Yesterday Baseball America released their 2011 MLB Top 100 Prospects. Below you can see which players moved up or down on Baseball America’s list this year.
Some Like Bryce Harper will show as “Not Signed” since he had yet to sign with a MLB team. Others may be “Unranked” simply meaning they were not in the Top 100 last season.
The players that were ranked in the top 100 in 2010 & 2011 that made the largest jump up were:
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Mike Trout, of Angels who jumped 83 places in the ranking.
Mike Moustakas, 3b Royals who jumped 71 places in the ranking.
Jordan Lyles, rhp Astros who jumped 49 places in the ranking.
The players that were ranked in the top 100 in 2010 & 2011 that made the largest drop down were:
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Chris Carter, 1b/of Athletics who dropped 63 places in the ranking.
Tanner Scheppers, rhp Rangers who dropped 42 places in the ranking.
Wilson Ramos, c Nationals who dropped 38 places in the ranking.
9 comments
metsfan4decades
2/24/2011-9:19am at 9:19 am (UTC -4)
Chris Carter made the top 100 list? The Chris Carter we had last year?
If yes, I’m kind of surprised to even see him on the top 100.
TRS86
2/24/2011-9:41am at 9:41 am (UTC -4)
Not the same guy.
kingman 26
2/24/2011-11:48am at 11:48 am (UTC -4)
He made the top 10,000 list though.
stickguy
2/24/2011-11:52am at 11:52 am (UTC -4)
stop being silly.
we all know he had too much ML service time and is no longer a prospect!
I did appreciate his spunk though. Could you imagine him and Collins on the bench together?
kingman 26
2/24/2011-11:55am at 11:55 am (UTC -4)
I said last year and still say that I would love to see him as a coach.
Guys who play the game right and hustle but just do not have the natural ability can make great coaches and managers.
Garenhire and Sparky Anderson and Lasorda and Whitey Herzog and LaRussa being just a few examples.
stickguy
2/24/2011-11:57am at 11:57 am (UTC -4)
either that, or a motivational speaker.
He can live in a van, down by the river.
kingman 26
2/24/2011-12:00pm at 12:00 pm (UTC -4)
HA!
Yeah, Matt Foley and Chris Carter, LLP.
metsfan4decades
2/24/2011-9:21am at 9:21 am (UTC -4)
On another note, Heyman is on a role this morning on Twitter:
‘gave 5 bucks to beggar w sign at mall yest. now there are 5 beggars. I was duped. at least I didn’t tell my friends to give, too.’
‘its good players union will be vigilant, but here are chances k-rod finishes 55 games to vest $17 mil ’12 option: 0 pct’
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It must be pick on Mets day for him. I see cerrone took offense to some twitter comment and came back with:
‘Why is @SI_JonHeyman so surly on Twitter lately? You OK, buddy? It’s baseball. Have fun!’
stickguy
2/24/2011-9:49am at 9:49 am (UTC -4)
seeing guys make such huge jumps (or even worse, drops) to me points out how much of a crap shoot these ranking lists are. Especially after you get past the handful of superstar/stud prospects (still no guarantees there of course!), there are a whole bunch of guys that could be grouped in any order. Trying to compare such a diverse group and making it seem like #21 is really “better” than #71 is just silly.
and the lower the level, the bigger the dartboard you are throwing at.