Love how two labor-intensive numbers-based activities — taxes and report cards — seem to pop up seemingly out of nowhere every year around the same time, yet I somehow always find a way to sleep on both just long enough to give myself one hectic early April. With both out of the way, comments (i.e. Justin Gominsky time) and emails will be addressed by Wednesday night. In the meantime, in anticipation of Baseball America’s revised top 50 2011 draft prospects, here’s a list of my own top 50. Their list will be better, but what the heck. Should probably point out that this isn’t a true top 50 because I prefer to separate pitchers and hitters until the last possible second, but 25 + 25 = 50 so I think I’m in the clear. It was a pain in the neck figuring out how to place the pitchers…
1. RHP Gerrit Cole
2. LHP Jed Bradley
3. RHP Taylor Jungmann
4. RHP Trevor Bauer
5. LHP Matt Purke
6. RHP Sonny Gray
7. RHP Archie Bradley
8. LHP Danny Hultzen
9. RHP Dylan Bundy
10. LHP Daniel Norris
11. LHP Henry Owens
12. RHP Matt Barnes
13. RHP Kyle Smith
14. RHP Taylor Guerrieri
15. LHP Tyler Anderson
16. LHP Andrew Chafin
17. RHP Michael Kelly
18. RHP Dillon Howard
19. LHP Jake Cave
20. RHP Nick Burdi
21. RHP John Stilson
22. LHP Josh Osich
23. RHP Carson Smith
24. LHP Sam Stafford
25. RHP Scott McGough
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1. 3B Anthony Rendon
2. OF Bubba Starling
3. OF George Springer
4. C Blake Swihart
5. OF/3B/1B Travis Harrison
6. OF Josh Bell
7. C Andrew Susac
8. OF Jackie Bradley
9. SS Francisco Lindor
11. 2B Kolten Wong
12. 3B Javier Baez
13. OF Brian Goodwin
14. OF Mikie Mahtook
15. OF Josh Tobias
16. OF Billy Flamion
17. 2B Levi Michael
18. C Austin Hedges
19. SS Phil Evans
20. 3B Chris McFarland
21. OF Brandon Nimmo
22. C Tyler Marlette
23. OF Jacob Anderson
24. SS Tyler Greene
25. 3B BA Vollmuth
The Baseball Draft Report 
Lots of great players….also lots of the same big names from the showcase circuit.
I really like how you have gone deeper than the vast majority of other raters out there and provide more sleepers and categorical talent; nice touch and value add.
In the category of developing 5 tools with good makeup, there’s one kid that’s been missed but was rated by pro scouts as the “top sleeper” during the Area Code Games tryouts:
Alex Newman – CF/OF – Gahr H.S. – Cerritos, CA
He’s a gap hitter with speed and line drive power who also plays lock down defense in CF/RF.
The most immediate comp which comes to mind for this kid is Andrew McCutchen:
http://www.maxpreps.com/local/player/stat_comparison.aspx?athleteid=3ccfbdf3-3fae-45de-a31c-59b2ad81adab&ssid=fd2f152b-04ef-48b0-9fb8-2ea44e9c04c7&athlete2id=01a0c7c8-f476-4920-8850-437a01056379&athlete3id=45ca7452-b516-4c38-bdc8-6aeac5206db4&athlete4id=95cf183c-07de-498e-89b7-ad523a58f381
So, while some “big name” prospects have slipped lately, this kid has come out of virtual obscurity with momentum that’s forcing many SoCal area scouts to re-evaluate their stack ranking for OF prospects.
This Newman kid is an exciting player on the rise.