I thought a good way to finish off the minors review series would be to post my personal top 30 prospect list. The list only represents my semi-educated opinion as an interested on looker. There is some conformity on the list but you'll also notice a few players who I am probably a little higher or lower on than most.
Top 30 Prospects
1. Gregory Polanco2. Jameson Taillon
3. Tyler Glasnow
4. Austin Meadows
5. Alen Hanson
6. Nicholas Kingham
7. Josh Bell
8. Reese McGuire
9. Tony Sanchez
10. Luis Heredia
11. Harold Ramirez
12. Stolmy Pimentel
13. Andrew Lambo
14. Blake Taylor
15. Barrett Barnes
16. JaCoby Jones
17. Joely Rodriguez
18. Cody Dickson
19. Clay Holmes
20. Michael De La Cruz
21. Brandon Cumpton
22. Jin-De Jhang
23. Wyatt Mathisen
24. Jason Creasy
25. Stetson Allie
26. Kyle McPherson
27. Max Moroff
28. Phil Irwin
29. Jonathan Sandfort
30. Adam Frazier
The interesting thing is the logjam in the outfield. We already have Cutch and now Marte signed for a number of years. Then you have Polanco, Meadows, Bell...all legitimate prospects and certain to make the bigs for 1 open spot. To me, this makes moving Bell to 1B something that should be done immediately. It also could mean that Cutch or Marte get moved in the next couple of years while their contracts are still club friendly. I would rather find ways to utilize all of these kids, rather than trade them. Part of what instills a fan's loyalty to a team is seeing players spend a majority, if not all, of their careers with one team. But that's just me.
Yeah the OF depth here is just kind of silly.
Polanco
Meadows
Bell
Ramirez
Lambo
Barnes
Jones
De La Cruz
And thats just within the top 30 if you expand it out to 50 you start seeing guys like Decker, Rojas, Santos, Garcia, Escobar and Buckner. Some of these guys will surely play other position as even now Jones is really a SS and Lambo a 1B but thats an impressive group.
