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Keith Law's Top 100 Prospect List: Rays Top the Charts

Every year a variety of prospect lists come out, and every year the rest of us try to sort out exactly what they mean. Some evaluators are higher on certain players than others, and so instead of treating any one list as gospel, it's best to take a look at what everyone is saying and synthesize the information as much as possible.

That said, Keith Law is a highly regarded analyst and his prospect lists certainly merits consideration. He just released his Top 100 prospect list today, including Top 10 rankings for each team. According to his list, the Rays have eight out of the top 100 prospects in baseball: Jeremy Hellickson, Matt Moore, Desmond Jennings, Chris Archer, Hak-Ju Lee, Alex Torres, Alex Colome, and Jake McGee. That's the most of any team in baseball, although the Blue Jays are right behind with seven.

The article is Insider only, so I'm hesitant to include more information from it here. Instead, here's a brief look at how Law's Top 10 list for the Rays compares with Baseball America's list:

Keith Law

Baseball America

Hellickson

1

Hellickson

Moore

2

Moore

Jennings

3

Jennings

Archer

4

Archer

Lee

5

McGee

Torres

6

Sale

Colome

7

Torres

McGee

8

Lee

Sale

9

Colome

O'Conner

10

O'Conner

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I have to agree

Rays guys misplaced in my opinion, but in general, not having guys like Brett Jackson / Jake Odorizzi / Chris Dwyer was just surprising. Hak-Ju in the top 50 continues to baffle me, even if we knew he loved Hak-Ju. Just pretty wierd overall, but Klaw has been known to really pump the guys he loves.

by Navi's_Navy on Jan 27, 2011 12:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Like Sweeney last year.

I understand he likes upside, but he had Chapman and Sanchez pretty low.

by mr. maniac on Jan 27, 2011 12:29 PM EST up reply actions  

This. Were there pitchers ahead of him?

My money is on Hellickson being the best SP prospect in baseball…

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by Mish on Jan 27, 2011 1:39 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, I'd put Helly #1

Though I’d entertain some thoughts on Teheran.

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by Mish on Jan 27, 2011 1:53 PM EST up reply actions  

Teheran is too much of a thrower.

I’d take Moore over Teheran, but I am a homer.

by mr. maniac on Jan 27, 2011 3:03 PM EST up reply actions  

Funny that

I’d entertain Chapman ahead of him, but not half those guys. Drabek’s makeup issues are just as bad as Helly’s injury history, IMO.

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by Brickhaus on Jan 27, 2011 7:33 PM EST up reply actions  

A number of folks don't like his injury history

Law included. Project Prospect even more included.

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by Brickhaus on Jan 27, 2011 7:33 PM EST up reply actions  

I have a hard time taking any list that doesn't include Alex Cobb seriously

It’s unacceptable and inexcusable. He certainly should be above Torres as they had similar K and GB rates but Cobb’s BB rates were far, far lower. No reason Torres should be above him.

by PGP on Jan 27, 2011 5:40 PM EST reply actions  

Are you serious?

Cause Torres is a far superior prospect….

by mr. maniac on Jan 27, 2011 6:22 PM EST up reply actions  

This

Cobb is a fine prospect, but his scouting profile doesn’t comapre to Tores’. Torres might have three pitches as good as Cobb’s best.

by Navi's_Navy on Jan 27, 2011 6:50 PM EST up reply actions  

Torres is lefty and has MUCH better stuff

He profiles much better in the majors. When I think of Alex Cobb, I think of Yusmeiro Petit.

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by Brickhaus on Jan 27, 2011 7:32 PM EST up reply actions  

Interesting they both have O'Conner so high

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by Brickhaus on Jan 27, 2011 7:31 PM EST reply actions  

I hope so.

Beckham, O’Conner, and Morrison all breaking out this year!

by rglass44 on Jan 28, 2011 10:54 AM EST up reply actions  

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