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BigRed75 · 07-14-2016, 12:30 PM

The top prospect list is out, and the Dodgers' teenage sensation Julio Urias is ranked #1. The 19-year-old native of Culiacan, Mexico, who pitched well enough to make the team out of spring training, heads a list that includes six first-round picks (including last year's No. 1 overall), two international free agents and a 33rd-round selection.

Joining Urias at the top is Minnesota's Jose Berrios, who returns to AAA Rochester after a stellar 2015 season where he went 14-5 overall with 175 strikeouts in 166.1 innings...Other pitchers in the top 10 include Blake Snell of the Tampa organization, who will start out in AAA Durham after going 15-4 with an outstanding 1.41 ERA and 163 Ks across three levels last season...Lucas Giolito may be a couple of years away from the bigs, but given Washington's depth in the rotation, that shouldn't be a problem...Milwaukee's Jorge Lopez got a cup of coffee to the bigs at the end of 2015 as a reward for his 12-5/2.26/137 K season in AA, but will head to AAA Colorado Springs to start the season.

The White Sox' top prospect, Tim Anderson, has nothing left to prove at AA, so he will start the season at AAA Charlotte. A 2013 first-round pick by the Pale Hose, expect Anderson to see time in Chicago at some point this season...One player who should stick the whole year in the bigs is the Dodgers' Corey Seager, the odds-on pick for NL Rookie of the Year after retaining his rookie eligibility. In 113 plate appearances with the Dodgers last year, Seager hit .337 and slugged .561...#7 prospect Dansby Swanson was the No. 1 overall pick by the Diamondbacks last year, but was acquired by Atlanta in the Shelby Miller trade and will be bumped up from Short Season-A all the way to AA Mississippi...Last year's Southern League MVP Max Kepler became one of a select few German-born big leaguers thanks to his cup of coffee last season. He'll join Berrios in Rochester...At age 25, Houston's Tyler White barely qualifies for the list, but the former 33rd round pick has worked his way into the Astros' reckoning and will get a full season to show what he can do at AAA Fresno, where he hit .362/.467/.559 with seven homers and 59 RBI in 57 games last year.

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BigRed75 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,423	The top prospect list is out, and the Dodgers' teenage sensation Julio Urias is ranked #1. The 19-year-old native of Culiacan, Mexico, who pitched well enough to make the team out of spring training, heads a list that includes six first-round picks (including last year's No. 1 overall), two international free agents and a 33rd-round selection. Joining Urias at the top is Minnesota's Jose Berrios, who returns to AAA Rochester after a stellar 2015 season where he went 14-5 overall with 175 strikeouts in 166.1 innings...Other pitchers in the top 10 include Blake Snell of the Tampa organization, who will start out in AAA Durham after going 15-4 with an outstanding 1.41 ERA and 163 Ks across three levels last season...Lucas Giolito may be a couple of years away from the bigs, but given Washington's depth in the rotation, that shouldn't be a problem...Milwaukee's Jorge Lopez got a cup of coffee to the bigs at the end of 2015 as a reward for his 12-5/2.26/137 K season in AA, but will head to AAA Colorado Springs to start the season. The White Sox' top prospect, Tim Anderson, has nothing left to prove at AA, so he will start the season at AAA Charlotte. A 2013 first-round pick by the Pale Hose, expect Anderson to see time in Chicago at some point this season...One player who should stick the whole year in the bigs is the Dodgers' Corey Seager, the odds-on pick for NL Rookie of the Year after retaining his rookie eligibility. In 113 plate appearances with the Dodgers last year, Seager hit .337 and slugged .561...#7 prospect Dansby Swanson was the No. 1 overall pick by the Diamondbacks last year, but was acquired by Atlanta in the Shelby Miller trade and will be bumped up from Short Season-A all the way to AA Mississippi...Last year's Southern League MVP Max Kepler became one of a select few German-born big leaguers thanks to his cup of coffee last season. He'll join Berrios in Rochester...At age 25, Houston's Tyler White barely qualifies for the list, but the former 33rd round pick has worked his way into the Astros' reckoning and will get a full season to show what he can do at AAA Fresno, where he hit .362/.467/.559 with seven homers and 59 RBI in 57 games last year. __________________ Mainline team SPTT team Was not a Snag fan...until I saw the fallout once he was gone and realized what a good job he was actually doing. - Ty Cobb Last edited by BigRed75; 07-14-2016 at 12:38 PM.