Top 100 Prospects: MLB.com's Top 100 Prospects for 2012

by Ray Guilfoyle on Jan 26, 2012 7:01 AM EST in Top 100 Prospects

ST PETERSBURG, FL - OCTOBER 04: Pitcher Matt Moore #55 of the Tampa Bay Rays pitches against the Texas Rangers during Game Four of the American League Division Series at Tropicana Field on October 4, 2011 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images)

Jonathan Mayo, MLB.com's draft and prospect expert, published his Top 100 prospects last night and here is the link. Over the next few weeks to month, we will be privy to Top 100 Prospect lists from Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus, ESPN's Keith Law, Project Prospect and Minor League Ball's John Sickels. That's right, Sickels will be publishing a Top 100 list for the first time ever.

Here are Mayo's Top 10 prospects from his Top 100 list:

1. Matt Moore, TB

2. Bryce Harper, WAS

3. Mike Trout, LAA

4. Julio Teheran, ATL

5. Shelby Miller, STL

6. Manny Machado, BAL

7. Jurickson Profar, TEX

8. Jameson Taillon, PIT

9. Trevor Bauer, ARI

10. Dylan Bundy, BAL

I have a feeling Jurickson Profar will be ranked higher than Manny Machado in some of the other Top 100 prospect lists, and the same can be said for Shelby Miller over Julio Teheran.

What do Fake Team's readers think of this list? Should Profar be ranked ahead of Machado? or Miller ahead of Teheran?

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It's actually not a bad list

I would still have Harper and Trout over Moore, and I think I prefer Miller over Teheran. Machado over Profar is defensible if you think Machado will stick at short, but all of these are relatively close decisions. The guy for me who doesn’t belong in the top 10 is Taillon.

Further down the list, the main weakness for me is that the younger Latin American prospects like Bogaerts and Cuthbert are too low – I think Bogaerts is in the 70s, and Cuthbert isn’t ranked at all. I think Bogaerts should be top 30 or so, and Cuthbert not too far behind.

by A Behemoth on Jan 26, 2012 7:51 AM EST reply actions

Jurickson Profar is still hella overrated for fantasy purposes

Alexei Ramirez with great defense is extremely valuable in real life, not nearly as much in fantasy.

If you want to say dumb things, you can't get mad when I call you dumb.

by dudedudedude on Jan 26, 2012 7:52 AM EST reply actions

Alexei Ramirez?

where did that comp come from? Profar has much better plate discipline.

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by Ray Guilfoyle on Jan 26, 2012 7:59 AM EST up reply actions

Sure, but in terms of power and speed

Their isn’t all that much upside with Profar for fantasy purposes.

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by dudedudedude on Jan 26, 2012 8:08 AM EST up reply actions

It's a fair comp

and one I’ve heard a few times in the past.

by HeLeftYouBagEnd on Jan 26, 2012 9:49 AM EST via Android app up reply actions

from BA

His swing has more leverage and loft from the right side, and some scouts see only gap power while others predict 20-plus homers annually once he fills out.
The Future: One scout compared him to Hanley Ramirez with Dustin Pedroia’s makeup. Profar will open 2012 at high Class A Myrtle Beach at age 19.

he might have more power than Alexei.

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by Ray Guilfoyle on Jan 26, 2012 10:17 AM EST up reply actions

A Hanley comp?

That’s ridiculous. These prospect experts go way overboard on the comparisons.

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by dudedudedude on Jan 26, 2012 10:26 AM EST up reply actions

they do

go overboard, but he does have excellent plate discipline at a young age.

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by Ray Guilfoyle on Jan 26, 2012 10:56 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah and Alexei has been said to have more power too

but he’s only hit 20 hr once. You forgot to emphasize something there, the “one scout” part. Gap power to 20 plus home runs is exactly what Alexei is. You just made the argument for me.

by HeLeftYouBagEnd on Jan 26, 2012 10:28 AM EST up reply actions