Baseball America has released their top ten Phillies prospect list, and John Manuel has done a bang-up job. Pretty much saw it as we did (here). Click here for an overview with information on bonuses, top prospects of the decade, and a projected 2013 lineup. The list below…
Rank, position, name, club(s) in 2009, with LAK)
- 01. OF Domonic Brown (CLE, REA, w/ LAK 2008)
- 02. RHP Kyle Drabek (CLE, REA, w/ LAK 2007)
- 03. OF Michael Taylor (REA, LHV, w/ LAK 2008)
- 04. C Travis d’Arnaud (LAK, 2009)
- 05. RHP Trevor May (LAK, 2009)
- 06. OF Anthony Gose (LAK, 2009)
- 07. C Sebastian Valle (WPT, LAK, 2009)
- 08. RHP Jarred Cosart (GCL)
- 09. LHP Antonio Bastardo (REA, LHV, PHI, w/ LAK 2007)
- 10. OF Domingo Santana (GCL)
Quick thoughts…
- Four of the top seven were members of the 2009 SAL Champion BlueClaws, and that doesn’t include All-Star 2B Harold Garcia, RHP Justin De Fratus, RHP BJ Rosenberg. No wonder the BlueClaws had a good year.
- Cosart and Santana, especially Cosart, could be with Lakewood in 2010. Cosart was teh 4th ranked prospect in the GCL this year. Santana is just 17.
- Interesting that they project Valle as the Phillies 2013 third baseman.
- No real surprises here. I imagine Brody Colvin is in the top 12 or 13.
More notes on each of the top ten below the fold.