IBC

1. Jurickson Profar, SS, Texas
2. Oscar Taveras, OF, St. Louis
3. Dylan Bundy, RHP, Baltimore
4. Wil Myers, OF, Tampa Bay
5. Xander Bogaerts, SS, Boston
6. Gerrit Cole, RHP, Pittsburgh
7. Tyler Skaggs, LHP, Arizona
8. Jose Fernandez, RHP, Miami
9. Zack Wheeler, RHP, New York (NL)
10. Christian Yelich, OF/1B, Miami
11. Travis d’Arnaud, C, New York (NL
12. Mike Zunino, C, Seattle
13. Taijuan Walker, RHP, Seattle
14. Jameson Taillon, RHP, Pittsburgh
15. Kevin Gausman, RHP, Baltimore
16. Byron Buxton, OF, Minnesota
17. Miguel Sano, 3B, Minnesota
18. Kyle Zimmer, RHP, Kansas City
19. Julio Teheran, RHP, Atlanta
20. Francisco Lindor, SS, Cleveland
21. Nick Castellanos, RF/3B, Detroit
22. Javier Baez, SS, Chicago (NL)
23. Aaron Sanchez, RHP, Toronto
24. Michael Wacha, RHP, St. Louis
25. Shelby Miller, RHP, St. Louis
26. Archie Bradley, RHP, Arizona
27. Chris Archer, RHP, Tampa Bay
28. Trevor Bauer, RHP, Cleveland
29. Jonathan Singleton, 1B, Houston
30. Billy Hamilton, OF, Cincinnati
31. Austin Hedges, C, San Diego
32. Robert Stephenson, RHP, Cincinnati
33. Alen Hanson, SS, Pittsburgh
34. Carlos Correa, SS, Houston
35. Carlos Martinez, RHP, St. Louis
36. Mason Williams, OF, New York (AL)
37. Hak-Ju Lee, SS, Tampa Bay
38. Brian Goodwin, OF, Washington
39. Anthony Rendon, 3B, Washington
40. Taylor Guerrieri, RHP, Tampa Bay
41. Matt Barnes, RHP, Boston
42. Gary Sanchez, C, New York (AL)
43. Addison Russell, SS, Oakland
44. Danny Hultzen, LHP, Seattle
45. Kyle Crick, RHP, San Francisco
46. Noah Syndergaard, RHP, New York (NL)
47. Mike Olt, 3B/1B, Texas
48. Nolan Arenado, 3B, Colorado
49. Trevor Story, SS, Colorado
50. Jorge Soler, OF, Chicago (NL)
51. Albert Almora, OF, Chicago (NL)
52. Delino DeShields Jr, 2B, Houston
53. George Springer, OF, Houston
54. Jackie Bradley, OF, Boston
55. Allen Webster, RHP, Boston
56. David Dahl, OF, Colorado
57. Jonathan Schoop, 2B/SS, Baltimore
58. Kolten Wong, 2B, St. Louis
59. Trevor Rosenthal, RHP, St. Louis
60. Gregory Polanco, OF, Pittsburgh
61. Matt Davidson, 3B, Arizona
62. Luis Heredia, RHP, Pittsburgh
63. Courtney Hawkins, OF, Chicago (AL)
64. Carlos Sanchez, 2B, Chicago (AL)
65. Aaron Hicks, OF, Minnesota
66. Oswaldo Arcia, OF, Minnesota
67. Jedd Gyorko, 3B/2B, San Diego
68. Max Fried, LHP, San Diego
69. Tony Cingrani, LHP, Cincinnati
70. Lucas Giolito, RHP, Washington
71. Daniel Corcino, RHP, Cincinnati
72. Andrew Heaney. LHP, Miami
73. Martin Perez, LHP, Texas
74. Nick Franklin, SS, Seattle
75. Kaleb Cowart, 3B, Los Angeles (AL)
76. Dorssys Paulino, SS, Cleveland
77. Kyle Gibson, RHP, Minnesota
78. Alex Meyer, RHP, Minnesota
79. Justin Nicolino, LHP, Miami
80. J.R. Graham, RHP, Atlanta
81. Roberto Osuna, RHP, Toronto
82. Leonys Martin, OF, Texas
83. Yordano Ventura, RHP, Kansas City
84. Bubba Starling, OF, Kansas City
85. Alex Colome, RHP, Tampa Bay
86. Jake Odorizzi, RHP, Tampa Bay
87. Slade Heathcott, OF, New York (AL)
88. Jesse Biddle, LHP, Philadelphia
89. Casey Kelly, RHP, San Diego
90. Jake Marisnick, OF, Miami
91. Zach Lee, RHP, Los Angeles (NL)
92. A.J. Cole, RHP, Washington
93. Rymer Liriano, OF, San Diego
94. Tyler Thornburg, RHP, Milwaukee
95. Luis Sardinas, SS, Texas
96. Chris Reed, LHP, Los Angeles (NL)
97. Corey Seager, IF, Los Angeles (NL)
98. Didi Gregorius, SS, Arizona
99. Yasiel Puig, OF, Los Angeles (NL)
100. Adam Eaton, OF, Arizona

I feel biased, but wow, the Wacha ranking is exceptionally aggressive.

Twins wrote:I feel biased, but wow, the Wacha ranking is exceptionally aggressive.

Yeah, that's a little ridiculous.

It's not that ridiculous.

13 for me. Wacha will be in the majors this year. He's dominated this spring

I would put him in the 40-50 range, but I'm expecting good things from him.

for shits, since there's not that much prospect discussion around here anymore:

25. Shelby Miller, RHP, St. Louis
26. Archie Bradley, RHP, Arizona
27. Chris Archer, RHP, Tampa Bay
28. Trevor Bauer, RHP, Cleveland
29. Jonathan Singleton, 1B, Houston
30. Billy Hamilton, OF, Cincinnati
31. Austin Hedges, C, San Diego
32. Robert Stephenson, RHP, Cincinnati
33. Alen Hanson, SS, Pittsburgh
34. Carlos Correa, SS, Houston
35. Carlos Martinez, RHP, St. Louis
36. Mason Williams, OF, New York (AL)
37. Hak-Ju Lee, SS, Tampa Bay
38. Brian Goodwin, OF, Washington
39. Anthony Rendon, 3B, Washington
40. Taylor Guerrieri, RHP, Tampa Bay
41. Matt Barnes, RHP, Boston
42. Gary Sanchez, C, New York (AL)
43. Addison Russell, SS, Oakland
44. Danny Hultzen, LHP, Seattle
45. Kyle Crick, RHP, San Francisco
46. Noah Syndergaard, RHP, New York (NL)
47. Mike Olt, 3B/1B, Texas
48. Nolan Arenado, 3B, Colorado
49. Trevor Story, SS, Colorado
50. Jorge Soler, OF, Chicago (NL)

Of the players in the 25-50 range, I can only see a handful I'd prefer to Wacha at this point. Miller, Rendon are the two that jump out at me, and perhaps in time Correra, but it's easy to see why Wacha is ranked ahead of Correra -- he's much closer to the majors and has showcased top of the rotation ability in his professional career. Bauer is another one you can make an argument for. I definitely don't see 16 prospects there I'd prefer to Wacha at this point.

His numbers are video game silly from last year: 40 SO, 4 BB, 21 IP. Old for much of that competition, but in AA (21 year old), 17 K, 3 BB, 3 hits, 8 innings. It's certainly worth noting that he came out of the bullpen, so his velocity undoubtedly played well up, but the results are difficult to ignore entirely.

Baseball America ranked Wacha's changeup as the best in the draft last year headed into it, and he sits in the low to mid 90s with his fastball, can top it off around 95-96.

The knock on him headed into the draft was the lack of a plus breaking pitch. If he can develop his slider or his curveball (more likely slider) into an average pitch, then he'll be pretty special. It's an if, but it's not the biggest if in the world, and he has a pretty safe floor as a mid-rotation starter even if things don't pan out. And for a floor, that seems pretty valuable to me.

It's just grapefruit league and it's a small sample size, but as a 21 going on 22 year old, he's destroyed competition. 9.2 innings, 6 hits, a walk and 13 Ks.

Arenado > Wacha

Wacha has a shot at being the best of the bunch the Cards have right now (Miller, Martinez, Rosenthal). He has been impressive enough that he could possibly make starts in the majors this season.

my observation to this point is only homers are defending the ranking.

Pirates wrote: Baseball America ranked Wacha's changeup as the best in the draft last year headed into it, and he sits in the low to mid 90s with his fastball, can top it off around 95-96.

This isn't necessarily a knock in Wacha in particular, but why is it that like half the pitchers drafted in the top few rounds of the draft touch 95, then when they get into the majors most only top out at 92? On Wacha, I'd take most of the guys on that list ahead of him and I don't see anyone I would 100% take him over except for guys I'm rooting against (like Mason Williams! Fuck that guy!).

Athletics wrote:

Pirates wrote: Baseball America ranked Wacha's changeup as the best in the draft last year headed into it, and he sits in the low to mid 90s with his fastball, can top it off around 95-96.

This isn't necessarily a knock in Wacha in particular, but why is it that like half the pitchers drafted in the top few rounds of the draft touch 95, then when they get into the majors most only top out at 92? On Wacha, I'd take most of the guys on that list ahead of him and I don't see anyone I would 100% take him over except for guys I'm rooting against (like Mason Williams! Fuck that guy!).

Why so much hate on Williams, don't you like Sanchez and Crosby? And you were the one that did say Mason Williams was so far away and you wanted to balance out your system

Yea, that Wacha guy blows

Heh heh heh