Wednesday, June 4, 2008

RAB Yanks Top 30 Prospect List

Joba Chamberlain, RHP - right at 50 IP for his career, so he hasn’t passed the rookie limit yet … i think we’re all looking forward to seeing him in the rotation for the rest of the year (or at the least the smart ones are)

Jesus Montero, C - surpassed all expectations for this year, there’s no one in the draft class that can knock him from this spot

Austin Jackson, CF - improved his plate discipline, hitting for power, playing good D … there’s a lot to like here

JB Cox, RHP - came back from TJ like a champ, much better than I expected

Mark Melancon, RHP - see above

Zach McAllister, RHP - went from sleeper to stud thanks to his lights out first half

Dellin Betances, RHP - the walks are high, and the tired shoulder is a minor concern, but he’s doing about all you could ask him to do in his first attempt at full-season ball

Ross Ohlendorf, RHP - yep, he’s technically still a prospect, and he’s better than his numbers suggest

Alan Horne, RHP - if it wasn’t for the biceps injury, he would probably be in the bigs

Andrew Brackman, RHP - too much talent to ignore, TJ or not

Jose Tabata, RF - if you want to act like a baby I’ll rank you like one … lucky for him he’s just 19

Brett Gardner, CF - hitting for enough power to keep pitchers honest, and that’s all he needs

Jeff Marquez, RHP - finding out that Triple-A hitters make you pay when you don’t get the ball down

Carmen Angelini, SS - not the best start to the year, but he’s young for his league and has loads of ability

David Robertson, RHP - just keeps mowing guys down

Dan McCutchen, RHP - is he the guy that dominated Double-A, or the guy that’s scuffling in Triple-A?

Abe Almonte, CF - flashing all 5 tools and putting up the numbers … stud

Austin Romine, C - having an impressive year at the dish and behind it, which is more than you can ask from a teenage catcher in full season ball

Chris Garcia, RHP - getting back into game action was step 1, step 2 is putting in the work needed to be great, because he’s got all the talent he’d ever need

Colin Curtis, LF - not flashy, but he does everything just good enough

Jairo Heredia, RHP - too bad I don’t know what the “upper body injury” was

Humberto Sanchez, RHP - still MIA

Bradley Suttle, 3B - mashed his way into the top 20 between injuries this year after a brutal debut last year

Juan Miranda, 1B - shoulder issues have sapped his power, but it was already clear that he’s a classic platoon first baseman/DH

Kevin Whelan, RHP - almost a forgotten man in the system

Ryan Pope, RHP - enigmatic isn’t the right word, but he’s … unique

Frankie Cervelli, C - holding down a spot based on reputation after the injury

Mike Dunn, LHP - hopefully he won’t be the top ranked lefty when I do the post-draft list, no offense to Mike

Edwar Ramirez, RHP - still prospect eligible, and still striking out almost 2 batters an inning

Justin Snyder, 2B - all he does is get on base and score runs

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