Top 200 Prospects: Russell On the Rise

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Updated on March 5, 2013 3:39PM EST

The following listing is our ranking of our Top Prospects. It includes some players that are currently in the major leagues, but with short tenures. Many of those players will probably be purged from the list as soon as we become more confident that they're not in danger of being sent back down to the minors. You can sort on our list by rank, by player, by position, or by age. "Rank" is overall MLB rank for that prospect.

Players who have exceeded rookie qualifications at the time of publication (130 at-bats, 50 innings) are not included.

1. This list tilts more toward fantasy potential than MLB potential (and, yes, there is a difference).
2. It takes positional history into play.
3. It gives those who have played in full-season leagues preference over players with only short-season league history and discount recent draftees that have not yet played in the minors.
4. Unsigned import players are not ranked here.
5. College players are not considered prospects until they are signed with their major league organization and start producing in the minors.
6. Relievers are unlikely to appear as Top 100 prospects because nearly all of them need to fail as starting prospects first.

Siegel	Shlain	AVG	Comp	Player	Team	Pos	Age	DOB	ETA
3	1	2	1	Billy Hamilton	CIN	SS	22	9/9/1990	2013
2	3	2.5	2	Jurickson Profar	TEX	SS	20	2/20/1993	2014
4	2	3	3	Oscar Taveras	STL	OF	20	6/19/1992	2013
1	6	3.5	4

Players who have exceeded rookie qualifications at the time of publication (130 at-bats, 50 innings) are not included.

Siegel	Shlain	AVG	Comp	Player	Team	Pos	Age	DOB	ETA
3	1	2	1	Billy Hamilton	CIN	SS	22	9/9/1990	2013
2	3	2.5	2	Jurickson Profar	TEX	SS	20	2/20/1993	2014
4	2	3	3	Oscar Taveras	STL	OF	20	6/19/1992	2013
1	6	3.5	4	Dylan Bundy	BAL	P	20	11/15/1992	2013
5	5	5	5	Wil Myers	TB	OF	22	12/10/1990	2013
7	7	7	6	Gerrit Cole	PIT	P	22	9/8/1990	2013
6	10	8	7	Miguel Sano	MIN	3B	19	5/1/1993	2014
9	9	9	8	Taijuan Walker	SEA	P	20	8/13/1992	2014
16	4	10	9	Xander Bogaerts	BOS	SS	20	11/1/1992	2015
10	11	10.5	10	Shelby Miller	STL	P	22	10/10/1990	2013
8	17	12.5	11	Trevor Bauer	CLE	P	22	1/17/1991	2013
14	12	13	12	Travis d'Arnaud	NY-N	C	24	2/10/1989	2013
12	16	14	13	Jameson Taillon	PIT	P	21	11/18/1991	2013
13	15	14	14	Jose Fernandez	MIA	P	20	7/31/1992	2014
21	8	14.5	15	Zack Wheeler	NY-N	P	22	5/30/1990	2013
11	19	15	16	Tyler Skaggs	AZ	P	21	7/13/1991	2013
17	20	18.5	17	Archie Bradley	AZ	P	20	8/10/1992	2014
22	18	20	18	Christian Yelich	MIA	OF	21	12/5/1991	2014
20	22	21	19	Francisco Lindor	CLE	SS	19	11/14/1993	2015
23	25	24	20	Mike Zunino	SEA	C	21	3/25/1991	2014
24	26	25	21	Anthony Rendon	WAS	3B	22	6/6/1990	2013
25	27	26	22	Mike Olt	TEX	3B	24	8/27/1988	2013
33	21	27	23	Byron Buxton	MIN	OF	19	12/18/1993	2016
41	14	27.5	24	Javier Baez	CHI-N	SS	20	12/1/1992	2015
15	43	29	25	Nolan Arenado	COL	3B	21	4/16/1991	2013
19	39	29	26	Nick Castellanos	DET	OF	21	3/4/1992	2013
34	24	29	27	Carlos Correa	HOU	SS	18	9/22/1994	2015
30	30	30	28	Jonathan Singleton	HOU	1B	21	9/18/1991	2013
40	28	34	29	Gary Sanchez	NY-A	C	20	12/2/1992	2014
46	23	34.5	30	Kevin Gausman	BAL	P	22	1/6/1991	2014
18	53	35.5	31	Danny Hultzen	SEA	P	23	11/28/1989	2013
39	34	36.5	32	Jackie Bradley	BOS	OF	22	4/19/1990	2014
29	45	37	33	Carlos Martinez	STL	P	21	9/2/1991	2014
26	50	38	34	Jedd Gyorko	SD	2B	24	9/23/1988	2013
43	36	39.5	35	Mason Williams	NY-A	OF	21	8/21/1991	2015
36	44	40	36	Noah Syndergaard	NY-N	P	20	8/29/1992	2014
45	37	41	37	Kyle Zimmer	KC	P	21	9/13/1991	2015
51	33	42	38	Jorge Soler	CHI-N	OF	20	11/19/1992	2015
28	58	43	39	Nick Franklin	SEA	SS	21	3/21/1991	2013
65	29	47	40	Aaron Sanchez	TOR	P	20	7/1/1992	2015
35	60	47.5	41	Jake Marisnick	MIA	OF	21	3/30/1991	2014
42	59	50.5	42	Matt Barnes	BOS	P	22	6/17/1990	2014
32	70	51	43	Julio Teheran	ATL	P	22	1/27/1991	2013
48	56	52	44	Oswaldo Arcia	MIN	OF	21	5/9/1991	2013
49	55	52	45	Trevor Story	COL	SS	20	11/15/1992	2015
56	52	54	46	Chris Archer	TB	P	24	9/26/1988	2013
76	35	55.5	47	Kaleb Cowart	ANA	3B	20	6/2/1992	2014
72	41	56.5	48	Delino DeShields Jr.	HOU	2B	20	8/16/1992	2014
61	54	57.5	49	Taylor Guerrieri	TB	P	20	12/1/1992	2015
59	57	58	50	Bubba Starling	KC	OF	20	8/3/1992	2015
106	13	59.5	51	Addison Russell	OAK	SS	19	1/23/1994	2015
31	89	60	52	Zach Lee	LA	P	21	9/13/1991	2014
38	82	60	53	Kolten Wong	STL	2B	22	10/10/1990	2013
57	65	61	54	George Springer	HOU	OF	23	9/19/1989	2014
93	31	62	55	Albert Almora	CHI-N	OF	18	4/6/1994	2015
50	77	63.5	56	Jesse Biddle	PHI	P	21	10/22/1991	2014
87	40	63.5	57	Brian Goodwin	WAS	OF	22	11/2/1990	2014
90	38	64	58	David Dahl	COL	OF	18	4/1/1994	2015
78	51	64.5	59	Alen Hanson	PIT	2B	20	10/22/1992	2014
27	103	65	60	Jake Odorizzi	TB	P	22	3/27/1990	2013
66	64	65	61	Yasiel Puig	LA	OF	22	12/7/1990	2014
71	62	66.5	62	Tyler Austin	NY-A	OF	21	9/6/1991	2014
64	71	67.5	63	Yordano Ventura	KC	P	21	6/3/1991	2014
52	84	68	64	Eddie Rosario	MIN	2B	21	9/2/1991	2015
89	49	69	65	Trevor Rosenthal	STL	P	22	5/29/1990	2013
94	48	71	66	Max Fried	SD	P	19	1/18/1994	2016
95	47	71	67	Gregory Polanco	PIT	OF	21	9/14/1991	2015
47	96	71.5	68	James Paxton	SEA	P	24	11/6/1988	2013
62	81	71.5	69	Justin Nicolino	MIA	P	21	11/22/1991	2015
85	61	73	70	Jorge Bonifacio	KC	OF	19	6/4/1993	2014
70	79	74.5	71	Robert Stephenson	CIN	P	20	2/24/1993	2015
82	67	74.5	72	Luis Heredia	PIT	P	18	6/1/1994	2015
103	46	74.5	73	Adam Eaton	AZ	OF	24	12/6/1988	2013
75	76	75.5	74	Allen Webster	BOS	P	23	2/10/1990	2013
81	75	78	75	Kyle Crick	SF	P	20	11/30/1992	2014
60	97	78.5	76	Anthony Cingrani	CIN	P	23	7/5/1989	2013
44	114	79	77	Robbie Erlin	SD	P	22	10/8/1990	2013
73	88	80.5	78	Casey Kelly	SD	P	23	10/4/1989	2013
129	32	80.5	79	Austin Hedges	SD	C	20	8/18/1992	2015
100	68	84	80	Michael Wacha	STL	P	21	7/1/1991	2014
127	42	84.5	81	Corey Seager	LA	3B	18	4/27/1994	2015
37	136	86.5	82	Rymer Liriano	SD	OF	21	6/20/1991	2014
79	94	86.5	83	Alex Meyer	MIN	P	23	1/3/1990	2014
99	74	86.5	84	Kyle Gibson	MIN	P	25	10/23/1987	2013
58	116	87	85	Brad Miller	SEA	SS	23	10/18/1989	2015
83	91	87	86	Dan Straily	OAK	P	24	12/1/1988	2013
108	66	87	87	Aaron Hicks	MIN	OF	23	10/2/1989	2013
97	78	87.5	88	Courtney Hawkins	CHI-A	OF	19	11/12/1993	2015
53	125	89	89	Brett Jackson	CHI-N	OF	24	8/2/1988	2013
63	115	89	90	Martin Perez	TEX	P	21	4/4/1991	2013
84	95	89.5	91	Matt Davidson	AZ	3B	21	3/26/1991	2013
54	126	90	92	Cody Buckel	TEX	P	20	6/2/1992	2013
69	112	90.5	93	Jarred Cosart	HOU	P	22	5/25/1990	2013
77	106	91.5	94	Daniel Corcino	CIN	P	22	8/26/1990	2013
120	72	96	95	J.R. Graham	ATL	P	23	1/14/1990	2014
68	127	97.5	96	Tyler Thornburg	MIL	P	24	9/29/1988	2013
114	83	98.5	97	Lucas Giolito	WAS	P	18	7/14/1994	2016
98	101	99.5	98	Michael Fulmer	NY-N	P	19	3/15/1993	2015
112	90	101	99	Roman Quinn	PHI	SS	19	5/14/1993	2016
118	87	102.5	100	Slade Heathcott	NY-A	OF	22	9/28/1990	2014
126	85	105.5	101	Jonathan Schoop	BAL	3B	21	10/16/1991	2014
107	105	106	102	Cheslor Cuthbert	KC	3B	20	11/16/1992	2014
105	108	106.5	103	Alex Colome	TB	P	24	12/31/1988	2013
111	107	109	104	Leonys Martin	TEX	OF	24	3/6/1988	2013
91	130	110.5	105	C.J. Cron	ANA	1B	23	1/5/1990	2014
102	119	110.5	106	Hak-Ju Lee	TB	SS	22	11/4/1990	2013
128	93	110.5	107	Roberto Osuna	TOR	P	18	2/7/1995	2016
130	92	111	108	Dorssys Paulino	CLE	SS	18	11/21/1994	2016
109	117	113	109	Michael Choice	OAK	OF	23	11/10/1989	2013
159	69	114	110	Dan Vogelbach	CHI-N	1B	20	12/17/1992	2016
86	143	114.5	111	Wilmer Flores	NY-N	3B	21	8/6/1991	2013
117	113	115	112	Wily Peralta	MIL	P	23	5/8/1989	2013
131	99	115	113	Clayton Blackburn	SF	P	20	1/6/1993	2015
92	139	115.5	114	Kyle Parker	COL	OF	23	9/3/1989	2014
121	110	115.5	115	Trevor May	MIN	P	23	9/23/1989	2013
169	63	116	116	Joe Ross	SD	P	19	5/21/1993	2016
110	123	116.5	117	Josh Bell	PIT	OF	20	8/12/1992	2015
101	133	117	118	Manny Banuelos	NY-A	P	21	3/13/1991	2013
104	132	118	119	David Holmberg	AZ	P	21	7/19/1991	2014
139	100	119.5	120	Sean Nolin	TOR	P	23	12/26/1989	2013
124	121	122.5	121	Andrew Heaney	MIA	P	21	6/5/1991	2013
122	124	123	122	Brad Peacock	HOU	P	25	2/2/1988	2013
116	131	123.5	123	Jimmy Nelson	MIL	P	23	6/5/1989	2014
119	129	124	124	Avisail Garcia	DET	OF	21	6/12/1991	2014
150	98	124	125	Tyrell Jenkins	STL	P	20	7/1/1992	2016
168	80	124	126	Jorge Alfaro	TEX	C	19	6/11/1993	2015
132	118	125	127	Adam Morgan	PHI	P	23	2/27/1990	2014
177	73	125	128	Lewis Brinson	TEX	OF	18	5/8/1994	2015
55	201	128	129	Bryce Brentz	BOS	OF	24	12/30/1988	2014
80	177	128.5	130	Joc Pederson	LA	OF	20	4/21/1992	2015
67	192	129.5	131	Arodys Vizcaino	CHI-N	P	22	11/13/1990	2013
140	120	130	132	Jose Campos	NY-A	P	20	7/27/1992	2015
74	191	132.5	133	Gary Brown	SF	OF	24	9/28/1988	2014
125	141	133	134	Enny Romero	TB	P	22	1/24/1991	2014
133	134	133.5	135	Chris Stratton	SF	P	22	8/22/1990	2016
141	135	138	136	Tommy Joseph	PHI	C	21	7/16/1991	2013
135	147	141	137	A.J. Cole	WAS	P	21	1/5/1992	2014
176	111	143.5	138	D.J. Davis	TOR	OF	19	6/27/1993	2016
201	86	143.5	139	Luis Sardinas	TEX	SS	20	1/1/1993	2015
144	144	144	140	Cody Asche	PHI	3B	22	6/30/1990	2013
88	201	144.5	141	Barret Loux	CHI-N	P	23	4/6/1989	2014
185	104	144.5	142	Adalberto Mondesi	KC	SS	17	7/27/1995	2017
146	146	146	143	Matt Wisler	SD	P	20	9/12/1992	2015
149	145	147	144	Ty Hensley	NY-A	P	19	7/30/1993	2016
96	201	148.5	145	Henry Owens	BOS	P	20	7/21/1992	2015
113	184	148.5	146	Daniel Norris	TOR	P	19	4/25/1993	2015
167	135	151	147	Matt Adams	STL	1B	24	8/13/1988	2013
201	102	151.5	148	Chris Owings	AZ	SS	21	8/12/1991	2014
171	137	154	149	Justin Grimm	TEX	P	23	8/16/1989	2013
152	157	154.5	150	Jose Berrios	MIN	P	18	5/27/1994	2016
143	167	155	151	Nick Maronde	ANA	P	23	9/5/1989	2013
201	109	155	152	Carlos Sanchez	CHI-A	3B	20	6/29/1992	2013
115	201	158	153	Garin Cecchini	BOS	3B	21	4/21/1991	2015
147	171	159	154	Andrew Chafin	AZ	P	22	6/17/1990	2014
158	160	159	155	Angelo Gumbs	NY-A	OF	20	10/13/1992	2015
160	158	159	156	Marcus Stroman	TOR	P	21	5/1/1991	2013
137	185	161	157	Cory Spangenberg	SD	3B	21	3/16/1991	2013
201	122	161.5	158	Ronald Guzman	TEX	OF	18	10/20/1994	2016
123	201	162	159	Ethan Martin	PHI	P	23	6/6/1989	2013
155	172	163.5	160	Christian Villanueva	CHI-N	3B	21	6/19/1991	2014
163	164	163.5	161	Sonny Gray	OAK	P	23	11/7/1989	2013
201	128	164.5	162	Jose Ramirez	NY-A	P	23	1/21/1990	2014
179	155	167	163	Victor Roache	MIL	OF	21	9/17/1991	2016
134	201	167.5	164	Eduardo Rodriguez	BAL	P	19	4/7/1993	2016
157	178	167.5	165	Trayce Thompson	CHI-A	OF	21	3/15/1991	2014
136	201	168.5	166	Matt Skole	WAS	3B	23	7/30/1989	2015
138	201	169.5	167	Hunter Morris	MIL	1B	24	10/7/1988	2013
201	138	169.5	168	Rob Brantly	MIA	C	23	7/14/1989	2013
145	196	170.5	169	Victor Sanchez	SEA	P	18	1/30/1995	2017
148	193	170.5	170	Blake Swihart	BOS	C	20	4/3/1992	2015
188	153	170.5	171	Lance McCullers	HOU	P	19	10/2/1993	2016
201	140	170.5	172	Tyler Matzek	COL	P	22	10/19/1990	2013
142	201	171.5	173	Gavin Cecchini	NY-N	SS	19	12/22/1993	2016
201	142	171.5	174	Taylor Jungmann	MIL	P	23	12/18/1989	2014
182	162	172	175	Stryker Trahan	AZ	C	18	4/25/1994	2016
164	182	173	176	Joey Gallo	TEX	1B	19	11/19/1993	2017
178	169	173.5	177	Mark Montgomery	NY-A	P	22	8/30/1990	2013
183	165	174	178	Brandon Maurer	SEA	P	22	7/3/1990	2013
201	148	174.5	179	Carson Kelly	STL	3B	18	7/14/1994	2016
201	149	175	180	Maikel Franco	PHI	3B	20	8/26/1992	2015
201	150	175.5	181	Domingo Santana	HOU	OF	20	8/5/1992	2014
151	201	176	182	Chris Heston	SF	P	24	4/10/1988	2013
201	151	176	183	Rio Ruiz	HOU	3B	18	5/22/1994	2017
201	152	176.5	184	Josh Sale	TB	OF	21	7/5/1991	2014
153	201	177	185	Hyun-Jin Ryu	LA	P	25	3/25/1987	2013
154	201	177.5	186	Miles Head	OAK	3B	21	5/2/1991	2013
201	154	177.5	187	Mitch Brown	CLE	P	18	4/13/1994	2016
193	163	178	188	Johnny Hellweg	MIL	P	24	10/29/1988	2013
156	201	178.5	189	Sean Gilmartin	ATL	P	22	5/8/1990	2014
201	156	178.5	190	Nomar Mazara	TEX	OF	17	4/26/1995	2016
201	159	180	191	Jonathan Villar	HOU	SS	21	5/2/1991	2013
161	201	181	192	Bruce Rondon	DET	P	22	12/9/1990	2013
201	161	181	193	Randal Grichuk	ANA	OF	21	8/13/1991	2014
162	201	181.5	194	Jeurys Familia	NY-N	P	23	10/10/1989	2013
191	173	182	195	Max Kepler	MIN	OF	20	2/10/1993	2017
165	201	183	196	Richie Shaffer	TB	3B	21	3/15/1991	2015
166	201	183.5	197	Brandon Nimmo	NY-N	OF	19	3/27/1993	2016
201	166	183.5	198	Luiz Gohara	SEA	P	16	7/31/1996	2017
201	168	184.5	199	Stephen Piscotty	STL	3B	22	1/14/1991	2014
170	201	185.5	200	Cody Allen	CLE	P	24	11/20/1988	2013
201	170	185.5	201	Jason Adam	KC	P	21	08/04/1991	2014
192	180	186	202	Marcell Ozuna	MIA	OF	22	11/12/1990	2014
172	201	186.5	203	Grant Green	OAK	3B	25	11/07/1987	2013
173	201	187	204	Darin Ruf	PHI	OF	26	07/28/1986	2013
174	200	187	205	Rafael De Paula	NY-A	P	21	03/24/1991	2015
184	190	187	206	Nate Karns	WAS	P	25	11/25/1987	2013
181	194	187.5	207	Will Swanner	COL	C	21	09/10/1991	2015
201	174	187.5	208	Mikie Mahtook	TB	OF	23	11/30/1989	2015
175	201	188	209	Chad Bettis	COL	P	23	04/26/1989	2014
201	175	188	210	Ismael Guillon	CIN	P	21	02/13/1992	2015
201	176	188.5	211	Nick Travieso	CIN	P	19	01/31/1994	2016
201	179	190	212	Mike Montgomery	TB	P	23	07/01/1989	2014
180	201	190.5	213	Brett Marshall	NY-A	P	22	03/22/1990	2015
201	181	191	214	Ronny Rodriguez	CLE	SS	20	04/17/1992	2016
201	183	192	215	Shane Watson	PHI	P	19	08/13/1993	2016
197	189	193	216	Rougned Odor	TEX	2B	19	02/03/1994	2017
186	201	193.5	217	Brandon Workman	BOS	P	24	08/13/1998	2014
201	186	193.5	218	Matt Smoral	TOR	P	18	03/18/1994	2016
187	201	194	219	Tyler Naquin	CLE	OF	21	04/24/1991	2015
201	187	194	220	Jeimer Candelario	CHI-N	3B	19	11/24/1993	2016
201	188	194.5	221	Blake Snell	TB	P	20	12/04/1992	2016
189	201	195	222	Edwar Cabrera	COL	P	25	10/20/1987	2013
190	201	195.5	223	Nick Tropeano	HOU	P	22	08/27/1990	2015
194	198	196	224	Pierce Johnson	CHI-N	P	21	05/10/1991	2016
195	201	198	225	Drew Vettleson	TB	OF	21	07/19/1991	2016
201	195	198	226	Ronald Torreyes	CHI-N	2B	20	09/02/1992	2015
196	201	198.5	227	Luis Mateo	NY-N	P	22	03/22/1990	2014
201	197	199	228	Josh Fields	HOU	P	27	08/19/1985	2013
198	201	199.5	229	Carter Capps	SEA	P	22	08/07/1990	2013
199	201	200	230	Sammy Solis	WAS	P	24	08/10/1988	2014
201	199	200	231	Jed Bradley	MIL	P	22	06/12/1990	2014
200	201	200.5	232	Casey Crosby	DET	P	24	09/17/1988	2013