24 hours away
That’s right, folks. We’re just about 24 hours away from the big Top 50 prospects show on the MLB Network (8 p.m. ET, also simulcast on MLB.com/Live). Exciting stuff — I’m at the airport now waiting to fly home to Pittsburgh after what I think (I’ll let you guys be the judge tomorrow) was a very successful taping of the show. I have to say, working with Greg Amsinger and John Hart was a real treat. Hope you guys feel that came off, because I had a blast.
Anyway, got a few more guest rankings to try and get through here. Tonight, we’ll let Dustin Mattison from The Cardinal Nation (and, of course on Twitter @dustin_mattison) give it a whirl. He went 40 deep, for which he gets no extra credit, but I will run all 40. So here goes:
| 1. Stephen Strasburg |
| 2. Jason Heyward |
| 3. Buster Posey |
| 4. Brian Matusz |
| 5. Jesus Montero |
| 6. Desmond Jennings |
| 7. Aroldis Chapman |
| 8. Neftali Feliz |
| 9. Madison Bumgarner |
| 10. Carlos Santana |
| 11. Christian Friedrich |
| 12. Justin Smoak |
| 13. Pedro Alvarez |
| 14. Casey Kelly |
| 15. Mike Stanton |
| 16. Michael Taylor |
| 17. Wade Davis |
| 18. Dustin Ackley |
| 19. Aclides Escobar |
| 20. Brett Wallace |
| 21. Dominick Brown |
| 22. Jeremy Hellickson |
| 23. Jhoulys Chacin |
| 24. Martin Perez |
| 25. Kyle Drabek |
| 26. Fernando Martinez |
| 27. Chris Carter |
| 28. Mike Montgomery |
| 29. Tyler Matzek |
| 30. Lonnie Chisenhall |
| 31. Matt Moore |
| 32. Dan Hudson |
| 33. Aaron Hicks |
| 34. Ryan Westmoreland |
| 35. Todd Frazier |
| 36. Jenrry Mejia |
| 37. Brett Lawrie |
| 38. Starlin Castro |
| 39. Jarrod Parker |
| 40. Aaron Crow |
A lot of different names in there, which I love. And a vote for Stras atop the list, the first one like that we’ve had here in a while.
OK, gotta make a run to the smoothy stand before I board the plane. Random celebrity sighting here at Newark Airport: Former US Senator and NBA Hall of Famer Bill Bradley.
Jonathan Mayo
He ranks Lonnie hire than you in your top 50.
http://clevelandbaseball.mlblogs.com/