Here are my “2010 Cubs Top 15 Prospects.”
This is just my opinion based mostly on my own observations of the players, and I'm sure many of you have your own idea of who should be where. I probably tend to place greater weight on players at the higher levels because I believe it means something to actually prove yourself by performance on the field against better and/or more-advanced competition, and I also sometimes consider a player to still be a prospect after others have written him off. However, I do consider talented players from further down the pipeline as well.
I use the same criteria Baseball America uses to rate their Top Ten prospects (maximum 50 MLB IP or 130 MLB AB, but not concerned with MLB service time), so Jeff Samardzija and Jake Fox are no longer eligible for consideration. If they were eligible for inclusion, I would place Samardzija between Josh Vitters and Welington Castillo, and J. Fox between Tyler Colvin and Darwin Barney.
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Cub Reporter:
PLAYERS:
Jeff Samardzija,
Jake Fox,
Tyler Colvin,
Darwin Barney,
Ronny Cedeno,
Edgar Renteria,
David Kelton,
Alfonso Soriano,
Geovany Soto,
Chris Carpenter,
Kyler Burke,
Michael Barrett,
Jason Kendall,
Mark DeRosa,
Derek Jeter,
Ryan Zimmerman,
Reed Johnson,
Eric Byrnes,
Kevin Hart,
Micah Hoffpauir,
Esmailin Caridad,
Mitch Atkins
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