Saturday, February 25, 2006

BA Top Prospects

Eliminating those players likely to make the Opening Day roster leaves a list that looks like this:

1. Delmon Young (AL)
2. Justin Upton (NL)
3. Brandon Wood (AL)
4. Stephen Drew (NL)
5. Chad Billingsley (NL)
6. Lastings Milledge (NL)
7. Howie Kendrick (AL)
8. Alex Gordon (AL)
9. Andy Marte (AL)
10. Ian Stewart (NL)
11. Jarrod Saltalamacchia (NL)

The players making the Opening Day roster are Jeremy Hermida, Francisco Liriano, Justin Verlander, Matt Cain, Prince Fielder, Ryan Zimmerman and Conor Jackson.

I could have stopped at CJax and left the adjusted #11 off but decided arbitrariness allows a completely arbitrary cut-off point.

Top AL Players:
Young
Wood
Kendrick
Gordon
Marte

Top NL Players
Upton
Drew
Billingsley
Milledge
Stewart
Saltalamacchia

There you have a quick and easy list of the top propsects for a minor league draft. Apply the same method to the entire list and you have no excuse to be unprepared for the minor league portion of your league's draft.

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