles	8
144	Anthony Banda	46	LHP	Diamondbacks	20
145	Fernando Romero	43	RHP	Twins	12
146	Trent Clark	43	OF	Brewers	20
147	Mitch Haniger	41	OF	Mariners	8
147	Sandy Alcantara	41	RHP	Cardinals	12
149	Ariel Jurado	40	RHP	Rangers	12
149	Ke'Bryan Hayes	40	3B	Pirates	8
149	Travis Demeritte	40	2B	Braves	12
152	Magneuris Sierra	38	OF	Cardinals	4
153	Greg Allen	34	OF	Indians	8
154	Brandon Woodruff	33	RHP	Brewers	8
154	Franklyn Kilome	33	RHP	Phillies	8
154	Luis Urias	33	2B/3B/SS	Padres	4
157	Nestor Cortes	31	3B	Twins	4
158	Brandon Nimmo	27	OF	Mets	8
158	Shedric Long	27	2B	Reds	4
160	Matt Strahm	25	LHP	Royals	4
161	Ronald Guzman	23	1B	Rangers	4
162	Kean Wong	22	2B/3B	Rays	4
162	Trevor Clifton	22	RHP	Cubs	4
164	Chih-Wei Hu	20	RHP	Rays	4
164	Josh Staumont	20	RHP	Royals	8
164	Teoscar Hernandez	20	OF	Astros	4
167	Andy Ibanez	19	2B	Rangers	4
167	Thairo Estrada	19	2B/SS	Yankees	4
169	Antonio Senzatela	18	RHP	Rockies	4
169	Max Fried	18	LHP	Braves	8
169	Sixto Sanchez	18	RHP	Phillies	4
172	Renato Nunez	17	3B	Athletics	8
173	Chance Adams	16	RHP	Yankees	4
173	Desmond Lindsay	16	OF	Mets	8
173	Justin Dunn	16	RHP	Mets	8
173	Luis Arraez	16	2B	Twins	4
177	Lazaro Armenteros	15	OF	Athletics	4
177	Sam Travis	15	1B	Red Sox	4
179	Jacob Faria	14	SP	Rays	4
179	Kevin Padlo	14	OF	Rays	4
181	Luis Alexander Basabe	13	OF	White Sox	4
182	Oscar De La Cruz	12	RHP	Cubs	4
183	Brian Johnson	11	LHP	Red Sox	4
183	Josh Naylor	11	1B	Padres	4
183	Lucius Fox	11	SS	Rays	4
183	Ramon Laureano	11	OF	Astros	12
187	Ryan Castellani	9	RHP	Rockies	4
188	Chad Green	8	RHP	Yankees	4
188	Daz Cameron	8	OF	Astros	4
188	Mauricio Dubon	8	SS	Brewers	8
191	Brock Stewart	7	RHP	Dodgers	4
191	Jack Flaherty	7	RHP	Cardinals	4
191	Michael Gettys	7	OF	Padres	4
194	Trey Mancini	6	1B	Orioles	4
195	Christopher Torres	4	SS	Mariners	4
195	Dawel Lugo	4	3B	Diamondbacks	4
195	Juremi Profar	4	3B	Rangers	4
195	Mason Thompson	4	RHP	Padres	4
199	Dakota Hudson	3	RHP	Cardinals	4
199	Jasrado Chisholm	3	SS	Diamondbacks	4
199	Michael Matuella	3	RHP	Rangers	4
199	Will Craig	3	3B/1B	Pirates	4
203	Hunter Harvey	2	RHP	Orioles	4
203	Matt Olson	2	OF/1B	Athletics	4
203	Tommy Edman	2	SS	Cardinals	4
206	Carter Kieboom	1	SS	Nationals	4
206	Gavin Lux	1	SS	Dodgers	4
206	Jordan Yamamoto	1	LHP	Diamondbacks	4
206	Justin Williams	1	OF	Rays	4

**Lists were compiled prior to Alex Reyes’ recent injury

Still need more prospect lists? Check out our top 50 prospects list by team. Each list is developed by an individual member of our staff.

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Hey Steve. We appreciate you reading the list and taking the time to comment. I left a couple of those Top 50 guys off my list and I will try to deal more in depth in a future post, but I want to give you a semi-quick answer to your questions. I think the biggest trick here is the fact that 25 different people approached this with 25 different perspectives. That is going to lead to some divergenge in how things shake out.

The other thing I can say contributed to my list is that I tried to keep the Fantasy-Reality balance in mind, though maybe not in the way that sounds. The fantasy part is clear in that we are looking at fantasy usefulness here as was mentioned above.

As to the reality part, these are generally guys with some ‘reality’. They have track records of variable lengths. I put every minor leaguer in a spread sheet and come up with a numerical evaluation based on weighting some of the statistics I see as most useful. I will tell you that I eliminate some well regarded guys by that method and I elevate some more obscure guys as well. I work from there and read scouting reports and look at video and then make adjustments.

That process gave me a Top 100. I redid that list several times (and had a few glitches as a result) based on new information I could find.

That’s the short answer. I fully admit I may have some errors on my list. Every list out there has errors. I like and trust my process.

Thanks again for reading and I hope this site will give us the opportunity to have more dialogue with readers as we progress.

Magnus
February 24, 2017 at 6:02 pm

Fantastic job!
Would LOVE to see the complete list 🙂

- Magnus
  February 25, 2017 at 3:12 am
  
  (as in all the sub200 picks that only showed up on 3 lists or less 🙂
  
- Magnus
  February 25, 2017 at 3:13 am
  
  Turns out my ability to read properly is limited. That’s all the picks, i says percentage of lists, not # of lists 🙂
  
  Anyhow, great great list!
  
Steve
February 25, 2017 at 10:52 am

Curious as to why Top 25 prospects JP Crawford & Manuel Margot only show up on 24 of the 25 lists. I can’t see justification for a handful of these top 50 prospects being left off of someone’s top 100 list (Renfroe, C Ray, Judge, Rutherford, Groome).

- P1500
  February 25, 2017 at 12:41 pm
  
  Hi Steve. Thanks for the comment. I will try to get some of the staff to come comment on some of the players you listed. You may also see some of them discussed at more length in a future post (by the staff member who omitted).
  
  I hope he’ll come explain more, but I believe the staff member who omitted Crawford has concerns about how the hit tool will contribute to traditional 5×5 fantasy leagues. If it were solely an MLB list, I am confident he would have been included on the omitted list.
  
- Scott D
  February 25, 2017 at 10:54 pm
  
  Hey Steve. We appreciate you reading the list and taking the time to comment. I left a couple of those Top 50 guys off my list and I will try to deal more in depth in a future post, but I want to give you a semi-quick answer to your questions. I think the biggest trick here is the fact that 25 different people approached this with 25 different perspectives. That is going to lead to some divergenge in how things shake out.
  
  The other thing I can say contributed to my list is that I tried to keep the Fantasy-Reality balance in mind, though maybe not in the way that sounds. The fantasy part is clear in that we are looking at fantasy usefulness here as was mentioned above.
  
  As to the reality part, these are generally guys with some ‘reality’. They have track records of variable lengths. I put every minor leaguer in a spread sheet and come up with a numerical evaluation based on weighting some of the statistics I see as most useful. I will tell you that I eliminate some well regarded guys by that method and I elevate some more obscure guys as well. I work from there and read scouting reports and look at video and then make adjustments.
  
  That process gave me a Top 100. I redid that list several times (and had a few glitches as a result) based on new information I could find.
  
  That’s the short answer. I fully admit I may have some errors on my list. Every list out there has errors. I like and trust my process.
  
  Thanks again for reading and I hope this site will give us the opportunity to have more dialogue with readers as we progress.
  
- KC Shankland
  February 27, 2017 at 12:50 pm
  
  I left JP Crawford and Corey Ray off my list. I don’t care about defense at all, of course, unless it is so good/bad that it impacts playing time. Crawford hasn’t demonstrated even an average hit tool, and has below average power. Nor is he a burner on the bases. How is he going to help your dynasty team?
  
  Ray had a terrible debut at an age-appropriate level, and celebrated that failure with knee surgery.
  
  Generally, guys are prospects until they fail. If a guy is already struggling in the minors, I am extremely dubious that they are going to move to a tougher level and do better. Sometimes it happens. Most of the time it won’t.
  
  - Steve
    February 28, 2017 at 11:05 pm
    
    Thank you for the replies. Certainly disagree with your thoughts there, KC, but respect your willingness to discuss your reasons.
    
Robert Hill
February 26, 2017 at 2:55 pm

Is Jordan Yamamoto even a Top 1000 prospect in baseball?

Jimbo Pedigo
July 18, 2017 at 10:44 pm

Do you guys do a mid-season top 209? So much has changed your list is kind of out-dated already. Just found your site and really like the way you buck the trend and go with longer lists. Top 50 for every team? Priceless!

- P1500
  July 19, 2017 at 7:36 am
  
  Jimbo, thanks for the comment and glad you enjoy the site. Our staff is working on mid-season Top 50 prospects updates for each team over the next few weeks. Diamondbacks just posted this morning. We have not yet compiled an overall mid-season Top 209 (or whatever number we’re going to have now) but that’s in the works and we should have something in the next week or two.
  
  - Jimbo Pedigo
    August 4, 2017 at 10:58 pm
    
    IDEA! Consider an aggregate prospect list from viewers like me. I don’t believe any website has ever given me the chance to create my own list and I, for one, would love to. From viewer lists, make an aggregate list. Original idea that would create unprecedented viewer interaction . If you use my idea and would like to thank me, you could mention my blog – ‘JimboPedigo.com’ (NSFW, but classy).

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