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April 16, 2012

BP Unfiltered

Tracking 2012's Top Prospects

by Bradley Ankrom

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4/27 UPDATE: The Baseball Prospectus Prospect Tracker is now located at baseballprospectus.com/prospect_tracker.

Prospect connoisseurs, meet your new home page.

Introducing Baseball Prospectus' new (and free!) Top 101 and Top 11 Prospects stats pages, your one-stop source for current and comprehensive information about the game's up-and-coming stars.

In addition to viewing rankings and statistics for this season, you can also wax nostalgic about the prospects of yesteryear, dating back to 2007, with just a click of the mouse. Are you curious which of Kevin's Top 101 prospects hit the most home runs in 2008? Sort by clicking the "HR" column header and you'll quickly see that Chris Carter led the way with 39. Learn more about Carter by clicking on his name and visiting his full player card. Following your favorite team's best and brightest prospects is as simple as bookmarking their Top 11 prospects page (here's an example).

Top 101 Prospects Stats

Top 11 Prospects Stats

Notice a bug? Have a suggestion for how we can make these pages better and more useful? Feel free to send me an e-mail or let us know what you think in the comments.

Related Content: Prospects, Farm System, Minor League Baseball, Top 11, Top 101, Stats, Rankings, Prospect Tracker

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jlogandjr

Oh...uh..(spits out 'what I'm drinking')...YES!

I don't have to search for my favorite players on milb...or click through what seems like a bajillion menus to get to that player's team stats page each time.

Yes. Very cool.

Apr 16, 2012 12:33 PM

rating: 4

psugator01

omg this is the neatest thing i've ever seen. nice work, gentlemen

Apr 16, 2012 12:41 PM

rating: 3

BStephen

Way Cool !!

FYI You Still Have Rizzo with Padres!

Apr 16, 2012 12:43 PM

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Bradley Ankrom

Yes, that's a quirk of timing. Rizzo was ranked as a Padre but dealt to Chicago after the Cubs' list had already been published. Similar case for Jesus Montero, who was traded to Seattle after the Mariners list had run, but before he was able to be ranked as a Yankee... so he doesn't appear on any 2012 top 11.

Apr 16, 2012 12:50 PM

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chrisstjohn

Could there be a PA column as well? I expect PA negligence (PAN) from mainstream media, but not you, Baseball Prospectus. PAN is a widespread and dangerous disease, infecting everyone from broadcasters to players. Fortunately, it is easily treatable with a small serving of education.

Apr 16, 2012 12:57 PM

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jwschaefer

Might be useful to allow you to pick a previous year prospect list, but still show current year stats.

Apr 16, 2012 13:19 PM

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pakdawgie

This is a great tool! Much appreciated.

Apr 16, 2012 13:24 PM

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McLovins

Agreed. Very cool. Nice addition to BP.

Apr 16, 2012 13:25 PM

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kmbart

Nice. Could you add mouseover comments on the headings, specifically what the "H" and "I" mean in the STARS column? Thanks!

Apr 16, 2012 13:31 PM

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Bradley Ankrom

The mouseovers are a great idea. The "H"s and "I"s should render as filled-in stars and outlined stars, respectively. Can you tell me what browser/operating system you're using?

Apr 16, 2012 13:35 PM

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kmbart

IE7 under XP SP3.

Apr 16, 2012 14:17 PM

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Jivas

Very, very cool and useful resource. Thanks!

Apr 16, 2012 13:34 PM

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Nils J

Where can we find this when the links aren't right here on the blog? Awesome idea.

Apr 16, 2012 14:39 PM

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Tim Carvin

Oh wow. This is absolutely positively fantastic. What an amazing addition to BP

Apr 16, 2012 15:55 PM

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cknapp34

Holy Mother of the Lord, BP gets more awesome with every passing hour!

Apr 16, 2012 16:28 PM

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CSPitt17130

Delmonico is missing from the O's top 20.

Apr 16, 2012 18:44 PM

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BarryR

This is great. Wonderful idea, fine execution.

Apr 16, 2012 19:23 PM

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Andrew Martinez

This is awesome.

Apr 17, 2012 02:30 AM

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Behemoth

One thing that would be really useful is a direct link to the top 11 article on each page. If it was possible, and I realise it would involve more work, it would be useful to have some info on what's happened to the missing players (eg. in extended spring training, injured or whatever).

As a minor detail, Kirk Niewenhuis is showing up twice on the Mets page.

Finally, I'm also getting the H/I stuff with IE8/Windows 7.

Apr 17, 2012 02:57 AM

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Behemoth

Also, meant to say that this is great.

Apr 17, 2012 02:58 AM

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Behemoth

Ignore the Nieuwenhuis comment - he's listed twice because he's played at two levels. I'm clearly less intelligent early in the mornings.

Apr 17, 2012 03:13 AM

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Bradley Ankrom

Added links to Kevin's writeups today. Click on the [article] link in the title heading to be whisked away.

Apr 19, 2012 13:02 PM

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Matthew W

This is amazing.

Can we add AGE to the summary?

Apr 17, 2012 09:04 AM

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Bradley Ankrom

Added age to both reports.

Apr 17, 2012 14:15 PM

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Deadheadbrewer

Even if I'm too old to use this word, I still have to say--this is AWESOME!

Apr 17, 2012 09:06 AM

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RW Miller

Very nice and much appreciated. Thank you.

Apr 17, 2012 10:47 AM

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Matthew W

Please get this up and running again!

It was the best new addition to the site in ages

Apr 23, 2012 12:30 PM

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msurell

I am still seeing an under construction message. Do you guys have any idea when the prospect stat pages should be up and running again??

Apr 27, 2012 08:51 AM

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Bradley Ankrom

Sorry, I should have updated this post when we re-launched the Prospect Tracker at a different URL. It can now be accessed at baseballprospectus.com/prospect_tracker.

Apr 27, 2012 08:54 AM

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Bradley Ankrom

May 03, 2012 13:38 PM

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