Top Farm Systems (2028)

[mattynokes]

BASEBALL AMERICA 2028 TOP 100 PROSPECTS

For Reference:
Top Farm Systems (2027)

99-90 Elite:
- This player will be one of the best players at his position, top tier starter, or frontline closer

90-87 Well Above:
- This player will be a perennial All-Star, #1 starter (#2 starter on championship teams), or quality closer

87-84 Above Average:
- This player is the type that fields the majority of starting jobs in the majors, quality #2/3 starter, or second-tier closer

84-81 Average:
- This player is a solid to average everyday player on non-championship teams, most #4/5 starters, or set-up man

81-78 Below Average:
- This player is a fringe everyday player and is where you'll find most of your backups, some #5 starters, and most middle relievers

78-75 Well Below Average:
- This player is an up-and-down roster filler, situational relievers, and 25th players

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Rank	Team	Player Name	Pos	Age	Ovr	Peak	Score
100	PIT	Barnett, Brady	SP	22	78	89	82.66
99	BOS	Toll, Nate	LF	22	76	90	82.69
98	BAL	Ervin, Matthew	RP	18	68	93	82.70
97	SDP	Norris, Michael	SP	24	82	88	82.74
96	ATL	Vargas, José	3B	22	73	93	82.79
95	SEA	West, Kent	SP	22	75	91	82.79
94	DET	Bonaporte, José	RF	22	78	86	82.79
93	CHW	Enriquez, Ricardo	SP	21	68	93	82.82
92	ATL	Lenny, Taylor	CF	22	73	90	82.86
91	ATL	Epner, Tim	SP	23	82	89	82.86
90	LAA	Chasse, Jason	SP	22	73	93	82.92
89	CLE	Dionn, Shawn	SS	19	64	94	82.93
88	MIL	Tocornal, Cesar	C	20	72	87	83.06
87	NYM	McCliverty, Travis	RP	23	85	85	83.13
86	CHC	Rabelo, Ephraim	2B	23	77	93	83.16
85	NYM	Pavilaitis, Cameron	SP	20	69	88	83.34
84	KCR	Scudder, Kirk	SP	22	75	88	83.37
83	SEA	Wadley, Boris	RP	21	76	92	83.39
82	KCR	Daley, Benoit	RF	19	74	84	83.43
81	LAD	Bawden, Martin	1B	22	73	90	83.53
80	STL	Doris, Larry	RP	22	78	90	83.55
79	SEA	Duprey, Tim	SS	24	86	86	83.59
78	TEX	Plakke, Tom	SS	17	61	86	83.66
77	PHI	Chaussé, Steve	1B	22	71	97	83.70
76	TBR	Williams, Edgar	SS	17	63	93	83.70
75	FLA	Kivlehan, Carmelo	3B	21	71	89	83.71
74	CHW	Márquez, Emmanuel	3B	21	71	87	83.71
73	TOR	Barrundia, Albert	SP	21	76	95	83.72
72	TBR	Cheriton, Bobby	CF	23	79	90	83.75
71	TEX	Morales, Imbert	CF	19	69	91	83.81
70	FLA	Wilson, Carmelo	SP	22	77	95	83.90
69	BOS	West, Peter	C	22	77	93	83.92
68	BAL	Helm, Peter	RF	20	75	88	83.92
67	BAL	Pollak, Dan	SS	22	75	93	83.95
66	SDP	Ray, Phil	LF	24	81	87	83.98
65	PIT	Luck, Brian	RP	21	75	95	84.03
64	NYY	Clément, Edward	SS	22	77	90	84.05
63	TOR	Sipes, Terrance	SP	23	82	88	84.16
62	PIT	Bothwell, Tom	SP	18	71	90	84.20
61	CHW	Wadley, Luke	SP	22	77	93	84.20
60	ARI	Rizzo, Simon	SP	24	84	88	84.20
59	SEA	Daniels, Tom	SP	20	69	95	84.22
58	LAD	Wilkinson, T.V.	SP	21	78	88	84.29
57	LAA	Candelalia, Antonio	LF	23	79	90	84.31
56	SDP	Drouin, Darby	RF	19	66	92	84.34
55	SEA	Metrock, Tom	SP	20	75	92	84.39
54	CIN	Gowlett, Kelvin	2B	18	65	92	84.48
53	LAA	Blank, Tim	SS	23	89	89	84.50
52	STL	Avila, Oscar	CF	21	73	92	84.62
51	LAA	Cases, Marcus	LF	22	86	86	84.64
50	NYM	Binford, Joseph	LF	23	83	87	84.67
49	DET	O'Malley, James	2B	24	84	91	84.71
48	OAK	Rhoades, Scott	SP	21	77	88	84.74
47	STL	Soutsos, Max	SP	22	77	88	84.77
46	HOU	Ramming, Marc	C	21	73	87	84.78
45	BOS	White, Sean	LF	24	82	97	84.88
44	NYM	Sampson, Dave	SP	25	86	88	84.91
43	CHW	McLaughlin, Mason	RP	20	78	89	84.93
42	ATL	Bickerstaff, Jeff	3B	18	66	94	84.98
41	OAK	Wright, Joe	RF	23	82	85	85.04
40	ATL	Sapagosa, Javier	SP	18	69	93	85.13
39	LAA	Aquino, Mario	SP	20	73	95	85.15
38	COL	Armstrong, C.C.	CF	23	84	89	85.21
37	BOS	Verganor, Alberto	SP	23	82	93	85.23
36	NYM	Henry, Todd	CF	23	80	95	85.23
35	TOR	Wolfson, Nathaniel	SP	23	83	88	85.38
34	DET	Young, Jerry	3B	24	79	89	85.43
33	PHI	Arikawa, Rich	SP	23	81	93	85.71
32	ATL	Ashe, Glenn	SP	24	88	88	85.71
31	LAA	Pena, Javy	SP	20	77	90	85.74
30	CHC	Huebe, Enrique	LF	18	63	97	85.85
29	ATL	Benavides, Ed	SS	21	77	98	85.90
28	PHI	Chaplin, Neal	C	23	80	93	85.96
27	LAA	Costello, Ray	SS	18	65	94	86.10
26	PIT	Fowler, Joey	SS	23	87	92	86.20
25	DET	Gravely, Lane	3B	24	84	92	86.20
24	SDP	McKerlich, Travis	3B	21	76	93	86.27
23	PIT	Nicks, Mike	1B	18	63	95	86.53
22	LAA	Carson, Peter	CF	23	80	97	86.58
21	BOS	Taylor, Will	1B	21	72	98	86.61
20	MIL	Crum, Billy	SP	21	80	94	86.64
19	DET	Gillon, Earl	SP	23	84	87	86.67
18	LAD	Wrathall, Peter	1B	18	69	97	86.78
17	TBR	Wilkie, Devin	SP	20	83	87	86.85
16	NYM	Viloca, Etienne	2B	19	75	93	87.03
15	STL	McComish, Adam	SP	23	84	90	87.12
14	CHW	Linn, James	SP	19	75	95	87.26
13	OAK	Rodriguez, Jamie	SP	20	78	94	87.71
12	DET	Scifo, Glen	1B	22	80	97	87.75
11	MIN	Wakisaka, Fujifusa	SP	24	88	93	87.77
10	TEX	Mestas, Nelson	LF	22	77	97	87.85
9	NYY	Maes, Vladimir	SP	22	85	93	87.85
8	FLA	Winegar, Scott	SP	22	84	94	88.04
7	COL	Zlotnick, Sean	SP	22	82	94	88.15
6	BAL	Kingery, Brian	SP	20	80	98	88.20
5	KCR	Iwahashi, Uchimaro	SP	23	84	94	88.33
4	KCR	Raines, Jim	SP	20	81	96	89.13
3	TEX	Etalis, Ray	RF	20	77	95	89.40
2	LAA	Mantle, Jay	SP	20	81	97	90.24
1	NYM	Belovsky, Mathew	SP	19	82	95	91.06

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Position	Top 100	Prospects
C	4	12
1B	6	22
2B	4	22
3B	7	13
SS	10	14
LF	8	16
CF	7	16
RF	6	13
SP	42	61
RP	6	17
Total	100	206

Rank	Team	Top 100	Prospects	Score
30	:SFG:	0	1	2
29	:WAS:	0	1	36
28	:CIN:	1	2	187
27	:MIN:	1	1	196
26	:ARI:	1	3	212
25	:CLE:	1	4	275
24	:NYY:	2	2	341
23	:MIL:	2	3	382
22	:HOU:	1	5	457
21	:COL:	2	3	463
20	:FLA:	3	3	468
19	:CHC:	2	6	476
18	:OAK:	3	5	603
17	:TOR:	3	6	637
16	:TBR:	3	6	641
15	:PHI:	3	8	743
14	:KCR:	4	6	749
13	:SDP:	4	9	793
12	:LAD:	3	8	840
11	:BAL:	4	9	898
10	:SEA:	5	10	920
9	:STL:	4	11	970
8	:TEX:	4	10	1011
7	:PIT:	5	8	1028
6	:CHW:	5	14	1035
5	:ATL:	7	10	1060
4	:BOS:	5	13	1260
3	:NYM:	7	11	1392
2	:LAA:	9	11	1608
1	:DET:	6	17	1638

[dlee2499]

awesome stuff matty

[Peter]

wow how did fowler fall so low

[AndyP]

I traded two of the top 20 in just the last week....

[mattynokes]

wow how did fowler fall so low

Two big things occurred after I did my list last year, winterball and spring training. With the potential for a +Predicted in WB and hitting their projected debut in ST, players have a stronger score this season.

I'd also be led to believe that his subpar arm and range hurt his score.

[jhc54]

Hey I am just noticing this now, but the scale is very compact, there is nothing wrong with that. But it might be good to force some more variation between the players. It seems like a lot of them are clumped, not sure what the best way of doing that is.

[mattynokes]

Hey I am just noticing this now, but the scale is very compact, there is nothing wrong with that. But it might be good to force some more variation between the players. It seems like a lot of them are clumped, not sure what the best way of doing that is.

I'm really not sure what you're getting at. Is it the individual player scoring (i.e. the 85.??, 84.??, etc...) or the top teams scoring? or what?

I'll just speculate and see if I can get your concern nailed down. I would guess it's to do with the individual player scoring being so close. This really not a problem and maybe something I shouldn't list so people don't get so caught up in it. Consider that we're only looking at a top 100 of about 850 players that qualify.

My formula compares player vitals to what the MLB league average is per position in our league. Then it looks at the overall/peak rating and assigns a value to that. That gives me two values; one for vitals and one for rating. It averages the two and factors in age. Lastly it factors in whether or not the player has peaked. While peaked players can make the list, it's in my opinion that since this is a prospect list there should be some penalty for peaked players.

So in the end what you get is basically a true rating for each player. Like this year the #1 guy is a 91 while the #100 guy is an 82.6. For trade value that's significantly different. And if we look at KCR's two guys in the top 10. One has an 89.1 rating while the other is 88.3. There's not much variation and I don't see much difference in the players. Both are good and I would expect the younger, slightly higher peak guy to have a little more value.