7 Red Sox players listed on Baseball America’s ‘Top 100 Prospects’ list
Posted on February 27, 2008
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There are quite a few (too many to be honest) places that rank MLB prospects prior to the season starting but Baseball America is the place that does the most accurate job and is the most respected around the league. After much anticipation they have finally released their Top 100 list and 7 Red Sox players managed to get on it.
Here is what they said in their summarized free-to-the-public listing:
Ranking: #4 - Clay Buchholz, RHP
Opening Day Age: 22
Estimated Time of Arrival: 2008
Magic Number: 2 - Big league starts it took him to throw a no-hitter.
Ranking: #13 - Jacoby Ellsbury, OF
Opening Day Age: 24
Estimated Time of Arrival: 2008
Magic Number: .438 - His team-high batting average in Boston’s World Series sweep.
Ranking: #40 - Lars Anderson, 1B
Opening Day Age: 20
Estimated Time of Arrival: 2010
Magic Number: 10 - Number of his 11 homers in 2007 that went to center or the opposite field.
Ranking: #64 - Justin Masterson, RHP
Opening Day Age: 23
Estimated Time of Arrival: 2009
Magic Number: 8 - Homers he has allowed in 185 pro innings, thanks to his heavy sinker.
Ranking: #73 - Jed Lowrie, SS
Opening Day Age: 23
Estimated Time of Arrival: 2008
Magic Number: .896 - His OPS last year, tops among minor league shortstops.
Ranking: #94 - Michael Bowden, RHP
Opening Day Age: 21
Estimated Time of Arrival: 2009
Magic Number: 1.37 - His ERA with hitter-friendly Lancaster in 2007; the rest of the JetHawks combined for a 5.64 ERA.
Ranking: #96 - Ryan Kalish, OF
Opening Day Age: 19
Estimated Time of Arrival: 2010
Magic Number: .368 - His average in 23 New York-Penn League games last year, before an errant pitch broke his hamate bone.
This is an increase from the 5 players we had on the list last year (Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jacoby Ellsbury, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, and Michel Bowden.) The only Red Sox player to drop off the list for reasons other than a promotion to the majors was Daniel Bard and that is more than likely because of his 8.XX ERA in A ball last year and disturbingly low K/BB ratio. By comparison, the Yankees only have 4 players on the list.
Good stuff.
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