Recapping Last Year's Prospect Rankings

Here is a look at the top prospect rankings I published in 2012 for bleacherreport.com. I took a chance putting Wil Myers and Jose Fernandez atop the prospect board, but was rewarded nicely with a pair of Rookie of the Year awards.

Many publications had Jurickson Profar and/or Oscar Taveras #1 last season, but my reasoning was that both Myers and Fernandez were closer to making an impact for their MLB clubs. This year, I took another risk with George Springer at the top, but I'm confident he will be an offensive force for the rebuilding Astros going forward.

Regretfully, I did not give Gerrit Cole enough of credit and likely gave Trevor Bauer too much. Dylan Bundy is still a future ace if healthy, but we may not see that until 2015 at the earliest. Danny Hultzen also fell victim to the injury bug, which will postpone his role as a prominent pitching prospect for the time being. Oscar Taveras had his season shortened by injury, but could jump back into top prospect discussions if healthy during spring training this year. Nick Castellanos, Jurickson Profar and Xander Bogaerts also could justify their top-10 rankings with more playing time in 2014.

Here was the rankings from 2012...


The Top 10:

1. OF Wil Myers (KC)

2. RHP Jose Fernandez (MIA)

3. OF Oscar Taveras (STL)

4. SS Jurickson Profar (TEX)

5. RHP Dylan Bundy (BAL)

6. 3B Nick Castellanos (DET)

7. RHP Trevor Bauer (ARI)

8. SS Xander Bogaerts (BOS)

9. RHP Gerrit Cole (PIT)

10. LHP Danny Hultzen (SEA)

Here is a link to the original rankings for those interested--you can also find #11-100 ranked.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1360701-2012-mlb-top-100-prospects-entering-the-offseason