As expected, different top prospects lists can vary greatly. So, I wanted to make available to you several different lists from various sources in addition to my own.
Collected here are the top prospects lists from:
Baseball America (BA)
Baseball Prospectus (BP)
ESPN’s Keith Law (Insider Only) (ESPN)
Fangraphs (FG)
MinorLeagueBall (MLBall)
MLB.com (MLB)
And of course, Fake Theo Epstein (FTE)
Keep in mind that some of these lists were made at different times, so some do not have Anthony Rizzo, who was acquired in early January.
#1
BA: Brett Jackson
BP: Brett Jackson
ESPN: Anthony Rizzo
FG: Javier Baez
MLBall: Brett Jackson
MLB: Anthony Rizzo
FTE: Brett Jackson
#2
BA: Javier Baez
BP: Javier Baez
ESPN: Brett Jackson
FG: Brett Jackson
MLBall: Anthony Rizzo
MLB: Brett Jackson
FTE: Anthony Rizzo
#3
BA: Matt Szczur
BP: Welington Castillo
ESPN: Javier Baez
FG: Matt Szczur
MLBall: Javier Baez
MLB: Javier Baez
FTE: Javier Baez
#4
BA: Trey McNutt
BP: Dillon Maples
ESPN: Trey McNutt
FG: Dillon Maples
MLBall: Matt Szczur
MLB: Matt Szczur
FTE: Trey McNutt
#5
BA: Dillon Maples
BP: Matt Szczur
ESPN: Zach Cates
FG: Trey McNutt
MLBall: Trey McNutt
MLB: Dillon Maples
FTE: Matt Szczur
#6
BA: Welington Castillo
BP: Josh Vitters
ESPN: Welington Castillo
FG: Dan Vogelbach
MLBall: Dillon Maples
MLB: Trey McNutt
FTE: Dillon Maples
#7
BA: Rafael Dolis
BP: Jeimer Candelario
ESPN: Dillon Maples
FG: Ben Wells
MLBall: Dan Vogelbach
MLB: Rafael Dolis
FTE: Josh Vitters
#8
BA: Junior Lake
BP: Trey McNutt
ESPN: Josh Vitters
FG: Jae-Hoon Ha
MLBall: Junior Lake
MLB: Robert Whitenack
FTE: Dan Vogelbach
#9
BA: Josh Vitters
BP: Marco Hernandez
ESPN: Reggie Golden
FG: Austin Kirk
MLBall: Welington Castillo
MLB: Reggie Golden
FTE: Jeimer Candelario
#10
BA: Dan Vogelbach
BP: Junior Lake
ESPN: Matt Szczur
FG: Dae-Eun Rhee
MLBall: Dae-Eun Rhee
MLB: Junior Lake
FTE: Rafael Dolis
#11
BP: Rafael Dolis
FG: Chris Carpenter (who was traded to Boston Tuesday)
MLBall: Josh Vitters
MLB: Josh Vitters
FTE: Welington Castillo
#12
BP: Dan Vogelbach
FG: Josh Vitters
MLBall: Jeimer Candelario
MLB: Ronald Torreyes
FTE: Junior Lake
#13
BP: Jae-Hoon Ha
FG: Tony Zych
MLBall: Marco Hernandez
MLB: Ben Wells
FTE: Dae-Eun Rhee
#14
BP: Chris Carpenter (who was traded to Boston Tuesday)
FG: Welington Castillo
MLBall: Chris Carpenter (who was traded to Boston Tuesday)
MLB: Dan Vogelbach
#15
BP: Tony Zych
FG: Rafael Dolis
MLBall: Rafael Dolis
MLB: Jeimer Candelario
#16
BP: Ryan Flaherty (who was selected by Baltimore in the Rule V Draft)
MLBall: Zach Cates
MLB: Gioskar Amaya
#17
BP: D.J. LeMahieu (who was traded to Colorado with Tyler Colvin for Ian Stewart and Casey Weathers)
MLBall: Ben Wells
MLB: Marco Hernandez
#18
BP: Zeke DeVoss
MLBall: Dave Sappelt
MLB: Dave Sappelt
#19
BP: Reggie Golden
MLBall: Ronald Torreyes
MLB: Pin-Chieh Chen
#20
BP: Marwin Gonzalez (who was selected by Houston in the Rule V Draft)
MLBall: Reggie Golden
MLB: Zach Cates
#21
MLBall: Gioskar Amaya
#22
MLBall: Tony Zych
#23
MLBall: Shawon Dunston, Jr.
#24
MLBall: Aaron Kurcz
