Top Ten Notes, Bowl Update
Baseball America releases their list of the top ten Phillies prospects on Monday. Before we look forward, let’s look back. Here are their rankings of the top Phils prospects the last two years.
2008
1. Carlos Carrasco, RHP
2. Adrian Cardenas, 2B
3. Joe Savery, LHP
4. Josh Outman, LHP
5. Kyle Drabek, RHP
6. Dominic Brown, OF
7. Greg Golson, OF
8. Lou Marson, C
9. Drew Carpenter, RHP
10. Jason Jaramillo, C
2007
1. Carlos Carrasco, RHP
2. Kyle Drabek, RHP
3. Adrian Cardenas, 2B
4. Edgar Garcia, RHP
5. Scott Mathieson, RHP
6. Josh Outman, LHP
7. Michael Bourn, OF
8. JA Happ, LHP
9. Matt Maloney, LHP
10. Greg Golson, OF
Obviously a lot of these guys either slipped back, used up their prospect status, got injured, or are no longer with the organization. These lists are free flowing and really just an educated guess at one moment in time, but that’s the best you can do. In the case of the Phillies 2009 list, I think we can safely say Carrasco will top the list, but beyond that, that’s a tough call.
Looking at the list from 2008, Cardenas, Outman, Golson, and Jaramillo are all out of the organization, traded in various deals in the last six months. Michael Taylor, who was not ranked this year, exploded and is probably in the top ten. Jason Donald was ranked 15th last year, he’s probably in the top ten after an outstanding 2008, including the Fall League. We’ll have more in the coming days including our Q&A with Baseball America editor John Manuel, who made the Phillies list.
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JA Happ and Dan Brauer’s Northwestern Wildcats lost a tough game last night, 30-23 in overtime to Missouri in the Alamo Bowl.
Two more, unofficially, today: Ben Pfinsgraff’s Maryland Terapins take on Nevada in the Humanitarian Bowl (on the blue field). And tonight, Jason Jaramillo’s 
Oklahoma State Cowboys meet Oregon in the Holiday Bowl.
Several more tomorrow. Enjoy.
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