February 3, 2003

Top 10 Prospects

Top 40 Prospects

by Baseball Prospectus

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This week, Baseball Prospectus 2003 will be released to bookstores nationwide. To celebrate the release of the book, we're announcing our Top 40 Prospects here at the Web site. For more on these prospects, and more than 1,500 other players, you can now order BP directly from the publisher. As always, the book will contain our list of the top 40 prospects in baseball, as compiled by Rany Jazayerli, along with Jazayerli's exclusive commentary on each player.

To see what goes into creating this list, take a look at Part One and Part Two of a recent Roundtable series by Prospectus authors.

Without further ado, here are the Baseball Prospectus Top 40 Prospects for 2003:

 

1. Mark Teixeira, 3B, Texas
2. Hideki Matsui, RF, New York (AL)
3. Jose Reyes, SS, New York (NL)
4. Victor Martinez, C, Cleveland
5. Jose Contreras, SP, New York (AL)

    

6. Brandon Phillips, 2B/SS, Cleveland
7. Hee Seop Choi, 1B, Chicago (NL)
8. Jerome Williams, SP, San Francisco
9. Joe Mauer, C, Minnesota
10. Chris Snelling, OF, Seattle

     

11. Jason Stokes, 1B, Florida
12. Rich Harden, SP, Oakland
13. Jesse Foppert, SP, San Francisco
14. Marlon Byrd, CF, Philadelphia
15. Michael Cuddyer, RF, Minnesota

     

16. Shin-Soo Choo, OF, Seattle
17. Aaron Heilman, SP, New York (NL)
18. Brendan Harris, 3B, Chicago (NL)
19. Kurt Ainsworth, SP, San Francisco
20. Travis Hafner, 1B, Cleveland

     

21. Francisco Rodriguez, RP, Anaheim
22. Joe Borchard, CF, Chicago (AL)
23. Scott Hairston, 2B, Arizona
24. Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, Florida
25. Jason Arnold, SP, Toronto

     

26. John Patterson, SP, Arizona
27. Casey Kotchman, 1B, Anaheim
28. Rocco Baldelli, OF, Tampa Bay
29. Miguel Cabrera, 3B, Florida
30. Justin Morneau, 1B, Minnesota

     

31. Wilson Betemit, SS, Atlanta
32. Cliff Lee, SP, Cleveland
33. Hanley Ramirez, SS, Boston
34. Justin Huber, C, New York (NL)
35. Clint Nageotte, SP, Seattle

     

36. Juan Rivera, LF, New York (AL)
37. Khalil Greene, SS, San Diego
38. Jayson Werth, OF, Toronto
39. Joey Thurston, 2B, Los Angeles
40. Bobby Jenks, SP, Anaheim

Honorable Mentions

 

• Bobby Basham, SP, Cincinnati
• Jeremy Bonderman, SP, Detroit
• Bozied/Nady/Gautreau, H, San Diego
• Kevin Cash, C, Toronto
• Prince Fielder, 1B, Milwaukee
• Gavin Floyd, SP, Philadelphia
• Ken Harvey, 1B, Kansas City
• Brad Hawpe/Jack Cust, H, Colorado
• Brandon Larson, 3B, Cincinnati
• Todd Linden, LF, San Francisco
• James Loney, 1B, Los Angeles
• Miguel Olivo, C, Chicago (AL)
• Adam Wainwright, SP, Atlanta
• David Wright, 3B, New York (NL)
• Kevin Youkilis, 3B, Boston

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