No prospect in baseball is a sure thing. But each year since 1990, SPRING TRAINING BASEBALL YEARBOOK has chosen the cream of the crop and listed them in "Top 100 Prospects." The Top 100 are restricted to players who have no more than 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the big leagues at the time the list is released each spring. Below are the bare-bones lists, minus the analysis and statistics included in SPRING TRAINING's annual presentation.
Rank Name Team Pos Birthdate B T
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1 Josh Beckett Florida RHP 5-15-80 R R
2 Mark Prior Chicago Cubs RHP 9-7-80 R R
3 Sean Burroughs San Diego 3B 9-12-80 L R
4 Hank Blalock Texas 3B 11-21-80 L R
5 Joe Borchard Chicago White Sox OF 11-25-78 S R
6 Wilson Betemit Atlanta SS 7-28-80 S R
7 Josh Hamilton Tampa Bay OF 5-21-81 L L
8 Carlos Pena Oakland 1B 5-17-78 L L
9 Adrian Gonzalez Florida 1B 5-8-82 L L
10 Boof Bonser San Francisco RHP 10-14-81 R R
11 Wily Mo Pena New York Yankees OF 1-23-82 R R
12 Ryan Anderson Seattle LHP 7-12-79 L L
13 Nick Johnson New York Yankees 1B 9-19-78 L L
14 Juan Cruz Chicago Cubs RHP 10-15-80 R R
15 Brandon Phillips Montreal SS 6-28-81 R R
16 Austin Kearns Cincinnati OF 5-20-80 R R
17 Jerome Williams San Francisco RHP 12-4-81 R R
18 Chris Snelling Seattle OF 12-3-81 L L
19 Jon Rauch Chicago White Sox RHP 9-27-78 R R
20 Joe Mauer Minnesota C 4-19-83 L R
21 Alex Escobar New York Mets OF 9-6-78 R R
22 Justin Morneau Minnesota 1B 5-15-81 L R
23 Corwin Malone Chicago White Sox LHP 7-3-80 R L
24 Nick Neugebauer Milwaukee RHP 7-15-80 R R
25 J.R. House Pittsburgh C 11-11-79 R R
26 Kurt Ainsworth San Francisco RHP 9-9-78 R R
27 Carl Crawford Tampa Bay OF 8-5-81 L L
28 Mike Cuddyer Minnesota 3B 3-27-79 R R
29 Ricardo Rodriguez Los Angeles RHP 5-21-79 R R
30 Marlon Byrd Philadelphia OF 8-30-77 R R
31 Jake Peavy San Diego RHP 5-31-81 R R
32 Antonio Perez Seattle SS 7-26-81 R R
33 Brett Myers Philadelphia RHP 8-17-80 R R
34 Mark Texieria Texas 3B 4-11-80 S R
35 Orlando Hudson Toronto 2B 12-12-77 S R
36 Adam Johnson Minnesota RHP 7-12-79 R R
37 Drew Henson New York Yankees 3B 2-13-80 R R
38 Jose Reyes New York Mets SS 6-11-83 S R
39 Chin-Feng Chen Los Angeles OF 10-28-77 R R
40 Adam Wainwright Atlanta RHP 8-30-81 R R
41 Dennis Tankersley San Diego RHP 2-24-79 R R
42 Jimmy Journell St. Louis RHP 12-29-77 R R
43 Casey Kotchman Anaheim 1B 2-22-83 L L
44 Juan Rivera New York Yankees OF 7-3-78 R R
45 Rafael Soriano Seattle RHP 12-19-79 R R
46 Angel Berroa Kansas City SS 1-27-80 R R
47 Ty Howington Cincinnati LHP 11-4-80 S L
48 Luis Terrero Arizona OF 5-18-80 R R
49 Mike Restovich Minnesota OF 1-3-79 R R
50 Jamal Strong Seattle OF 8-5-78 R R
51 Brandon Clausen New York Yankees LHP 2-21-75 L L
52 Abraham Nunez Florida OF 2-5-80 S R
53 Miguel Cabrera Florida SS 4-18-83 R R
54 Mario Ramos Texas LHP 10-19-77 L L
55 Tony Torcato San Francisco OF 10-25-79 L R
56 Nate Cornejo Detroit RHP 9-24-79 R R
57 Carlos Hernandez Houston LHP 4-22-80 L L
58 Jose Valverde Arizona RHP 7-24-79 R R
59 Ben Broussard Cincinnati 1B 9-24-76 L L
60 Denny Bautista Florida RHP 10-23-82 R R
61 Josh Phelps Toronto C 5-12-78 R R
62 Jason Lane Houston OF 12-22-76 R L
63 Ryan Kibler Colorado RHP 9-17-80 R R
64 Travis Dawkins Cincinnati SS 5-12-79 R R
65 Joe Crede Chicago White Sox 3B 4-26-78 R R
66 Ryan Christianson Seattle C 4-21-81 R R
67 Aaron Heilman New York Mets RHP 11-12-78 R R
68 Hee Seop Choi Chicago Cubs 1B 3-16-79 L L
69 Jeff Heaverlo Seattle RHP 1-13-78 R R
70 Victor Martinez Cleveland C 12-23-78 S R
71 Xavier Nady San Diego 3B 11-14-78 R R
72 Carlos Zambrano Chicago Cubs RHP 6-1-81 L R
73 Kevin Mench Texas OF 1-7-78 R R
74 Matt Belisle Atlanta RHP 6-06-80 S R
75 Bobby Jenks Anaheim RHP 3-14-81 R R
76 Tony Blanco Boston 3B 11-11-81 R R
77 Jack Cust Colrado OF 1-16-79 L R
78 Eric Munson Detroit 1B 10-3-77 L R
79 Bobby Hill Chicago Cubs 2B 4-3-78 S R
80 Kelly Johnson Atlanta SS 2-22-82 L R
81 John Buck Houston C 7-7-80 R R
82 Lyle Overbay Arizona 1B 1-28-77 L L
83 Gabe Gross Toronto OF 10-21-79 L R
84 Dave Kelton Chicago Cubs 3B 12-17-79 R R
85 Marcus Thames New York Yankees OF 3-6-77 R R
86 Kenny Baugh Detroit RHP 2-5-79 R R
87 Ryan Ludwick Texas OF 7-13-78 R L
88 Matt Riley Baltimore LHP 8-2-79 L L
89 Joe Torres Anaheim LHP 9-3-82 L L
90 Jason Jennings Colorado RHP 7-17-78 L R
91 Colt Griffin Kansas City RHP 9-29-82 R R
92 Brad Wilkerson Montreal OF 6-1-77 L L
93 James Gobble Kansas City LHP 7-19-81 L L
94 Donnie Bridges Montreal RHP 12-10-78 R R
95 Jung Bong Atlanta LHP 7-15-80 L L
96 Aaron Rowand Chicago White Sox OF 8-29-77 R R
97 Francisco Rodriguez Anaheim RHP 1-07-82 R R
98 Seung Song Boston RHP 6-29-80 R R
99 Chris Bootcheck Anaheim RHP 10-24-78 R R
100 Ken Harvey Kansas City 1B 3-1-78 R R
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