RotoWire's Top 100 Prospects: Chapman Ascends to Number One

RotoWire's Top 100 Prospects: Chapman Ascends to Number One

This article is part of our Top 200 Prospects series.

Players who have exceeded rookie qualifications (130 at-bats, 50 innings) are not included. Players dropped from the list for this reason include: Ryan Kalish, Logan Morrison, Drew Storen, Brett Wallace, Andrew Cashner, Chris Heisey, Carlos Carrasco, Jason Castro, and Mat Gamel.

All prospect lists are a blend of short-term, medium-term, and long-term potential. We try to consider both fantasy and "real life" baseball in mind when doing these lists. As a result, this list looks different than if we were looking solely at pure baseball ability, or if we focused entirely on fantasy value. Obviously you'll need to adjust your investments based on the context in which your fantasy team plays.

I try to avoid big swings in value for a certain player from list to list, to avoid "flavor of the month" syndrome and overreaction to a cold streak or hot streak, although there are more drastic changes on this particular version than are usual for me, being that it is an end-of-season list.

This is the first list that includes players from the 2010 draft, which also impacts the number of changes.

1) Aroldis Chapman, LHP, Cincinnati Reds ETA 2011

2) Bryce Harper, OF, Washington Nationals ETA 2013

3) Jeremy Hellickson, RHP, Tampa Bay Rays ETA 2011

4) Domonic Brown, OF, Philadelphia Phillies ETA 2011

5) Jesus Montero, C, New York Yankees ETA 2011

6) Julio Teheran, RHP, Atlanta Braves ETA 2012

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Players who have exceeded rookie qualifications (130 at-bats, 50 innings) are not included. Players dropped from the list for this reason include: Ryan Kalish, Logan Morrison, Drew Storen, Brett Wallace, Andrew Cashner, Chris Heisey, Carlos Carrasco, Jason Castro, and Mat Gamel.

All prospect lists are a blend of short-term, medium-term, and long-term potential. We try to consider both fantasy and "real life" baseball in mind when doing these lists. As a result, this list looks different than if we were looking solely at pure baseball ability, or if we focused entirely on fantasy value. Obviously you'll need to adjust your investments based on the context in which your fantasy team plays.

I try to avoid big swings in value for a certain player from list to list, to avoid "flavor of the month" syndrome and overreaction to a cold streak or hot streak, although there are more drastic changes on this particular version than are usual for me, being that it is an end-of-season list.

This is the first list that includes players from the 2010 draft, which also impacts the number of changes.

1) Aroldis Chapman, LHP, Cincinnati Reds ETA 2011

2) Bryce Harper, OF, Washington Nationals ETA 2013

3) Jeremy Hellickson, RHP, Tampa Bay Rays ETA 2011

4) Domonic Brown, OF, Philadelphia Phillies ETA 2011

5) Jesus Montero, C, New York Yankees ETA 2011

6) Julio Teheran, RHP, Atlanta Braves ETA 2012

7) Eric Hosmer, 1B, Kansas City Royals ETA 2011

8) Michael Pineda, RHP, Seattle Mariners ETA 2011

9) Mike Moustakas, 3B, Kansas City Royals ETA 2011

10) Mike Trout, OF, Los Angeles Angels ETA 2012

11) Brett Lawrie, 2B, Milwaukee Brewers ETA 2011

12) Wil Myers, C, Kansas City Royals ETA 2012

13) Freddie Freeman, 1B, Atlanta Braves ETA 2011

14) Jameson Taillon, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates ETA 2013

15) Mike Minor, LHP, Atlanta Braves ETA 2011

16) J.P. Arencibia, C, Blue Jays ETA 2011

17) Manny Machado, SS, Baltimore Orioles ETA 2013

18) John Lamb, LHP, Kansas City Royals ETA 2012

19) Mike Montgomery, LHP, Kansas City Royals ETA 2011

20) Matt Moore, LHP, Tampa Bay Rays ETA 2012

21) Tanner Scheppers, RHP, Texas Rangers ETA 2011

22) Brett Jackson, OF, Chicago Cubs ETA late 2011

23) Dustin Ackley, 2B-OF, Seattle Mariners ETA 2011

24) Desmond Jennings, OF, Tampa Bay Rays ETA 2011

25) Chris Sale, LHP, Chicago White Sox ETA 2011

26) Jenrry Mejia, RHP, New York Mets ETA 2011

27) Alex White, RHP, Cleveland Indians ETA late 2011

28) Chris Carter, OF-1B, Oakland Athletics ETA 2011

29) Kyle Gibson, RHP, Minnesota Twins ETA late 2011

30) Kyle Drabek, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays ETA 2011

31) Yasmani Grandal, C, Cincinnati Reds ETA 2012

32) Devin Mesoraco, C, Cincinnati Reds ETA late 2011

33) John Singleton, 1B, Philadelphia Phillies ETA 2013

34) Grant Green, SS, Oakland Athletics ETA late 2011

35) Simon Castro, RHP, San Diego Padres ETA 2011

36) Jordan Lyles, RHP, Houston Astros ETA 2012

37) Wilmer Flores, SS-3B, New York Mets ETA 2013

38) Shelby Miller, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals ETA 2013

39) Nick Franklin, SS, Seattle Mariners ETA 2012

40) Alex Colome, RHP, Tampa Bay Rays ETA 2013

41) Jake Odorizzi, RHP, Milwaukee Brewers ETA 2012

42) Chris Dwyer, LHP, Kansas City Royals ETA late 2011

43) Jacob Turner, RHP, Detroit Tigers ETA 2013

44) Brandon Belt, 1B, San Francisco Giants ETA 2011

45) Alex Wimmers, RHP, Minnesota Twins ETA 2012

46) Martin Perez, LHP, Texas Rangers ETA 2012

47) Engel Beltre, OF, Texas Rangers ETA 2012

48) Dee Gordon, SS, Los Angeles Dodgers ETA 2012

49) Zach Stewart, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays ETA 2011

50) Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B, Cleveland Indians ETA 2011

51) Jason Kipnis, 2B, Cleveland Indians ETA late 2011

52) Tyler Matzek, LHP, Colorado Rockies ETA 2013

53) Danny Espinosa, SS, Washington Nationals ETA 2011

54) Andrew Oliver, LHP, Detroit Tigers ETA 2011

55) Zach Britton, LHP, Baltimore Orioles ETA 2011

56) Randall Delgado, RHP, Atlanta Braves ETA 2011

57) Deck McGuire, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays ETA 2012

58) Drew Pomeranz, LHP, Cleveland Indians ETA 2012

59) Chris Archer, RHP, Chicago Cubs ETA 2012

60) Derek Norris, C, Washington Nationals ETA 2012

61) Christian Colon, SS, Kansas City Royals ETA 2012

62) Anthony Ranaudo, RHP, Boston Red Sox ETA 2012

63) Craig Kimbrel, RHP, Atlanta Braves ETA 2011

64) Miguel Sano, 3B, Minnesota Twins ETA 2014

65) Gary Sanchez, C, New York Yankees ETA 2014

66) Jose Iglesias, SS, Boston Red Sox ETA 2012

67) Ben Revere, OF, Minnesota Twins ETA late 2011

68) Fernando Martinez, OF, New York Mets ETA 2011

69) Trayvon Robinson, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers ETA late 2011

70) Billy Hamilton, OF, Cincinnati Reds ETA 2013

71) Jaff Decker, OF, San Diego Padres ETA 2012

72) Aaron Hicks, OF, Minnesota Twins ETA 2013

73) Fabio Martinez-Mesa, RHP, Los Angeles Angels ETA 2013

74) Brandon Beachy, RHP, Atlanta Braves ETA 2011

75) Manuel Banuelos, LHP, New York Yankees ETA 2012

76) Anthony Rizzo, 1B, Boston Red Sox ETA 2012

77) Dellin Betances, RHP, New York Yankees ETA 2012

78) Tony Sanchez, C, Pittsburgh Pirates ETA 2012

79) Bryan Morris, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates ETA late 2011

80) Arodys Vizcaino, RHP, Atlanta Braves ETA 2013

81) Hank Conger, C, Los Angeles Angels ETA 2011

82) Yonder Alonso, 1B, Cincinnati Reds ETA late 2011

83) Oscar Tejeda, SS, Boston Red Sox ETA 2012

84) Trey McNutt, RHP, Chicago Cubs ETA 2012

85) Brody Colvin, RHP, Philadelphia Phillies ETA 2013

86) Jarred Cosart, RHP, Philadelphia Phillies ETA 2013

87) Zack Wheeler, RHP, San Francisco Giants ETA 2013

88) Jean Segura, 2B, Los Angeles Angels ETA 2013

89) Jurickson Profar, SS, Texas Rangers ETA 2014

90) Michael Choice, OF, Oakland Athletics ETA 2013

91) Carlos Perez, C, Toronto Blue Jays ETA 2013

92) Drew Cumberland, SS, San Diego Padres ETA late 2011

93) Josh Vitters, 3B, Chicago Cubs ETA 2012

94) Jerry Sands, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers ETA 2011

95) Matt Dominguez, 3B, Florida Marlins ETA late 2011

96) Alexander Torres, LHP, Tampa Bay Rays ETA late 2011

97) Robbie Erlin, LHP, Texas Rangers ETA 2013

98) Andrew Brackman, RHP, New York Yankees ETA late 2011

99) Garrett Richards, RHP, Los Angeles Angels ETA 2012

100) Josh Sale, OF, Tampa Bay Rays ETA 2014

OTHERS CONSIDERED: Stetson Allie, RHP, Pirates; Nolan Arenado, 3B, Rockies; Xavier Avery, OF, Orioles; Nick Barnese, RHP, Rays; Josh Bell, 3B, Orioles; Michael Bowden, RHP, Red Sox; Jorge Bucardo, RHP, Giants; Tanner Bushue, RHP, Astros; Lorenzo Cain, OF, Brewers; Nick Castellanos, 3B, Tigers; Alex Cobb, RHP, Rays; Matt Davidson, 3B, Diamondbacks; Mike Foltynewicz, RHP, Astros; Wilmer Font, RHP, Rangers; Reymond Fuentes, OF, Red Sox; Charles Furbush, LHP, Tigers; Paul Goldschmidt,1B, Diamondbacks; Brandon Guyer, OF, Cubs; Reese Havens, INF, Mets; Kyle Heckathorn, RHP, Brewers; Donnie Joseph, LHP, Reds; Casey Kelly, RHP, Red Sox; Kila Ka'aihue, 1B, Royals; Marc Krauss, OF, Diamondbacks; Ian Krol, LHP, Athletics; Brandon Laird, 3B, Yankees; Hak-Ju Lee, SS, Cubs; Alex Liddi, 3B, Mariners; Chris Marrero, 1B, Nationals; Aaron Miller, LHP, Dodgers;Brent Morel, 3B, White Sox; Thomas Neal, OF, Giants; Juan Nicasio, RHP, Rockies; David Phelps, RHP, Yankees; Josh Reddick, OF, Red Sox; Wilson Ramos, C, Nationals; Robert Ross, LHP, Rangers; David Sappelt, OF, Reds; Max Stassi, C, Athletics; Donavan Tate, OF, Padres; Carlos Triunfel, SS, Mariners; Chris Withrow, RHP, Dodgers

These lists are always a work in progress. Please feel free to suggest players for the next version, which should come out in late winter.

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