Diamond Futures Cubs Prospect Rankings

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[edit] Grading System

Grade A: A grade of ‘A’ is given to the top 1% of all Minor League players. Based on our research of historical rankings, a player with a grade of ‘A’ has a 94% chance of one-day playing in the Major Leagues, and a 60% chance of having a significant Major League career—defined as performing in the top 10% of all Major League players that play at least 2 seasons.
Grade A-: the next 1% of Minor League players earn a grade of ‘A-‘. An ‘A-‘ player has a 87% chance of eventually playing in the Majors, and a 35% chance of having a significant Major League career.
Grade B+: the third 1% of Minor League players earn a grade of ‘B+’. A ‘B+’ player has a 81% chance of eventually playing in the Majors, and a 25% chance of having a significant Major League career.
Grade B: players that fall into the 4th thru 6th percentiles earn a grade of ‘B’. A ‘B’ player has a 78% chance of eventually playing in the Majors, and a 20% chance of having a significant Major League career.
Grade B-: players that fall in the 7th thru 10th percentile earn a grade of ’B-‘. A ‘B-‘ player has a 75% chance of eventually playing in the Majors, and a 15% chance of having a significant Major League career.
Grade C+: the second 10% of all players, earn a grade of ‘C+’. A ‘C+’ player has a 56% chance of playing in the Major Leagues, and a 12% chance of having a significant Major League career.
Grade C: A grade of ‘C’ is given to those players that fall in the 20% - 30% range. These players have a 33% of playing in the Major Leagues, and a slightly less than 10% chance of having a significant Major League career.

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[edit] Prospect Rankings

[edit] 2010

  1. Starlin Castro (A)
  2. Josh Vitters (A)
  3. Brett Jackson (A-)
  4. Andrew Cashner (A-)
  5. Hak-Ju Lee (B+)
  6. Kyler Burke (B+)
  7. Jay Jackson (B+)
  8. Logan Watkins (B)
  9. D.J. LeMahieu (B)
  10. John Gaub (B)
  11. Chris Archer (B-)
  12. Dae-eun Rhee (B-)
  13. Jeff Angtigua (B-)
  14. Chris Carpenter (B-)
  15. Rafael Dolis (B-)
  16. Trey McNutt (B-)
  17. Brooks Raley(B-)
  18. Matt Spencer (B-)
  19. Ryan Flaherty (B-)
  20. Blake Parker (B-)
Grade C+ Prospects

21) Marwin Gonzelz, 2B; 22) Ryan Searle, RHP; 23) Chris Huseby, RP; 24) Casey Coleman, RHP; 25) Esmailin Caridad,RP; 26) Darwin Barney, SS; 27) Jae-Hoon Ha, RF; 28) Wellington Castillo, C; 29) Jeff Stevens, RP; 30) Tony Thomas, 2B; 31) Tyler Colvin, RF; 32) Mitch Atkins, RHP; 33) Robert Hernandez, RHP; 34) Chris Rusin, LHP; 35) James Adducci, CF; 36) Marquez Smith, 3B; 37) Arismendy Alcantara, SS; 38) Dong-Yub Kim, OF.

Grade C Prospects

Jeff Beliveau; Justin Bour; Justin Bristow; Sergio Burrel; Alberto Cabrera; David Cales; Hung-Wen Chen; Pin-Chie Chen; Robinson Chirinos; Steve Clevenger; Wes Darvill; Sam Fuld; Brandon Guyer; Austin Kirk; Junior Lake; Oswaldo Martinez; Marcos Mateo; Dan McDaniel; Ronny Morla; Kyung-Min Na; Mike Parisi; Rebel Ridling; Jovan Rosa; James Russell; Nate Samson; Aaron Shafer; Nate Spears; Blair Springfield; Jose Valdez; Tzu-An Wang; Robert Whitenack.

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[edit] 2007

  1. Rich Hill
  2. Jake Fox
  3. Scott Moore
  4. Donald Veal
  5. Felix Pie
  6. Angel Guzman
  7. Jae-kuk Ryu
  8. Eric Patterson
  9. Sean Gallagher
  10. Robinson Chirinos

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[edit] Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Diamond Futures Annual Prospect Rankings Series"; http://baseballnumbers-diamondfutures.blogspot.com/2009/11/diamond-futures-annual-prospect.html>
  2. ↑ "TEAM #6 – Chicago Cubs" http://baseballnumbers-diamondfutures.blogspot.com/2010/02/team-6-chicago-cubs.html
  3. ↑ "Prospect List-mania" by Rob G.; http://thecubreporter.com/2007/02/05/prospect-list-mania
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