Seedlings 2 Stars Top 100 Prospects of 2012
by Matt S.
Our friends over at Seedlings 2 Stars have now finished with their Top 100 Prospects of 2012. Here is the top 10. Click the link at the bottom of this post to see the rest of the rankings.
#1: Mike Trout – OF – Los Angeles Angels
#2: Jurickson Profar – SS – Texas Rangers
#3: Bryce Harper – OF – Washington Nationals
#4: Matt Moore – LHP – Tampa Bay Rays
#5: Tyler Skaggs – LHP – Arizona Diamondbacks
#6: Jacob Turner – RHP – Detroit Tigers
#7: Julio Teheran – RHP – Atlanta Braves
#8: Shelby Miller – RHP – St. Louis Cardinals
#9: Jameson Taillon – RHP – Pittsburgh Pirates
#10: Anthony Rendon – 3B – Washington Nationals
Below are the rankings of the Yankees who made the list the one that will make you take a double take is Montero. We have an interview with two of the main writers from this blog and it will be out next week or the following week. In the interview they will explain their gradings among other things. So stay tuned for that.
#17: Gary Sanchez – C – New York Yankees
#26: Manny Banuelos – LHP – New York Yankees
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Montero at #42 still boggles my mind.
I agree Matt….Montero loses points because a lot of people believe he’s just a DH.
But I think he’s good enough to be at least a part-time Catcher and if Tex wasn’t locked up for 5 more yrs, he could be used as at least a serviceable 1B.
In any event it’s his bat that will carry him. The S2S write up compares Montero to Billy Butler but i think he’ll be even more valuable. He could be a player like Victor Martinez who can Catch, play 1B and DH while supplying an elite bat
IMO, Montero will hit more HRs than Butler & VMart with a similar BA so I would definitely have him in the top 10 and ahead of Gary Sanchez who is a younger playerwho hopes to develop as well as Jesus. Guess they have him higher because they think he can stick at catcher. IMO, Sanchez will eventually move to 1B or corner OF.