Baseball America Top 100 Released

[CJ9]

The numbers in parenthesis are where the player ranked in the midseason 2017 version.

Acuna 1 (10)
Gohara 23 (76)
Soroka 27 (33)
Wright 34 (41)
Anderson 42 (55)
Riley 54 (NR)
Allard 65 (23)
Fried 72 (NR)

https://www.baseballamerica.com/mino...Mk41zSmXLV2.97

[CJ9]

Keith Law also released his 51-100 prospect rankings today. I think 1-50 come out tomorrow.

I feel like a lot of these lists generally have the same guys on them, but Law is always a little more bold with his. He had six Braves 51-100:

Pache 57
Soroka 60
Bryse Wilson 68
Fried 77
Touki 90
Wentz 96

[BeanieAntics]

Oh wow Riley at 54 is WAYYY higher than I thought. I figured that he had worked his way onto BA's top 100, given they like his defense so much (lol). But 54 is really high for him. I'm curious where he ends up on FG's list. Still, its pretty impressive that we have three picks from the 2016 draft in the top 65. Cool to see the first list have Acuna at #1 as well.

[thethe]

Absolutely sick the amount of talent amassed the last three years.

Fried is still a legit prospect and I wouldn't mind seeing a trade to get him into the rotation.

[thethe]

Keith Law also released his 51-100 prospect rankings today. I think 1-50 come out tomorrow.

I feel like a lot of these lists generally have the same guys on them, but Law is always a little more bold with his. He had six Braves 51-100:

Pache 57
Soroka 60
Bryse Wilson 68
Fried 77
Touki 90
Wentz 96

Law is definitely the outlier when it comes to Soroka. I think most view him as a control/moxy guy but his stuff is damn good in terms of velocity and movement.

[BeanieAntics]

Keith Law also released his 51-100 prospect rankings today. I think 1-50 come out tomorrow.

I feel like a lot of these lists generally have the same guys on them, but Law is always a little more bold with his. He had six Braves 51-100:

Pache 57
Soroka 60
Bryse Wilson 68
Fried 77
Touki 90
Wentz 96

Now this one is just silly lol. What is he gonna have TWELVE Braves prospects on his list? I love the Braves and I don't think we have more than maybe 9. Maybe he isn't very high on a few guys others are high on. Wonder if there is any chance he leaves off any of the Acuna, Gohara, Anderson, Riley, Allard, Wright group. I just don't see how he can. Say what you want, but there is no way that Touki is currently a better prospect than Allard or Riley lol. I'm REALLY interested in seeing his 1-50 tomorrow

[Chico]

If you’re looking for a progress report to give you the warm and fuzzies you gotta like BA’s list.
If you’re looking for quantity you gotta like Law’s. We should have at least 11 on his full list not counting Riley in there.

[mqt]

Now this one is just silly lol. What is he gonna have TWELVE Braves prospects on his list? I love the Braves and I don't think we have more than maybe 9. Maybe he isn't very high on a few guys others are high on. Wonder if there is any chance he leaves off any of the Acuna, Gohara, Anderson, Riley, Allard, Wright group. I just don't see how he can. Say what you want, but there is no way that Touki is currently a better prospect than Allard or Riley lol. I'm REALLY interested in seeing his 1-50 tomorrow

You can expect Riley to be off his list. I wouldn't be floored if Allard or Anderson aren't on it, but he liked them last year. My guess is they both wind up on it and we end up with 11.

[Chico]

You can expect Riley to be off his list. I wouldn't be floored if Allard or Anderson aren't on it, but he liked them last year. My guess is they both wind up on it and we end up with 11.

My guess as well

[BeanieAntics]

If you’re looking for a progress report to give you the warm and fuzzies you gotta like BA’s list.
If you’re looking for quantity you gotta like Law’s. We should have at least 11 on his full list not counting Riley in there.

Oh yeah I forgot that Law has always been highly skeptical of Riley as a prospect. Still, it is baffling that he has Touki as a better prospect. I love me some Touki and still think the guy has upside, but I didn't even consider him as a top 100 candidate.

[UNCBlue012]

This farm system can most definitely take the hit on a Yelich trade... just saying. Incredible depth.

[thethe]

Now this one is just silly lol. What is he gonna have TWELVE Braves prospects on his list? I love the Braves and I don't think we have more than maybe 9. Maybe he isn't very high on a few guys others are high on. Wonder if there is any chance he leaves off any of the Acuna, Gohara, Anderson, Riley, Allard, Wright group. I just don't see how he can. Say what you want, but there is no way that Touki is currently a better prospect than Allard or Riley lol. I'm REALLY interested in seeing his 1-50 tomorrow

Law goes with stuff and not many pitchers in the minor leagues have Toukis stuff.

[thethe]

You can expect Riley to be off his list. I wouldn't be floored if Allard or Anderson aren't on it, but he liked them last year. My guess is they both wind up on it and we end up with 11.

Law has always been super high on Allard. I don't see anyway he is off the list. Same goes for Anderson.

I doubt Riley makes his list though. He has always been bearish on him.

[BeanieAntics]

The rest of the grades are locked behind a paywall, but here are Acuna's grades according to BA:

Hit: 60 - Power: 70 - Speed: 70 - Glove: 70 - Arm: 60

I think those are a half grade too high, except for maybe his arm and hit tool. I think I would have him at a 60/65/65/65/60. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong. I'm just really reluctant to grade out three tools as being a 70 grade.

[NYCBrave]

The numbers in parenthesis are where the player ranked in the midseason 2017 version.

Acuna 1 (10)
Gohara 23 (76)
Soroka 27 (33)
Wright 34 (41)
Anderson 42 (55)
Riley 54 (NR)
Allard 65 (23)
Fried 72 (NR)

https://www.baseballamerica.com/mino...Mk41zSmXLV2.97

The one that surprised me the most is Ian Anderson. I thought if anything he's have taken a step back on these lists after last year.

[BeanieAntics]

The one that surprised me the most is Ian Anderson. I thought if anything he's have taken a step back on these lists after last year.

Nah I still think evaluators are really high on Anderson. He posted a respectable enough ERA in Rome, but he backed it up with some elite K/9 numbers. I think anywhere from 40-60 would have been right for him.

[thethe]

There was reporting last year that Anderson was throwing 95-98 with plus movement on his fastball. The results for a pitcher that young are secondary to what people are watching/charting.

[thethe]

The rest of the grades are locked behind a paywall, but here are Acuna's grades according to BA:

Hit: 60 - Power: 70 - Speed: 70 - Glove: 70 - Arm: 60

I think those are a half grade too high, except for maybe his arm and hit tool. I think I would have him at a 60/65/65/65/60. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong. I'm just really reluctant to grade out three tools as being a 70 grade.

I mean - Those grade....wow

[Hudson2]

Maitan not on the list. Riley has jumped big time!

[Deester11]

There was reporting last year that Anderson was throwing 95-98 with plus movement on his fastball. The results for a pitcher that young are secondary to what people are watching/charting.

Not necessarily disputing those reports but Ian was not sitting there at that velocity. I saw all of Rome pitchers 3-4 times each. He was better at 93-94-ish when I saw him. I was excited about him but enjoyed Wentz the most. It's probably subjective because Wentz was on fire everytime I saw him. That being said, Ian looked the part.