Down On The Farm: MLB.Com's Top 50 Prospect for 2010

by Ray Guilfoyle on Jan 31, 2010 12:00 PM EST in Baseball Comment 0 comments

Jonathon Mayo over at MLB.com posted his top 50 prospects for 2010 on Wednesday. Here is his top 25:

Rank	Name	Team
1	Jason Heyward	ATL
2	Stephen Strasburg	WAS
3	Mike Stanton	FLA
4	Buster Posey	SF
5	Brian Matusz	BAL
6	Desmond Jennings	TB
7	Neftali Feliz	TEX
8	Pedro Alvarez	PIT
9	Justin Smoak	TEX
10	Madison Bumgarner	SF
11	Carlos Santana	CLE
12	Alcides Escobar	MIL
13	Wade Davis	TB
14	Domonic Brown	PHI
15	Dustin Ackley	SEA
16	Brett Wallace	TOR
17	Kyle Drabek	TOR
18	Martin Perez	TEX
19	Jesus Montero	NYY
20	Jeremy Hellickson	TB
21	Jarrod Parker	ARI
22	Starlin Castro	CHI
23	Christian Friedrich	COL
24	Tim Beckham	TB
25	Logan Morrison	FLA

A couple surprises for me in this list is how low, in a relative way, that Yankee's prospect Jesus Montero was ranked by Mayo. Mayo included Jarrod Parker in his top 25 even though he will be out for the 2010 season recovering from Tommy John surgery.

Toronto Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopolous is on the right track after trading for #16 prospect Brett Wallace and #17 prospect Kyle Drabek this offseason. Drabek was included in the Roy Halladay deal with the Phillies.

Mayo did say that this list was published before the Reds signed Cuban pitching prospect Aroldis Chapman. He said he would have ranked Chapman around #24.

Head on over to MLB.com to check out the rest of the Top 50 prospects for 2010.

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Who has a better major league career: Stephen Strasburg or Aroldis Chapman?

Strasburg- he will dominate for several year.

98 votes

Chapman-he may take longer, but he's a lefty, and he throws smoke.

29 votes

127 votes | Poll has closed

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Read More: Jarrod Parker (P - ARI), Kyle Drabek (P - TOR), Jesus Montero (C - NYY), Brett Wallace (1B - HOU), Neftali Feliz (P - TEX), Wade Davis (P - TAM), Jeremy Hellickson (P - TAM), Dustin Ackley (1B - SEA), Madison Bumgarner (P - SFG), Brian Matusz (P - BAL), Buster Posey (C - SFG), Stephen Strasburg (P - WAS), Roy Halladay (P - PHI), Domonic Brown (RF - PHI), Starlin Castro (SS - CHC), Pedro Alvarez (3B - PIT), Logan Morrison (LF - FLA), Alcides Escobar (SS - MIL), Jason Heyward (RF - ATL), Justin Smoak (1B - SEA), Carlos Santana (C - CLE), Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, Florida Marlins, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Tampa Bay Rays, Washington Nationals, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees

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