With all the rumors the LA Dodgers have been involed in, Baseball America has posted their list of Los Angeles Dodgers Top 10 Prospects. At the top of the list are two players mentioned in most of the rumors, Clayton kershaw and Andy LaRoche. The third player is the 2007 Futures Game MVP, Chin-Lung Hu. He is a player I am surprised hasn't gotten much hype.
Between AA and AAA, Hu hit 325/364/507 with little drop in performance in the jump from AA to AAA. His OBP is dependent on his AVG, but a contact rate of 90.1% mitigates that to an extent. Maybe the Dodgers hope he remains unasked about given SS Raphael Furcal is a free agent following the 2008 season, but that still doesn't explain his absence in trade rumors.
Los Angeles Dodgers Top 10 Prospects
- Clayton Kershaw, lhp
- Andy LaRoche, 3b
- Chin-Lung Hu, ss
- Scott Elbert, lhp
- Blake DeWitt, 3b
- Chris Withrow, rhp
- James McDonald, rhp
- Jonathan Meloan, rhp
- Delwyn Young, of
- Pedro Baez, 3b