The top 100 prospects are out on MLB.com, which is great for a lot of
us in the JLB, because as you know, we love our prospects — some more than
others, and Parker more than anyone on Earth.
With eight players landing on MLB.com’s Top 100 list,
including five in the top 26, the worst team in the JLB is looking like he’s
trying to create an Outs 2.0.
The Outs young stars who were prominent on last year’s Top
100 — Kris Bryant and Carlos Correa — are going to carry him for years to come.
Parker is hoping he can hit a home run with a few of his
young stars, too. With Urias, Gallo and Matz, he could have that.
He’s not alone as the Slammers has four players in the top
21 and Choo has four in the top 19. They, too, are looking for that Outs magic,
and they’ll look to some shortstops to do that. For the Slammers (let’s continue with the third-person format), he has the No. 1 player on the list in Corey Seager, who he
acquired for David Price. Seager joins No. 11 prospect Trea Turner. Choo’s top
prospect also is a shortstop, Orlando Arcia.
That’s a lot of shortstops, and it's not a surprise to see
considering 10 of the top 30 on the MLB list are shortstops. To put that in perspective, there
are only nine pitchers in that top 30 grouping.
It’s even crazier to think considering the top SS prospects
— Correa and Lindor — who graduated from the list last year to play in the majors.
It’s quite the exciting time for a position that has seen a
bit of a drought in recent years. After the shortstop studs in this class graduate
to the majors, I think we’ll see an exciting era of middle infielders.
I guess it’s too bad Parker doesn’t have any of those guys,
nor the first overall pick to grab the best one out there.
Here’s the players from the Top 100 already on JLB rosters.
(Points are total ranking points, as is if a player is No. 1, he gets 100
points, and so on; average in parentheses is the average rank.)
Gameday Gamblers, 538
points (33.7 avg.)
1. Julio Urias, SP, ranked No. 4
2. Joey Gallo, 3B, ranked No. 9
3. Steven Matz, SP, ranked No. 15
4. Austin Meadows, OF, ranked No. 20
5. Bradley Zimmer, OF, ranked No. 26
6. Jesse Winker, OF, ranked No. 34
7. Braden Shipley, SP, ranked No. 67
8. Frankie Montas, SP, ranked No. 95
Slammers, 394 points
(22.2)
1. Corey Seager, SS/3B, ranked No. 1
2. Trea Turner, SS, ranked No. 11
3. Blake Snell, SP, ranked No. 14
4. Sean Newbomb, SP, ranked No. 21
5. Nick Williams, OF, ranked No. 64
Big League Choo, 348
points (14.0)
1. Orlando Arcia, SS, ranked No. 6
2. Alex Reyes, SP, ranked No. 13
3. Nomar Mazara, OF, ranked No. 18
4. Jose Berrios, SP, ranked No. 19
Chalupa Batman, 162
points (20.0)
1. J.P. Crawford, SS, ranked No. 5
2. Robert Stephenson, SP, ranked No. 35
Steroid.ERA, 143
points
1. Tyler Glasnow, SP, ranked No. 10
2. Josh Bell, 1B, ranked No. 49
Jerkin’ My Kirkjian,
118 points (42.0)
1. Lucas Giolito, SP, ranked No. 3
2. Hunter Harvey, SP, ranked No. 81
N.J. Bombers, 100
points (66.5)
1. Aaron Judge, OF, ranked No. 31
2. Jose Peraza, 2B, ranked No. 71
Sex Panthers, 99
points (2.0)
1. Byron Buxton, CF, ranked No. 2
Vandelay Industries, 94
points (7.0)
1. Yoan Moncada, 2B, ranked No. 7
Chief Otto Parts, 47
points (54.0)
1. Jameson Taillon, SP, ranked No. 54
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