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No prospect in baseball is a sure thing. But each year since 1990, SPRING TRAINING BASEBALL YEARBOOK has chosen the cream of the crop and listed them in "Top 100 Prospects." The Top 100 are restricted to players who have no more than 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the big leagues at the time the list is released each spring. Below are the bare-bones lists, minus the analysis and statistics included in SPRING TRAINING's annual presentation.
Rank Name Team Pos Bats Throws Born 1 Joe Mauer MIN C L R 4-19-83 2 B.J. Upton TB SS R R 8-21-84 3 Prince Fielder MLW 1B L R 5-9-84 4 Zack Greinke KC RHP R R 10-21-83 5 Delmon Young TB OF R R 9-14-85 6 Rickie Weeks MLW 2B R R 9-13-82 7 Ervin Santana ANA RHP R R 1-10-83 8 Alexis Rios TOR OF R R 2-18-81 9 Jeremy Reed CWS OF L L 6-15-81 10 Greg Miller LA LHP L L 11-3-84 11 Scott Kazmir NYM LHP L L 1-24-84 12 Andy Marte ATL 3B R R 10-21-83 13 Casey Kotchman ANA 1B L L 2-22-83 14 Scott Hairston ARI 2B R R 5-25-80 15 Justin Morneau MIN 1B L R 5-15-81 16 Edwin Jackson LA RHP R R 9-9-83 17 Gavin Floyd PHI RHP R R 1-27-83 18 David Wright NYM 3B R R 12-20-82 19 Chin-Hui Tsao COL RHP R R 6-2-81 20 Josh Barfield SD 2B R R 12-17-82 21 Sean Burnett PIT LHP L L 9-17-82 22 Cole Hamels PHI LHP L L 12-27-83 23 Bobby Crosby OAK SS R R 1-12-80 24 John Vanbenschoten PIT RHP R R 4-14-80 25 Jeff Mathis ANA C R R 3-31-83 26 Ian Stewart COL 3B L R 4-5-85 27 Angel Guzman CHC RHP R R 12-14-81 28 Jason Stokes FLO 1B R R 1-23-82 29 Adam Wainwright STL RHP R R 8-30-81 30 Joe Blanton OAK RHP R R 12-11-80 31 Ian Oquendo PIT RHP R R 10-30-81 32 Felix Pie CHC OF L L 2-8-85 33 J.J. Hardy MLW SS R R 8-19-82 34 Bryan Bullington PIT RHP R R 9-30-80 35 Jose Lopez SEA SS R R 11-24-83 36 Chad Tracy ARI 3B L R 5-22-80 37 Jeff Francoeur ATL OF R R 1-8-84 38 Alberto Callaspo ANA 2B S R 4-19-83 39 Khalil Greene SD SS R R 10-21-79 40 Jeremy Hermida FLO OF L R 1-30-84 41 Kaz Matsui NYM SS S R 10-23-75 42 Grady Sizemore CLE OF L L 8-2-82 43 Hanley Ramirez BOS SS S R 12-23-83 44 Guillermo Quiroz TOR C R R 11-29-81 45 Taylor Buchholz HOU RHP R R 10-13-81 46 Franklin Gutierrez LA OF R R 2-21-83 47 Corey Hart MLW 3B R R 3-24-82 48 Dioner Navarro NYY C S R 2-9-84 49 John Maine BAL RHP R R 5-8-81 50 Brad Nelson MLW OF L R 12-23-82 51 Dustin McGowan TOR RHP R R 3-24-82 52 Fausto Carmona CLE RHP R R 12-7-83 53 Sergio Santos ARI SS R R 7-4-83 54 Joel Hanrahan LA RHP R R 10-6-81 55 Macay McBride ATL LHP L L 10-24-82 56 James Loney LA 1B L L 5-7-84 57 Adam Loewen BAL LHP L L 4-9-84 58 Gabe Gross TOR OF L R 10-21-79 59 Adrian Gonzalez TEX 1B L L 5-8-82 60 Ryan Wagner CIN RHP R R 7-15-82 61 Dallas McPherson ANA 3B L R 7-23-80 62 Larry Broadway MON 1B L L 12-17-80 63 Blake Hawksworth STL RHP R R 3-1-83 64 Kris Honel CWS RHP R R 11-7-82 65 Chris Snelling SEA OF L L 12-3-81 66 John Buck HOU C R R 7-7-80 67 Clint Nageotte SEA RHP R R 10-25-80 68 Michael Restovich MIN OF R R 1-3-79 69 Mike Jones MLW RHP R R 4-23-83 70 Luis Terrero ARI OF R R 5-18-80 71 Felix Hernandez SEA RHP R R 4-8-86 72 J.D. Durbin MIN RHP R R 2-24-82 73 Chadd Blasko CHC RHP R R 3-9-81 74 Clint Everts MON RHP R R 8-10-84 75 Joe Borchard CWS OF S R 11-25-78 76 Justin Jones CHC LHP L L 9-25-85 77 Dan Meyer ATL LHP R L 7-3-81 78 Boof Bonser MIN RHP R R 10-14-81 79 Reggie Abercrombie LA OF R R 7-15-80 80 Kelly Shoppach BOS C R R 4-29-80 81 Wilson Betemit ATL 3B S R 11-2-81 82 Edwin Encarnacion CIN 3B R R 1-7-83 83 Michael Hinckley MON LHP R L 10-5-82 84 Merkin Valdez SF RHP R R 11-5-81 85 Josh Hamilton TB OF L L 5-21-81 86 Ramon Nivar TEX OF R R 2-22-80 87 Travis Blackley SEA LHP L L 11-4-82 88 Bobby Jenks ANA RHP R R 3-14-81 89 Adam LaRoche ATL 1B L L 11-6-79 90 David Bush TOR RHP R R 11-9-79 91 Neal Cotts CWS LHP L L 3-25-80 92 Kevin Youkilis BOS 3B R R 3-15-79 93 Bubba Nelson ATL RHP R R 8-26-81 94 Chad Cordero MON RHP R R 3-18-82 95 Jose Castillo PIT 2B R R 3-19-81 96 Jeff Francis COL LHP L L 1-8-81 97 Joey Gathright TB OF L R 4-27-81 98 Edgar Gonzalez ARI RHP R R 2-23-83 99 Russ Adams TOR SS L R 8-30-80 100 Justin Huber NYM C R R 7-1-82
Rank Name Team Pos B T Born -------- -------------------------- --- --- - - -------- 1 Mark Teixeira TEX 3B S R 4-11-81 2 Francisco Rodriguez ANA RHP R R 1-7-82 3 Victor Martinez CLE C S R 12-23-78 4 Jose Reyes NYM SS S R 6-11-83 5 Hideki Matsui NYY OF L R 6-12-74 6 Joe Mauer MIN C L R 4-19-83 7 Brandon Phillips CLE 2B R R 6-28-81 8 Wilson Betemit ATL 3B S R 11-2-81 9 Jesse Foppert SF RHP R R 7-10-80 10 Rocco Baldelli TAM OF R R 9-25-81 11 Joe Borchard CWS OF S R 11-25-78 12 Sean Burnett PIT LHP L L 9-17-82 13 Hanley Ramirez BOS SS S R 12-23-83 14 Dontrelle Willis FL LHP L L 1-12-82 15 Hee Seop Choi CHC 1B L L 3-16-79 16 Jerome Williams SF RHP R R 12-4-81 17 B.J. Upton TAM SS R R 8-21-84 18 Cliff Lee CLE LHP L L 8-30-78 19 Adam Wainwright ATL RHP R R 8-30-81 20 Jose Contreras NYY RHP R R 12-12-71 21 Gavin Floyd PHI RHP R R 1-27-83 22 Khalil Greene SD SS R R 10-21-79 23 Scott Hairston ARI 2B R R 5-25-80 24 Boof Bonser SF RHP R R 10-14-81 25 Josh Hamilton TAM OF L L 5-21-81 26 Jason Stokes FL 1B R R 1-23-82 27 Chris Snelling SEA OF L L 12-3-81 28 Scott Kazmir NYM LHP L L 1-24-84 29 Jose Castillo PIT SS R R 3-19-81 30 Clint Nageotte SEA RHP R R 10-25-80 31 Bryan Bullington PIT RHP R R 9-30-80 32 Macay McBride ATL LHP L L 10-24-82 33 Marlon Byrd PHI OF R R 8-30-77 34 Reggie Abercrombie LA OF R R 7-15-80 35 Miguel Cabrera FL 3B R R 4-18-83 36 Juan Rivera NYY OF R R 7-3-78 37 Dewon Brazelton TAM RHP R R 6-16-80 38 Rafael Soriano SEA RHP R R 12-19-79 39 Adrian Gonzalez FL 1B L L 5-8-82 40 Mike Gosling ARI LHP L L 9-23-80 41 Casey Kotchman ANA 1B L L 2-22-83 42 Ricardo Rodriguez CLE RHP R R 5-21-78 43 Joe Thurston LA 2B L R 9-29-79 44 John Van Benschoten PIT RHP R R 4-14-80 45 Justin Morneau MIN 1B L R 5-15-81 46 Bobby Jenks ANA RHP R R 3-14-81 47 Lyle Overbay ARI 1B L L 1-28-77 48 Alex Escobar CLE OF R R 9-6-78 49 Rich Harden OAK RHP L R 11-30-81 50 Felix Pie CHC OF L L 2-8-85 51 Michael Cuddyer MIN OF R R 3-27-79 52 Kurt Ainsworth SF RHP R R 9-9-78 53 Aaron Cook COL RHP R R 2-8-79 54 Colby Lewis TEX RHP R R 8-2-79 55 Bobby Basham CIN RHP R R 3-7-80 56 Brad Hawpe COL 1B L L 6-22-79 57 Jeremy Bonderman DET RHP R R 10-28-82 58 Todd Linden SF OF S R 6-30-80 59 Jose Lopez SEA SS R R 11-24-83 60 Mike Jones MLW RHP R R 4-23-83 61 Laynce Nix TEX OF L L 10-30-80 62 Jonathan Figueroa LA LHP L L 9-15-83 63 Jeff Mathis ANA C R R 3-31-83 64 Edgar Gonzalez ARI RHP R R 2-23-83 65 Brad Nelson MLW 1B L R 12-23-82 66 Chad Tracy ARI 3B L R 5-22-80 67 Andy Marte ATL 3B R R 10-21-83 68 Ken Harvey KC 1B R R 3-1-78 69 Francisco Liriano SF LHP L L 10-26-83 70 Aaron Heilman NYM RHP R R 11-12-78 71 Prince Fielder MLW 1B L R 5-9-84 72 Xavier Nady SD OF R R 11-14-78 73 Justin Huber NYM C R R 7-1-82 74 Luis Terrero ARI OF R R 5-18-80 75 Franklyn German DET RHP R R 1-20-80 76 Chin-Hui Tsao COL RHP R R 6-2-81 77 Shaun Boyd STL 2B R R 8-15-81 78 Dustin Moseley CIN RHP R R 12-26-81 79 Michael Restovich MIN OF R R 1-3-79 80 Jimmy Journell STL RHP R R 12-29-77 81 John Patterson ARI RHP R R 1-30-78 82 Bobby Crosby OAK SS R R 1-12-80 83 Tagg Bozied SD 1B R R 7-24-79 84 Jack Cust COL OF L R 1-16-79 85 Dustin McGowan TOR RHP R R 3-24-82 86 Wily Mo Pena CIN OF R R 1-23-82 87 Ryan Anderson SEA LHP L L 7-12-79 88 Jeff Francoeur ATL OF R R 1-8-84 89 Jason Arnold TOR RHP R R 5-2-79 90 Jung Bong ATL LHP L L 7-15-80 91 Mike Bynum SD LHP L L 3-20-78 92 James Loney LA 1B L L 5-7-84 93 Jimmy Gobble KC LHP L L 7-19-81 94 Miguel Olivo CWS C R R 7-15-78 95 Ben Broussard CLE 1B L L 9-24-76 96 John Buck HOU C R R 7-7-80 97 Kelly Johnson ATL SS L R 2-22-82 98 Angel Berroa KC SS R R 1-27-78 99 Drew Henson NYY 3B R R 2-13-80 100 Travis Hafner CLE 1B L R 6-3-77