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<B>Director of Minor League Reports</B>
With five different scouting interests rating the Braves' Top 30 prospects for 2017 (counting us, not counting Baseball America, which still overcharges obscenely for its annual books), we have a strong consensus Top 30 list on the cusp of spring training.
Before the list, some facts of interest:
Points were tabulated as follows: 30, 29, 28, 27 ... 3, 2, 1
Most divisive prospect is Acuna, who was ranked No. 2 by one list, No. 16 by another. I had him No. 5.
Leaving off Swanson, who was not on every list, Albies was a unanimous No. 1 -- the only pick on which all five agreed.
Four of the five lists had 30 players; one had 29.
Chop County was the only list that listed Gutierrez, but had him ranked No. 16.
I was the only list who included Scivicque, Ventura, Vazquez and Janas.
Two lists have not been updated to include Gohara. Those that did ranked him 14, 11, 15.
Ties were broken in favor of who had the highest ranking in any poll.
THE CONSENSUS LIST TOP 30 PROSPECTS
1. Ozzie Albies (150)
2. Kolby Allard (147)
3. Kevin Maitan (134)
4. Sean Newcomb (134)
5. Ian Anderson (130)
6. Max Fried (117)
7. Mike Siroka (116)
8. Ronald Acuna (107)
9. Austin Riley (105)
10. Tookie Toussaint (100)
11. Joey Wentz (99)
12. Dustin Peterson (95)
13. Travis Demeritte (91)
14. Alex Jackson (88)
15. Kyle Muller (76)
16. Patrick Weigel (63)
17. Rio Ruiz (63)
18, A.J. Minter (61)
19. Lucas Sims (57)
20. Luiz Goahara (53, 3)
21. Christian Pache (49)
22. Derian Cruz (48)
23. Ricardo Sanchez (33)
24. Anfernee Seymour (28, 3)
25. Lucas Herbert (27, 4)
26. Braxton Davidson (21, 4)
27. Bryse Wilson (21, 3)
28. Scott Cumberland (18, 3)
29. Abraham Gutierrez (15, 1)
30. Luke Jackson (14, 2)
31. Akeel Morris (12, 2)
Before the list, some facts of interest:
Points were tabulated as follows: 30, 29, 28, 27 ... 3, 2, 1
Most divisive prospect is Acuna, who was ranked No. 2 by one list, No. 16 by another. I had him No. 5.
Leaving off Swanson, who was not on every list, Albies was a unanimous No. 1 -- the only pick on which all five agreed.
Four of the five lists had 30 players; one had 29.
Chop County was the only list that listed Gutierrez, but had him ranked No. 16.
I was the only list who included Scivicque, Ventura, Vazquez and Janas.
Two lists have not been updated to include Gohara. Those that did ranked him 14, 11, 15.
Ties were broken in favor of who had the highest ranking in any poll.
THE CONSENSUS LIST TOP 30 PROSPECTS
1. Ozzie Albies (150)
2. Kolby Allard (147)
3. Kevin Maitan (134)
4. Sean Newcomb (134)
5. Ian Anderson (130)
6. Max Fried (117)
7. Mike Siroka (116)
8. Ronald Acuna (107)
9. Austin Riley (105)
10. Tookie Toussaint (100)
11. Joey Wentz (99)
12. Dustin Peterson (95)
13. Travis Demeritte (91)
14. Alex Jackson (88)
15. Kyle Muller (76)
16. Patrick Weigel (63)
17. Rio Ruiz (63)
18, A.J. Minter (61)
19. Lucas Sims (57)
20. Luiz Goahara (53, 3)
21. Christian Pache (49)
22. Derian Cruz (48)
23. Ricardo Sanchez (33)
24. Anfernee Seymour (28, 3)
25. Lucas Herbert (27, 4)
26. Braxton Davidson (21, 4)
27. Bryse Wilson (21, 3)
28. Scott Cumberland (18, 3)
29. Abraham Gutierrez (15, 1)
30. Luke Jackson (14, 2)
31. Akeel Morris (12, 2)
