Top 200 Prospects: Big Fish

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Updated on November 18, 2011 6:21PM EST

This is where my own personal top-100 lists sits now based on the same caveats I listed during the season:

1. Fantasy potential can be greater than actual MLB potential thus some guys will be higher or lower here than they are elsewhere

2. Full season league performance gets preference over smaller sample sizes

3. I don't rank international signees until they play on US soil

Additionally, it gets tough to rank the recent draftees since most have not even played yet so everything relies on the scouting reports that are made available online or by networking with others to get their opinion on them. The trip to the AFL earlier this month allowed me to both do some of my own scouting and network with some that do that for a living. While there, I was also able to interview four of the five guys on this list (Trout, Gose, Dominguez, Franklin) to talk to them about their development and their game and get a glimpse into their attitude toward the game.

This list will be updated in February as more information comes in over the offseason, trades happen, and career paths become clearer or more muddied.

	Player	ORG	POS
1	Bryce Harper	WAS	OF
2	Mike Trout	LAA	OF
3	Matt Moore	TB	LHP
4	Manny Machado	BAL	SS
5	Julio Teheran	ATL	RHP
6	Jesus Montero	NYY	C
7	Dylan Bundy	BAL	RHP
8	Shelby Miller	STL	RHP
9	Devin Mesoraco	CIN	C
10	Jake Odorizzi

This is where my own personal top-100 lists sits now based on the same caveats I listed during the season:

1. Fantasy potential can be greater than actual MLB potential thus some guys will be higher or lower here than they are elsewhere

2. Full season league performance gets preference over smaller sample sizes

3. I don't rank international signees until they play on US soil

This list will be updated in February as more information comes in over the offseason, trades happen, and career paths become clearer or more muddied.

	Player	ORG	POS
1	Bryce Harper	WAS	OF
2	Mike Trout	LAA	OF
3	Matt Moore	TB	LHP
4	Manny Machado	BAL	SS
5	Julio Teheran	ATL	RHP
6	Jesus Montero	NYY	C
7	Dylan Bundy	BAL	RHP
8	Shelby Miller	STL	RHP
9	Devin Mesoraco	CIN	C
10	Jake Odorizzi	KC	RHP
11	Brett Jackson	CHC	OF
12	Jurickson Profar	TEX	SS
13	Jameson Taillon	PIT	RHP
14	Anthony Rendon	WAS	3B
15	Jacob Turner	DET	RHP
16	Danny Hultzen	SEA	LHP
17	Manny Banuelos	NYY	LHP
18	James Paxton	SEA	LHP
19	Wil Myers	KC	OF
20	Gerritt Cole	PIT	RHP
21	Martin Perez	TEX	LHP
22	Tim Wheeler	COL	OF
23	Zach Wheeler	NYM	RHP
24	Randall Delgado	ATL	RHP
25	Anthony Gose	TOR	OF
26	Trevor Bauer	ARI	RHP
27	Delin Betances	NYY	RHP
28	Arodys Vizcaino	ATL	RHP
29	Casey Kelly	SD	RHP
30	Jarred Cosart	HOU	RHP
31	James Darnell	SDP	3B
32	Robbie Erlin	SDP	LHP
33	Zach Lee	LAD	RHP
34	Deck McGuire	TOR	RHP
35	Trevor May	PHI	RHP
36	Jedd Gyorko	SD	3B
37	Matt Harvey	NYM	RHP
38	Tyler Skaggs	ARI	LHP
39	Carlos Martinez	STL	RHP
40	Nick Franklin	SEA	SS
41	Taijuan Walker	SEA	P
42	Hak-Ju Lee	TB	SS
43	Drew Pomeranz	COL	LHP
44	Neil Ramirez	TEX	RHP
45	Jarrod Parker	ARI	RHP
46	Gary Brown	SF	OF
47	Nick Castellanos	DET	3B
48	Brad Peacock	WAS	RHP
49	Miguel Sano	MIN	3B
50	Billy Hamilton	CIN	2B
51	Travis D'Arnaud	TOR	C
52	Wilin Rosario	COL	C
53	Yasmani Grandal	CIN	C
54	Jed Bradley	MIL	LHP
55	Joe Wieland	SDP	RHP
56	Wily Peralta	MIL	RHP
57	Reymond Fuentes	SD	OF
58	Brandon Guyer	TB	OF
59	Mike Montgomery	KC	RHP
60	Anthony Ranaudo	BOS	RHP
61	Zack Cox	STL	3B
62	Matt Adams	STL	1B
63	Jaff Decker	SD	OF
64	Oswaldo Arcia	MIN	OF
65	Joe Benson	MIN	OF
66	Nolan Arenado	COL	3B
67	Christian Yelich	FLA	OF
68	Tyler Thornburg	MIL	RHP
69	Jonathan Schoop	BAL	SS
70	Sammy Solis	WAS	LHP
71	Alex Colome	TB	RHP
72	A.J. Cole	WAS	RHP
73	Yonder Alonso	CIN	1B
74	Michael Choice	OAK	OF
75	Dayan Viciedo	CHA	OF
76	Leonys Martin	TEX	OF
77	Bubba Starling	KC	OF
78	Ryan Lavarnway	BOS	C
79	Jonathan Singleton	HOU	1B
80	Jean Segura	LAA	SS
81	Mikie Mahtook	TB	OH
82	Derek Norris	WAS	C
83	Jonathan Villar	HOU	SS
84	Archie Bradley	ARZ	RHP
85	Alex White	COL	RHP
86	Chris Archer	TB	RHP
87	Edwar Cabrera	COL	LHP
88	Tyler Pastornicky	ATL	SS
89	Matt Szczur	CHC	OF
90	Starling Marte	PIT	OF
91	Jake Marisnick	TOR	OF
92	Nathan Eovaldi	LAD	RHP
93	Mike Olt	TEX	3B
94	Eric Surkamp	SF	LHP
95	Matt Dominguez	FLA	3B
96	Vince Catricala	SEA	3B
97	Corey Dickerson	COL	OF
98	George Springer	HOU	OF
99	Bryce Brentz	BOS	OF
100	Alex Torres	TB	LHP
101	Will Middlebrooks	BOS	3B
102	Grant Green	OAK	OF
103	Eddie Rosario	MIN	OF