Top 100 Prospects
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.
SPRING TRAINING's 2000 Top
100 Prospects
Rank Team Name Pos Birth B T
1 St. Louis Rick Ankiel LHP 7-19-79 L L
2 Chicago Cubs Corey Patterson OF 8-13-79 L R
3 San Diego Sean Burroughs 3B 9-12-80 L R
4 Philadelphia Pat Burrell 1B-OF 10-10-76 R R
5 Texas Ruben Mateo OF 2-10-78 R R
6 Seattle Ryan Anderson LHP 7-12-79 L L
7 New York Yankees Nick Johnson 1B 9-19-78 L L
8 Anaheim Ramon Ortiz RHP 3-23-76 R R
9 Toronto Vernon Wells OF 12-8-78 R R
10 New York Yankees Alfonso Soriano SS 1-7-78 R R
11 Florida Brad Penny RHP 5-24-78 R R
12 Chicago White Sox Kip Wells RHP 4-21-77 R R
13 Baltimore Matt Riley LHP 8-02-79 L L
14 Pittsburgh Chad Hermansen OF 9-10-77 R R
15 Arizona John Patterson RHP 1-30-78 R R
16 Cincinnati Travis Dawkins SS 5-12-79 R R
17 Texas Francisco Cordero RHP 8-11-77 R R
18 Arizona Jack Cust OF 1-16-79 L R
19 Los Angeles Chin-Feng Chen OF 10-28-77 R R
20 Florida Abraham Nunez OF 2-5-80 S R
21 Tampa Bay Josh Hamilton OF 5-21-81 L L
22 Colorado Ben Petrick C 4-7-77 R R
23 Montreal Milton Bradley OF 4-15-78 S R
24 Atlanta Rafael Furcal SS 8-24-80 S R
25 Florida Julio Ramirez OF 8-10-77 R R
26 Oakland Mark Mulder LHP 8-05-77 L L
27 Florida Josh Beckett RHP 1-22-81 R R
28 Toronto Felipe Lopez SS 5-12-80 S R
29 Boston Dernell Stenson 1B 6-17-78 L L
30 Montreal Tony Armas RHP 4-29-78 R R
31 Houston Wilfredo Rodriguez LHP 3-20-79 L L
32 Cleveland Russell Branyan 3B 12-19-75 L R
33 Atlanta George Lombard OF 9-14-75 L R
34 New York Yankees Ed Yarnall LHP 12-04-75 L L
35 Minnesota Michael Restovich OF 1-3-79 R R
36 New York Yankees D'Angelo Jimenez SS 12-21-77 S R
37 Kansas City Kyle Snyder RHP 9-09-77 S R
38 Chicago White Sox Joe Crede 3B 4-26-78 R R
39 Kansas City Dee Brown OF 3-27-78 L R
40 Detroit Eric Munson 1B 10-3-77 L R
41 Los Angeles Eric Gagne RHP 1-07-76 R R
42 Oakland Adam Piatt 3B 2-8-76 R R
43 New York Mets Alex Escobar OF 9-6-78 R R
44 Minnesota Michael Cuddyer 3B 3-27-79 R R
45 Milwaukee Nickolas Neugebauer RHP 7-15-80 R R
46 Boston Adam Everett SS 2-6-77 R R
47 Baltimore Jayson Werth C 5-20-79 R R
48 Florida A.J. Burnett RHP 1-03-77 R R
49 Cincinnati Rob Bell RHP 1-17-77 R R
50 Montreal Peter Bergeron OF 11-9-77 L R
51 Oakland Chad Harville RHP 9-16-76 R R
52 Cincinnati Ben Broussard OF 9-24-76 L L
53 Texas Mike Lamb 3B 8-9-75 L R
54 Oakland Barry Zito LHP 5-13-78 L L
55 Chicago White Sox Aaron Rowand OF 8-29-77 R R
56 Atlanta Marcus Giles 2B 5-18-78 R R
57 Oakland Jesus Colome RHP 3-23-79 R R
58 Kansas City Mark Quinn OF 5-21-74 R R
59 Atlanta Jason Marquis RHP 8-21-78 L R
60 Tampa Bay Jason Standridge RHP 11-09-78 R R
61 Boston Wilton Veras 3B 1-19-78 R R
62 St. Louis Chad Hutchinson RHP 2-21-77 R R
63 Florida Pablo Ozuna 2B 8-25-78 R R
64 Baltimore Darnell McDonald OF 11-17-78 R R
65 Cleveland C.C. Sabathia LHP 7-21-80 L L
66 Texas Carlos Pena 1B 5-17-78 L L
67 Montreal Ted Lilly LHP 1-04-76 L L
68 Cincinnati Adam Dunn OF 11-9-79 L R
69 Cleveland Danys Baez RHP 9-10-77 R R
70 Colorado Choo Freeman OF 10-20-79 R R
71 San Diego Vince Faison OF 1-22-81 L R
72 New York Yankees Wily Mo Pena OF 1-23-82 R R
73 Chicago White Sox Jon Garland RHP 9-27-79 R R
74 Seattle Carlos Guillen INF 9-30-75 S R
75 Florida Chip Ambres OF 12-19-79 R R
76 Colorado Jason Jennings RHP 7-17-78 L R
77 St. Louis Adam Kennedy INF 1-10-76 L R
78 Tampa Bay Matt White RHP 8-13-78 R R
79 Chicago Cubs Hee Seop Choi 1B 3-16-79 L L
80 Seattle Ryan Christianson C 4-21-81 R R
81 Toronto Cesar Izturis SS 2-10-80 S R
82 Chicago White Sox Aaron Myette RHP 9-26-77 R R
83 Kansas City Jeffrey Austin RHP 10-19-76 R R
84 Toronto John Sneed RHP 6-30-76 L R
85 Detroit Javier Cardona C 9-15-75 R R
86 Cincinnati Alejandro Diaz OF 7-9-78 R R
87 Florida Wes Anderson RHP 9-10-79 R R
88 Houston Aaron McNeal 1B 4-28-78 R R
89 Atlanta Luis Rivera RHP 6-21-78 R R
90 Pittsburgh J.J. Davis OF 10-25-78 R R
91 Boston Steve Lomasney C 8-29-77 R R
92 New York Yankees Jackson Melian OF 1-7-80 R R
93 San Diego Adam Eaton RHP 11-23-77 R R
94 Baltimore Calvin Pickering 1B 9-29-76 L L
95 San Diego Wiklenman Gonzalez C 5-17-74 R R
96 Houston Eric Ireland RHP 3-11-77 R R
97 Pittsburgh Rico Washington C-3B 5-30-78 L R
98 Los Angeles Randey Dorame LHP 1-23-79 L L
99 San Francisco Kurt Ainsworth RHP 9-09-78 R R
100 Seattle Kazuhiro Sasaki RHP 2-22-68 R R
SPRING TRAINING's 1999 Top
100 Prospects
Rank Team Name Pos Birthdate B T
1 St. Louis J.D. Drew OF 11-20-75 L R
2 St. Louis Rich Ankiel LHP 7-19-79 L L
3 Oakland Eric Chavez 3B 12-07-77 L R
4 Atlanta Bruce Chen LHP 6-19-77 L L
5 Seattle Ryan Anderson LHP 7-12-79 L L
6 Houston Lance Berkman OF 2-10-76 S R
7 Texas Ruben Mateo OF 2-10-78 R R
8 Kansas City Jeremy Giambi OF 9-30-74 L L
9 Florida Alex Gonzalez SS 2-15-77 R R
10 New York Mets Alex Escobar OF 9-06-78 R R
11 Toronto Roy Halladay RHP 5-14-77 R R
12 Montreal Michael Barrett 3B 10-22-76 R R
13 New York Yankees Nick Johnson 1B 9-19-78 L L
14 San Diego Matt Clement RHP 8-12-74 R R
15 Detroit Gabe Kapler OF 7-31-75 R R
16 Baltimore Matthew Riley LHP 8-02-79 L L
17 Arizona Brad Penny RHP 5-24-78 R R
18 Pittsburgh Chad Hermansen OF 9-10-77 R R
19 Tampa Bay Matt White RHP 8-13-78 R R
20 Boston Dernell Stenson OF 6-17-78 L L
21 Philadelphia Pat Burrell 1B 10-10-76 R R
22 Cincinnati Rob Bell RHP 1-17-77 R R
23 Atlanta George Lombard OF 9-14-75 L R
24 New York Yankees Ryan Bradley RHP 10-26-75 R R
25 Florida Julio Ramirez OF 8-10-77 R R
26 Florida Pablo Ozuna SS 8-25-78 R R
27 San Diego Ben Davis C 3-10-77 S R
28 Cleveland Russell Branyan 3B 12-19-75 L R
29 Boston John Curtice LHP 11-01-79 L L
30 Houston Mitch Meluskey C 9-18-73 S R
31 Milwaukee Ronnie Belliard 2B 7-04-76 R R
32 Kansas City Carlos Febles 2B 5-24-76 R R
33 Arizona John Patterson RHP 1-30-78 R R
34 Atlanta Marcus Giles 2B 5-18-78 R R
35 Houston Daryle Ward OF 6-27-75 L L
36 New York Yankees Alfonso Soriano SS 1-07-78 R R
37 Oakland Mark Mulder LHP 8-05-77 L L
38 Atlanta Odaliz Perez LHP 6-07-78 L L
39 Chicago White Sox Joe Crede 3B 4-26-78 R R
40 Colorado Ben Petrick C 4-07-77 R R
41 Kansas City Dermal Brown OF 3-27-78 L R
42 Florida Braden Looper RHP 10-28-74 R R
43 Colorado Derrick Gibson OF 2-05-75 R R
44 New York Yankees Mike Lowell 3B 2-24-74 R R
45 Montreal Tony Armas RHP 4-29-78 R R
46 Cleveland Willie Martinez RHP 1-04-78 R R
47 Minnesota Mike Restovich OF 1-03-79 R R
48 Chicago White Sox Carlos Lee 3B 6-20-76 R R
49 Baltimore Calvin Pickering 1B 9-29-76 L L
50 New York Mets Grant Roberts RHP 9-13-77 R R
51 Chicago Cubs Corey Patterson OF 8-13-79 L R
52 Pittsburgh Warren Morris 2B 1-11-74 L R
53 New York Yankees D'Angelo Jimenez SS 12-21-77 S R
54 Boston Brian Rose RHP 2-13-76 R R
55 Anaheim Ramon Ortiz RHP 5-23-76 R R
56 Baltimore Darnell McDonald OF 11-17-78 R R
57 Pittsburgh Kris Benson RHP 11-07-74 R R
58 Oakland Ramon Hernandez C 5-20-76 R R
59 Minnesota Mike Cuddyer SS 3-27-79 R R
60 Florida Ed Yarnall LHP 12-04-75 L L
61 Los Angeles Angel Pena C 2-16-75 R R
62 St. Louis Brent Butler SS 2-11-78 R R
63 Toronto Bill Koch RHP 12-14-74 R R
64 Montreal Peter Bergeron OF 11-09-77 L R
65 Toronto Vernon Wells OF 12-08-78 R R
66 Seattle Gil Meche RHP 9-08-78 R R
67 Seattle Freddy Garcia RHP 10-06-76 R R
68 Atlanta Jason Marquis RHP 8-21-78 L R
69 Montreal Ted Lilly LHP 1-04-76 L L
70 Minnesota Jacque Jones OF 4-25-75 L L
71 Florida A.J. Burnett RHP 1-03-77 R R
72 Boston Trot Nixon OF 4-11-74 L L
73 Kansas City Carlos Beltran OF 4-24-77 S R
74 New York Yankees Jackson Melian OF 1-07-80 R R
75 Minnesota Matt Kinney RHP 12-16-76 R R
76 San Diego Sean Burroughs 3B 9-12-80 L R
77 Atlanta Kevin McGlinchy RHP 6-28-77 R R
78 New York Yankees Juan Rivera OF 7-03-78 R R
79 Texas Carlos Pena 1B 5-17-78 L L
80 Texas Cesar King C 2-28-78 R R
81 Los Angeles Luke Prokopec RHP 2-23-78 L R
82 New York Yankees Ricky Ledee OF 11-22-73 L L
83 Montreal Milton Bradley OF 4-15-78 S R
84 Montreal Fernando Seguignol 1B 1-19-75 S R
85 New York Mets Octavio Dotel RHP 11-25-75 R R
86 Seattle Carlos Guillen 2B 9-30-75 R R
87 Cleveland Enrique Wilson SS 7-27-75 S R
88 Florida Geoff Goetz LHP 4-03-79 L L
89 Milwaukee J.M. Gold RHP 4-10-80 R R
90 Toronto Felipe Lopez SS 5-12-80 S R
91 Minnesota Cristian Guzman SS 3-21-78 S R
92 Baltimore Jayson Werth C 5-20-79 R R
93 Boston Wilton Veras 3B 1-19-78 R R
94 Cincinnati Austin Kearns OF 5-20-80 R R
95 Oakland Mario Encarnacion OF 9-24-77 R R
96 Cleveland Alex Ramirez OF 10-03-74 R R
97 Detroit Alan Webb LHP 9-26-79 L L
98 Chicago White Sox Aaron Myette RHP 9-26-77 R R
99 Minnesota Ryan Mills LHP 7-21-77 L L
100 Minnesota Luis Rivas SS 8-30-79 R R
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