The Rays continue to prove small market clubs can compete if they are smart; the team continues to win while not have the top picks in the draft. They are great at finding and developing talent. What will 2013 bring?
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With the All Star Game next week (and the Futures Game on Sunday, which I will be attending), here is my mid-season Top 150 Prospects. Like hte preseason, I’ve looked at lists, scouting reports, stats, and used my own judgement. I’ve listed the current rank and the preseason rank in the table.
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It’s prospect season again. I’ve had my rankings listed on team pages, but have been horrible about keeping those up to date. As I mentioned on the pages, I’m looking at other rankings when I make mine (along with scouting reports and my own opinion). To the other side of Missouri for the Royals.
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The 2011 Future Game Rosters have been announced. The game, played the Sunday before the All Star game, is a collection of the top players in the Minors. Each organization has at least 2 prospects play in the game. The teams are divided into a USA team and a World team.
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When I was doing the baseball previews, I included the Top 15 Prospects of each organizations with the team previews. This was primarily due to a time crunch on completing them. As I mentioned earlier, I was going to do something a little more in depth. First, you have the system info; top 100 prospects, how many before trades, and where they ranked this year and last year. I’ve also taken my top 15 and their position (rank from last year), the level they are at, where they ranked on other lists, their average ranking, and my 2011 Pre-Season Comments for the organization. Not as much depth as I’d like, but a little more information than originally given. I’ll be running these down in order of their ranking in my pre-season organization list.
First up, with the top pre-season farm system, is the Royals…
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Kansas City Royals
2010 Record: 67-95
676 RS, 845 RA, Pythagorean Record: 63-99
Manager: Trey Hillman
GM: Dayton Moore
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