Analyzing Amateur Baseball Talent as it pertains to the MLB Draft
Top 50 2010 Prospects
By now I'm sure you have heard the name Bryce Harper, who will sit atop this list possibly the entire time between now and the June draft. While his legend may be growing a little too far, too fast, his talent is legitimate, possessing two tools (his power and his arm strength) that rank a perfect 80 on the 20-to-80 scouting scale. That alone garners him the top spot.
Pitching falls in place after Harper, led by prep pitchers Jameson Taillon, A.J. Cole, Karsten Whitson and DeAndre Smelter as well as college hurlers Anthony Ranaudo, Chris Sale, Drew Pomeranz, Alex Wimmers, Jesse Hahn, Brandon Workman, Kyle Blair, Justin Grimm, Sammy Solis, Kevin Jacob and Deck McGuire.
Both sides are complemented by the two-way promise of prepsters Stetson Allie, Kaleb Cowart, Yordy Cabrera and Justin O'Conner, and college players Bryce Brentz and Brett Eibner. Allie, Cowart and Eibner probably profile better on the mound, while Cabrera, O'Conner and Brentz will likely progress due to their bats.
For the second consecutive year, impact bats are a little hard to come by, but there is some promise in college infielders such as Christian Colon, Zack Cox, Rick Hague, Hunter Morris and Derek Dietrich as well as high school infielders Cabrera, O'Conner, Cowart, Nick Castellanos, Kris Bryant and Tony Wolters.
After seeing a great year for prep catching a year ago, that same class is especially thin this year, while the college crop offers a quartet of catchers that could go in the first round including juco star Bryce Harper as well as Micah Gibbs, Yasmani Grandal and Robert Brantly.
The prep class offers more promise among the available outfielders than the college class, although most of the top draft eligible players, such as Brian Ragira, Chevez Clarke, Austin Wilson and Reggie Golden, are known more for their potential than they are their current polish.
Click on the players' names listed in red to take you to their Dandy Dozen scouting reports.
1 |
Bryce Harper | C | 6'3" 205 L/R | College of Southern Nevada |
2 |
Jameson Taillon | RHP | 6'6" 225 R/R | The Woodlands HS (TX) |
3 |
Anthony Ranaudo | RHP | 6'7" 225 R/R | LSU |
4 |
Chris Sale | LHP | 6'5" 175 L/L | Florida Gulf Coast |
5 |
Christian Colon | SS | 6'1" 190 R/R | Cal State Fullerton |
6 |
A.J. Cole | RHP | 6'5" 190 R/R | Oviedo HS (FL) |
7 |
Zack Cox | 3B | 6'1" 215 L/R | Arkansas |
8 |
Drew Pomeranz | LHP | 6'5" 230 R/L | Ole Miss |
9 |
Kaleb Cowart | RHP/3B | 6'3" 190 B/R | Cook County HS (GA) |
10 |
DeAndre Smelter | RHP | 6'3" 210 R/R | Tatnall Square Academy (GA) |
11 |
Karsten Whitson | RHP | 6'4" 190 R/R | Chipley HS (FL) |
12 |
Micah Gibbs | C | 5'11" 210 B/R | LSU |
13 |
Sammy Solis | LHP | 6'5" 210 R/L | San Diego |
14 |
Yordy Cabrera | SS/RHP | 6'4" 190 R/R | Lakeland HS (FL) |
15 |
Nick Castellanos | 3B | 6'4" 210 R/R | Archbishop McCarthy HS (FL) |
16 |
Alex Wimmers | RHP | 6'2" 195 L/R | Ohio State |
17 |
Jesse Hahn | RHP | 6'5" 190 R/R | Virginia Tech |
18 |
Justin O'Conner | SS/RHP | 6'1" 190 R/R | Cowan HS (IN) |
19 |
Bryce Brentz | OF/RHP | 6'1" 185 R/R | Middle Tennessee State |
20 |
Kevin Jacob | RHP | 6'6" 235 R/R | Georgia Tech |
21 |
Stetson Allie | RHP/3B | 6'4" 225 R/R | St. Edward HS (OH) |
22 |
Deck McGuire | RHP | 6'6" 225 R/R | Georgia Tech |
23 |
Kyle Blair | RHP | 6'4" 200 R/R | San Diego |
24 |
Robert Aviles | RHP | 6'4" 180 L/R | Suffern HS (NY) |
25 |
Brandon Workman | RHP | 6'5" 220 R/R | Texas |
26 |
Justin Grimm | RHP | 6'4" 195 R/R | Georgia |
27 |
James Paxton | LHP | 6'4" 215 L/L | Kentucky |
28 |
LeVon Washington | CF | 5' 11" 170 L/R | Chipola College |
29 |
Dylan Covey | RHP | 6'2" 195 R/R | Maranatha HS (CA) |
30 |
Rick Hague | SS | 6'2" 185 R/R | Rice |
31 |
Hunter Morris | 1B | 6'2" 220 L/R | Auburn |
32 |
Yasmani Grandal | C | 6'2" 210 L/R | Miami |
33 |
Derek Dietrich | SS | 6'1" 195 L/R | Georgia Tech |
34 |
Todd Cunningham | CF | 6'1" 200 B/R | Jacksonville State |
35 |
Tony Wolters | SS | 5'10" 165 B/R | Rancho Buena Vista HS (CA) |
36 |
Brian Ragira | OF | 6'2" 185 R/R | James Martin HS (TX) |
37 |
Manny Machado | SS | 6'3" 190 R/R | Brito Private HS (FL) |
38 |
Sam Dyson | RHP | 6'2" 195 L/R | South Carolina |
39 |
Kris Bryant | 3B | 6'5" 205 R/R | Bonanza HS (NV) |
40 |
Peter Tago | RHP | 6'2" 180 R/R | Dana Hills HS (CA) |
41 |
Brett Eibner | RHP/OF | 6'3" 195 R/R | Arkansas |
42 |
Chad Bettis | RHP | 6'1" 185 R/R | Texas Tech |
43 |
Kevin Gausman | RHP | 6'4" 185 L/R | Grandview HS (CO) |
44 |
Jarrett Parker | OF | 6'4" 210 L/L | Virginia |
45 |
Zach Alvord | SS | 6'1" 180 R/R | South Forsyth HS (GA) |
46 |
Josh Sale | OF | 6'1" 205 L/R | Bishop Blanchet HS (WA) |
47 |
A.J. Vanegas | RHP | 6'3" 200 R/R | Redwood Christian HS (CA) |
48 |
Gary Brown | OF | 6'1" 180 R/R | Cal State Fullerton |
49 |
Cameron Bedrosian | RHP | 6'1" 195 R/R | East Coweta HS (GA) |
50 |
Robert Brantly | C | 6'2" 200 L/R | UC Riverside |
Dandy Dozen
SP |
James Paxton | Tall lefty with mid-90s heater |
SP |
Kevin Gausman | Lanky prep RHP oozes projectability |
SP |
Matt Harvey | College RHP back on the rise |
UT |
Drew Vettleson | Switch pitcher with lefty bat moving up |
C |
Yasmani Grandal | Solid D' C with power & patience |
1B |
Mickey Wiswall | Slick fielding 1B with sweet stroke |
IF |
Jedd Gyorko | Nothing flashy, but keeps rakin' |
SS |
Garin Cecchini | IF with big LH bat out with torn ACL |
3B |
Kris Bryant | Big lanky athlete with big-time power |
OF |
Reggie Golden | Compact, powerful OF built like a tailback |
OF |
Austin Wates | Tools galore, continues to improve, impress |
OF |
Leon Landry | Good tools highlighted by glove, power |
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