Top 185 Prospects (December 2018)

Before getting to the list of top baseball prospects for the 2019 preseason, here are a few notes on its compilation:

17 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 (130 or less) or innings pitched (50 or less). We did not factor in service time. Some other rankings (i.e. MLB Pipeline) do not include Tyler O’Neill since he has more than 45 games of service time. Since he’s right at 130 MLB ABs, he IS eligible for our overall list.

The lists were combined to generate an aggregated list of prospects (in this case, 185 individual players).

To determine the final ranking, prospects were given points (4th column) relative to their position in each top 100 list (e.g., 1st place = 100 points and 100th place = 1 point).  If you’re interested in seeing all of the 17 different Top 100’s, or what rank one of the correspondents gave to a specific player, the rankings spreadsheet can be viewed here.

RankPlayer NameTeamPositionTotal Points
1Vladimir Guerrero Jr.TOR3B1700
2Eloy JimenezCHWOF1676
3Fernando Tatis Jr.SDSS1664
4Victor RoblesWASOF1642
5Royce LewisMINSS1597
6Forrest WhitleyHOURHP1577
7Kyle TuckerHOUOF1571
8Nick SenzelCIN2B/3B1562
9Jo AdellLAAOF1552
10Bo BichetteTORSS/2B1548
11Wander FrancoTBSS1511
12Jesus LuzardoOAKLHP1509
13Alex KirilloffMINOF1481
14Brendan RodgersCOLSS/2B1469
15Keston HiuraMIL2B1443
16Taylor TrammellCINOF1416
17MacKenzie GoreSDLHP1369
18Michael KopechCHWRHP1310
19Yordan AlvarezHOUOF1278
20Sixto SanchezPHIRHP1271
21Alex ReyesSTLRHP1259
22Casey MizeDETRHP1257
23Carter KieboomWASSS1253
24Brent HoneywellTBRHP1241
25Jesus SanchezTBOF1213
26Mike SorokaATLRHP1211
27Austin RileyATL3B1170
28Luis RobertCHWOF1165
29Mitch KellerPITRHP1163
30Francisco MejiaSDC/OF1149
31Peter AlonsoNYM1B1131
32Luis UriasSD2B/SS1106
33Alex VerdugoLADOF1086
34Dylan CeaseCHWRHP1056
35Hunter GreeneCINRHP1042
36Brendan McKayTBLHP/1B1041
37A.J. PukOAKLHP1022
38Chris PaddackSDRHP1022
39Nick MadrigalCHW2B/SS1019
40Nolan GormanSTL3B959
41Joey BartSFC953
42Kyle WrightATLRHP940
43Ian AndersonATLRHP889
44Jonathan IndiaCIN3B/SS879
45Triston McKenzieCLERHP864
46Justus SheffieldSEALHP851
47Touki ToussaintATLRHP832
48Alec BohmPHI3B780
49Andres GimenezNYMSS757
50Cristian PacheATLOF752
51Michel BaezSDRHP738
52Keibert RuizLADC734
53Jarred KelenicSEAOF696
54Yusniel DiazBALOF693
55Garrett HampsonCOL2B/SS685
56Matt ManningDETRHP669
57Nathaniel LoweTB1B653
58Jon DuplantierARIRHP648
59Ryan MountcastleBAL3B636
60Adrian MorejonSDLHP630
61Drew WatersATLOF608
62Estevan FlorialNYYOF558
63Gavin LuxLADSS/2B525
64Brusdar GraterolMINRHP515
65Ke'Bryan HayesPIT3B509
66Luis GarciaWASSS/3B498
67Tyler O'NeillSTLOF484
68Nate PearsonTORRHP474
69Luis PatinoSDRHP463
70Danny JansenTORC445
71Kristian RobinsonARIOF423
72Jahmai JonesLAA2B423
73Leody TaverasTEXOF394
74Michael ChavisBOS3B380
75Luiz GoharaATLLHP377
76Dane DunningCHWRHP367
77Travis SwaggertyPITOF346
78Nolan JonesCLE3B339
79Trevor LarnachMINOF336
80Brady SingerKCRHP336
81Colton WelkerCOL3B329
82Jonathan LoaisigaNYYRHP329
83Griffin CanningLAARHP325
84Franklin PerezDETRHP321
85Jazz ChisholmARISS306
86Sean MurphyOAKC293
87Julio Pablo MartinezTEXOF292
88Victor Victor MesaMIAOF287
89Josh JamesHOURHP283
90Vidal BrujanTB2B256
91Heliot RamosSFOF255
92Brandon MarshLAAOF250
93Christin StewartDETOF248
94Matthew LiberatoreTBLHP241
95Corbin BurnesMILRHP240
96Daulton VarshoARIC239
97Adonis MedinaPHIRHP200
98Xavier EdwardsSDSS198
99Kolby AllardATLLHP182
100Brent RookerMIN1B/OF173
101George ValeraCLEOF150
102Dustin MayLADRHP149
103Logan AllenSDLHP139
104Josh NaylorSD1B/OF133
105Bryse WilsonATLRHP129
106Corey RayMILOF128
107Khalil LeeKCOF127
108Jorge MateoOAKSS100
109Monte HarrisonMIAOF100
110Kevin SmithTORSS/3B100
111Blake RutherfordCHWOF98
112Austin HaysBALOF98
113MJ MelendezKCC96
114Jordyn AdamsLAAOF94
115Marco LucianoSFSS93
116Oneil CruzPITSS93
117DL HallBALLHP90
118Grant LavigneCOL1B89
119Seuly MatiasKCOF89
120Daz CameronDETOF87
121Isaac ParedesDETSS/2B83
122Esteury RuizSD2B/3B82
123Alex FaedoDETRHP77
124Jordan GroshansTOR3B/SS70
125Shane BazTBRHP68
126J.B. BukauskasHOURHP62
127Sandy AlcantaraMIARHP59
128Hudson PottsSD3B/1B58
129Bubba ThompsonTEXOF54
130Ronaldo HernandezTBC54
131Cal QuantrillSDRHP52
132Mark VientosNYM3B48
133Shane McClanahanTBLHP47
134Miguel AmayaCHCC46
135Nick PrattoKC1B46
136Nick GordonMINSS/2B46
137Triston CasasBOS1B/3B44
138Calvin MitchellPITOF40
139Justin DunnSEARHP40
140Corbin MartinHOURHP39
141Deivi GarciaNYYRHP38
142Nico HoernerCHCSS33
143Taylor WidenerARIRHP33
144Cole WinnTEXRHP31
145Kyle LewisSEAOF31
146Brandon LoweTB2B/OF30
147Cavan BiggioTOR2B/3B22
148Peter LambertCOLRHP21
149Dakota HudsonSTLRHP20
150Orelvis MartinezTORSS19
151Everson PereiraNYYOF16
152Zack CollinsCHWC16
153Kyler MurrayOAKOF15
154Ronny MauricioNYMSS15
155Julio RodriguezSEAOF14
156Elehuris MonteroSTL3B13
157Anthony AlfordTOROF12
158Buddy ReedSDOF11
159Tony SantillanCINRHP10
160Chance AdamsNYYRHP9
161Beau BurrowsDETRHP8
162Domingo AcevedoNYYRHP8
163James KaprielianOAKRHP8
164Jeter DownsCIN2B/SS8
165Joey WentzATLLHP8
166William ContrerasATLC7
167D'Shawn KnowlesLAAOF6
168Seth BeerHOUOF6
169Will SmithLADC/3B6
170Stephen GonsalvesMINLHP5
171Tirso OrnelasSDOF5
172Akil BaddooMINOF4
173Anderson EspinozaSDRHP4
174Eric PardinhoTORRHP3
175Ethan HankinsCLERHP3
176Evan WhiteSEA1B3
177Shed LongCIN2B3
178Alec HansenCHWRHP2
179Brice TurangMILSS2
180Nick SolakTB2B/OF2
181Wander JavierMINSS2
182Adbert AlzolayCHCRHP1
183Andrew KniznerSTLC1
184Pavin SmithARI1B1
185Tyler FreemanCLESS1

 

Featured image of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – photo credit Scott Greene (@Scotty_Ballgame) from 7.27.18 in Hartford, CT