Well, Baseball America updated...

[Jistic]

If you want some good entertainment reread this thread. I went back from day one and almost every guy that was brought up being on the top 100 list is retired or toiling in AA somewhere. I know the list doesn't mean much, but holy crap I never realized how the majority of the people on it just bust.

[liquidcrash]

Pepe Gonzalez has rebounded to #14 on the list. He still can't hit anything at A level, so I'm officially worried he'll bust soon but my scout still likes him.

[Carlos]

I liked going back and looking at the old lists so lets make sure we always have something like that.

# Team Points Top 5 Prospects
1st Pawtucket Patriots 167 1B R. Morgan (3rd) , CF S. Helmrich (9th) , LF K. Brown (15th) , P M. Ocampo (46th) , P P. Herrera (47th)
2nd Pittsburgh Millers 167 P L. Bird (4th) , P P. Fitzgerald (6th) , RF C. Barry (20th) , SS D. Trujillo (31st) , P I. Vázquez (39th)
3rd Los Alamos Bandits 136 P P. Dimmick (2nd) , P C. Dore (19th) , P M. Metcalf (23rd) , P D. Richmond (26th) , P N. McDonald (64th)
4th Morgantown Mohawks 100 LF Y. Adili (7th) , P J. Howell (8th) , P Á. Piña (38th) , P E. Conley (95th)
5th Indianapolis Clowns 100 P M. Méndez (10th) , P R. González (27th) , P I. Gutiérrez (44th) , P E. Brummett (63rd) , P C. Warren (81st)
6th Wilmington Wildcats 98 P H. Pagán (1st) , RF D. Muñóz (17th) , P I. Ortega (33rd)
7th Washington Bats 92 P D. Tucker (5th) , SS C. Johnston (32nd) , C T. Abbott (34th) , P C. Pryor (55th)
8th Denver Bulls 89 P R. Soto (11th) , P D. O'Day (41st) , P D. Greene (45th) , P J. Williamson (56th) , P P. Jones (66th)
9th Virginia Colonials 75 P G. Jenkins (12th) , 2B H. Chávez (24th) , RF J. Daly (36th)
10th Los Lunas Javelinas 74 CF A. Dickerson (13th) , P D. Davis (29th) , C R. Taniguchi (37th)
11th Baltimore Bulldogs 74 2B D. Castor (21st) , 1B I. Reyes (30th) , P D. Salcido (43rd) , P J. García (50th)
12th Syracuse Slammers 63 P V. Muñóz (25th) , P J. Wilson (57th) , 2B C. Sandoval (67th) , P Á. Rivas (68th) , LF H. Brown (69th)
13th Davenport Brawlers 61 P R. Jacopino (18th) , SS G. Brown (53rd) , P G. Jones (73rd) , P C. McMahon (79th) , P J. Cabrera (87th)
14th Mississippi Storm 55 2B R. Bowen (40th) , C T. Mac (42nd) , 1B F. St-Laurent (52nd) , C C. Guinane (59th) , 1B T. Yamauchi (89th)
15th Hyundai Dinos 50 P P. Roe (22nd) , LF C. Sánchez (48th) , P C. Herrera (65th) , P D. Miner (88th)
16th Carolina Tobs 43 C P. González (14th) , P R. González (58th)
17th Maine Guides 38 P R. Gutiérrez (35th) , 1B Z. Foster (51st) , 3B D. Robison (60th)
18th Dallas Snappers 34 LF L. Ashley (49th) , P N. Botiglieri (61st) , LF G. Clark (71st) , P A. Norberto (80th)
19th Windy City Playboys 30 C C. Wells (16th) , P H. Goei (96th)
20th Sin City Gamblers 25 P L. Washington (28th) , 3B J. Domínguez (94th)
21st California Kodiaks 14 P C. Race (54th) , P M. Martínez (86th)
22nd Batavia Muckdogs 7 CF I. Cervantes (82nd) , C B. Tucker (98th)
23rd Hartford Whalers 7 2B C. Durham (77th) , C R. Rodríguez (100th)
24th Philadelphia Freedom 6 P S. Yoshino (76th)

[Matt]

3rd to 22nd. That's what happens when Jesus and Ednams grew up and my draft picks all bust.

[Pat]

D.C. up to #5!

Darryl Calhoun makes a return to the top 100 prospect list at #86.

[Carlos]

I forgot to investigate when I checked the sim results last night, but was there a rescout?

I noticed one of my prospects being slightly better than he was last sim. With the DC jump, I'm guessing so.

edit:

I see what happened. There was a major update. All of my young pitchers currently in the Majors are now off the list.

[Z]

I was bored, and pulled up the 1979 Top Prospects list.

http://web.archive.org/web/200610261...prospects.html

It's interesting to see how things have shaken out.

--Gremades at 37.
-- Gorrie and Donegan had some early success, but never lived up to that promise.
-- Woodbury all the way down at 11.
-- Tim Nathan at 33
-- Pateshall at 65
-- Parongao at 78
-- Simmonds at 84

Good times.

[Lintyfresh85]

Cade Roberts at #9 and Will Park at #81.

Ouch.

[Z]

Acid ruined Roberts. I felt so bad for that kid. He was #2 on my draft board behind Woodbury that year. I thought for sure he was the next Greg Maddux. I believe my scout had him at 5/7/8. But Acid called him up at age 19, and he just wasn't ready.

[Lintyfresh85]

Pat also said he reminded him of Maddux when I asked about what people saw in him, a few years ago.

Oh well, sounds like the guy could of been a good one.

[Sully]

Gorrie was a beast...

I'm not sure if it was injuries or that mystical good one year, you suck the next, OOTP logic.

I'll go with the latter...

[Jistic]

I had about 9 guys up there. 3 of them turned out to be decent or better. The rest, busted. That's about right for the Top 100 list.

[Carlos]

Seeing Jerry Dean's name there just made me tear.

[Lintyfresh85]

So, with the draft class added, how's your minor league system looking?

California added three players to the Top 100 list.

#81 - SP Doug Bates (2.19)

#89 - 1B Gene Brooks (3.19)

#91 - OF Zuo-qian Zhang (1.19)

Really happy with the crop I picked up. In the last couple of drafts I've been lucky to have one player appear on the Top 100 prospect list... to get three is quite a welcomed surprise.

[Pat]

None of the players I drafted are on the top 100 list...but...

2.13 - OF Shawn Burton - #4 on my teams top list (with my top three being top 100)
2.18 - 2B Adrian Prado - #8
1.18 - P Don Bolton - #15 (Since he currently only has two pitches, I moved him to MR and his ratings went up)
4.7 - P Leo Mena - #16
6.13 - SS Nate Wallace - #17

I'm pleased with my draft, but I will probably always regret not selecting 1B Arapeta Huanani. My scout had him as #1 in potential and #1 on the draft list, but I passed on for Bolton at #18, mainly because he was international and if was as good as my scout thought he should have gone top 5-10. Instead, he goes to the 2nd round to Virginia, and is the 28th best prospect in the BLB.